Chris Rock‘s brother Tony is opening up about the infamous Oscars slap and is questioning Will Smith‘s version of events.
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took home the Oscar for Best Visual Effects on Sunday, senior visual effects supervisor Eric Saindon was forced to leave the ceremony and head straight to the hospital.According to a representative for Weta FX, the VFX production company behind the groundbreaking sequel, Saindon had been experiencing gastrointestinal pain throughout the day leading up to the evening ceremony.Saindon checked into the Beverly Hills Hotel around noon but wound up testing negative for kidney stones and appendicitis, so he decided to dampen the discomfort with painkillers until after the show, according to an report.Saindon and his fellow visual effects supervisors wound up taking home the Oscar and delivering an acceptance speech. However, after posing for photos with their awards backstage, Saindon experienced even greater pain.He left the press room and returned to the hospital, where doctors determined he had a rupture in his small intestine, and immediately performed the surgery.The rep for Weta FX tells ET, «He’s doing okay and recovering as we speak. I’m just glad he left when he did.
A rupture is serious stuff.»The win marked Saindon's first Oscar — which he accepted alongside fellow VFX supervisors Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham and Daniel Barrett. It also marked the only win for out of a total of four nominations.
Chris Rock‘s brother Tony is opening up about the infamous Oscars slap and is questioning Will Smith‘s version of events.
A patient who fainted while waiting six hours for an x-ray at Forth Valley Royal has spoken out about a lack of care.
Shaquille O'Neal is on the mend! The starsparked some concern among fans on Sunday when he posted a photo to Twitter showing him laying down in a hospital bed with an IV attached to his arm. ET has learned that O'Neal had hip replacement surgery and is now at home resting.The basketball pro captioned the post with a message to his co-hosts, Candace Parker and Ernie Johnson, telling them he's «always watching» them, even in the hospital. «Miss y'all,» O'Neal added to the post.Parker responded, «Love ya big Fella ♥.»i’m always watching @TurnerSportsEJ and @Candace_Parker miss y’all pic.twitter.com/4tY4X6v1PjO'Neal, who celebrated his 51st birthday earlier this month, recently opened up to ET about making his health a priority.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged to his new partner Ann Lesley Smith months after divorcing his ex wife Jerry Hall. The 92 year old businessman could be walking down the aisle for the fifth time this summer with his new partner Ann, who is said to be 26 years his junior. Rupert's new fiancée was previously married to country singer and radio and TV executive Chester Smith, who died in 2008.
Rupert Murdoch is engaged once again. The 92-year-old billionaire businessman proposed to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, 66, on St.
Ethan Shanfeld While toasting Adam Sandler at the Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night, Chris Rock called out the Oscars for snubbing his performance in “Uncut Gems.” Honoring his longtime pal and “Grown Ups” co-star with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Rock said “nobody comes even close” to Sandler’s turn as the gambling-addicted jeweler Howard Ratner in the Safdie brothers’ 2019 film. “The Oscars, you know, they’re fucking assholes, and if they don’t want to give my man his props, then we will tonight,” Rock said (via People). The comedian also joked about his own Oscars experience, referencing the 2022 ceremony when Will Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock. He compared the incident to the attack against Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul, who was hospitalized after a man broke into his San Francisco home and beat him with a hammer.
Rupert Murdoch is engaged, again.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Rupert Murdoch just can’t stay single. Less than a year after divorcing Jerry Hall, the 92-year-old Fox mogul is hearing wedding bells again. He’s engaged to Ann Lesley Smith, a 66-year-old San Francisco police chaplain. According to gossip columnist Cindy Adams, who broke the story in the New York Post, Murdoch’s future wife was married to Chester Smith, a country-western singer, as well as a radio and TV executive who died in 2008. Adams reports that the two bonded over their shared knowledge of the media business as well as the fact that she once owned a vineyard and he still does. If they tie the knot, it will be Murdoch’s fifth marriage. Hall, a model and actress, was married to Murdoch for six years. In addition to Hall, Murdoch was previously married to Wendi Deng from 1999 to 2013; Anna Maria Torv from 1967 to 1999; and Patricia Booker, from 1956 to 1967.
making things awkward during a red carpet interview with ABC’s pre-show host Ashley Graham.In the now-viral video, things went south when the model-actress missed his joke about the novel “Vanity Fair,” attributing the reference to the magazine of the same name’s famous Oscars after-party. He refused to appease her follow-up questions with more than a few words, answering that he was rooting for “no one in particular” and was wearing “just my suit.” Though the internet accused him of being “shady,” his friend Barrymore wrote it off as a classic Grant moment.“There’s this thing going around with him and Ashley Graham on the red carpet.
Brendan Fraser was seen supporting his teenage son Leland on a night out at legendary West Hollywood club, Whisky a Go Go.On Monday night (13 March), the actor was pictured at the hotspot with his 16-year-old son, less than 24 hours after winning Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his acclaimed performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale.The historic rock’n’ roll nightclub, informally known as The Whisky, was founded in the early 1960s and is a local staple, welcoming the likes of Guns N’ Roses and KISS to its stage over the years. It has also been featured in films like A Night at the Roxbury, The Banger Sisters, and Get Him to the Greek.The newly crowned Oscar winner signed the nightclub’s infamous whisky wall and greeted fans congratulating him on his recent comeback, TMZ reported.
Brendan Fraser is enjoying an early dinner with his family!
A soft launch? Gabby Windey potentially has a new man in her life — and it might be former Dancing With the Stars costar Alan Bersten.
Their feelings remain. Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid aren’t over their fling quite yet.
Eric Saindon picked up his first Oscar at the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday evening (March 12) and went straight to the hospital afterward.
Despite the historic Best Director wins by Chloe Zhao and Jane Campion over the past couple of years at the Oscars, this year’s nominees proved that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to make sure women filmmakers are recognized in the same way as their male counterparts. And for someone like Patty Jenkins, a filmmaker who has been in the business for decades, it’s disheartening to see one step forward and two steps back when it comes to the Academy recognizing women directors at the Oscars.
Angela Bassett gets respect.
Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors made sure to show some love to Angela Bassett at the 95th Oscars on Sunday.Bassett was an odds-on favorite to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in.
Everything Everywhere All At Once actor Ke Huy Quan left the Oscars audience and viewers at home in floods of tears with his winners speech.The Vietnamese-born actor, 51, triumphed in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role as Waymond Wang, the metaverse travelling husband of Joy Wang, played by Michelle Yeoh.The award was presented by last year’s Best Supporting winners Ariana de Bose and Troy Kotsur, with the former bursting into tears as she announced Quan’s name. As he made his way to the stage, the actor – who had his first brush with fame as a child star in Indiana Jones in the 1980s – was in floods of tears and it wasn’t long before fans tuning in at home were too.
The 95th Academy Awards take place tonight, marking the biggest event in the film industry’s awards season. The Oscars will see the most famous faces in the business come together in recognition of the most impressive and groundbreaking films, performances, songs, visual effects, and more.
Lights, camera, fashion! The 2023 Academy Awards are almost upon Us.