In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Belarus’ support of the war, Wimbledon is reportedly planning to bar Russian and Belarusian players from the Grand Slam tennis tournament which begins in London on June 27. Sportico reported that the event, organized by the All England Club, will break from the rest of the tennis world by refusing to allow Russians to compete — this would include current world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev. The New York Times, citing a highly placed international tennis official, said the ban is expected to extend to Belarusian players as well.
John Oliver Chides OJ Simpson’s Take on Will Smith Oscars Slap: ‘You Can Just Sit This One Out’ (Video)
04.04.2022 - 17:51 / thewrap.com
tweeted a video of himself discussing Sunday night’s slap, saying Smith “was wrong,” but that he “understood the feeling.” Simpson also noted within the video that people had apparently been asking him for his opinion on the exchange. Oliver was definitely not one of them.“Nope, not you O.J., not you,” he said Sunday night. “No one wants to hear from you on this, especially when you seem to be coming live from the COVID patio of a Señor Frog’s.
You can just sit this one out. Think of this situation like a rowdy bachelorette ordering a mimosa; we want as little juice involved here as humanly possible.”You can watch Oliver’s full thoughts in the video above.This isn’t the first time Oliver has offered his opinion on unwanted opinions in recent weeks. At the end of February, the “Last Week Tonight” host discouraged former president George W.
Bush from weighing in on Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine without any real cause.“I join the international community in condemning Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine,” the former president said in a statement. Oliver’s response came pretty swiftly, and with similar wording as he used for OJ Simpson.“Hold on, George. Not from you,” Oliver said.
“You are not the guy for this one.”Oliver was, of course, referring to Bush’s own handling of the 2003 conflict with Iraq, in which he ordered U.S. troops to invade in late March, based on claims that Iraq had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction that needed to be dismantled. A United Nations inspection team declared it had found no evidence of the existence of WMDs prior to the invasion.“That statement only would have made sense if it ended with ‘Oh s—, now I hear it.
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deadline.com
18.04.2022 / 09:37
French Artists Urge Vote For Emmanuel Macron In Presidential Election, Warn Of Marine Le Pen Agenda
On April 10, France went to the polls in the first round of voting for the 2022 presidential election. The results pit incumbent Emmanuel Macron versus far right leader Marine Le Pen with the determining second round vote to be held on April 24. In the wake of the first round, some 400 artists have lent their names to an op-ed published in Le Monde urging the electorate to put its voice behind Macron.
wonderwall.com
15.04.2022 / 22:21
Russia sympathizer Steven Seagal was an on-set 'bully,' former costar says
New York Post, John happily spoke about several of his box office bombs, indicating, "I always have the best time off-camera on those movies because you've got to make up for it."However, he noted that he could have done without 1996's "Executive Decision," in which he and Steven starred. "Yeah, I did not have a good time with Steven Seagal. No one has," John said.
foxnews.com
15.04.2022 / 22:13
Russian soprano Anna Netrebko to sing at Monte Carlo Opera after being dropped by Met Opera
Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera's decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin. The Monte Carlo Opera said Thursday that Netrebko will sing the title role in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" in performances on April 22, 24, 27 and 30.The 50-year-old Russian replaces an originally announced Maria Agresta. Tenor Yusif Eyvazov, Netrebko's husband, is scheduled to sing Des Grieux.
deadline.com
03.04.2022 / 08:29
‘SNL’s Weekend Update Tackles Oscars Slap: “One Of The Craziest Things We Will Ever See”
Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che made every Will Smith joke they’d been holding onto over the course of the past week, following the Oscar winner’s slap of Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards.
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31.03.2022 / 19:57
Rishi Sunak suggests he can relate to Will Smith after “having our wives attacked”
Will Smith.The Chancellor of the Exchequer suggested in a new interview that he can relate to Smith, who assaulted Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday (March 27) for a joke made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, because he has felt similar defensive emotions recently.Labour said last week that Sunak has “very serious questions to answer” over his wife Akshata Murty’s shares in Infosys, a firm co-founded by her father, that operates in Russia.Sunak has said that he has “nothing to do” with the company, and previously encouraged UK firms to sever ties with Russia to punish Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine.Sunak told the BBC’s Newscast podcast: “I think it’s totally fine for people to take shots at me. It’s fair game.