Will Smith hits Chris Rock as Rock spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, March 27, 2022. Brian Snyder/Reuters "I have directly responded to the Academy's ...

It’s been two years since Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards, but Rob Schneider is finally weighing in. During a recent appearance on "The Kyle & Jackie O Show ...

who presented the Best Actor and Actress awards. Following the infamous slap, Academy President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson issued a statement stating that Will Smith would not be allowed to ...

Will Smith?? The Academy Award winner (who himself has won four Grammys) was tapped to introduce a musical tribute to late producer Quincy Jones, who—fun fact—was executive producer on The ...

Will Smith has made his return to the awards-show stage. In his first in-person awards-show speech nearly a year after slapping Chris Rock in the face at the 2022 Academy Awards, the 54-year-old ...

It was one of the most infamous moments in Academy Awards history that became known as "the slap." The world could not stop talking about Will Smith striking comedian Chris Rock onstage at the ...

Smith went on to win the first Academy Award of his career for King Richard that evening. But he was swiftly banned from attending all Academy events, including the Oscars, for a whopping ten years.

It’s been a year since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars — and the banned actor’s award still doesn’t have his name on it. Janet Yang, president of the Academy of Motion ...

When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at last year’s Academy Awards, he was banned from attending the ceremony for ten years—throwing a rock in this year’s upcoming Oscars, as acting winners ...

On Wednesday, Smith returned to the awards stage, marking his first in-person acceptance since the turbulent (and oft-discoursed) events of last year’s Academy Awards. Smith has won awards since ...

Smith then picks up his Best Actor Oscar for King Richard to seemingly to ask what it thinks of the actor. At last year’s Academy Awards, Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after he made an ...