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Will Smith cannot attend any Academy events or programs after slapping Chris Rock.

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The Academy bans Will Smith for 10 years for Chris Rock slap

In a statement, Academy president David Rubin said Will Smith's behavior was unacceptable and harmful.

April 08, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Will Smith resigns from the Academy, says he will accept additional consequences

In a statement, Will Smith acknowledged that his actions overshadowed other winners at the 94th Academy Awards.

April 01, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Oscars producer Will Packer says the LAPD was ready to arrest Will Smith, citing battery.

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The LAPD was ready to arrest Will Smith after the slap, Will Packer says

In an interview with "Good Morning America," Will Packer says the LAPD was ready to take action against Will Smith. But Chris Rock declined to press charges.

April 01, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco and
  • Neda Ulaby
GPB News NPR

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  • Movies

Will Smith refused to leave the Oscars following the slap, Academy says

The Academy's Board of Governors plans to meet on April 18 to decide on how to discipline Will Smith.

March 30, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Will Smith slaps actor and comedian Chris Rock onstage during the Oscars.

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Read Will Smith's apology to Chris Rock

Smith slapped Rock on the Oscars stage after the comedian made a joke at the expense of Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

March 29, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A statue of the Oscar is placed for transportation along Hollywood Boulevard as preparations for the red carpet arrivals area continued March 25.

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Breaking down what it takes to produce the Oscars this year

It takes 55 cameras and 1,500 lighting instruments to produce the Oscars this year.

March 27, 2022
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  • Ciera Crawford
A villager brings a yak into the classroom so the new teacher will understand how important the animals are to the village of nomadic yak herders. Yak dung is important too — used to warm homes.

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The inspirational story of Bhutan's first Oscar nod: 'Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom'

The movie is up for best international feature. It's about an urban teacher who's ticked off about being sent to work in a remote village with no electricity. Enlightenment ensues!

March 27, 2022
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  • Kamala Thiagarajan
Being a female journalist and a Dalit, Meera Devi is no stranger to discrimination and threats of violence. "I have got threats against my life. There have been threats against shutting down our newspaper. They raise doubts about my reporting and investigate if I'm really a journalist."

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  • Movies

'Writing With Fire' is up for an Oscar. But its subjects say they're misrepresented

The documentary tells the story of a news outlet run by women from marginalized communities. The directors are thrilled by the nomination. But the reporters say their full story wasn't told.

March 26, 2022
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  • Sushmita Pathak
This year's Oscar nominees for best international feature film: <em>Hand of God; Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom; Flee; The Worst Person in the World; Drive My Car</em>

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The case for nixing the Oscars' best international feature category

In the extraordinary new age of subtitled streaming and globalized filmmaking, the Oscar category is becoming a caricature of itself as a relic of the past.

March 22, 2022
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  • Bilal Qureshi
GPB News NPR

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Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. dies at 84

Films the son of Shane star Alan Ladd produced or greenlit, including Star Wars, won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations.

March 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura star in <em>Drive My Car</em>.

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Japan's Oscar-nominated 'Drive My Car' is a journey through loss, grief and art

Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and adapted from a 2014 short story by Haruki Murakami, the film dramatizes some of the celebrated author's trademark themes: loss, guilt, the interplay of art and life.

February 11, 2022
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor in <em>Billions</em>

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  • Arts & Life

Best Actor Or Actress? Gender-Expansive Performers Are Forced To Choose

There's a growing call for entertainment award categories to no longer be split by gender. Some nonbinary performers say these gendered divisions erase their identity.

July 14, 2021
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  • Melissa Block
Chloé Zhao accepts the Oscar for best director during Sunday night's ceremony. Her film <em>Nomadland </em>also won best picture.

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7 Takeaways From The Train-Station Oscars

A bungled ending, some charming winners, and making the best of a bad situation — the 2021 Oscars left an impression in a few ways.

April 26, 2021
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  • Linda Holmes
<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-oscars-2021/2021/04/25/988816124/chloe-zhao-is-the-first-woman-of-color-to-win-oscar-for-best-director">Chloé Zhao</a> poses in the press room at the Oscars on April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles.

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Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) is the first woman of color to win the Oscar for best director. Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand won Best Actor and Best Actress. Nomadland received the Best Picture prize.

April 26, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Tyler Perry attends the 93rd Annual Academy Awards.

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2021 Oscars: Tyler Perry Accepts The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Viola Davis presented the award to the filmmaker at the Academy Awards on Sunday — she worked with Perry on the 2009 film Madea Goes to Jail.

April 25, 2021
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  • Aisha Harris
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