Oscars 2022

Academy president Janet Yang on Will Smith-Chris Rock incident: 'What happened onstage was wholly unacceptable'

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did little in response to Smith storming the stage and slapping Rock during last year's Oscars telecast or in the immediate aftermath.

RRR Oscar snub: How film federation’s selection robbed India of winning big at 2022 Oscars

RRR had already managed to get foreign audiences and critics to talk about it. The battle was half won and the film had already been noticed. Why, then, FFI didn’t choose it as the official entry is a mystery?

After Will Smith slapgate, Chris Rock declines offer to host Oscars in 2023

Chris Rock was reportedly asked to host the prestigious Academy Awards, but the actor declined it and compared returning to the 2023 Oscars to coming back to the scene of a crime. He reportedly made this revelation during a standup comedy show on Sunday.

Will Smith hallucinated his career, money, house ‘going away’ before Chris Rock slap controversy

After ingesting ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic drink, Will Smith envisioned his career, money and house going away.

Devil’s Advocate | Bollywood can look southward for inspiration rather than westward at Cannes and Oscars

The overemphasis on an elite festival that frankly, to the majority of India means nothing, is evidence that the Hindi film industry needs to re-discover the soul that has of late become missing. Chances are you won’t find it on the French Riviera.

Flee review: Jonas Poher Rasmussen creates a devastating refugee origin story

In building Flee as a loving tribute to the undying spirit of his friend, Jonas Poher Rasmussen quietly expands the boundaries of documentary storytelling, treating it as an evocative medium instead of a mechanical language

After Will Smith's Oscars slap, Jada Pinkett Smith speaks out

Jada Pinkett Smith's most recent Instagram image might be interpreted as a nod to her husband Will Smith's infamous Oscars slap.

Jada Pinkett Smith addresses Will Smith's slap in Red Table Talk return

The fifth season of Jada Pinkett Smith's "Red Table Talk" has premiered, and it begins with a reference to Will Smith's Oscars slap.

Watch: Jada Pinkett Smith once revealed she never wanted to marry Will Smith

In a Red Table Talk show, Jada Pinkett Smith admitted that she really did not want to get married to Will Smith.

Actor Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over slapping comedian Chris Rock

“I accept and respect the Academy’s decision,” Smith said in response. He pre-emptively resigned from the academy last week during the run-up to the meeting, calling his actions “shocking, painful, and inexcusable.”