The Academy Will Decide Even Sooner How to Handle Will Smith’s Slap Consequences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was already moving at an accelerated pace when they scheduled an Oscars postmortem meeting for April 18, ahead of their usual schedule. But seemingly recognizing even more urgency in dealing with sanctions for Will Smith following his violent Oscar night outburst, they’ve moved the meeting up even earlier, to April 8, according to a letter obtained by Variety. The meeting is explicitly “to address possible sanctions for Will Smith in response to his actions during the Oscars broadcast on March 27,” according to the letter signed by Academy president David Rubin. “Following… Read Full Article