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The story of Will Smith’s Oscar night slap of Chris Rock has often elicited sympathy towards the comedian. Publicly, over the past year, Rock has been widely portrayed as a victim who was humiliated by an out-of-order peer for a harmless bit. But last Saturday, Rock emphatically flipped the script with his first lengthy public response on the incident. Ever the perfectionist, the comedian played the long game, biding his time and ultimately creating a spectacle of the occasion with Netflix’s first-ever live entertainment special less than a year after that infamous Oscars night. Titled Selective Outrage, the theme of the special turns out to be far more nuanced than the clips circulating on social media after the special premiered had suggested. Admittedly, I was one of those who found…
Nicki Minaj is launching her own record label. The rap legend has announced her new imprint on Republic Records. The roster will boast the likes of Nana Fofie, Tate Kobang, Rico Danna and London Hill. The name of the new record label isn’t known at this time. On her Queen Radio show for Amazon Music’s AMP, the Super Freaky Girl hitmaker spilt: “When I get behind an artist, y’all know how I do s*** for people that’s not even signed to me. Imagine what Imma (sic) do for the ones that’s signed.” And Minaj, who dropped her first tune of 2023, Red Ruby Da Sleeze, last week, has vowed to help launch the careers of artists from a wide range of genres. “Don’t think my label is just rap, or…
The Duchess of York is reportedly set to hand out a gong at this year’s Oscars due to her friendship with Elvis Presley’s family. Sarah Ferguson, 63, gave a tribute speech at Graceland about Elvis’s late daughter Lisa Marie Presley at a memorial service for the singer, 54, in January. Lisa Marie was killed by two heart attacks on January 12. Ferguson is said to be headed to the Academy Awards where Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic is up for eight awards. A source said: “There have been discussions about it. Now looks as though that will happen – the plan is for her to present an award. “She has been a very close friend of the Presley family, especially Elvis’s daughter. That sparked conversations about her attending – after…
Actress and film-maker Elizabeth Banks isn’t content playing within the confines of Hollywood. No, she would rather push the envelope and stretch the imagination. And this is wonderfully manifested in her latest film, Cocaine Bear. Interestingly, this was one of Ray Liotta’s final projects before he died on May 26 last year. Banks cemented her career in Tinseltown with an extensive string of rom-coms among her other projects. As such, comedy became a playground where she flourished. And this is manifested in projects like Charlie’s Angels and Pitch Perfect 2. For Cocaine Bear she marries horror with comedy. At a recent media junket, she said: “I really felt like this was the opportunity to layer real true comedy, laugh-out-loud moments, with a real sense of suspense and a lot…
Four years after Victoria’s Secret shuttered its annual runway show in a bid to “evolve”, the lingerie brand is bringing back a version of the star-studded spectacle later this year. The high-profile shows, known for parading elaborately winged and scantily clad supermodels, had also drawn criticism for glorifying unrealistic body standards and their sparse diversity. And industry experts warn the “Angels” of the past will no longer fly. “It’s one of those shining examples, when you look back at how brands were when it came to body inclusivity, of what not to do, that it’s a surprise that they would go back in that direction, unless they’ve got some big sea change planned,” said Kara Richardson Whitely, the chief executive of size inclusivity consulting company the Gorgeous Agency. Word of…
No one needs to be told how important friendships are at every stage of our life. So important, in fact, that a social relationship study conducted in 2016 on endogenous opioids (chemicals that makes us happy) found that friendships ignite the part of the brain that makes us feel good. While a great deal of research has found that having a strong social support network is important for maintaining our psychological well-being, some also suggest that when these friendships are in conflict or generate stress or anxiety, they are more damaging than having no friendships at all. What causes us to outgrow our friendships? Different life directions mean you stop hanging out as much, then they’re no longer the first person you go to with news, and before you know…
