Before Will Smith, These 5 Celebrities Were Also Banned By The Academy
This year, the 94th Academy Award gained huge attention, not for the attendance of A-listers or winning names, but for the moment Will Smith slapped Chris Rock right on the stage. After the comedian had made a joke at Will's wife Jada Pinkett Smith's expense, Will walked onto the stage and smacked Chris on the face. Although Smith won the Oscar for Best Actor thereafter, his disapproval action sparked a negative public reaction.
The Academy officially banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars for 10 years in the aftermath of his unprofessional behavior that night. That could be so sad as Smith is a talented actor, who makes many impressive roles and drives movies to success. And he actually deserves Oscar awards for his contribution to the cinema industry.
Will Smith is not the only case that incurs the ban from the Academy. In this post, we enlist 5 other celebrities who also got banned due to many reasons. Scroll down to check them out.
In fact, more votes were cast in favor of the producer's expulsion than the necessary two-thirds majority. Several well-known actresses had spoken out against him.
The reason is that the directors had admitted guilt in the 1977 case involving having illicit intercourse with a minor. He fled to Paris to avoid being imprisoned. Even after that, the Academy continued to recognize his contributions with nominations and awards. They only banned him after receiving a great deal of backlash and animosity from the public after Bill Cosby's suspension.
The Academy officially banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars for 10 years in the aftermath of his unprofessional behavior that night. That could be so sad as Smith is a talented actor, who makes many impressive roles and drives movies to success. And he actually deserves Oscar awards for his contribution to the cinema industry.
Will Smith is not the only case that incurs the ban from the Academy. In this post, we enlist 5 other celebrities who also got banned due to many reasons. Scroll down to check them out.
#1 Bill Cosby
#2 Carmine Caridi
#3 Adam Kimmel
#4 Harvey Weinstein
In fact, more votes were cast in favor of the producer's expulsion than the necessary two-thirds majority. Several well-known actresses had spoken out against him.
#5 Roman Polanski
The reason is that the directors had admitted guilt in the 1977 case involving having illicit intercourse with a minor. He fled to Paris to avoid being imprisoned. Even after that, the Academy continued to recognize his contributions with nominations and awards. They only banned him after receiving a great deal of backlash and animosity from the public after Bill Cosby's suspension.
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