Smith dropped his album “Based on a True Story” on Friday, marking a musical comeback. Multiple songs address the widespread backlash he faced after slapping Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards ...

On his new music, Smith addresses the 2022 Oscars incident in which he hit comedian Chris Rock. Rock was presenting an award and made a joke about actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head ...

To clarify, while Smith did not have to return his Best Actor Oscar for his role in King Richard, he was banned from attending any Academy Award events for 10 years after the incident. After that ...

broaches the topic of Smith lowering the boom on comedian Chris Rock’s face at the 2022 Academy Awards. Rock made fun of Pinkett Smith’s bald hair — which was caused by the auto-immune ...

Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage at the 2022 Academy Awards *Will Smith has reflected on his decade-long ban from the Oscars following his infamous onstage slap of Chris Rock during the 2022 ...