Will Smith Wasn’t Formally Asked To Leave Oscars After Slap, Sources Say – The Academy has said the actor refused to leave the show, but insiders tell THR that instead, Oscars producer Will Packer told Smith to stay after he slapped Chris Rock onstage. [hollyrep]

Rand’s Record Leads Standout Quarter For South African Assets – Investors who chose South Africa as a haven in a stormy first quarter have been rewarded with some of the best currency, equity and bond returns in emerging markets. [mweb]

Fannie Masemola To Carry ‘The Weight Of The Nation’s Expectation’ As SA’s New Police Boss – President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Fannie Masemola as South Africa’s new national police commissioner. This is after Khehla Sitole left the hot seat after nearly five years, a period marred by excessive infighting and scandals that further tarnished the South African Police Service. [mav]

Deputy President Gives Update On Mandatory Covid Vaccines In South Africa – Government has no plans to introduce a mandatory Covid-19 vaccine policy in South Africa, says deputy president David Mabuza. [btech]

DeFi – The Crypto Revolution Disrupting Traditional Finance – Centralised financial institutions make colossal deals with each other that exploit entire markets, receiving returns unattainable to the average person. In this world, it’s not who you know but how big your bank balance is. [here]

Lewis Hamilton Opens Up In Instagram Post: ‘I’m Struggling Mentally And Emotionally’ – Lewis Hamilton has said that he has been struggling “mentally and emotionally for a long time” but has promised to “keep fighting” after his difficult start to the Formula One season. [times]

Razzies Rescind Bruce Willis Award After Family Reveals Actor Has Aphasia – The Razzies, a tongue-in-cheek award show that hands out honors to the worst cinema of the year, has rescinded its prize for Bruce Willis after the actor’s family revealed he is struggling with aphasia, a medical condition that affects his cognitive abilities. [cnn]

Prince Andrew ‘Was Paid £750,000 By Turkish Millionairess For Assistance With Her Passport – But then repaid the cash after she said she had been hoodwinked by crooked middleman’, High Court hears. [dm]

The Life And Confessions Of Mob Chef David Ruggerio – In the 1980s and 1990s David Ruggerio was a rising star of French cooking in New York—and a proto–celebrity chef with cookbooks and TV shows to his name. But all that success in the kitchen belied the double life he was leading as a rank-and-file member of the Mob. Decades after his fall from grace and mysterious disappearance from the food world, Ruggerio is coming clean. [vanfair]

First Official Loch Ness Monster Sighting Of 2022 Recorded After Three Month Drought – Irish man Eoin O’Faodhagain has made the first Nessie sighting of the year via webcam. [drec]

The Great Resignation Is Taking Root Around The World – “The Great Resignation is people saying, ‘Whatever the situation is, I want better,'” [cnn]

‘A Lot Of Stars Are Freaks Or Introverts’ – Jim Kerr on Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds. [guardian]

Why Healing Scars Requires A Highly Scientific Approach – Scar tissue – the skin that forms to repair damaged skin – is complex and differs from scar to scar. [here]

Researchers Made A New Message For Extraterrestrials – An updated communication could be beamed out for space alien listeners in hopes of making first contact. [sci]

Britney Spears Shows Off Her Curves – In cheeky new Instagram photo where she dons a yellow thong bikini: ‘Say hello to my booty’. [dm]

Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Unlimited Love’: Perhaps Their Most Sprawling Yet Consistent Album – Reunited with guitar wizard John Frusciante, the band channel the best moments from their heyday to prove there’s plenty more gas in the tank. [nme]

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