Will Smithleft viewers around the world stunned after smackingChris Rockat the 94th Academy Awards. A source tells PEOPLE that theheated exchangebetween the Best Actor winner and Oscars presenter goes back several years, when Rock, 57, took aim at Will’s wife,Jada Pinkett Smith, during Rock’s hosting gig at the 2016 Academy Awards. “When Chris hostedthe Oscarsin 2016, Jada was boycotting because of ‘Oscars So White.’ In his monologue, he made fun of her, saying she can’t boycott something she wasn’t invited to,” the insider explains....

Nearly two weeks afterWill Smithhit Chris Rock onstage atthe Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided on a repercussion under its guidelines. “During our telecast, we did not adequately address the situation in the room. For this, we are sorry. This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our Academy family around the world, and we fell short — unprepared for the unprecedented,” they wrote....

Photo: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic Will Smithrecalibrated his parenting style after daughter Willow made him realize he wasn’t taking into account anyone’s feelings. “I was like, ‘I am parenting the s— out of these kids,’ " Smith said with a laugh of his kids reaching career success at a young age. “I felt like I was doing really, really well.” She performed on the tour in Dublin, saying after coming off the stage, “Thank you, Daddy....

Photo: Jason Davis/Getty The fourth time’s a charm forWillie Nelson. The legendary country singer-songwriter has admitted that he’s made his fair share of relationship mistakes over the years, but marrying wifeAnnie D’Angelowas “about the smartest thing [he] ever did.” Prior to D’Angelo, Nelson was married to his teenage sweetheart, Martha Matthews, from 1952 to 1962. He then married singer Shirley Collie in 1963 before their split in 1971. He and Connie Kopeke got married that same year, but the two divorced in 1988....

A Wisconsin mother and her boyfriend have been accused of imprisoning two children in their home for years.Katie Koch, 34, is facing four felony counts and two misdemeanors connected to child neglect and false imprisonment, while her boyfriend Joel Manke, 38, is facing four felony counts, according to local news outletsCBS 58andWISN.According toABC7 Eyewitness News, one of the couple’s neighbors saw the children — two boys aged 7 and 9 — looking through a shattered window last week....

Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. “With that being said, I am heartbroken. Being traded is a part of the business. Being lied to, bullied, manipulated, and discriminated against is not,” she wrote. PEOPLE has contacted the Aces and Hammon for comment....

An American Black Bear poses on a large boulder.Photo:Getty Images Getty Images A woman was found dead on a trail near Yellowstone National Park on Saturday after a suspected bear attack, according to Montana wildlife officials. “Yesterday morning, a woman was found deceased on the Buttermilk Trail west of West Yellowstone following an apparent bear encounter,” Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wrote in astatementon Facebook. “Investigators confirmed grizzly bear tracks at the scene, and the investigation is ongoing....

Photo: NBC A man was arrested this month in New Jersey after he allegedly kidnapped a woman almost a year before in New Mexico. Parillo is charged with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree strangulation and aggravated assault, and third-degree criminal restraint, as well as third-degree hindering apprehension and fourth-degree obstruction and refusing to provide a DNA sample. An attorney for Parillo did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. The victim met Parillo, whom she knew as Brett Parker, in February 2022 at a gas station in N....

“My voice is still really hoarse from screaming so much this morning,” she explained to the outlet. “I was so scared.” Sterlis, who works as an assistant principal in New York City, said she went on a solo hike at the popular Massachusetts beach destination in the morning, WFXT reported. It was just before noon when she noticed that a coyote had appeared on the sand, according to the outlet....

Marie Petry Heiser.Photo: New Castle County Police After four decades, authorities have identified the remains of a woman found slain in a drainage ditch near a wooded area of Townsend, Del. Marie Petry Heiser, a 50-year-old mother and homemaker, was never reported missing, so the slain Philadelphia woman’s body hadn’t been identified despite being discovered in 1977. For years, all police had was a cause of death — homicide — and a description of the woman....

Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty In an interview with theSunday Mirror, Fairweather said she was disappointed with the royal family because she had yet to receive an apology from Philip. “I’m lucky to be alive and he hasn’t even said sorry,” Fairweather told the outlet. “It would mean the world to me ifPrince Philipsaid sorry but I have no idea if he’s sorry at all,” she added. Fairweather went on to share that while she did receive a message from a police family liaison officer, “the message he passed on didn’t even make sense....

Shanteari Weems, James Weems Jr. Shanteari Weems is opening up about her decision to shoot her former husband James Weems Jr. overallegations he had sexually abused children at her daycare center. Weems, 50, who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and carrying a pistol without a license and has since been sentenced to four years in jail, told WUSA9 in anew interviewthat she “snapped.” When asked if she’s remorseful, the daycare owner said she’s sorry for her actions but will not apologize to her husband....

Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga was flying from Salt Lake City to Honolulu on Wednesday when she unexpectedly gave birth to her son Raymond at just 29 weeks, according to anews release from Hawaii Pacific Health. “Our sister did not know she was pregnant so she was just as shocked as the rest of us when our nephew was born!” the new mom’s sisters wrote on aGoFundMe pagethat has raised nearly $6,000....