Bidspirit auction | ACADEMY AWARDS CONTROVERSY: (x3)

ACADEMY AWARDS CONTROVERSY: (x3) - ACADEMY AWARDS CONTROVERSY: Will Smith (1968- ) American actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Smith in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Agent J (James Darrell Edwards III) from the American science fiction action comedy film Men in Black (1997). Signed by the actor with his first name only in bold blue ink to a light area of the image. A printed label neatly affixed to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the premiere of The Legend of Bagger Vance at the IMAX theatre in Manhattan on 29th October 2000; Jada Pinkett Smith (1971- ) American actress who married Will Smith in 1997. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a half-length pose with her arms folded before her. Signed in black ink with her name alone to the image; Chris Rock (1965- ) American comedian and actor. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Rock standing in a half-length pose and holding a gold microphone in one raised hand. Signed in black ink with his name alone to the image. A printed label neatly affixed to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York on 27th April 2011. VG to EX, 3 An unscripted joke made by Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, which related to Pinkett Smith´s shaved head, resulted in Will Smith angrily slapping Rock in retaliation.