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.
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.
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.
Actor Will Smith banned from attending Oscars for 10 years
What 3 actors refused Oscars?
Unlike George C. Scott or Dudley Nichols' refusal, Brando's was specifically designed to court public attention - and it did just that. The trade bibles quickly went to work on Littlefeather's background and ancestry, who claimed that she wasn't Apache at all.
From last year's infamous slapgate that led to a 10-year ban for Will Smith to Richard Gere's 20-year ban for his onstage remarks on China, these are celebrities who have courted controversy and how! Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years.
Another star who's been nominated for an Oscar but never won: Johnny Depp. The actor and musician has been up for best actor three times. No telling how his recent legal troubles will impact his movie career, let alone his bid for the industry's biggest award.
In Oscars history, just one award has had to be returned. In 1969 Young Americans won the Best Documentary Feature Award, which was revoked after it was later found to have been released too early to have been eligible for nomination, according to movie site IMDB.
This year, Cosmo notes, Zendaya had other things on her schedule: namely, a fun outing with boyfriend Tom Holland in London. Fans spotted the pair out in the city, shopping with Tom Holland's mom Nikki Holland at Richmond Park.
Of course, the most notorious film producer banned by the Oscars is the convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein. He was expelled from the ceremony in 2017 when a swathe of allegations of sexual assault came against him.
Celebrated martial arts actor Jackie Chan has received an honorary Oscar award. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had announced in September that four industry veterans will receive Oscar statuettes. The award landed on November 12th at the 8th Annual Governor Awards.
Who knows the winners before they're announced? According to the academy website, just two PricewaterhouseCoopers partners know the results beforehand.
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.
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.
Every year the Academy holds a lottery for the Red Carpet Fan Experience where around 700 people from the public who sign up are chosen. If you are lucky, you might get a seat in the front row in the bleachers lining the red carpet and even shake the hand of one of your idols.
TIL Keanu Reeves has never won an Oscar, Golden Globe, or Emmy award of any kind. In fact, he has never even been nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe, or Emmy.
What's more interesting is what happened after the performance: Marlon Brando refusing the Oscar, and how he refused it. He recruited a woman named Sacheen Littlefeather to show up in his place, give a speech on the mistreatment of Native Americans by America, and leave everyone stunned.
Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock during last month's awards show. The Academy made the announcement Friday in a letter sent by president David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson and obtained by CBS News.
