In an interview with the U.K.'s "Good Morning Britain," Williams, 81, said he'd always stand by Smith, who received widespread backlash for the on-stage slap, and was banned from the Oscars for 10 ...

For King Richard, the two-time Oscar nominee is Richard Williams, the determined father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams. While Smith is already being hailed as an awards frontrunner ...

Richard Williams offered a candid take on racism and the sports world on Sunday morning. (Mic Smith/AP) Richard Williams appeared on CBS' Face the Nation on ...

To put that into some kind of perspective, the last time Williams won a short film Oscar was 43 years ago, when his half-hour adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was honored by the Academy.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. 'King Richard' charts how Richard Williams made good on the promise few believed possible: His daughters would come to rank among the ...