Gomer95 said:

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I thought I read somewhere that Kevin Costner did NOT stand and applaud when Will won. If true, that's awesome. But I haven't confirmed that. Costner now keeps reminding me of Gary Cooper and I like both of them, regardless of if Costner stood up or not.

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This week is the first time I have seen people regularly describe her as hot. I've always thought she was wildly unattractive.

Hincemm said:

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i don't follow hollywood like many of y'all. what exactly has made jada likeable throughout her career? being hot decades ago?

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She single-handedly ruined the Gotham tv show with her performance, if you want to call it that.

Head Ninja In Charge said:

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In a vacuum, King Richard is a very, very good movie.

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Won't my lungs explode in a vacuum? PASS.

- In the next couple of weeks, Smith will either be permanently kicked out of or suspended for X amount of years from the Academy (I'm going with the latter).

- He'll then do a big Oprah rehabilitation interview here in the next two or three months, where he apologizes profusely, gives us a bit more of a peek at what he's been going through mentally, with Jada, the pressures of fame, etc. Will be sympathetic, most will forgive him.

- He won't book another movie for the rest of 2022. He'll say he's taking a break from acting to clear his head, get right, etc, but we all know it'll be because he's waiting for the climate to mostly cool. And then, at some point in 2023, a streamer like Netflix will cast him in something relatively big and dumb - something in that Ryan Reynolds zone, that has zero awards potential - that hits the service in 2024, and will be a ratings hit, if only because of morbid curiosity.

- This will pave the way for his recently-announced I Am Legend sequel with Michael B. Jordan, which will hit in 2024/25, and the Will Smith comeback will be in full effect.

- The "loophole" to his Academy suspension will then see Smith finally make the jump to TV, starring in a dramatic limited series, one in which he's nominated for an Emmy.

- His, say, five-year ban will be lifted shortly after, his image completely rehabilitated, his star power returned, and he'll suddenly be in Oscar-worthy fare again toward the end of this decade.

TCTTS said:

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- In the next couple of weeks, Smith will either be permanently kicked out of or suspended for X amount of years from the Academy (I'm going with the latter).

- He'll then do a big Oprah rehabilitation interview here in the next two or three months, where he apologizes profusely, gives us a bit more of a peek at what he's been going through mentally, with Jada, the pressures of fame, etc. Will be sympathetic, most will forgive him.

- He won't book another movie for the rest of 2022. He'll say he's taking a break from acting to clear his head, get right, etc, but we all know it'll be because he's waiting for the climate to mostly cool. And then, at some point in 2023, a streamer like Netflix will cast him in something relatively big and dumb - something in that Ryan Reynolds zone, that has zero awards potential - that hits the service in 2024, and will be a ratings hit, if only because of morbid curiosity.

- This will pave the way for his recently-announced I Am Legend sequel with Michael B. Jordan, which will hit in 2024/25, and the Will Smith comeback will be in full effect.

- The "loophole" to his Academy suspension will then see Smith finally make the jump to TV, starring in a dramatic limited series, one in which he's nominated for an Emmy.

- His, say, five-year ban will be lifted shortly after, his image completely rehabilitated, his star power returned, and he'll suddenly be in Oscar-worthy fare again toward the end of this decade.

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I bet this will be pretty spot on.

ea1060 said:

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jackie childs said:

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mel gibson is working again. pretty regularly. somehow i think hollywood will forgive and forget with will too.

will that be soon enough for the next bad boys to get made? i'm less sure about that.

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Agreed. We have short memories. Chris Brown literally beat the crap out of Rihanna and left her face bruised and bloodied. The pics were made public. He took some anger management classes, did some interviews and apologies, and he is still one of the most popular artists in the US.

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That was 13 years ago. It doesn't make it any more or less bad, but the way the world reacts to things now is very different than the way the world reacted to things in 2009.

I will say, as more has come out, I have lost a ton of respect for Will.
He was always the good guy, and I honestly believe most people, if it had just been the slap with a tearful apology, and reaching out directly to Chris immediately, it would have died down much quicker, most people understand a quick snap and behaving out of character, defending your wife etc, even if it was 100 percent wrong. But everything that happened speaks to a self entitled, possibly just self absorbed man.
First the slap.
Then allegedly being told to leave and refusing.
Then giving his tearful "apology" without even mentioning the guy he assaulted (and don't get me started on the reaction to his win in the room).
Then going out and partying that night like nothing happened (again, sycophants gonna sycophant).
Then the next day you get the publicist apology. But based on Chris's limited comments last night, he still hasn't reached out to him (despite saving him from jail). Anyone can write a press release, be a man and really own it.

Just can't see a good person behaving that way.

And Zon the flip side, my respect for Rock has gone up. I don't think the joke was at all appropriate, but how he handled it on stage, afterward, and since then has been really really good.

https://instagr.am/p/CboYZdWLb74

Bateman is LOVING it.

No question he'll take his little break and will make his return just like many scumbags before him.

We should probably all be more sympathetic toward a guy that has to take a number to have sex with his own bald wife.