Best Actor Oscar winner Will Smith on Friday (U.S. Pacific Time) accepted the decision of the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences to ban him from all Academy events
and news on cbs this weekend. sources confirm that norah o donnell has renewed on cbs news. there was question whether she would be renewed or not, now cbs staying with her through the next election. the news came out friday. it seems like it was buried or who knows why they broke it out on monday night. but it does give some stability to cbs news. that s right. and final minute, will smith. will smith, of course, now banned from academy events for ten years. can he come back, claire? can he have a strong career in the future? i think there is a huge pool of goodwill despite what will smith did, even though it was wrong. a lot of his projects are on hold. i think a lot of people would be horrified if he didn t make any more movies and disappeared from the culture. i think he does have a chance to come back. oliver?
hollywood now, and the actor will smith has been banned from all academy events or programmes for ten years after he hit the comedian chris rock at the oscars. it happened after mr rock made a joke about will smith s wife, jada pinkett smith. less than an hour after the incident, mr smith was given the best actor award. he has since apologised for his actions and has already resigned from the academy. so what does this ban by the academy mean in practice? clayton davis is senior awards editor at variety. in practice it doesn t mean much. in terms of, he can t attend the academy awards ceremony, can t go to any sponsored events, any screenings, can t receive any screeners through the academy platform. however he can still be nominated, he can still win
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the actor will smith has been banned from all academy events or programmes for 10 years after he hit the comedian chris rock at the oscars. it happened after mr rock made a joke about will smith s wife, jada pinkett smith. less than an hour after the incident, mr smith was given the best actor award. he has since apologised for his actions and has already resigned from the academy. we can now speak to clayton davis who s senior awards editor at variety. he joins us from los angeles. thank you for being with us. as we said, will smith has resigned from the academy, this ban imposed by the board lasts ten years, what does it mean in practice? in ten years, what does it mean in ractice? , . practice? in practice it doesn t practice? in practice it doesn t mean - practice? in practice it doesn t mean much. l practice? in practice it| doesn t mean much. in practice? in practice it - doesn t mean much. in terms practice? in practice it doesn t mean much. in terms of, he can t attend the