Smith then returned to his seat and yelled to Rock, twice, saying "Keep my wife's name out your fucking mouth!" Later in the night, Smith was named Best Actor for King Richard, and while accepting the award, Smith apologized to the Academy and the other nominees, but not to Rock, in his acceptance speech. Her husband, Will Smith, walked on to the stage and slapped Rock across the face. Pinkett Smith's baldness is caused by alopecia. During the ceremony, Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head, which he compared to Demi Moore's shaved head in G.I. Rock presented the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards in March 2022. 5 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. He has won four Emmy Awards out of 19 total nominations for his television work and three Grammy Awards for best comedy albums. Rock hosted the Academy Awards twice, in 2005 and in 2016.
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In 2020, he starred in the fourth season of the FX black comedy–crime drama anthology series Fargo. He developed, wrote, produced and narrated the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, which was based on his early life. Rock was cast in starring film roles in Down to Earth, Head of State, The Longest Yard, the Madagascar film series, Grown Ups, its sequel Grown Ups 2, Top Five and Spiral. HBO also aired his talk show, The Chris Rock Show, which gained critical acclaim for Rock's interviews with celebrities and politicians. His other HBO comedy specials include Bigger & Blacker, Never Scared and Kill the Messenger. Rock reached mainstream stardom with the critically acclaimed Bring the Pain in 1996, the second of his five HBO comedy specials. While at SNL he appeared in films New Jack City, Boomerang and CB4, which Rock also wrote and produced. Rock is also the fourth former cast member to host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live after Chevy Chase, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, as well as the second African-American celebrity to host the season premiere since LeBron James in 2007. The third time he is hosting the Season 46 premiere on October 3, 2020, with musical guest Megan Thee Stallion. The second time was on November 1, 2014, the fifth episode of Season 40, with musical guest Prince and his first appearance in 17 years, 11 months, and 30 days. Rock has hosted SNL three times The first time was on November 2, 1996, the fifth episode of Season 22, with musical guests The Wallflowers.
Rock would make multiple guest appearances on ILC after departing SNL at the end of season 18.
This lack of diversity had created controversy in the media and was the driving force behind SNL competitor In Living Color. Both were hired to replace Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz, who hadn't returned from the previous season.Ī major part of Rock's hiring stemmed from a lack of non-white cast members, which was plaguing the show– the last black cast member had been Danitra Vance five years prior. He and Chris Farley were the first cast members to be in the new "middle" cast category that category debuted that season, and Rock and Farley were placed there from the start. Rock was hired for the start of SNL's sixteenth season.
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