Will Smith is the first person ever to voluntarily leave the prestigious Hollywood organisation. With disciplinary action from the Academy still on the way, is his film career over?
following his Oscars-night slap of Chris Rock.
The Academy was founded in 1927, and was initially more focused on solving labour disputes, which were rampant at the time.Hollywood's most prestigious organisation bestows valuable industry credibility on its members. Each branch has its own eligibility criteria but Academy Award nominees are automatically eligible for membership and do not require sponsors.Aside from credibility and industry networking opportunities that membership to the prestigious group presents, members of the Academy enjoy a number of other benefits.
Final voting papers with the names of nominees are then distributed, collected and counted, with only two partners of PwC knowing the results of the final ballots until the gold envelopes are opened onstage during the ceremony.Will Smith is the only person in history to have ever voluntarily resigned from the Academy.
The Academy's standards of conduct policy states it is "categorically opposed to any form of abuse, harassment or discrimination".would continue.
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