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1229 days ago

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Will Smith Banned From Oscars Ceremony For 10 Years But Will Remain Eligible For Future Oscar Nominations And Wins

Los Angeles, April 9 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has banned actor Will Smith for 10 years from returning to the Oscars or attending any other Academy events. The decision has been taken 12 days after the first time Oscar winner slapped Chris Rock during the 94th Academy Awards ceremony over a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. ## However, despite the ban, Smith will retain the Oscar that he won in the Best Actor category for "King Richard", and will be eligible for future Oscar nominations and wins. ## The Academy's 54-person board of governors held a special meeting on Friday to determine what action to take against Smith. The actor was heavily criticized by Hollywood celebrities for his conduct during the ceremony and some even called for him to lose the Oscar statuette that he was awarded and/or his eligibility for future Oscars. ## Smith's suspension was expected even though he announced that he was resigning as a member of the organization a week ago. The Academy, however, gave some relief to the actor as it hasn't banned "The Men In Black" actor from the award nominations and wins. ## Official letter from Academy about Will Smith... pic.twitter.com/ibAyx0kuag— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) April 8, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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1240 days ago

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Will Smith Apologizes To Chris Rock For His Misconduct At Oscars 2022

Los Angeles, March 29 - Hollywood star Will Smith was one of the highlights at the 94th Academy Awards, held on March 27-28. While he won his first Oscars ever for his portrayal of Richard Williams in "King Richard", the 53-year old actor faced criticism for his misconduct with comedian Chris Rock at the star-studded ceremony. ## Chris Rock, who was on the stage to present the Oscar for documentary feature, made a joke about Will's wife being in "G.I. Jane" because of her shaved head. However, the joke didn't go well with Will Smith as he took the stage and slapped the comedian which stunned everyone. He later apologized to Academy while receiving his Oscars but didn't apologize to Rock. ## However, a day later, Will Smith realized his misconduct and offered an apology to Rock via Instagram post and said that his "behavior was unacceptable and inexcusable". The actor also said that he couldn't control himself when Rock made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's medical condition as it was "too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally". ## "I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness", he added. ## The "Men In Black" further said, "I would also like to apologize to the Academy, the producers of the show, all the attendees, and everyone watching around the world. I would like to apologize to the Williams Family and my King Richard Family. I deeply regret that my behavior has stained what has been an otherwise gorgeous journey for all of us". ## View this post on Instagram A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) ## On a happy note, the Oscars 2022 brought the biggest cheer to Will Smith who received his first-ever Oscars for Warner Bros. "King Richard". The actor played the title role in this biographical sports drama film that follows the life of Richard Williams, the father and coach of famed tennis players Venus and Serena Williams. He was awarded Oscars in the Best Actor category. ## Stay tuned...

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1241 days ago

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Will Smith Slapped Oscar Presenter Chris Rock After A Joke On Wife

Los Angeles, March 28 - Actor Will Smith, who won his first Oscars ever at the 94th Academy Awards, stunned one and all after he slapped Oscar Presenter, Chris Rock over a joke on the actor's wife Jada Pinkett Smith. ## Chris Rock, who was on the stage to present the Oscar for documentary feature, made a joke about Will's wife being in "G.I. Jane" because of her shaved head. This didn't go well with the "King Richard" actor as he took the stage and punched Rock. ## Smith then returned to his seat and yelled at Rock, saying "Keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth!". See the video below - ## Will Smith just punched Chris Rock and told him "keep my wife's name out of your f***ing mouth" pic.twitter.com/1f1ytdbMRv— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) March 28, 2022 ## While many in the Oscars ceremony still processing the unfortunate incident, an emotional Smith took the stage to accept his maiden Oscars for "King Richard", and apologized to the Academy and many others for the incident, however, he didn't apologize to Rock for the same. ## ICYDK, Will's wife Pinkett Smith has talked openly about losing her hair due to alopecia. She has been suffering from a hair loss condition since last year, and a joke about her condition lead to a bizarre unscripted moment. ## Stay tuned...

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1241 days ago

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Oscars 2022 Winners: Full List

Los Angeles March 27 - The 2022 Academy Awards ceremony began Sunday, March 27 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on ABC. ## Tonight's ceremony nominated some of the biggest movie stars in the world, from Denzel Washington and Nicole Kidman to Will Smith and Penelope Cruz (Washington, Kidman and Cruz are all past winners). ## CODA won the coveted award ahead of films including Don’t Look Up and The Power of The Dog. Meanwhile, Will Smith won his first Oscar, Dune cleaned up with six awards, and Jane Campion became the third woman ever to win Best Director. ## In one of the most shocking moments in recent awards show history, Will Smith stepped onto the Oscars stage and hit comedian and presenter Chris Rock after Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith. The full clip can be seen right below the list. ## Oscars Nominations 2022 Complete List ## Best Picture ## Belfast## Winner: CODA ## Don’t Look Up## Drive My Car## Dune## King Richard## Licorice Pizza## Nightmare Alley## The Power of the Dog## West Side Story## Best Director ## Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)## Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)## Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)## Winner: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) ## Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)## Best Actor ## Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)## Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)## Andrew Garfield (tick, tick…BOOM!)## Winner: Will Smith (King Richard) ## Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)## Best Actress ## Winner: Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) ## Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)## Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)## Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)## Kristen Stewart (Spencer)## Best Supporting Actor ## Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)## Winner: Troy Kotsur (CODA) ## Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)## JK Simmons (Being the Ricardos)## Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)## Best Supporting Actress ## Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)## Winner: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) ## Judi Dench (Belfast)## Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)## Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) ## Best Animated Feature ## Winner: Encanto ## Flee ## Luca## The Mitchells vs. the Machines## Raya and the Last Dragon## Best Adapted Screenplay ## Winner: CODA (Sian Heder) ## Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe)## Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve)## The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)## The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)## Best Original Screenplay ## Winner: Belfast (Kenneth Branagh)## Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay & David Sirota)## Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)## King Richard (Zach Baylin)## The Worst Person in the World (Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier)## Best Original Song ## “Be Alive” (King Richard)## “Dos Oruguitas” (Encanto)## “Down to Joy” (Belfast)## Winner: “No Time To Die” (No Time To Die) ## “Somehow You Do” (Four Good Days)## Best Original Score ## Don’t Look Up## Winner: Dune ## Encanto## Parallel Mothers## The Power of the Dog## Best Animated Short ## Affairs of the Art## Bestia## Boxballet## Robin Robin## Winner: The Windshield Wiper ## Best Live Action Short ## Ala Kachuu- Take and Run## The Dress## Winner: The Long Goodbye ## On My Mind## Please Hold## Best Cinematography ## Winner: Dune ## Nightmare Alley## The Power of the Dog## The Tragedy of Macbeth## West Side Story## Best Costume Design ## Winner: Cruella ## Cyrano## Dune## Nightmare Alley## West Side Story## Best Documentary Feature ## Ascension## Attica## Flee## Winner: Summer of Soul ## Writing with Fire## Best Documentary Short Subject ## Audible## Lead Me Home## Winner: The Queen of Basketball ## Three Songs for Benazir## When We Were Bullies## Best Editing ## Don’t Look Up## Winner: Dune ## King Richard## The Power of the Dog## tick, tick…BOOM!## Best International Feature Film ## Winner: Drive My Car ## Flee## The Hand of God## Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom## The Worst Person in the World## Best Makeup and Hairstyling ## Coming 2 America## Cruella## Dune## Winner: The Eyes of Tammy Faye ## House of Gucci## Best Production Design ## Winner: Dune ## Nightmare Alley## The Power of the Dog## The Tragedy of Macbeth## West Side Story## Best Sound ## Belfast## Winner: Dune ## No Time to Die## The Power of the Dog## West Side Story## Best Visual Effects ## Winner: Dune ## Free Guy## No Time to Die## Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings## Spider-Man: No Way Home## ## Stay Tuned To Sacnilk For More Such Updates

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1260 days ago

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Academy Reveals The Names Of Oscars Presenters For The 94th Oscars

Los Angeles, March 9 - The Academy continues to announce Oscars presenters to take the stage for the 94th Academy Awards. On Tuesday (March 8), Marvel's new sensational addition, Simu Liu along with Uma Thurman, Lily James, and Rami Malek are announced as presenters for the 2022 Oscars.## Ruth E. Carter, John Leguizamo, and last year's best actor winner, Anthony Hopkins, who notably wasn't present when he won the award at the end of last year's show, will also take the stage during the Academy Awards as announced by the show producers Will Packer and Shayla Cowan. ## The newly announced stars will join the previously announced Oscars presenters including Kevin Costner, Zoë Kravitz, Lady Gaga, Rosie Perez, Chris Rock, and last year's best-supporting actress winner, Yuh-Jung Youn. The producers will continue to announce other talent joining the show in the coming weeks. ## In a major relief for the Oscars performers and presenters, it was recently announced that they will not be required proof of COVID-19 vaccination, unlike nominees and guests who will have to show proof of vaccination as well as two negative PCR tests. The performers and presenters, however, will be tested for covid-19 for safety protocols. ## The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT and in more than 200 territories worldwide. The ceremony will be hosted by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes. ## Stay tuned...

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1264 days ago

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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Is Top Contender To Win Oscars First Fan-Favorite Award

Mumbai, March 5 - Tom Holland-fronted superhero movie, "Spider-Man No Way Home" may have missed the Best Picture nominations, but it still might end up winning big at the 94th Academy Awards, slated to be held on March 27. ## This year, the Academy, in an attempt to honour as many movies as possible, has started a new initiative named "Oscars Fan Favorite. A couple of days ago, the Academy announced had announced the leaderboard of the fan-favorite poll, which "Spider-Man: No Way Home", along with 9 other movies. ## Now, according to surveys (via variety), the Marvel/Sony picture is clearly leading the fan-favorite poll and is the top contender to bag the trophy. A recent Morning Consult survey suggested that 26% of U.S. adults said "Spider-Man: No Way Home" was their favorite film of 2021.## Following "Spider-Man: No Way Home", Americans' favorite films of 2021 were "Encanto" (14%), "Dune" (8%), "Don't Look Up" (6%), and "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" (4%). Interestingly, Warner Bros. "Dune", and Netflix's "Don't Look Up" will also be competing with 8 other movies in the main Best Picture category at this year's Oscars. ## Moving back to "No Way Home", it was one of the most anticipated films to get a nomination for the Best Picture, but it failed to make the cut. Many people including Hollywood celebrities expressed disappointment for not nominating the film for the Best Picture as it was the movie that truly proved to be a box office savor. ## The Jon Watts-directed is the highest-grossing movie during the covid-19 pandemic and the 6th highest of all time at the worldwide box office with $1.85 billion. It was, however, got nominated in the Best Visual Effects category at the Oscars 2022. ## Stay tuned...

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1267 days ago

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Academy Announced The Leaderboard Of Oscars Fan Favorite Movie Prize

Mumbai, March 2 - The Academy Awards 2022 is quickly approaching and the audience around the world is predicting their favorites for the Oscars. This year, the Academy, in an attempt to honour as many movies as possible, has started a new initiative named "Oscars Fan Favorite". ## In conjunction with Twitter, the Academy has created a new unofficial category as a fan-favorite movie that will be announced during this year's show. Fans can vote for their favorite movies from 2021 on Oscars' official website or can tweet with the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite. ## The initiative was launched on February 18 and the fans can vote or tweet their favorite movie till March 3rd. Meanwhile, the Academy has announced the leaderboard of the fan-favorite poll, which includes 10 movies that will compete for the prize at the 94th Academy Awards, scheduled to held on March 27.## In the top 10 movies for the Oscars Fan Favorite category, there are only two films ("Dune", & "The Power of the Dog") that have been nominated for the Oscars' main Best Pictures category. Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man: No Way Home", which surprisingly missed out on Best Pictures, is currently among the 10 movies in Fan Favorite. ## Universal Pictures' computer-animated jukebox musical comedy, "Sing 2", which is the highest-grossing animated movie of the pandemic era, will also be competing for the newly announced prize. Warner Bros. "The Suicide Squad", along with "Army of The Dead" are also getting a lot of support from the fans on Twitter and on the voting site. ## Here is the list of Top 10 movies for Oscars Fan Favorite (in alphabatical order) - ## 1. Army of The Dead## 2. Cinderalla## 3. Dune## 4. Malignant## 5. Minamata## 6. The Power of The Dog## 7. Sing 2## 8. Spider-Man: No Way Home## 9. The Suicide Squad## 10. Tick, Tick... Boom!## Stay tuned...

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1284 days ago

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IMDb's Top 10 Highest-Rated Best Picture Oscar Winners

Mumbai, February 13 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards on Tuesday (Feb. 8). Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer "The Power of the Dog" led the show with 12 nominations, including the Best Picture. ## This year, the Best Picture category includes 10 films - "The Power of the Dog", "CODA", "Belfast ", "Dune", "King Richard", "West Side Story", "Don't Look Up", "Drive My Car", "Licorice Pizza", and Nightmare Alley. Among these films, "Dune" is one of the highest-rated movies of 2021 while "Don't Look Up" is on the other side, though it has been hailed for its subject. ## It remains to see which film begs Oscars for the Best Picture, but analysts are predicting that it could be between "Dune", and "Power of The Dog", two of the top-rated movies. On IMDb, "Dune's" rating is 8.1 while "Power of The Dog" is rated with 6.9 ratings. ## Meanwhile, IMDb has released the list of top 10 highest-rated Best Picture Oscars winning movies of all time. "The Godfather" (1972), based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same name, lends at the number position with IMDb ratings of 9.2. At the 45th Academy Awards, the film won Best Picture, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay, in addition to 7 other nominations. ## The sequel to "Godfather", released in 1974, is IMDb's 2nd highest-rated movie that won the Best Picture Oscar. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards at the 47th Academy Awards and went on to win 6 of them. "The Godfather Part II" also became the first sequel to win the Best Picture Oscar. ## Tom Hanks' comedy-drama "Forrest Gump", which is also being remade in Hindi as "Lal Singh Chadha", starring superstar Aamir Khan, had won the 6 Oscars including Best Picture at the 67th Academy Awards. In the IMDb's list of the Best Picture winners, "Forest Gump" lands at number 5. "Gladiator" ranks number 10 in the list. It won Best Picture among the 5 Oscars at the 73rd Academy Awards. ## Check out the complete list of Highest-Rated Best Picture Oscar winners on IMDb - ## 1. The Godfather (1972) - 9.2 ## 2. The Godfather: Part II (1974) - 9.0## 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - 8.9## 4. Schindler's List (1993) - 8.9## 5. Forrest Gump (1994) - 8.8## 6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - 8.7## 7. Parasite (2019) - 8.6## 8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - 8.6## 9. The Departed (2006) - 8.5## 10. Gladiator (2000) - 8.5## Stay tuned...

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1285 days ago

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'Spider-Man' Best Picture Oscars Snub Disappoints Jimmy Kimmel And Director Kevin Smith

Los Angeles, February 12 - The recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards are being criticized for not picking "Spider-Man: No Way Home", in the Best Picture category. Despite being hailed critically and doing wonders at the box office, "No Way Home" was nominated only for the Best Visual Effects category. ## Jimmy Kimmel called out on Academy on Tuesday's late-night episode and argued that the biggest snub was the movie everyone is going to see, even Academy voters. He also said that "Don't Look Up" was not worthy to be picked for a Best Picture nomination. ## "The biggest snub today in my opinion, and I'm actually even angry about this, I'm kind of embarrassed to say, is the unforgivable omission of Spider-Man: No Way Home", he said. "You're telling me Don't Look Up was better than Spider-Man? It certainly was not", he argued. Kimmel wondered how "No Way Home" didn't get one of the ten nominations this year and called it a "great" movie. ## Among the other people who are not happy with "Spider-Man: No Way Home's" Best Picture snub is director Kevin Smith. On his podcast, FatMan Beyond (via Deadline), Smith did not say which of the ten should be eliminated to make way for Spider-Man.## "I would just like to congratulate the good folks who made Spider-Man: No Way Home for the very deserved Best Picture nomination that I'm sure it got, I didn't read the nods", he said at first, before doing a spit take when he was informed it did not.## "What the f—! They got 10 slots, they can't give one to the biggest f—–g movie of, like, the last three years?" He said it was unfathomable, given that the Oscars ratings are dropping. "Like f—–g make a populist choice, f—, man. You got how many slots? Throw in Spider-Man for God's sakes; let him swing in there. F—–g poor kid's always getting crapped on and s—. Show Peter Parker some f—–g love. I'm not even being facetious, with as many movies as they now nominate for Best Picture…."## The 94th annual Academy Awards will be live at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on ABC Sunday, March 27.## Stay tuned...

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1289 days ago

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Hugely Hyped 'Spider-Man: No Way Home', And Suriya's 'Jai Bhim' Fail To Get Oscars Nod For Best Pictures

Mumbai, February 8 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 94th Academy Awards on Tuesday (Feb. 8), and it brought disappointment to India, despite hopes from fans and the filmmakers behind it.## India's Tamil movie, "Jai Bhim", starring Suriya, was in the race to get the nomination in the Best International Feature Film category. The hope increased when Awards Editor for Rotten Tomatoes, Jacqueline Coley bid for "Jai Bhim" to get a nod for Best Picture nominations. However, the drama film based on real-life incidents, couldn't make it to the list. ## The movies that are nominated for Best International Feature Film, include - "Drive My Car" (Japan), "Flee" (Denmark), "The Hand of God" (Italy), "Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom" (Bhutan), and "The Worst Person In The World" (Norway). ## Meanwhile, the other film that was supposed to make it into the Best Feature Film category, Marvel/Sony's global blockbuster, "Spider-Man: No Way Home", also couldn't find a spot in the nominations. No Way Home was considered a long shot in the best picture race, and Marvel/Sony even started a campaign for Oscars nod over its box office success.## "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is currently playing in theaters and has so far grossed over $1.77 billion globally, there was hope that the Academy would recognize it for helping reinvigorate theater-going. However, despite falling short in the best picture race, "No Way Home" has been nominated in the Best Visual Effect category along with Marvel Studios' "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings".## Films based on comic books have often been ignored at the Oscars in the Best Picture category. However, things have changed in the last couple of years. Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" (2018) and Warner Bros' DC film "Joker" (2019) were nominated for best picture. Earlier, Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" (2008) was nominated in the category. ## Stay tuned...

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1316 days ago

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Tom Holland Approached To Host 2022 Oscars Ceremony!

Los Angeles, January 12 - The 94th Academy Awards is set to take place on 27 March 2022. Scheduled to air on ABC, the coveted ceremony will be the first since 2018 to have a host. ## Jimmy Kimmel was the last host for the awards who hosted the Oscars in 2017 and 2018 before the ceremony went hostless in three editions due to controversy after resurfaced homophobic jokes and tweets caused Kevin Hart to stand down.## According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did reach 25-year old British Actor Tom Holland to explore the possibility of hosting this year's ceremony. Holland, during a recent interview with THR, had expressed his desire of hosting Oscars. ## The last year's Oscars ceremony couldn't grab the attention of viewers on TV as the viewership plummed to an all-time low of 10.4 million. However, ratings for 2019's hostless Oscars actually rose to 29.56 million, before falling in 2020 to 23.64 million. ## Stay tuned...