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Chris Rock as Jasmine, Will Smith as Will in 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' (Photo: Jan Sonnenmair/NBCU Photo Bank) Chris Rock Played Will Smith’s Date on ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Decades Before the Oscars Slap
The future rivals actually collaborated a couple of times back in the ’90s
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Steve Martin at the 2010 Oscars (Photo: Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) 4 of the Most Controversial Jokes in Oscars History
Revisiting a few of the more politically incorrect lines that’ve been singled out by critics over the years
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Burt Reynolds and Richard Pryor (Photo: Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images, Ron Eisenberg/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Richard Pryor Was Planning to Remake an Oscar-Winning Laurel and Hardy Movie With Burt Reynolds
‘Pink Panther’ director Blake Edwards conceived the idea in the early 1980s, and both actors agreed to do it
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Buddy Hackett and Johnny Carson (Photo: Fred Sabine/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) 4 Times Comedy Shook Things Up at the Academy Awards
‘Hollywood’s biggest night’ has been thrown a few curveballs over the years
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Mel Brooks with his Honorary Oscar (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) How Mel Brooks Got an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony
The 99-year-old comedy legend is one of only 27 entertainers to have reached EGOT status
