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Will Smith hits Chris Rock

Will Smith hit Chris Rock at the Oscar ceremonies on Sunday night. This was after Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, Will’s wife.

Shortly after, Will Smith won an award for Best Actor and used his speech to say sorry to the organisers, the Academy.

Rob and Roy look at the vocabulary used in the headlines about this story.

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The story

The Oscars have been overshadowed by real-life drama after the actor Will Smith walked onto the
stage and hit the comedian Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife.

Minutes later, Will Smith won the award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard. He used his acceptance speech to apologise to the Academy.

Key words and phrases

overshadows
causes something to seem less important

• Violent protests have overshadowed the political event.
• Jorge left the company because he felt overshadowed by one of his colleagues.

press charges
file a police report

• Julia decided to press charges against her sister for crashing the car.
• I do not wish to press charges. I want to move on.

slammed
criticised strongly

• He was slammed for his rudeness at the party.
• The advertising campaign was slammed for its insensitivity.

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