Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap
Chris Rock appears at the the FX portion of theTelevision Critics Association Winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2020, left, and Will Smith appears at the 94th Academy Awards nominees luncheon in Los Angeles on March 7, 2022. Smith was banned from Oscars, other film academy events for 10 years for slapping Rock onstage at Academy Awards. (AP Photo)
By ANDREW DALTON
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES — The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards....
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