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presenter Chris Rock, left, reacts after being hit on stage by Will Smith while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Will Smith striking Chris Rock at the Oscars.

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Will Smith. (Pic credit: Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

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Will Smith, right, hits presenter Chris Rock on stage while presenting the award for best documentary feature at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars (Photo: Getty Images)

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Scenes from the hit show Madagascar The Musical which comes to the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford next week. (Picture: Scott Rylander).

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Theresa May with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.

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Embroiders work on the Battle of Stamford Bridge Tapestry, at the Community Centre, Stamford Bridge, York. Picture by Simon Hulme

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Leonardo DiCaprio, winner of the award for best actor in a leading role for The Revenant, gets his Academy Award engraved at the Governors Ball after the Oscars

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Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the award for best actor. Pictures: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

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