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Topic: Will Smith

Will Smith and Shah Rukh Khan team up? Talks with Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan didn’t work

Triya Gulati -
Will Smith’s admiration of SRK has come days after Hollywood actor Terry Crews expressed that he was swept away by Shah Rukh Khan’s charm.

95th Academy Awards prepare for unexpected after Will Smith’s infamous slap of Chris Rock

Lisa Richwine -
Oscars have lost viewers in recent years, particularly among youth. The team has planned to pepper the show with moments that they hope would spread on Twitter and TikTok.

‘Emancipation’ is no ‘12 Years A Slave’ but watch it for Will Smith’s performance

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Instead of committing to an action film, Fuqua appears to be traversing both lines of sensitive history and his signature one-man action hero output.

Oscars slap echoes in Russia and Ukraine, and what Putin hit with his ‘good shot’

Yimkumla Longkumer -
The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Hair is Black women’s ‘crowning glory’. That’s why alopecia is no laughing matter, Chris

Danita Peoples -
The Oscar slap, sparked by a joke about Jada's lack of hair, got the conversation going about alopecia. But only a few know it in detail.

Asked Will Smith to leave Oscars ceremony but he refused, says Academy

ThePrint Team -
The Academy will hold a vote to decide Smith’s punishment for slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage.

‘Was out of line and wrong’: Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock over Oscars slap

Kelly Gilblom -
The apology comes after the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences condemned Smith's actions and said it would explore possible 'consequences' for his actions.

Sit down, Will ya? What Will Smith did on Oscar stage isn’t love, it’s assault

Shubhangi Misra -
When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, it wasn’t for love. Women know it was a red flag.

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Opinion

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Tina Das -
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

Why Modi’s Israel visit has become the stage for a Knesset vs Judiciary battle

Kerala beef story is more activism than accuracy today. We prefer buff anyway

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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