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Podcast: Heard Tell
Episode: Good Talks: Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock, What's Next for the Academy Awards, & Oscars Coverage w/ Luis Mendez
Description: On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Luis Mendez, our cinephile and movie expert, joins us to turn down the noise on the continued fallout from the Academy Awards and the Will Smith/Chris Rock slapped heard round the world. Luis helps us with the background and sequence of events that lead to the most talked about Oscars moment in a long time, what it means for Will Smith, and how the Academy reacts to yet another hot mess of an awards show going forward. Also, Luis talks about the actual movies of the awards season, other controversies, how s...