Los Oscar Awards will celebrate this Sunday, March 12, its 95th edition. One more year, the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles will be the venue for one of the most anticipated moments in the world of cinema in which USA. The great stars of the world of culture in the North American country will meet in the Californian town to find out the identity of the winners of the statuettes. It should be noted that you can live moments for history.
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What will not take place is an event like the one last year, the one that involved Chris Rock y Will Smith, with the latter slapping the comedian hard across the face for making a joke about his wife. The actor has been banned for the next 10 years for the Academiawhile the comedian, who, curiously, had an offer to present the gala that will take place this March 12rejected the attempt to get on stage in an event that will be followed by millions of people around the world.
Will Smith, banned for 10 years from any act of the Academy
the slap that Will Smith le propinó a Chris Rock after making a joke about the wife of the first, Jada Pinkett-Smithhas had very harsh consequences for the Philadelphia. Hours after the end of the ceremony of the Oscarthe Academiawho did not act at the time, made a clear and forceful decision about one of the winners of the last gala of the most important awards in the world of cinema in the USA.
The body made the decision to veto Smith during the next ten years of any act that the Academiaeither in person or virtually. “The Board has decided that, for a period of 10 years beginning April 8, 2022, Smith will not be allowed to attend to any Academy event or program, in person or virtually, including, but not limited to, the Academy Awards.”
Chris Rock refused to present the 95th edition of the Oscars
As for the comedian, who came to the forefront of the media around the world with this incident, it should be noted that he received an offer from the Academia to present the gala to be held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles this Sunday, March 12. However, the response of Chris Rock to this attempt it was not affirmative. This is how he revealed it in one of his ‘stand-up shows’.
In one of his shows, he considered that “it would be like going back to the scene of the crime.” Likewise, in Phoenixmade reference to the murder trial of O.J.Simpson. Rock commented that returning to the most important awards in the world of cinema in the USA would be the same as asking Nicole Brown Simpson to “go back to the restaurant” where she left her glasses before she was murdered. This joke, it is worth mentioning, was widely criticized on social networks.
Also, it is worth mentioning that, according to what was provided by The Daily Beast, the comedian will not be at the Oscars. Not even as a guest. According to this information, he will be on the east coast, far from what is considered the “city of the stars.”
Will Smith could have been nominated for the Oscars
One of the biggest unknowns that arise from the next gala of the Oscar is directly related to one of the most controversial figures of the last edition of the awards, Will Smith. After the slap given to Rockthe consequences that whoever gave life to ‘The prince of Bel Air‘ would not be related to the possibility of having been nominated for this recognition.
According to Variety, Smith could have been nominated to the Oscar of this year. For this, her name would have to have been placed on the voting lists by the 1.400 members of the Actors Branch of the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This process, which was carried out last January, finally did not include the winner of the statuette last year for ‘King Richard’but could have.
