Will Smith just threw a $50m punch

[sleddogn]

Hard to get'r far with that big ole dress dragging in the wind though

 

[Winslow]

 

[E2942]

The grammar police were also at the event today, because Will left out the preposition when he was cursing Chris.

 

[coy garcia]

Apologies if this has been posted already but here's an old clip from the Arsenio Hall show where Will makes fun of bassist John B. Williams:

He made fun of a bass player so nobody cares. If that bass player slapped him we know what would have happened..lol. Good job making this thread bass related

 

[Bass Viking]

He made fun of a bass player so nobody cares. If that bass player slapped him we know what would have happened..lol. Good job making this thread bass related

Maybe John B Williams took it out on his bass by slapping it.

I remember seeing John in Warwick ads in back issues of Bass Player Magazine.

 

[StereoPlayer]

Sorry, I couldn’t help it. Taken from another thread.

 

[ElectroVibe]

Well, Bob Hope has hosted the Oscars nineteen times (more than anyone else), beginning in 1940. There might have been other comedians before him but I'm not sure. Comedians make a pretty obvious choice as hosts: they are used to working in front of crowds, they are used to engaging directly with crowds, they are typically comfortable with a degree of improvisation and they tend to help with the entertainment aspect of the ceremony. And, of course, there's a long tradition of comedy in film. It's unlikely that the trend of hiring comedians as hosts for the Oscars is going to fade any time soon. Heck, this year two of the three hosts were comedians (Chris Rock wasn't a host, just a presenter).

As for the standing ovation, I wouldn't be too quick to draw any conclusions from that.

Bob Hope and Billy Crystal were both good choices.

 

[E2942]

Latest real news is that Smith resigned from the Academy.

 

[GregC]

Latest real news is that Smith resigned from the Academy.

Yes, which means he can no longer vote for the Oscars. But I'm sure this is just another part of the elaborate conspiracy.

 

[GregC]

Even the pretense of "classiness" has been completely absent from the celebrity machine for at least the last 20 years. Nothing left but starlets on the red carpet with their assets hanging out and their unsavory escorts. At least when Debbie, Eddie, Liz, Mike, and Dick engaged in various adulteries they PRETENDED to behave like adults.

Ha, the celebs of old are very lucky there was no social media or TMZ/24-hour gossip coverage then. That thin veneer of "adulthood" or "classiness" with which we regard them would be quickly stripped away.

 

[FunkHead]

 

[Winslow]

Meanwhile, here's the Hollywood Reporter writeup on Smith's academy resignation:

Will Smith Resigns From Academy After Chris Rock Slap At Oscars – The Hollywood Reporter

 

[Alkali Ike]

Meanwhile, here's the Hollywood Reporter writeup on Smith's academy resignation:

Will Smith Resigns From Academy After Chris Rock Slap At Oscars – The Hollywood Reporter

Anyone still think this was staged? *rolleyes*

 

[Peterson]

Of Course It Was Staged...Its called Acting

 

[Winslow]

 

[5StringBlues]

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Sorry Wins, I draw the line at Chuck Norris.

 

[TyBo]

I guess I just have a different perspective than some who are angry at Chris Rock. I have alopecia myself ... which is to say male pattern baldness, which is a form of alopecia (androgenic alopecia). People occasionally make a joke, not often, but once in a while ... I even make such jokes about myself, once in a while. It is what it is, gotta have a sense of humor.

It's no doubt a harder thing for a woman. Still ... I had an aunt who had alopecia (more obviously than Jada), and she didn't let that phase her, just went about her life. As children, we actually asked her about it (as kids do), and she was just matter of fact about it. We loved her to pieces, she was a wonderful human being. And did not have a fragile ego.

In past years, hosting the Oscars, Ricky Gervais has been a lot more savage than Chris Rock was. Ricky's take is that he wouldn't have joked about Jada's hair ... he would have joked about her boyfriend. Chris Rock's stuff was very mild compared to some other jokes that have been made. Also, I don't think it's a given, at all, that he even knew about the alopecia issue ... I certainly didn't, nor did most people I know. I don't follow Jada.

Ricky makes the point that people need to get over themselves and not be too thin skinned - reality is what it is, and if their feelings are not aligned with that, that's on them.

 

[5StringBlues]

Just a thought- is Jada really bothered by her condition? It would seem a person of her wealth could afford the finest wigs available if she was really bothered by it.

She seems to be "rocking" the look pretty well.



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[TyBo]

Just a thought- is Jada really bothered by her condition? It would seem a person of her wealth could afford the finest wigs available if she was really bothered by it.

She seems to be "rocking" the look pretty well.



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Yeah, it's not as though nobody else is wearing a wig that night ... probably half the women there have some hair that's not their own. Or more. And a pretty standard thing to do for alopecia. She looks fine as is too, I wouldn't know there was any condition there if it hadn't been publicized. Of course, Jada is free to feel however she wants about it, and to deal with it as she pleases. It's an unfortunate condition, but really, in the larger scheme of things there are a whole lot of worse things to deal with. Ask me how I know .

 

[Winslow]

Sorry Wins, I draw the line at Chuck Norris.