Category Archives: Entertainment News – ABC Audio
No, Chris Rock didn't apologize for Oscars night joke
ABCChris Rock is never known to hold his tongue, so when an alleged apology for his Oscar night dig at Jada Pinkett-Smith started making the rounds online, it raised some eyeb...
Mar 29, 2022
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith's mother speak out after Oscars slapping incident
ABC(NOTE LANGUAGE) Two days after the very shocking "slap heard all around the world" at the Oscars, actress Jada Pinkett Smith posted a note on social media. "This is the season for he...
Mar 29, 2022
Amy Schumer says her "queen" Kirsten Dunst was in on Oscars "seat filler" joke
ABCWhile it went unnoticed by some in the wake of the "slap heard 'round the world," some fans of Kirsten Dunst took issue with an Oscars moment in which co-host Amy Schumer&n...
Mar 29, 2022
Good morning, aviators: Check out the high-flying new trailer to 'Top Gun: Maverick'
Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved./Scott GarfieldAfter a series of movie theater fly-bys, Top Gun: Maverick is finally coming in for a landing May 27, and Paramount Pictures has just...
Mar 29, 2022
Late-night hosts react to Will Smith slapping Chis Rock at the Oscars
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.Late-night hosts had a field day addressing the "slap heard around the world," using their opening to lay into Will S...
Mar 29, 2022
In Brief: Oscars slap surges Chris Rock's concert ticket sales, and more
The slap in the face Chris Rock got from Will Smith at Sunday's Oscars have given Rock's ticket sales a shot in the arm. TickPick reports the comedian's ticket sales rose 641% between Sunday...
Mar 29, 2022
'American Idol' recap: Judges deliver game-changing curveball after Hollywood week genre challenge
ABC/Eric McCandlessHollywood week is in full swing on American Idol. Getting right to business, the first round of Hollywood week saw the singers choose the genre they felt b...
Mar 29, 2022
Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock, Academy after slapping comedian during Oscars
ABC/AMPAS(NOTE LANGUAGE) Actor Will Smith apologized Monday for slapping Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, at the Oscars. ...
Mar 28, 2022
Academy launching "formal review" of Will Smith after slapping Chris Rock at Oscars
ABCThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is launching a "formal review" of the confrontation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars when Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock ...
Mar 28, 2022
Kim Kardashian says her "work" comments to women were "taken out of context"
ABC News(NOTE LANGUAGE) Kim Kardashian has responded to the backlash she received after telling women to hustle harder. Kardashian told Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Ro...
Mar 28, 2022