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In 2022, Will Smith received a 10-year suspension from the Academy Awards. Slap Chris Rock on stage.
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Actors aren’t the first to be banned, but most bans have only been in the last few years.
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Insiders have rounded up everyone who has been expelled or reprimanded by the body behind the award.
Awards season is upon us this weekend. 95th Academy Awards It takes place on Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
However, as audiences no doubt already know, there is one notable absence this year. Will Smith received a 10-year ban for “unacceptable and harmful” behavior when he slapped host Chris Rock on stage last year.
Smith isn’t the only one actually banned from attending Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events like the Oscars.
This is a comprehensive list of everyone who has been expelled or banned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 1993, Richard Gere received a 20-year ban for deviating from the script and talking about the Chinese government’s occupation of Tibet while presenting an award.
Gear found himself in Oscar’s doghouse 30 years ago. He used his position as the presenter of that year’s Best Art Direction award to criticize the “horrible, terrible human rights situation” in Tibet and chose to ignore it completely. teleprompter script He was supposed to read that he jokingly compared artists such as Michelangelo and Monet to the artistic director.
Calling on the late leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng Xiaoping, Gere called on the chairman to “send love and truth and a kind of sanity,” to the audience, saying, “Take the Chinese out of Tibet and let the people be like Tibet.” make it possible to live.” Liberate the independent people again. ”
The ‘Pretty Woman’ actor reportedly received a 20-year suspension for his controversial speech, but attended when he was nominated for Best Picture in 2003 for the musical ‘Chicago’ It seems that this was not enforced because I did. He was again invited as a presenter.
Gia spoke while downplaying the situation huffington post “Apparently, I’m in rehab,” he said. “The longer you stay, the more they seem to forget they banned you.”
Carmine Caridi was banned for life in 2004 for illegally distributing VHS copies of the candidates, including “Something’s Gotta Give” and “The Last Samurai.”
The late actor, best known for playing minor roles in the final two films of the “Godfather” trilogy, illegally sent VHS copies of the year’s nominees sent to voters at the Academy in 2004. was banned for life for being distributed to
in an interview with hollywood reporterCaridi admits to being arrested for making the mistake of lending a tape to a man who was an infamous movie pirate at the time, claiming that “everybody” did.
“A guy from the academy called me and said, ‘Carmine, someone stole your screener? I found it on the internet,'” recalls Caridi. “Then I called Sprague and said, ‘Hey! What are you doing? I’m in trouble here.'”
The case was investigated by the FBI and Caridi Sony and Warner Bros. have filed copyright infringement lawsuits., he was finally cleared of all wrongdoing.The academy was not as tolerant and maintained as Caridi had violated his agreement to protect the screener.
A month after Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault in 2018, the Academy issued a permanent ban against him.
Bill Cosby, once considered ‘America’s Dad’ for his role on the sitcom ‘The Cosby Show’, just after being convicted of drug use and assault Former basketball player Andrea Constant In 2018, the Academy announced its decision to ban him according to its newly revised code of conduct.
In an official statement, the Academy explained:
Cosby, who served three years in prison before his conviction was overturned, did not publicly react to the Academy’s decision. The 85-year-old comedian now faces more charges after five women filed another sexual assault lawsuit against him in December 2022.
Concurrent with Cosby’s ouster, the Academy announced it would also ban Roman Polanski for historical sexual assault allegations.
Roman Polanski In what many saw as a reflexive reaction to the #MeToo movement, he received a long-delayed lifetime ban in 2018.
The filmmaker, who has been living in exile in Europe since fleeing the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to illicit sex with a minor, won Best Director in 2003 for “The Pianist.” Awarded. known at the time.
Adam Kimmel was convicted of rape before joining the Academy in 2007. It wasn’t until 2021 that they expelled him.
Cinematographer Adam Kimmel, best known for “Lars and the Real Girl” and “Capote,” was expelled from the Academy in 2021. It is revealed that he was previously arrested and added to the academy for assaulting two of his minors. sex offender registration.
The crimes occurred in 2003 and 2010, according to varietybut Kimmel only joined AMPAS in 2007 as a member of the photography department.
it was Variety exposure This prompted the organization to take action and dismiss him. In a statement at the time, they said their membership selection process was “based on an honor system that discloses ineligible information based on the integrity of prospective members, sponsors, and members of chapter committees,” and will continue to “continue.” We regularly review our member selection process to ensure that it accurately reflects the Academy’s values. ”
Harvey Weinstein, once a prominent figure at the Academy Awards, was expelled when multiple sexual harassment and rape allegations against him surfaced.
Mr. Weinstein helped found the production company Miramax with his brother Bob. Bringing many Oscar-winning films to lifewas banned from AMPAS shortly after allegations against him came to light in 2017.
In response to the #MeToo movement, the Academy held an emergency meeting and a majority voted to remove the disgraced movie mogul, but he had yet to be indicted.
It will be another three years before he does Convicted of third-degree rape 23 years in prison for a first-degree sexual offense.His sentence was extended to 39 years when he was Sentenced to 16 years in prison At another trial in 2022.
Ann analysis Of all the Academy Award acceptance speeches from 1966 to 2016, Weinstein has been thanked or mentioned in 34 recipient speeches, as many as God.
In 2022, Will Smith became the first star to be banned for what the Academy called “unacceptable and harmful” onstage behavior.
Last year’s ceremony almost derailed Will Smith appeared on stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock Across the face to tease Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head “GI Jane” joke.
The moment was cut or muted during the US Oscars broadcast, but aired in full elsewhere in the world, quickly cementing itself as one of the most shocking moments in Academy Awards history. bottom.
Smith apologized in tears during his Best Actor acceptance speech for his performance in “King Richard.” “Love makes you do crazy things”
However, AMPAS made the decision to ban the actor just weeks later. All Academy events for 10 years.
“The 94th Oscars was a celebration of the many individuals in our community who have done great work over the past year,” the Academy said in a statement. It has been overshadowed by harmful behaviors that cannot be done.”
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