Post-slap, Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars ceremony along with other Academy events for 10 years. The Academy’s Board of Governors met April 8, to finalize their response to Smith’s physical attack on presenter Chris Rock on stage during the March 25 awards show.
Smith previously tendered his resignation from the Academy. Speculation swirled that his Best Actor Oscar could be rescinded or he might be declared ineligible for future nomination, but here’s why both of those outcomes were unlikely.
The sole precedent for overturning a win came in 1969, when feature documentary “The Young Americans” was found to be ineligible due to its release date. In that case, runner-up “Journey Into Self” received the statuette and the original one was returned.
There is a more significant precedent for barring someone from nomination in an otherwise eligible film, but it was an ugly chapter of Academy history that,...
Smith previously tendered his resignation from the Academy. Speculation swirled that his Best Actor Oscar could be rescinded or he might be declared ineligible for future nomination, but here’s why both of those outcomes were unlikely.
The sole precedent for overturning a win came in 1969, when feature documentary “The Young Americans” was found to be ineligible due to its release date. In that case, runner-up “Journey Into Self” received the statuette and the original one was returned.
There is a more significant precedent for barring someone from nomination in an otherwise eligible film, but it was an ugly chapter of Academy history that,...
- 4/8/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
While waiting for word of the next Oscar host — an announcement would seem due any day from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — we got to wondering how, exactly, things worked on those dimly recalled “no-host” broadcasts of some half-century ago.
Based on some quick research at the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, the answer seems to be: surprisingly well.
According to the record books, the Oscars survived three consecutive televised ceremonies — from 1969-71 — without the luxury of an emcee. No one to deliver the customary eight- to 10-minute comic monologue before the show got rolling. Nobody to present the presenters. No annoying interlocutor to compete with the movies for precious screen time as viewers began to stifle polite yawns and glance at their watches.
The first two of those broadcasts were on ABC, the third on NBC. Their exact length is a matter of some dispute among the available sources.
Based on some quick research at the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, the answer seems to be: surprisingly well.
According to the record books, the Oscars survived three consecutive televised ceremonies — from 1969-71 — without the luxury of an emcee. No one to deliver the customary eight- to 10-minute comic monologue before the show got rolling. Nobody to present the presenters. No annoying interlocutor to compete with the movies for precious screen time as viewers began to stifle polite yawns and glance at their watches.
The first two of those broadcasts were on ABC, the third on NBC. Their exact length is a matter of some dispute among the available sources.
- 11/27/2018
- by Michael Cieply
- Deadline Film + TV
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