Will Smith is the most recent one. The Men in Black actor slapped comedian Chris Rock live on air during the Oscars after Chris made a few jokes about Will's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
In its 94-year history, the Academy has expelled only five members: Carmine Caridi, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, and cinematographer Adam Kimmel.
While Katherine Hepburn famously declined every invitation to attend the Academy Awards, she reportedly displayed the Oscars trophies she had won proudly in her home. However, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Dudley Nichols flat out refused the award.
Katharine Hepburn won four Oscars during her career but she only attended the ceremony once — and it wasn't to accept an award! Katharine explained that to her, "prizes are nothing" and her "prize is [her] work." When she actually did attend the event, it was to present the Irving G.
The glitzy affair will be held at Hollywood's […] Cruise, 60, didn't attend the awards show because he is filming Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part II overseas, Us Weekly can confirm.
He learned tap dance for his role as lawyer Billy Flynn in Chicago, and karate for An Officer and a Gentleman. Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited Gere as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.
Within the first few moments of the 95th Academy Awards, winners like Everything Everywhere All At Once stars Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis (picking up their awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively) had celebs at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood tearing up, and viewers at home absolutely bawling ...
A third chimed in: “Why was Hugh grant so rude?? Shout out to Ashley for holding up the conversation and getting through that.” The awkward interview began with Graham asking Grant what his favorite thing about the Academy Awards was.
During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock across the face with a open-palm strike during Rock's presentation of the Best Documentary Feature award.
It's unclear exactly how the Academy will proceed with regards to Smith's indiscretion, but there's some historical precedent for Oscar winners returning their awards or otherwise stripping themselves of their Academy accolades; actors Marlon Brando and George C.
Who knows the winners before they're announced? According to the academy website, just two PricewaterhouseCoopers partners know the results beforehand.
(NEXSTAR) – The Academy Award is generally regarded as one of the highest honors that an actor can receive — the keyword being “generally.” In the history of the Oscars, however, there have only been three people who refused their awards: actors George C. Scott and Marlon Brando, and screenwriter Dudley Nichols.
In general terms, no person born in Cuba has won an Oscar. However, at the 2019 ceremony, director Phil Lord, born in Miami, Florida, but of Cuban descent, won the Best Animated Feature Oscar for 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'.
Patton in Patton (1970), he became the first actor to refuse the award, having warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences months in advance that he would do so on the basis of his belief that performances can't be compared to others.
Daniel Day-Lewis became the first and currently only man to win three best actor Oscars, while Frances McDormand became only the second woman and third of her counterparts overall to achieve the same. Finally, Walter Brennan won his three supporting actor Oscars every other year between 1937 and 1941.
Who was Hepburn Hollywood leading lady and four time Oscar winner?
Screen legend Katharine Hepburn fashioned herself into a cultural icon by sheer will and a shrewd business sense. She won the first of her record four Best Actress Oscars in 1933 for Morning Glory and made several popular films in the mid-1930s.
The Board has decided, for a period of 10 years from April 8, 2022, Mr. Smith shall not be permitted to attend any Academy events or programs, in person or virtually, including but not limited to the Academy Awards.
Brando did not appear at the function but a buckskin clad American Indian woman Sacheen Little Feather, got on the stage and told the audience: “Marlon Brando very regretfully cannot accept this award because of the treatment of American Indians in this country to-day on the television, on reruns and recent happenings ...
Producer Jonathan Wang accepted the prize, saying in his speech, “I never thought I would get to say this, so I say it with one voice, with all of these people: Thank you to the Academy.” He added, “This is for my dad, who like so many immigrant parents died young, and he's so proud of me not because of this, but ...
