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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2022 1:04:56 GMT
Will Smith resigns from Academy membership 422,247 views Apr 2, 2022 Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
It comes after Will Smith apologised for his “shocking, painful and inexcusable actions” concerning his onstage outburst at comedian Chris Rock.
Mr Smith said he would accept any further consequences the Academy deems appropriate.
The AMPAS board of governors will meet on April 18th to decide on potential disciplinary action.
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Post by Admin on Apr 8, 2022 18:59:37 GMT
Hollywood star Will Smith is facing the consequences of his shocking reaction at the 2022 Oscars, when he jumped to the stage and slapped comedian Chris Rock for making joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. After Netflix and Sony, Paramount Pictures has also withdrawn involvement in the King Richard actor’s upcoming movie titled, Bounce. Moreover, the digital sensation JoJo Siwa has also stepped away from starring in Smith-backed film after his 2022 Oscars feud. However, various sources have told Variety that Siwa dropped out of the project 'months ago' and her decision is in no way related to Smith's incident at the Oscars. At the GLAAD Media Awards held recently, Siwa spoke about the same. "That project got put on hold, and then went away. It wasn't the one," Variety reported. Smith's film, Bounce's adaptation was first announced in 2020. The feature film, based on the YA book by Megan Shull, was brought to the studio by Cobra Kai's producer Caleb Pinkett.
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Post by Admin on Apr 8, 2022 20:31:37 GMT
With their options rather limited, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors have just decided that Will Smith will not be able to attend the Oscars for 10 years for slapping Chris Rock on-stage at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27. “The Board has decided, for a period of 10 years from April 8, 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,” said AMPAS president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson of Smith’s “unacceptable and harmful behavior” in a letter to the full membership after a contentious 9 AM PT starting virtual meeting today concluded. “We also hope this can begin a time of healing and restoration for all involved and impacted,” they added at the end of the letter, with no pun undoubtedly intended. “I accept and respect the Academy’s decision,” Smith said in a succinct statement soon after AMPAS made their POV public. Not that there was a lot more the AMPAS Board, which includes Steven Spielberg, Ava DuVernay, Laura Dern and Whoopi Goldberg among its current roster, could really do. Seeing where this debacle was likely going to end up, Smith made a chess move on April 1, and immediately resigned from the AMPAS. In his preemptive letter the King Richard Best Actor Oscar winner proclaimed: “My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable. The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home. I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken. I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the Academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film.” With whispers in the preceding days that the organization’s more than 50-person strong Board of Governors were strongly considering a decade long expulsion as part of their self described “disciplinary proceedings,” the actor’s April Fool’s Day decision effectively neutered the organization. While disinvites to future Academy Awards, a fine or even a lawsuit for staining the Oscar brand were discussed to varying degrees in recent days, there was never ever a possibility that Smith would have his Best Actor Oscar taken away from him — as Roman Polanski can tell you. Now not giving the Best Actress award at the 95th Academy Awards, as is traditional for the previous Best Actor winner, there is nothing in today’s AMPAS decision that prevents the busy Smith from being nominated in future years. Such a move on the part of the Board of Governors would have been unprecedented for AMPAS, and likely could blow up in their face. Not that the now banned Smith didn’t have a good run among the Hollywood elite group before striking and verbally lambasting Fargo star Rock over his mocking of Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair. The former Fresh Prince had been a member of the Academy since 2001, joining just five years after his big screen blockbuster debut in Independence Day. It was Smith’s resignation last week that forced the AMPAS leadership to move up their meeting from April 18 to today.“We were required to provide Mr. Smith notice 15 days prior to the board meeting at which such action might be taken, and also give him the opportunity to provide the board a written statement no less than five days prior to that meeting,” an April 6 memo from AMPAS prez Rubin explained, noting that those rules and timeline had been essentially taken over by Smith with his resignation.
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