Will Smith responds to the Academy's announcement that he is banned from their events for 10 years for slapping Chris Rock on stage during the 2022 award show. Smith, who already resigned from the Academy, will still be eligible to be nominated and win an Oscar during the decade-long ban.
Billion-dollar blockbuster producer Will Packer leads the Oscars' first all-Black production team. "I’m someone who always believes ‘I can show you better than I can tell you.'"
On Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards and there's already lots of chatter about well-deserved recognition and snubs. This year's ceremony which will be produced by Will Packer and directed by Glenn Weiss, will include 12 nominations for the film The Power of the Dog, 10 nods for Dune, seven for Belfast, and seven for West Side Story. Additionally, viewers of the Academy Awards will see the Best Actor category include nominations for Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth and Will Smith for King Richard, marking the second time the actors have been up against each other for the Oscar.
