Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's relationship with Chris Rock goes back to the '90s

(Today)

His wife Jada Pinkett Smith Actor Will Smith Oscar compere Chris Rock
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Write the filmscript:
No hair
Slap or thwack him
‘cos a comedic jest irks

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Where do you stand on these controversial foods?

(BBC)

Where do you stand on these controversial foods?
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Let down fed on anchovies—oysters, hot or aroused

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What's your diet's carbon footprint

(BBC)

What's your diet's carbon footprint
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Brownish food trace in a trusty pot!

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Bolton says Trump used the term "burner phones"

(CBS News)

Bolton says Trump used the term "burner phones"
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Tyrant (bum) then suppressed other solo number

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Putin Has Thyroid Cancer? Russian President ‘Constantly’ Accompanied by Top Cancer Specialist Amid Claims He Is Unwell

(The Daily Telegraph)

President Putin has thyroid cancer
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Insane psychopathic nutter did err

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Climate change: 'Madness' to turn to fossil fuels because of Ukraine war

(BBC)

Climate change: 'Madness' to turn to fossil fuels because of the Ukraine war
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Men moot: fracking (a health issue); nuclear use (cost); turbines (seafowl fated)

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Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage

(BBC)

Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage
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Hair wisecrack’s shortcoming stills host

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'Putin WILL fail': The signs Russia's forces are 'weakening'

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'Putin WILL fail': The signs Russia's forces are 'weakening'
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Gee, as I insist, swear gruff sanctions will help Ukraine

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(Al Jazeera)

Renault's Russian Assets Too Toxic
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Can't sustain ... extra serious ... so lost

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Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022

(YouTube)

Host Rocks at G.I. Jane ~ Joking at the Oscars

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Russia Ukraine war: Explainer - how would Vladimir Putin's presidency come to an end?

(The New Zealand Herald)

Explainer - how would Vladimir Putin's presidency come to an end?
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Expulsion in revolt within a clampdown, depose/murder, cyanide…

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Latest Northern Ireland weather forecast

(BBC)

Today's latest Northern Ireland weather forecast
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Snow, sleet, rain, and to stay rather cold thereafter

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Giant spiders to drop from the sky

(Axios)

Giant spiders to drop from the sky
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Most odd, Pops, they'r' striking fear

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(RNZ)

Military doctrine defines culmination as "the point at which continuing the attack is no longer possible and the force must consider reverting to a defensive posture or attempting an operational pause"
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Disappointed violator Putin must concede that titanic Russian forces attempting encirclement are losing on one vast front to superior sabotaging defence, heroism and lethality. I hope the Ukraine win

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A famous dancer is one of the latest victims in Ukraine. His death may help us process the unimaginable.

(Yahoo!)

Ukrainian ballet dancer Artyom Datsishin
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A Russian battery (cannon at raid) killed him

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Ai Weiwei on the new Silk Road: ‘This is China’s counterattack in a global game of chess’

(The Guardian)

Ai Weiwei on the new Silk Road: ‘Yes, this is China’s counterattack in a global game of chess’
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‘s as I fear, ambitious Chinese cognoscenti think ideologically - see the hawks want a war

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Putin is channelling Stalin with language that echoes the Great Terror when authorities disparaged the 'enemies of the people' as 'reptiles' or 'mad dogs'

(Daily Mail)

Putin is channelling Stalin with language that echoes the Great Terror when authorities disparaged the 'enemies of the people' as 'reptiles' or 'mad dogs'
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I gauge that antagonistic thug President has a terminal illness or neural spirochete pathogen - he is demented. I propose he withdraws altogether. Flee!

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Putin hosts vile pro-war rally in Moscow as rescuers fight to save kids trapped in bombed theatre

(The Sun)

Putin hosts vile pro-war rally in Moscow as rescuers fight to save kids trapped in bombed theatre
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Wretched dictator shows fangs, presumptively has inoperable brain tumor. PS: takes ‘roids to live

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Young brothers found in Amazon after nearly four weeks

(BBC)

Young brothers found in Amazon after nearly four weeks
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Yo, drank water only - uh, no burger in maze of unsafe forest

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Was Tiny Atacama Mummy an Alien? No.

(The New York Times)

Was Tiny Atacama Mummy an Alien? No.
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Atacaman mum is not in any way male

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