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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Vanessa Thorpe and Edward Helmore

Will Smith quits the Oscars academy – but that won’t make his troubles go away

Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith arriving at the Oscars ceremony last week.
Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith arriving at the Oscars ceremony last week. Photograph: Valérie Macon/AFP/Getty Images

This should have been the year that put Will Smith right back at the top. Tipped to win the Oscar that had eluded him twice before, the Hollywood star also had a string of high-profile roles ahead of him.

But Smith’s extraordinary attack on presenter Chris Rock during the awards ceremony ended all that. And if Smith believes his resignation from Hollywood’s film academy this weekend might draw a line under the affair, he will be disappointed.

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