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Chris Rock is stepping back into the directorial chair for the first time in a decade with Misty Green, a new Hollywood drama. This marks his fourth time behind the camera, following Head of State (2003), I Think I Love My Wife (2007), and Top Five (2014), with the latter scoring the best reviews of the three with an 85% "Certified Fresh" approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The decade since Top Five has seen Rock focused on on-screen acting, including his leading turn in Fargo season 4 and the polarizing Spiral: From the Book of Saw, which he also executive produced.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rock is set to direct and star in Misty Green, which will debut next week at the American Film Market. The film is based on Rock's original script, and it will follow the journey of a promising actress whose career has stopped due to her personal struggles. This...

Kevin Hart hasn’t changed his mind about never hosting the Oscars, a claim he’s made since stepping down from the position in 2019 after past homophobic comments came to light on Twitter.

In an interview with Sky News today promoting his new Netflix film Lift, Hart, told by the interviewer that his fans were “gutted” by his absence from the 2019 Oscars and asked whether he’d consider hosting in the future, said, “Whatever little hope you had, I want to destroy it right now. Those gigs aren’t good gigs for comics.”

Hart emphasized that he wasn’t insulting the Oscars or similar shows like the Golden Globes. “Those just aren’t comedy-friendly environments anymore. I think [the Oscars] got it right one year where it was like just a bunch of personalities acting as the hosts and that’s a nice thing. It’s a collaborative thing, different people get...

Comedian Kevin Hart says definitively that he would never host the Oscars. Hart called awards shows "very cold" environments for comedians. Hart's comments follow recent criticims of Golden Globes host Jo Koy, whose jokes were laregly considered tasteless.

Comedian Kevin Hart claims that he would never host the Oscars nor any other awards show, dissing the environment they create for comedians. Hart was originally signed on as the Oscars host for the 2019 ceremony. After a series of anti-gay tweets as well as comments from past standup sets resurfaced, Hart was fired from the popular awards show. The Oscars decided to go hostless that year, a choice they repeated in 2020. The 2024 Oscars are set to be host by Jimmy Kimmel.

Now, Hart speaks with SkyNews surrounding his grim outlook on how awards shows treat comedians. The comedian first wanted to “destroy” any hope people had of his prospects to host the Oscars.

Kevin Hart has reiterated that he will not host the Oscars again.

Hart was due to host the 2019 Oscars but stepped down after an outcry over previous anti-gay tweets, and comments he’d made during stand-up routines a decade ago. He later told Variety that he’d never do it again and is sticking to his stance.

Speaking to Sky News, Hart said: “Whatever little hope you had, I want to destroy it right now. Those gigs aren’t good gigs for comics. It’s no shot to the Oscars, no shot to the Globes or anything else. Those just aren’t comedy-friendly environments anymore. I think they got it right one year where it was like just a bunch of personalities acting as the hosts and that’s a nice thing. It’s a collaborative thing, different people get to be responsible for act one, act two, act three,...