LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Actor Will Smith was banned today from attending
any Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events -- including the Academy
Awards -- for 10 years in response to his on-stage smack of comedian Chris Rock
during this year's Oscar ceremony.Smith won this year's best-actor Oscar for his work in "King
Richard,'' but the evening was marred when he assaulted Rock on stage at the
Dolby Theatre during the ceremony, in response to the comedian making a joke
about Smith's wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith.The Academy's Board of Governors had been considering punishing Smith
by either suspending his membership in the Academy or expelling him from the
organization. But Smith took those options off the table last week by resigning
from the group.The Academy
