US EditionOscars 2026: Massive security surge at Dolby Theatre amid Middle East tensions
More than 1,000 law enforcement officials secured a one-mile perimeter with drones, snipers, and K-9s amid heightened threat concerns linked to Middle East tensions.
- The 98th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday under a one-mile security perimeter established by the Los Angeles Police Department around the Dolby Theatre, utilizing K-9 units and surveillance drones.
- Escalating U.S.-Israel-Iran tensions prompted federal authorities and the FBI to issue alerts regarding potential retaliatory threats against California, driving law enforcement to adopt a "high-alert" security posture.
- More than 1000 law enforcement personnel, including SWAT teams and rooftop snipers, have been deployed to protect A-listers arriving via vehicles driven in zig-zag patterns around concrete barriers.
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated, "no such threat from Iran to our homeland exists," as the White House debunked the severity of reports while authorities cited an "abundance of caution."
- Executive producer Raj Kapoor confirmed the production is working in "close collaboration" with the FBI, with officials planning to review surveillance drone efficacy following the ceremony.
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The Oscars will be held today at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The ticker will keep you up to date.
The Oscar ceremony takes place this Sunday, March 15 in Los Angeles, two weeks after the start of the unpopular US and Israeli military offensive in Iran.
Los Angeles is far from everything; sometimes even from its own country. California, much more progressive than the rest of the United States, seems to be very alien to the war against Iran. By the streets of Hollywood, cut off for days, the closest comment refers to the price of gasoline, which has doubled in a week (“Eight dollars a gallon?”, is heard. Little more.
Usually the Oscars stand for escape from everyday life. This year they are caught up by the hard reality.
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