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Hollywood’s film academy did not adequately respond to Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards last March, the organization’s president said on Monday at a gathering of this year’s Oscar nominees.

February 17, 2023 | 12:00 amBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. —

“What happened on stage was totally unacceptable,” academy president Janet Yang said at the annual Oscar nominees’ luncheon in Beverly Hills. “And the response from the organization was inadequate.

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