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    Everybody Hates Chris (2005–2009), which was based on his early life. From 1997 to 2000 HBO aired his talk show The Chris Rock Show. Rock was cast in starring...
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  • comedian Chris Rock across the face during Rock's presentation for Best Documentary Feature. The slap was in response to an unscripted joke Rock made about...
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    actor Chris Rock. Rock started his career as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1993 alongside Adam Sandler, David Spade, and Chris Farley...
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  • Hates Chris and the animated reboot Everybody Still Hates Chris. The fictional family is loosely based upon that of actor/comedian Chris Rock. Christopher...
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  • American comedian Chris Rock, released by Netflix on February 14, 2018. Directed by Bo Burnham and produced by Neal Brennan, it is Rock's first special for...
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    The Chris Rock Show was a weekly, Friday night, late-night talk show featured on HBO. It was created by comedian and namesake Chris Rock and featured various...
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    Everybody Hates Chris (stylized in all lowercase) is an American semi-autobiographical sitcom created by Chris Rock and Ali LeRoi that originally aired...
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  • Twitter. "Chris Farley". The Second City. Retrieved December 18, 2017. Roberts, Andrew (November 1, 2014). "The Story Behind Chris Rock's Firing From...
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    Anthony Rock (born June 30, 1974) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, the younger brother of comedian Chris Rock. He is best known for playing...
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  • (2017) and the ninth installment of the Saw film series. The film stars Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, and Samuel L. Jackson, and follows police...
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  • is best known for an incident where Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, whose head was...
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  • Chris Rock: Bring the Pain is a television special that premiered on HBO on June 1, 1996, starring comedian Chris Rock. This was Rock's second special...
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    Chris premiered on September 25, 2024 on Comedy Central. It picks up where the original series ended and it tells the story of comedian Chris Rock's childhood...
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  • Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger is a television special that premiered on HBO on September 27, 2008 starring comedian Chris Rock. This is Chris Rock's...
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    2022 ceremony, shortly before winning, Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted derogatory joke referencing Smith's wife, Jada...
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  • forced to assemble a team to play against the guards. The film co-stars Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner and Burt Reynolds, who played...
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    British rock musician, best known as a founding member of the rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason. Chris Wood was...
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  • appearing on the Channel 4 series Rock School, which saw KISS vocalist and bassist Gene Simmons make a rock band at Lil' Chris' school. Later that year he released...
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  • Who Is Chris Rock? is a short film about the life of comedian Chris Rock directed by Michael J. Dennis. It showcased Rock and his mother talking about...
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  • actor and comedian Chris Rock to host the 2016 telecast. They explained their decision to hire Rock back as host saying, "Chris Rock is truly the MVP of...
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    in The Nutty Professor, and Chris Rock in Beverly Hills Cop II. Naming The Nutty Professor as his favorite comedy, Rock regards Murphy's performance...
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    later rose to prominence for playing the role of Chris Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005–2009). Following this, he starred as songwriter...
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  • Chris Rock to host the 2005 ceremony. Cates explained his decision to hire Rock for the telecast in a press release saying, "I am a huge fan of Chris...
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    Ellen DeGeneres' HBO special, The Beginning, to two 2023 nominations for Chris Rock's livestreamed Netflix special, Selective Outrage. Gallen was born in Detroit...
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  • syndicates as they vie for control of the underground. The cast is led by Chris Rock, who plays Loy Cannon, the head of a crime syndicate made up of black...
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  • Feldberg and Mitch Klebanoff. The film stars Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Nathaniel Parker, with Chris Rock, and Robin Shou. The main plot revolves around...
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    Prime Time". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 8, 2019. Rock, Chris (December 3, 2014). "Chris Rock Pens Blistering Essay on Hollywood's Race Problem: "It's...
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  • relevancy after the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, during which presenter Chris Rock was slapped by actor Will Smith for making a joke comparing Smith's wife...
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  • Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, and Christine. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however...
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    television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as The Chris Rock Show (for which he won an Emmy), Late Night with Conan O'Brien, That's...
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