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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

Exactly three years ago, the The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star hit Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards following a joke the comedian made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. After the incident ...

He would win the Academy Award for best actor thanks ... slapping Chris Rock on stage during the 2022 Oscars broadcast after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

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.

Will Smith is still intent on repairing his relationship with Chris Rock, a source tells PEOPLE. A year after the infamous incident at the 94th Academy Awards where Smith struck Rock onstage ...