Academy Awards were delayed slightly when a group of protesters took to Sunset Boulevard to protest Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas.
Hundreds of protesters shut down a major section of Hollywood during the red carpet, turning the beginning of the night into a traffic nightmare.
With just a few minutes ahead of the telecast’s scheduled start time, much of the ballroom was uncharacteristically empty, and people were running to their seats.
More recently, animal rights activist PETA interrupted the premiere of Pharrell’s Lego biopic “Piece by Piece” at the Toronto International Film Festival to protest his work as Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director.
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