Will Smithaccepts his decade-long ban from theAcademy Awards. The 53-year-old Best Actor winner responded Friday after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' board of governors decided to ban him from Oscars ceremonies and other Academy eventsfor the next 10 years afterhe struck Chris Rock onstage during last month’s award show. For more on Will Smith’s 10-year Academy ban, listen below to our daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic...

Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Will Smithis opening up about his close bond withDenzel Washington. TheFresh Prince of Bel-Airstar, 53, spoke toGQfor the magazine’s November issue about his upcoming memoir,Will. During the conversation, Smith revealed who he’s reached out to most when he’s in need of advice. Smith said Washington, 66, was the person he always turned to when his films didn’t perform at the box office as expected, and when struggling with his personal relationships....

Photo: Sam Greenwood/Getty (2)Tiger Woodsis finally back on the golf course, but his star power never left.Last week, Woods participated in the PGA Championship in Oklahoma, his second professional golf event followinga serious car crashin 2021 that left him with severe leg injuries.While the 46-year-old came up short in the tournament, spectators were in awe of the legendary golfer — including some of his competitors.“You’ve heard the vets say, ‘Hey, just don’t watch him, you play your own game,’ and it’s like, ‘Come on, this is the first time I get to see him really play in person and see the crowds,’ " golfer Will Zalatoris said during apress conferenceat the Charles Schwab Challenge on Wednesday....

Photo: Michael Nagle/Getty Willie Mays is 90 years young! The baseball legend marked his 90th birthday on Thursday, making him the oldest living Hall of Famer, according toESPN. Want to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday. Getty He, along with other Black baseball players from the era, helped to break the color barrier in the major leagues....

Photo: Longmont Police Dept. Police are searching for a woman who allegedly stole a dog from a Colorado man as he was lying on the ground, helpless, after suffering from a seizure. On Tuesday, the 59-year-old, who had been feeling sick that day, decided to walk to 7-Eleven with his dog when he suddenly had a seizure, the Longmont Fire Police and OEMsaid in a statementshared on Facebook. He then fell and was not able to get up until emergency responders arrived on the scene, according to the statement....

Photo: Getty ImagesAn Iowa woman is alleging that a doctor incorrectly removed her kidney, andthe mistaken surgeryled to an incurable disease.Dena Knapp says that she was supposed to have surgery to remove her adrenal gland and a mass on the adrenal gland back on Oct. 5, 2016. Instead, she claims thatDr. Scott Bakertook out her healthy right kidney, and is now suing him and his practice.Knapp says that she now has an incurable and progressive disease in her remaining kidney, and is suffering from pain, fatigue, depression and mental distress....

For one Los Angeles resident, opening a trapdoor in her home led to multiple unexpected discoveries. Julia Henning, a life and relationship coach, was cleaning her coat closet to use as a recording booth when she stumbled upon a secret door in the home she’s lived in for three years.In a series of viral videos posted to TikTok, Henning documented the mysterious find. “The door is open, and I’ve discovered a couple of things....

America Thayer.Photo: facebook A 55-year-old woman was found beheaded on a sidewalk in Shakopee, Minnesota, on Thursday. The Shakopee Police Department responded to a call of a stabbing around 2:30 p.m. between Fourth Avenue and Spencer Street, officials said in apress release. Upon arrival, they found America Mafalda Thayer with “stab wounds” and pronounced her dead at the scene. America Thayer.facebook Alexis Saborit, 42, of Shakopee was arrested for second-degree murder in connection to Thayer’s death, police said in the press release....

Eight months into her pregnancy, Krystle Evans suffered two separate heart attacks, despite not having any family history of cardiovascular disease. In early October — just a few weeks before Evans gave birth to her twins — the soon-to-be mother of four had trouble breathing while experiencing an intense pressure in her chest. Nearly 20 minutes later, the episode had passed and the Dallas resident assumed her twins were just putting pressure on her ribs in the womb....

Photo: Isabella de la HoussayeIsabella de la Houssaye never saw her lung cancer coming.The mom of five had never smoked a day in her life, didn’t drink and spent her spare time training formarathons, Ironmans and more. She was so active — and fast, winning her age group in a half marathon just a month before her diagnosis — that de la Houssaye, 54, assumed the severe pain she was experiencing was a running injury, not cancer....

Tamia Taylor.Photo:Tamia Taylor/Facebook Tamia Taylor/Facebook The body of a 21-year-old woman who wentmissing along the Mississippi Riverwhile on a riverboat birthday cruise earlier this month has been discovered, according to police. Tamia Taylor vanished after coming to Memphis to celebrate her birthday with friends on Sept. 9, the Memphis Police Departmentsaid in their initial news release. The Memphis Police Departmentsaid in a releaseon Saturday that police were “assisting the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department in the investigation of a body that was recovered on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River....

Woody Allen at the 80th Venice Film Festival on September 4, 2023.Photo:GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images Woody Allencontinues to maintain his innocence after longstandingsexual abuse allegationsfrom daughter Dylan Farrow. Allen, 87, appeared at the 80th Venice InternationalFilm Festival on Mondayfor the premiere of his 50th film,Coup de Chance. In a rare interview, Allen toldVarietythat his “reaction has always been the same” when asked about his response to 38-year-old Dylan’s accusations....

Three years ago, World War II veteran Ernie Andrus did what seemed like an impossible feat, and he’s ready to do it once again. AsCNN reported, over the course of two years and 10 months, Andrus, who was 90 at the time, departed from Georgia and totaled 2,631 miles once he reached his destination of California in August 2016. Many doubted he could do it the first time, but now the 95-year-old war hero has already embarked on his second country-wide walk....