A ring of steel has been thrown around the venue for the 95th Oscars which take place on Sunday, after pro-Hamas demonstrators tried to shut down other red carpet events.
NY Post (h/t Nita) The area around the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles has been blocked off with chainlink fencing as part of early preparations which will eventually involve thousands of law enforcement and security personnel.
Police and organizers will want to avoid a repeat of the Grammy Awards – when arrivals at LA’s Crypto.com Arena were brought to a halt by pro-Hamas supporters blocking traffic – by using a security fence as in previous years.
The Oscars’ security measures will use long-standing protocols designed to prevent protesters attempting to interrupt the Sunday night show. Industry sources said they were using the same strict security as in previous years. The Grammy protestors gleefully shared footage online with the hashtag #ShutItDown4Palestine. At the event itself, Annie Lennox called for a ceasefire during her tribute to Sinéad O’Connor.
Any interruption would give protesters a platform among as many as 20 million Americans watching live, millions more around the world and a much larger social media audience.
Sources at the Academy Awards said that the safety and security of attendees is paramount, adding that the organization would not tolerate any behavior that actively endangers, discriminates or causes bodily harm to attendees or members of its global film community.
Pro-Hamas marches have brought chaos to NYC ever since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel — including on Saturday, when the NYPD bomb squad struggled to get to an Uber in Times Squarewhose driver had discovered a grenade on the back seat. Nearly a dozen people were taken into custody after police were met with a swarm of protesters.
Alongside many of the LAPD’s 9,000 officers will be federal agencies including the FBI.
Any interruption to the red carpet or the show risks highlighting how Hollywood has been at odds over the Israel-Hamas war — with conflicts that have spread within the top talent agencies in Tinseltown.
Sources told The Post that the Oscars organizers will not attempt to censor winners’ speeches. Oscar nominees Bradley Cooper and Mark Ruffalo, alongside Selena Gomez, Joaquin Phoenix and Quinta Brunson were among more than 260 artists who signed an October letter urging Joe Biden and Congress to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Nobody in my country likes to watch this stupid elitist ceremony anyway.
This year they’re throwing away all the best awards to Oppenheimer. Having watched the film, I found it to be not badly made but unoriginal and wishy-washy. The duration of the film extends to a point of tedium, and at some point, you just wish for the damned atomic bombs to be dropped on those two Japanese cities.
This is neither a documentary nor a well-directed action drama. Just a colossal waste of your time. The bad haircuts of the actors and lead extras only adds to your annoyance. The fact that the Academy chose this mediocre movie to shower all their affection makes me question the mindset of all the geniuses on board.
The Hollywood elites stench of liberal hypocrisy is overwhelming. Barf!
CAIR-HAMAS are TERRORISTS and Anti-ISRAEL-YISRAEL / Anti-Jewish and Christian People / Anti-ZIONISM / ANTISEMITIM!! They HATE our JUDEO-CHRISTIAN NATION USA and the HOLY LAND of ISRAEL-YISRAEL!!
Shalom Aleichem and Mazel Tov Everyone!! 💕
GOD BLESS YOU ALL ✝️ !!
Love 💕 Always and Shalom, YSIC \o/
Kristi
You gotta love it when the left eats their own!
For once I hope the terrorist lovers get past the barricades and the cops do nothing about it.
Now that would be fun.
Same here.
Hooray for Hollywood Hypocrisy, where you can advocate for open borders while being surrounded by giant walls. Where you can advocate for gun bans while being surrounded by armed police protection.
Exactly!
Haven’t watched it in decades.
This sums it up for the Hollywood hypocrites who supported defunding the police: “Alongside many of the LAPD’s 9,000 officers will be federal agencies including the FBI.”
Why would I waste my time watching these far left goons pat themselves on the back for reading some other person’s words and being paid extortionist amount of money? I will probably watch old re-runs of Andy Griffith or Law & Order.
Blue Bloods for me.
How rich! F Hollywood and F Palestine.
Press on, Bibi!
I won’t be watching. It’ll be nothing but a wokefest, as usual. I love good movies, but I’m finished with this event.