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Will Smith has formally resigned from The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, sharing the news alongside another apology for his altercation with Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars ceremony.A day after the event (March 28), The Academy revealed it had “officially started a formal review around the incident and will explore further action and consequences”. Earlier this week, the board confirmed it had since escalated its review and had “initiated disciplinary proceedings against Mr Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct”, which may lead to “suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions”.The matter was going to be a focal point at The Academy’s next board meeting (slated for April 18), where Smith was likely to learn of any consequences he’d be handed.

If Will Smith is to be disciplined by SAG-AFTRA for slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, the union’s constitution spells out in great detail how that disciplinary process will play out. SAG-AFTRA covers performers at the Academy Awards, where Rock was a presenter Sunday night and, as such, deems it a workplace incident subject to disciplinary review.

expulsion or suspension by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, resigned from the organization on Friday.The move comes less than a week after he slapped award presenter Chris Rock during the Oscars 2022 global broadcast on Sunday.But does his abrupt resignation mean the Best Smacktor winner still could get slapped — even banned — by the Academy itself? If so, he would join a small group of ex-members who previously were given the official boot from the starry group.“I have directly responded to the Academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable,” Smith said in a statement.

Will Smith has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences days after slapping Chris Rock on live TV at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 27.

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Will Smith has resigned from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences!

slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars last weekend.In a resignation statement, Smith said he would accept any consequences imposed by the Academy’s Board of Governors for his actions.“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,” Smith said in the statement, obtained by Variety. “I betrayed the trust of the Academy.

Will Smith has announced his resignation from the Academy after slapping Chris Rock during the Oscars. The actor had face criticism after storming the stage and hitting the comedian after he compared Will’s wife Jada to GI Jane, not knowing that her hair loss was due to the medical condition alopecia.

As “he said/she said” lines appear to be cementing in the aftermath of the 2022 Academy Awards, Will Smith has taken a step to minimize any formal censuring by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In a statement on Friday afternoon, Smith said he is resigning from the Academy and will “fully accept any and all consequences” for his conduct.

Will Smith has resigned from the Academy. In a statement to ET on Friday, the 53-year-old actor said he's «resigning from membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences» after he slapped Chris Rock at Sunday's 94th Annual Academy Awards.The move comes after the Academy said that a formal review of the incident was underway, and noted that they have "initiated disciplinary proceedings... which may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions permitted by the Bylaws and Standards of Conduct."«I have directly responded to the Academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct,» Smith's statement reads.

BBC journalist Clive Myrie, 57, made a couple of well-aimed jokes about Will Smith on Have I Got News For You tonight. Will Smith, 53, caused an uproar last Sunday after he slapped Chris Rock, 57, across the face live on the Oscars stage after the comedian made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, 50. Clive hosted popular BBC One political show Have I Got News For You tonight. When he was introducing the show, Clive said: “Now, just to be on the safe side after what happened at the Oscars, I’ve cut all the jokes about Ian’s wife."At this point, the camera panned to Ian Hislop, 61, who chuckled amusedly as Clive made a hand gesture to indicate a slap. Ian added in: “And I’m going to repeat the ones about Rishi Sunak’s wife.”Ian, who is married to popular author Victoria Hislop, made the quip in reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer following his comparisons he made to Hollywood actors Will and Jada.Mr Sunak said he finds it "very upsetting" that his wife has faced criticism over shares she owns in a tech company operating in Russia.He then likened his feelings to that of Will, whose wife Jada was mocked at the Oscars. Joking about the slap Will administered to Chris, however, he pointed out: “At least I didn't get up and slap anybody, which is good.” Mr Sunak's wife Akshata Murty owns shares thought to be worth more than £400m in Indian firm Infosys, founded by her father, Narayana."I think it's totally fine for people to take shots at me.

This is wild.

Gogglebox viewers complained when they saw the Channel 4 show discuss the moment Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at the Oscars.The hit telly-watching show returned with a new episode on Friday night (April 1), and it saw the cast watch shows like ITV's Starstruck, steamy Netflix period drama Bridgerton and the viral Oscars altercation between Will and Chris Rock.Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Will marched on stage to slap Rock at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday March 27, in a moment which has since gone viral with millions of views.Rock had just made a hair joke about Will's actor wife Jada Pinkett Smith, who has a hair-loss condition called alopecia.The joke compared Jada to G.I Jane - a character with a shaved head played by Demi Moore in the 1997 film of the same name.Smith later won the award for Best Actor for his role in King Richard, and he also issued a formal apology to Rock for his behaviour.Gogglebox siblings Pete and Sophie Sandiford were among the cast members reacting to the moment.Sophie said she'd be fuming if her husband had smacked somebody as she would want to deal with the issue herself.She said: "If I was in that situation and it was my husband had gone up and done that, I'd be fuming at the husband because if I have a problem with something, I'll sort it myself."I don't need somebody to speak upon my behalf."Pete quipped: "I'd have been like 'can we just go to a break, we'll just go into the car park for a quick chat..."It seems some fans had had enough of TV shows talking about the slap though, so they rushed to Twitter to complain about the segment.One fan wrote: "Omg! Enough now about Will Smith and the Slap!"A second said: "Of course They are talking about Chris Rock and Will Smith"A third

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Questlove has urged fans to “stop talking about” the Oscars incident involving Will Smith and Chris Rock.The filmmaker, real name Ahmir “Questlove Thompson” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for his debut Summer of Soul just after the altercation between Smith and Rock onstage.Today, Questlove took to social media alluding to the incident, simply writing on Twitter: “Can we FINNNNNNNALY stop talking about it?”Can we FINNNNNNNALY stop talking about it?— Questo (@questlove) April 1, 2022Earlier this week, he also revealed he didn’t see the viral moment in person because he was meditating.He told Jimmy Fallon: “They tell you ahead of time, this is your category, and so, in that moment, you’re either going to be full of anxiety or, for me, I’ve been like meditating for the past couple of years.“And when the commercial break happened, I was in my ‘Mmmm.’ So when I opened my eyes, I didn’t realise. ‘Why is everyone so quiet?’”Questlove continued: “As I’m walking to the stage, I’m kind of putting two and two together, and I realise that was a real moment like maybe three seconds before I spoke words.

Chris Rock faced some hecklers during the second night of his comedy tour. Less than a week after Will Smith slapped the comedian at the Oscars over a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, audience members made their feelings about the incident known during Rock's second night of shows in Boston, Massachusetts. A source tells ET that two hecklers interrupted Rock's set.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEven in the years when the Grammys have seemed predictable, they rarely are — anyone remember Soy Bomb?And in an era when all bets already seemed to be unprecedentedly off, in the past days we’ve seen Kanye West disinvited from performing — although sources say talks are still ongoing with him, as well as Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and others — Foo Fighters cancel their scheduled performance due to drummer Taylor Hawkins’ tragic and untimely death on March 25; and of course Will Smith’s smack heard ‘round the world has changed how organizers approach major awards shows forever. Thus, we’re going into Grammy Weekend with a roll-with-it spirit that seems to extend to the organizers of the show as well. “It’s live television.

It has been an absolutely wild week in the entertainment world, thanks to the chaos that ensued at the Oscars.By now, everyone and their cat has heard about – and formed an opinion on – Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards.There is certainly nuance around the controversy – did Chris know Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia when he joked about her hair? Should Will have been kicked out of the ceremony minutes before he won his first Oscar? What does Jada actually make of it all?But while most of the Oscars viewers were reeling for hours after watching the shock attack, others had a different reaction: this needs to be a tattoo.This week we reported on two tattoos depicting the now-infamous slap which were going viral on social media, and Metro.co.uk has now spoken with the artists behind the masterpieces.Oscar Aguilar Jr, who is based in New Jersey, says he immediately knew upon watching the shocking clip that it was something that needed to be immortalised.‘The first thing that came to my head [when I saw it] was what happened with Kanye and Taylor Swift,’ he said, referring to the notorious 2009 affair that saw the rapper take the mic from then-teenaged Taylor to declare Beyonce deserved her award.‘It was the same thing,’ he said, describing it as ‘a monumental moment on TV.’‘I wanted to capture that moment in the most simplistic way.’Almost immediately after seeing the clip on social media, Oscar drew a quick sketch of what it could look like as a tattoo, and before too long had a client eager to get it on his skin.And the next morning, just hours after the ‘monumental moment’ had aired across the world, it was done.Oscar shared an edited video of the unveiling to his Instagram, complete with lights

Smith tearfully explained his actions as those of a man seeking to protect his family from abuse – Rock had referred to his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness, even though she had recently made public a diagnosis of alopecia. Backstage, Rock declared himself “fine” and declined to pursue the matter. The Academy apparently asked Smith to leave the auditorium, but seemed satisfied by his refusal.

It has been an absolutely wild week in the entertainment world, thanks to the chaos that ensued at the Oscars. By now, everyone and their cat has heard about – and formed an opinion on – Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards. There is certainly nuance around the controversy – did Chris know Jada Pinkett Smith has alopecia when he joked about her hair? Should Will have been kicked out of the ceremony minutes before he won his first Oscar? What does Jada actually make of it all?But while most of the Oscars viewers were reeling for hours after watching the shock attack, others had a different reaction: this needs to be a tattoo.

Gallery: Ghosts, poltergeists and spirits! You'll never believe which stars have had SUPERNATURAL experiences! (BANG Showbiz)"I don't really remember that much [from the Oscars] as I had the next day off so I definitely let off steam. I had a good time.