the board of governors for the motion picture academy convening today to decide on a punishment for will smith after the actor slapped comedian chris rock live on stage at the oscars cursing rock out and telling him to keep his wife s name out of his mouth. i hate watching that video. i know. hey, it s forever going to overshadow this moment, the most you know, i ve been talking with people recently and it s unbelievable that in less than an hour he had the highest moment of his professional career and the lowest. and so against the image that he has crafted over all these years and so unlike him. what did the academy decide today? so the academy, the board of governors convening today, moving up their april 18th date after will smith resigned banning will from ever attending the academy awards for the next decade. so for ten years he cannot attend any academy events in person, virtually.