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Jennifer Hudson And Common Fuel Dating Rumors After Being Spotted On Lunch Date
Will Smith Breaks Silence About Chris Rock Oscars
Jennifer Hudson and Common have the rumor mill spinning after they were spotted looking giggly and cozy during a lunch date in Philadelphia.
The celebrity gossip page Deuxmoi revealed the claims from an eyewitness who snapped a photo of the EGOT achiever and rapper/actor sitting alongside each other enjoying food and drinks at Philly eatery Vedge.
Hudson and Common are currently filming a new movie together, Breathe, Radar Online reported. The futuristic film also stars Milla Jovovich and Sam Worthington and could ex-
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Will Smith is finally ad- dressing the Oscar slap drama.
He posted a new video, titled "It's been a minute," to social media on Friday answering questions about shockingly slapping presenter Chris Rock during the March Academy Awards telecast. The comedian had made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's hair, unaware she has alopecia, triggering Smith who stormed to the stage.
"Over the last few months I've been doing a lot of thinking and personal work," a title card said at the start of the nearly six- minute video. "You asked a lot of fair questions that I wanted to take some time to answer."
"Um... I was fogged out by that point. It's all fuzzy," he said. "I've reached out to Chris and the message that came back is he's not ready to talk and when he is, he will reach out. So I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you. My behavior was unaccept- able and I'm here whenever you're ready to talk."
He continued, "I was to apol- ogize to Chris's mother," say-
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ing he saw an interview she gave about the slap. "That was one of the things about that moment. I just didn't realize ... how many people got hurt in that moment. So I want to apologize to Chris' mother. I want to apologize to Chris' family, specifically Tony Rock. We had a great relation- ship. Tony Rock was my man. This is probably irreparable."
"I'm not going to try to un- pack all of that right now," he said. "But I can say to all of you: There is no part of me that thinks that was the right way to behave in that moment. There is no part of me that thinks that's the optimal way to handle a feel- ing of disrespect or insults."
plain why the two Chicago natives have been spending more time together.
Common hasn’t been linked to anyone since his breakup with comedian Tiffany Haddish. The pair
called it quits in November 2021 after one year of dating, US Weekly reported. Com- mon credited the split to their busy schedules picking back up after the COVID-19 lockdown ended.
Kevin Hart And Mark Wahlberg Play Old Friends Reconnecting In Me Time Trailer
Spending a wild week with your best friend — without your families? That's "every parent's dream," according to the trailer for the new comedy Me Time.
However, nearly upending your life for some time away from the kids? That's not ex- actly what Sonny (Kevin Hart) had in mind.
Netflix debuted the first trailer for Me Time, from di- rector and writer John Hamburg and costarring Hart and Mark Wahlberg.
The trailer follows Sonny, a family man, as his wife (Regina Hall) takes their two children on vacation for a week so he can have some time to himself. At first, Sonny mildly kicks off his
MARK WAHLBERG, REGINA HALL AND KEVIN HART
"me time" by playing golf and digging in at an underground barbecue spot — which leads to a whole lot of vomit.
But when Sonny reunites with his old friend Huck (Wahlberg), things get
ramped up quite a bit. "This week isn't about me. It's about us," Huck says before head- ing out to the "majestic Cali- fornia desert" with a bunch of 20-somethings who love to party.
Rapper JayDaYoungan Shot Outside Louisiana Home
Popular Louisiana rapper JayDaYoungan is cur- rently hospitalized, battling injuries sustained when he was shot outside a home in his home state ... TMZ has learned.
A rep for the Bogalusa PD tells us they received a call just before 6 Wednesday night for a shooting at a home on Superior Ave. Cops say one victim had been
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transported to a local hospi- tal by someone on scene, and another victim -- who was
critically wounded -- was treated by paramedics and rushed to the hospital for treatment.
A law enforcement source tells us JayDaYoungan is in critical condition, and a source close to the rapper tells us he's lost a lot of blood and is currently in surgery. Online reports say the second victim is a relative of the rap- per, potentially his father.
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