Poking fun? During the first White House Correspondents’ Dinner in nearly three years amid the coronavirus pandemic, host Trevor Noah noted how comedy has changed in light of Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Oscars drama.
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addressed Will Smith’s 10-year ban from Academy events on Monday night, joking that he didn’t think the punishment was all that bad.“When I first read the headline, I thought this was the worst punishment ever. I was like, ’10 years? The Oscars, you’re ridiculous!’ ” he said. “But then I got into the details and I realized that he gets to keep his Oscar and he can still win Oscars, even though he’s banned.
So in many ways, this isn’t a punishment. This is a favor.”He continued, “Will Smith doesn’t have to go to the ceremony. He doesn’t have to get dressed up.
He doesn’t have to sit through a bunch of boring awards that he doesn’t care about. He doesn’t have to pretend to be happy when he loses. I wish I could get banned from the Emmys.
Every year I have to go and act like I might beat John Oliver. It’s a nightmare.”Noah continued to poke fun at the situation, adding that the Academy “should have at least consulted Chris Rock” before they chose Smith’s consequences. “If Will were still going to the Oscars, that’s at least four hours where Chris Rock knows where he is.
Now he could be anywhere,” Noah said. “Honestly, I don’t think they should have banned Will Smith at all. I’ll be honest.
I actually think they should have hired Will Smith to replace the wrap it up music that they play at award shows. Yeah. Do you know how quickly winners will finish their speeches when they see Will Smith watching them from the side of the stage?”While it seems like just about everyone else is still talking about Slapgate, it appears Rock is content keeping silent on the matter for now.
Poking fun? During the first White House Correspondents’ Dinner in nearly three years amid the coronavirus pandemic, host Trevor Noah noted how comedy has changed in light of Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Oscars drama.
purchase of Twitter. While some rejoiced the news, others vowed to leave the site due to the Tesla CEO’s ownership of the social media site.
The man has jokes. Trevor Noah isn’t done discussing Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards — and this time, the Daily Show host got in some jabs about the King Richard star’s punishment from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Going around town. Chris Rock spills more about how he felt after Will Smith got banned from the Oscars. During his on-going comedy tour, Rock talked about what he could and couldn’t say about the Academy’s decision to ban the King Richard actor after his infamous slap.
Colin Jost had some thoughts about the recent announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that Will Smith had been banned from the Oscars for 10 years due to his slapping Chris Rock onstage during this year’s ceremony.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday said that it is moving up an annual meeting by 10 days to more quickly address possible sanctions for Will Smith after his now-infamous slap of Chris Rock on live TV during the Oscars last month.
Chris Rock’s brother Kenny has criticised the Academy for its lack of action and lambasted Will Smith after he slapped his brother at the Oscars. Smith walked on stage and struck Rock, who was presenting the award for Best Documentary, after the comedian made a joke about his wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith. On Friday (1 April), five days after the incident, Smith made the decision to step down from the Academy.
Time to address the elephant in the room!
Grammys host Trevor Noah made a joke about Will Smith's controversial Oscars slap as he opened the ceremony on Sunday. At the Academy Awards on 27 March, the King Richard actor slapped presenter Chris Rock on stage after he made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, and once he returned to his seat, he yelled at Chris to keep his wife's name out of his mouth. A week later, talk show host Trevor took to the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas to host the Grammys and made sure to reference the moment that had been dominating the headlines.
Trevor Noah poked fun at Will Smith's Oscars altercation with Chris Rock during his opening monologue at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (03. 04. 22).
Will Smith jokes have begun at the 2022 Grammys. The 64th Annual Award show is being held in Las Vegas and during the pre-ceremony, LeVar Burton, introduced one of this year's presenters, Nate Bargazte, with a jab towards Smith. ‘KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELVES’ "I want to warn you all that our next presenter is a comedian. If you know what I mean," Burton began his introduction. LeVar Burton makes a Will Smith joke on stage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.
Trevor Noah is looking to avoid any of that Oscars drama.
“We’re going to be keeping people’s names out of our mouths,” said Grammys host Trevor Noah during his hopening monologue to maybe his biggest laugh line and huge applause. Ironically, if Noah is good to his word, it may be the last time he mentions the fracas.
Trevor Noah returned to the GRAMMYs this year and kicked things off in style!The host and celebrated stand-up comic delivered his opening monologue, and didn't hold back when it came to poking fun at some of the A-list music stars in the room at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas — and some celebs who weren't actually there as well.After a lively opening performance by Silk Sonic, Noah came out and made some fun, playful jokes about the night's nominees — including calling Justin Bieber «the best thing to happen to peaches since that Timothée Chalamet movie» — and joked that there was so much star power, it felt like «a musical Madame Tussauds in here!»«It will be such a beautiful evening. Don't even think of this as an award show, consider it a concert where we are giving out awards,» Noah said.
referencing the indefinite delay of the awards show due to the Omicron variant. “Better late than never.”Hosted in Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena Sunday night, Noah threw jokes at the “music royalty” in the room, including Justin Bieber.“The best thing to happen to peaches since that Timothee Chalamet movie,” joked Noah, who’s dating “Titans” actress Minka Kelly, before Olivia Rodrigo hit the stage to perform her chart-topping “Driver’s License.”Earlier this month, the comedian noted that the Grammys, albeit a time to celebrate everyone’s favorite artists, would also highlight political topics, like the crisis in Ukraine.“I think the show is going to find the right place and the right space to do something,” the Emmy-winner said weeks prior to his big moment on stage.