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  • Jada Pinkett Smith addresses Oscars slap incident: 'Hope they reconcile' June 02, 2022 02:30 PM IST

    Jada Pinkett Smith addresses Oscars slap incident: 'Hope they reconcile'

    Actor Will Smith had slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars ceremony in March for making light of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's hair loss condition.

  • The Worst Person in the World review: Rom-com with a twist May 13, 2022 05:33 PM IST

    The Worst Person in the World review: Rom-com with a twist

    The Oscar-nominated Norwegian film, with a luminous lead performance by Renate Reinsve, just dropped on Mubi.

  • Chris Rock opens up about Will Smith's slap during Oscars 2022, jokes 'Got my hearing back' April 13, 2022 09:48 AM IST

    Chris Rock opens up about Will Smith's slap during Oscars 2022, jokes 'Got my hearing back'

    This comes days after things took a turn at Oscars 2022 when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's closely cropped hair.

  • Will Smith banned from Oscars for 10 years over Chris Rock slap April 09, 2022 06:26 AM IST

    Will Smith banned from Oscars for 10 years over Chris Rock slap

    Will Smith is also not permitted to attend any other events held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over the next decade because of the Oscars 2022 slap.

  • Oscars meeting to discuss sanctions against Will Smith over slap expedited April 07, 2022 09:03 AM IST

    Oscars meeting to discuss sanctions against Will Smith over slap expedited

    Oscars 2022: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brought forward its board meeting for procedural reasons after Will Smith resigned his membership from the group.

  • At Grammys, host Trevor Noah's dig at Will Smith for Oscars slap April 04, 2022 03:24 PM IST

    At Grammys, host Trevor Noah's dig at Will Smith for Oscars slap

    Grammys 2022: Actor Will Smith's attack on comedian Chris Rock , the major talking point over the last week, found a mention at the musical awards night.

  • Will Smith's Netflix film stalled after Chris Rock Oscars slap row: Reports April 04, 2022 12:18 PM IST

    Will Smith's Netflix film stalled after Chris Rock Oscars slap row: Reports

    Oscars 2022: Will Smith had hit Chris Rock for his joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's hair loss.

  • The slap that rocked Oscars, Sri Lanka crisis: The week in 5 cartoons from around the world April 03, 2022 03:50 PM IST

    The slap that rocked Oscars, Sri Lanka crisis: The week in 5 cartoons from around the world

    See how cartoonists have covered key news stories of the week.

  • Oscars slap, Ukraine war: This week in photos from around the world April 03, 2022 01:25 PM IST

    Oscars slap, Ukraine war: This week in photos from around the world

    Photos this week: Muslims all over the world began observing Ramzan. In India, a fire raged at the Ghazipur landfill in Delhi.

  • 'Summer of Soul': The documentary that beat 'Writing With Fire' to win an Oscar April 02, 2022 04:43 PM IST

    'Summer of Soul': The documentary that beat 'Writing With Fire' to win an Oscar

    The story of 'Kabar Lahariya' Dalit women reporters lost a historic Oscar to the retelling of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that celebrates Black music as American history.

  • Will Smith is no longer an Academy member. What happens now April 04, 2022 12:19 PM IST

    Will Smith is no longer an Academy member. What happens now

    Oscars 2022: The ceremony came to be dominated by one shocking moment where Will Smith went up to the stage to smack Chris Rock for cracking a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

  • Pictures of the month: From Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars to Russia’s month-long war on Ukraine April 01, 2022 03:02 PM IST

    Pictures of the month: From Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at Oscars to Russia’s month-long war on Ukraine

    Let's take a look at some of the most memorable images taken in March 2022.

  • Police were ready to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock, reveals Oscars producer April 01, 2022 07:31 AM IST

    Police were ready to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock, reveals Oscars producer

    Oscars 2022: The show’s producer Will Packer said officers were laying out options before Chris Rock for what action could be taken against Will Smith, but he was “very dismissive” of them.

  • Chris Rock's first reaction on Will Smith slap at Oscars: ‘Still kind of processing it' March 31, 2022 08:27 AM IST

    Chris Rock's first reaction on Will Smith slap at Oscars: ‘Still kind of processing it'

    Oscars 2022: Will Smith had hit Chris Rock on stage after he cracked a joke about his actress wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s closely cropped hairstyle. Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss.

  • Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence after Oscars slap: 'Season for healing' March 30, 2022 08:46 AM IST

    Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence after Oscars slap: 'Season for healing'

    Jada Pinkett Smith's brief statement came less than 24 hours after Will Smith issued an apology to Chris Rock over the attack at Oscars 2022.

  • Rare, but not unheard of: Recent history of comedians being assaulted on stage March 29, 2022 06:34 PM IST

    Rare, but not unheard of: Recent history of comedians being assaulted on stage

    An attack often requires something more offensive than Chris Rock's gag about Will Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, appearing in "GI Jane 2" (a reference to her lack of hair, caused by alopecia).

  • Oscars ratings bounce back from historic low as Will Smith-Chris Rock slapgate hooks viewers March 29, 2022 03:17 PM IST

    Oscars ratings bounce back from historic low as Will Smith-Chris Rock slapgate hooks viewers

    Preliminary audience figures, revealed by broadcaster ABC on Monday, represent a significant recovery from last year's record-low 9.85 million live viewers.

  • Elon Musk is on Team Meme in the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slapgate controversy March 29, 2022 01:55 PM IST

    Elon Musk is on Team Meme in the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars slapgate controversy

    Elon Musk has something to say to a Twitter user sharing memes on the Will Smith-Chris Rock-Jada Pinkett Smith Oscars slapgate.

  • ‘Snack. Don’t smack’: Amul’s doodle on the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars 2022 slapgate March 29, 2022 01:14 PM IST

    ‘Snack. Don’t smack’: Amul’s doodle on the Will Smith-Chris Rock Oscars 2022 slapgate

    “Amul Topical: Actor strikes MC at Oscars!” the company tweeted with a doodle of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. The graphic said: “Chris rocked by slap” and “Snack. Don’t smack”.

  • Oscars slapgate: Twitter weighs in after Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock for smacking him March 29, 2022 09:05 AM IST

    Oscars slapgate: Twitter weighs in after Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock for smacking him

    "I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris (Rock). I was out of line and I was wrong," Will Smith wrote in an Instagram statement on the Oscars 2022 controversy.

  • The Funnycontrol Awards: Oscars for financial actors March 28, 2022 06:07 PM IST

    The Funnycontrol Awards: Oscars for financial actors

    The Funnycontrol Awards or as we call it Oscars for financial actors like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, or business news anchors. Let’s look at some of the award categories for this year.

  • The Ultimate Oscar 2022 quiz: How well do you know Academy Award winners? March 28, 2022 06:03 PM IST

    The Ultimate Oscar 2022 quiz: How well do you know Academy Award winners?

    Oscars 2022: Take this quiz to test your knowledge of this year's Academy Awards.

  • Why the "G.I. Jane" joke on Jada Pinkett Smith made Will Smith smack Chris Rock on Oscars stage March 28, 2022 04:24 PM IST

    Why the "G.I. Jane" joke on Jada Pinkett Smith made Will Smith smack Chris Rock on Oscars stage

    Oscars 2022: Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith starring in G.I. Jane 2 for her closely shaved head. "Jada, can't wait for G.I. Jane 2."

  • Watch: When Chris Rock joked about Will Smith's wife Jada in Oscars 2016 monologue March 28, 2022 03:50 PM IST

    Watch: When Chris Rock joked about Will Smith's wife Jada in Oscars 2016 monologue

    "Jada (Pinkett Smith) boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties – I wasn’t invited…" Chris Rock had said in his 2016 Oscars monologue.

  • Oscar star Dune's India connect: Namit Malhotra, CEO of company that did VFX March 28, 2022 03:39 PM IST

    Oscar star Dune's India connect: Namit Malhotra, CEO of company that did VFX

    Oscars 2022: Namit Malhotra, the son of Bollywood producer Naresh Malhotra, leads DNEG, the UK-based multi-award-winning visual effects provider.