Judd Apatow’s Best Jokes From The DGA Awards

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It’s coming up to a year since the infamous Slap heard around the world—when host Chris Rock was belted by Will Smith on stage after making a joke about his wife’s baldness. In the final 10 minutes of his first comedy special since, the comedian addressed the incident and fans are curious to see how Jada Pinkett responded to Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage on Netflix. It sounds like she wants to put it all behind her, but him? We’re not so sure.

A number of comedians have come to Chris Rock’s defense after some criticized his jokes about Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett in his stand-up special last weekend.  After staying quiet for a year, Rock finally unleashed on the A-list couple after being slapped by the "Bad Boys" actor while he was presenting at the Oscars in March 2022.  Comedian D.L. Hughley wrote on Instagram after his show, "I’m going to give my brother, his flowers and his respect,"@chrisrock YOU DID THE DAMN THING, MOST IMPORTANTLY… YOU STAYED TRUE TO YOURSELF!! as far as everyone else that seems to have an opinion on whether or not he should’ve mentioned what happened to HIM, you don’t get to decide when, why or how someone else deals with THEIR trauma."  He noted that while Rock stayed silent for a year, the "ENTIRE WORLD" weighed in on the slap and many comedians did bits on it.  "The ONE PERSON YOU NEVER HEARD FROM ABOUT IT WAS CHRIS!!" he wrote.

being slapped by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars, with “Selective Outrage,” his live Netflix comedy special. In it, Rock speculated that Smith smacked him not just over his joke about Pinkett Smith’s baldness (comparing the actress, who has alopecia, to “G.I. Jane”), but because Smith was unleashing built-up anger over her affair with Alsina.“Everybody in the world called him a bitch,” Rock said of Smith.

New York Post, Rock joked, “I rooted for Will Smith my whole life. The other day, I watched ‘Emancipation’ just so I could watch him getting whipped.”In “Emancipation,” Smith plays an escaped slave who was known in real life as “Whipped Peter,” due to a photograph of his horrifically scarred back.

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told People on the red carpet for the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday.Butler revealed that he “spent a week in bed” before going on to another project.In May 2022, he told British GQ that he “woke up at 4 in the morning with excruciating pain” and was “rushed to hospital,” which was due to a virus he contracted that simulated the symptoms of appendicitis.“My body just started shutting down the day after I finished ‘Elvis,'” Butler recalled.But the trip to the emergency room wasn’t the only health challenge he faced while taking portraying Elvis.He also told People that he lost his now-memorable voice while singing Elvis’ version of “Never Been to Spain.”“We did so many takes. And at a certain point, I just lost my voice,” Butler explained.

The cast of Everything Everywhere All at Once won big at the SAG Awards and 94-year-old actor James Hong totally stole the show with an amazing moment during the final speech of the night.

Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to her parents and Michelle Yeoh while picking up her win during the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday.“I got my SAG card when I was 19 years old, when I signed a seven-year contract to Universal Studios and starred in an ABC TV series called the ‘Operation Petticoat,’ which was based on the movie that my father, Tony Curtis — nepo baby! — starred in,” Curtis — the daughter of “Psycho” star Janet Leigh and the “Some Like It Hot” actor Curtis — said during the “I Am an Actor” opening.“I was fired from that TV show a year later and I thought my life was over,” she continued. “But the good news is that if I hadn’t been fired from ‘Operation Petticoat,’ I would have never had the opportunity to audition for a little tiny, no-budget horror movie called ‘Halloween.’ My name is Jamie Lee Curtis, and I am, proudly, an actor.”Jamie Lee Curtis proudly referring to herself as a nepo baby during her “I am an actor” speech was perfection #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/5vksrPUHThThe “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star, 64, also made a joke about being a nepo baby — a contentious title much-discussed after a recent New York Magazine cover story diving into Hollywood’s dynasty — while accepting her award for best female supporting actor for her performance.“I know you look at me and think, ‘Nepo baby, that’s why you’re here.’ I totally get it,” said Curtis.

Katie Reul editor Will Smith won the NAACP Image Award for outstanding actor in a motion picture for his performance in “Emancipation” on Saturday night, marking his first award win since his infamous incident at the 2022 Oscars in which he slapped Chris Rock onstage. Smith was not present at the ceremony to accept his award in person. Set in 19th century Louisiana, Smith portrays a runaway slave who embarks on a treacherous journey to Baton Rouge while thwarting off violent plantation owners. “Emancipation” was inspired by an 1863 photograph known as “Whipped Peter,” which depicts a once-enslaved individual with severe lacerations on his back. The image’s circulation placed the brutality of slavery in front of the eyes of the American public.

Producers Guild Awards have revealed its presenters list for the 34th annual awards show, which will take place Saturday at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.Kate Hudson, Angela Bassett, Austin Butler, Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Williams, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Ron Howard and Sandra Oh lead the notable star-studded list who will take the stage to present at the PGA Awards.Additionally, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Billy Eichner, Bob Odenkirk, Danielle Deadwyler, Dave Burd, Diego Luna, Eugenio Derbez, Hannah Einbinder, Hong Chau, Jay Ellis, Kerry Condon, Leslie Odom, Jr., Mo Amer, Monica Barbaro, Nicole Byer, Paul Dano, Robert Rodriguez, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sherry Lansing and Stephanie Hsu will also present throughout the evening.The PGA Awards honors producers, industry leaders and their producing teams to celebrate the art and craft of producing by honoring the producers behind the top films, TV shows and new media projects of the past year. Previously announced honorees at this year's ceremony include Tom Cruise (David O. Selznick Award); Mindy Kaling (Norman Lear Award); Warner Bros.

Will Smith caused a major controversy when he slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Despite all the backlash he received after the incident, Smith is now joking about it in a new video he shared to TikTok. In the video, he showed himself listening to another TikTok creator explaining "an absolutely unhinged exercise." As he listened thoughtfully, the other person said, "Did you know that you can pick any object, look at it and ask it what it thinks of you?" She explained that after doing this, "You will get an answer in your mind from intuition." As she gave examples of what kind of objects you could use for this exercise, Smith looked off to the side, out of view of his camera.

“duet” with a TikTok user who prompts others on the app to ask an inanimate object what it thinks of you.“This works because everything has consciousness,” reads the caption of the original video by TikToker Sam Rossi.“You can pick up a pen and ask it how it sees you or what it thinks of you,” she continued, “and you will get an answer in your mind from your intuition. You can ask your car what it thinks of you, you can even ask money what it thinks of you.”In the duet, the 54-year-old actor reaches off camera to pick up an Academy Award for Best Actor, which he won for his role in “King Richard” during that fateful ceremony.He looks as though he’s about to ask his golden statue a question just before he ends the video — which has 112,500 likes and 1.6 million views as of Wednesday morning.Smith slapped 94th Academy Awards host Chris Rock, 58, after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair — which Smith took as a jab at his 51-year-old wife’s struggle with alopecia.

Comedian and OK! columnist Judi Love is wishing the family of teenager Brianna Ghey her sincerest condolences for their tragic loss. Writing in her column this week, Judi also congratulates Rihanna on her unexpected pregnancy announcement, reveals why she loves filling in for Rob Beckett on BBC Radio 2, expresses her excitement over the upcoming series of the Celebrity Bake Off and has her say on the BRITs.

Judd Apatow has nothing but pride for his 25-year-old daughter, Maude, and her role in the hit HBO drama . Apatow caught up with  at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday in Beverly Hills and set the record straight on her daughter's success, assuring that he's «not traumatized» by the racy series. Maude plays the role of Lexie Howard, whose character's storyline was centerstage in season 2. «I can watch it.

Tom Cruise over his height during a monologue at the Directors Guild Of America Awards.The comedian and producer hosted the ceremony on Saturday (February 18), where he praised Top Gun: Maverick for concealing Cruise’s 5 foot 7 height.“The visual effects in [Top Gun:] Maverick were so top-notch I couldn’t even see the stack of phone books Tom Cruise sat on to reach the flight controls,” Apatow said.“That’s why he’s always jumping out of tall buildings because you can’t tell how short he is when he’s in a 100-storey building. That’s why when he’s standing on a wing of an airplane he’s always alone, he doesn’t want anyone there next to him for scale.”Judd Apatow kills as host at the DGAAwards. No one was off limits including the Daniels and most notably, Tom Cruise.

Richard E. Grant rocked up to the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards in the Batmobile at the advice of Steve Martin, he revealed in a video skit that kicked off his BAFTA monologue tonight. “One single gag can ruin your life and career,” Martin warned him before offering up 1000 rules (most of them thankfully omitted from broadcast) for how to be the perfect awards show host. “Don’t wear white,” Martin warned Grant, already clad in a white tux. “Start working out your monologue at least a year in advance”; “Don’t pick a fight with Judi Dench”; and “Don’t invest in Helen Mirren’s cryptocurrency, she’s a scammer.”

Judd Apatow served as emcee for the DGA Awards on Saturday night, and he kicked off his show-opening monologue by taking a few shots at Tom Cruise.

Bringing the jabs. Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for a prize at the 2023 Directors Guild of America Awards, and host Judd Apatow couldn’t resist a few shady jokes at the actor’s expense.