2022, Mr. Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards." Meanwhile, other members involved in the ...

Will Smith faced the most infamous moment of his career in March 2022 when, on what was meant to be his night of triumph at the Oscars, he ended up banned by the Academy for slapping Chris Rock.

Smith dropped his album “Based on a True Story” on Friday, marking a musical comeback. Multiple songs address the widespread backlash he faced after slapping Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards ...

Smith then talks in character about the moment that led him to be banned from the Oscars for a decade, when he slapped Rock during the live television broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony.

Smith — who won the 2022 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard — did not have to return his award, but he was banned from attending any Academy Award events for 10 years ...

On his new music, Smith addresses the 2022 Oscars incident in which he ... an act which earned Smith a decade-long ban from the Academy Awards. His new album, “Based on a True Story,” includes ...

It’s been 20 years since Will Smith released an album. But just three years since the rapper/actor famously slapped comedian Chris Rock onstage at the 2022 Academy Awards. Rock later addressed ...

each year since the Will Smith slapping incident at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022. On Sunday, March 2, the comedian, 60, attended the Vanity Fair Oscars Party hosted by the magazine’s editor ...

Smith did not have to return his 2022 Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 2021's King Richard, but he was banned from Academy Awards events for the next 10 years. The actor also resigned from the ...

who made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's hair, on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards. Minutes later, Smith picked up the statuette for Best Actor for his performance in King Richard.