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 ...

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 ...

While Smith did not have to give his Academy Award for his leading performance in "King Richard" back, the Academy did ban him from attending any event related to the organization for 10 years.

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 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 ...

Will Smith reflects on his 10-year Oscar ban after completing three years of it. During the 94th Academy Awards, before winning his first Oscar for King Richard, Smith stormed the stage and ...

The 2022 Academy Awards were the best of times and the worst of times for Will Smith. The Associated Press recently caught up with Will to find out where he stands with the ban and if there are ...

Will Smith addresses his notorious Oscars slap head-on in his first new album in 20 years, ‘Based on a True Story’ ...

The biggest irony in Smith’s artistic pivot is that no one mentions the slap anymore, let alone writes a full song about how people think Smith is “whack.” You know things are bad when the moment that ...

Over three years after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars for making a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, their televised encounter remains a topic of discussion. It actually just came ...