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Nick Cannon is reacting to the news of the cancellation of Red Table Talk, the show hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris. After Deadline broke the news that Facebook Watch was shutting down and putting an end to its original programming, Cannon said the cancellation…

EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Hudgens is set to reprise her role as weapons expert Kelly in Bad Boys 4 with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Smith and Lawrence revealed earlier this year that they're reteaming for a fourth Bad Boys movie, which is in pre-production at Sony Pictures with Bad Boys for Life's…

Tom Cruise may have been the man who saved Hollywood's ass, according to Steven Spielberg, but the Top Gun: Maverick star wasn't in the Dolby Theatre tonight to save the Academy Awards. Turned out that while Cruise was missed, as was Avatar kingpin James Cameron, their star power wasn't necessary to…

One of Oscar’s long-running traditions is for an acting winner to return the following year to present the award to the distaff winner in their category the following year. Related Story Oscars: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Takes Best Picture & Six Others – Full Winners…

WARNING: This post contains very strong language and racial slurs used onstage: "Anybody that says words hurt has never been punched in the face," Chris Rock said with a well-timed figurative wink tonight right at the start of his live Netflix special Selective Outrage. Starting off with a backstage…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. “Well Pete, do you think we already know who all the winners are?” That was the weary question that greeted me on a rainy night this week when I arrived for a Q&A at The London, the…

UPDATED with video: Will Smith on Wednesday made his first in-person speech at an awards ceremony since the 2022 Oscars slap incident with Chris Rock. Smith accepted the Beacon Award at the African American Film Critics Association Awards ceremony Wednesday at the Beverly Wilshire. His Emancipation…

The slap heard round the world is about to get its first complete take from Chris Rock, who will finally talk about the infamous Oscars incident with Will Smith. "Chris Rock: Selective Outrage" will stream live on Netflix at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore…

If you look up the definition of the word “blockbuster” on Wikipedia it probably has Jerry Bruckheimer’s picture next to it. Now, believe it or not, he has finally received his first Oscar nomination for Top Gun: Maverick, the 36-year-gestating sequel to…

After a stellar debut last year, Bel-Air — Peacock’s reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air that featured Will Smith — returns Feb. 23 with a new showrunner, new supporting cast members, and an unexpected challenge: how does the Banks Family persuade a young Will Smith (Jabari Banks) to move back into…

Movie Academy CEO Bill Kramer said there is “a whole crisis team” in place for the Academy Awards next — a first for the ceremony in its 95 years. The move is another reaction to Will Smith’s infamous face-slap of Chris Rock as the latter was about to present the Best Documentary Oscar. In an int…

EXCLUSIVE: Akiva Goldsman is returning his Weed Road to Warner Bros, in a multi-year first look deal. Weed Road’s President of Production Greg Lessans and Vice President Rachel Wizenberg have re-upped with the company, along with creative executive Shiva Nassab. Weed Road most recently had both its…