The “slap heard ‘round the world” has come to define this year’s Oscars, which aired March 27. Comedian Chris Rock was presenting the award for best documentary and preceded it with a monologue that included a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss, which is due to her alopecia. At first her husband, actor Will Smith, seemed to laugh at the jab. But then he abruptly strolled on stage and smacked Rock across the face.…
Hollywood’s annual season of self-congratulations wraps up this Sunday night with the Academy Awards. No doubt host Jimmy Kimmel, the presenters, and the recipients will continue to advocate for the #MeToo and the Time’s Up movements, designed to draw attention to, and hopefully start ending, sexual harassment in Hollywood. Good for them! It’s about time actors and their ilk used their time on stage for something other than more self-promotion. #MeToo and Time’s Up are…