Jamie Foxx 'Will Smith try acting better!' ...If You Want Oscar Nomination

Oscar beef continues...
Jamie Foxx takes veiled dig at Will Smith's Oscar boycott'  "Act better!"

'During the American Black Film Festival Awards, Foxx also made fun of Smith's Nigerian accent in the movie concussion'

 

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Foxx versus Smith: Jamie Foxx took a veiled dig at Will Smith's #OscarsSoWhite boycott during the American Black Film Festival Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday 

The reason Will Smith doesn't have an Oscar is because he isn't a good enough actor, Jamie Foxx has implied.  

Speaking at the American Black Film Festival Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday, the Academy Award-winning actor make a joke about how he doesn't get 'what's the big deal' with Smith's Oscar boycott. 

Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith are not attending this year's Academy Awards, citing systemic racism in the industry that has led the acting nominees to be all white actors for a second year in a row.

'All these Oscar talks, I don't even trip about that. I mean, what's the big deal? I was sitting at home with my Oscar, like 'What's all the hubbub?' Foxx said at Sunday night's event, as he was introducing producer Will Packer for the Distinguished ABFF Alumni Award. 

'My friend said, "Are you mad?" "Um, kind of, but not really,"' Foxx continued. 'I started calling Denzel (Washington), and we just Instagrammed our Oscars together.'

The reason Will Smith doesn't have an Oscar is because he isn't a good enough actor, Jamie Foxx has implied. 

 

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Drama: The 48-year-old Django Unchained star made fun of Smith's accent in the film Concussion (above) and then implied black actors should 'act better' if they want to win awards 

He also made fun of Smith's Nigerian accent in the film Concussion, for which the 47-year-old actor only received a Golden Globes nomination of the three major American award ceremonies. 

Foxx finished his bit by calling out '#WhatsTheBigDeal?' and '#ActBetter' - with the audience reportedly roaring with laughter.

As he changed the subject to acting legend Sidney Poitier, Foxx explained whey he doesn't care so much for the #OscarsSoWhite movement. 

'I was with Sidney Poitier just a couple weeks ago, and in 1963 all he asked for was an opportunity to act,' Foxx said. 'That's all we have to do, opportunity. If you turn the camera on and say "OK . . . win an award . . . and action," we'll all have taken, like, 10 steps back. It's all about the art. Who cares about anything else?' 

AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINS FOR JAMIE FOXX AND WILL SMITH

 Jamie Foxx 

 Academy Awards  

2004 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor – Collateral

2004 - Won - Best Actor – Ray 

 Will Smith 

 Academy Awards 

2002 - Nominated - Best Actor - Ali

2007 - Nominated - Best Actor - The Pursuit of Happyness 

Winners and losers: Foxx swept the Oscars, Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2005 for his role in Ray (left). Smith has never won a major American acting award, despite being nominated for his roles in Ali (right) and The Pursuit of Happyness 

Foxx was cast at the lead role in Quentin Tarantino's critically-acclaimed spaghetti western Django Unchained, after Smith dropped out. 

Smith later said he quit the movie because he and Tarantino couldn't see eye to eye on the focus of the story. 

"It was about the creative direction of the story. To me, it's as perfect a story as you could ever want: a guy that learns how to kill to retrieve his wife that has been taken as a slave. That idea is perfect. And it was just that Quentin and I couldn't see (eye to eye)"

"I wanted to make that movie so badly, but I felt the only way was, it had to be a love story, not a vengeance story."   - Smith

Some critics have accused Smith of boycotting this year's Oscars for personal reasons, since he was not nominated for his role in Concussion. 

Nevertheless, the boycott has resulted in the Academy admitting there is a problem and they have pledged to double minority membership by 2020.

Courtesy: Mail