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Academy Awards beefs up security after reported Iranian drone threat to Los Angeles

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-16 2026-03-16 02:38|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1796 views ] Top
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1 They won't be targeted. They're key support element of the IRGC.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-16 05:42|| 2026-03-16 05:42|| Front Page Top

2 /\ Too true. However, it would be enormously entertaining to watch the reactions of the Oscars live audience to the presence of a few drones over their heads. Promoters; you are missing a bet to enlarge your world wide audience.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-03-16 06:35|| 2026-03-16 06:35|| Front Page Top

3 I was unaware the the Oscars had any AA capability or the means to beef it up. Did they hire the Korean gas station guys?

Posted by Super Hose 2026-03-16 07:27|| 2026-03-16 07:27|| Front Page Top

4 Iran isn't doing this, but if they did they'd be heroes for killing all these pedophiles and rapists at the same time.
AI generated movies can't come fast enough.

Posted by Omans Slath8956 2026-03-16 07:34|| 2026-03-16 07:34|| Front Page Top

5 There's more drones attending than attacking.
(It's BS to get people to watch.)

Posted by ed in texas 2026-03-16 08:12|| 2026-03-16 08:12|| Front Page Top

6

WHAT IF?
Say a Islamic or Trans shooter(s) got into the awards and did some damage.

Would Hollyweed do an about-face, or Blame Trump as usual?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-03-16 08:19|| 2026-03-16 08:19|| Front Page Top

7 blame trump

Posted by chris 2026-03-16 08:22|| 2026-03-16 08:22|| Front Page Top

8 Nation's Wealthy, Privileged Gather To Lecture Nation On Evils Of Wealth, Privilege

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-16 08:22|| 2026-03-16 08:22|| Front Page Top

9 Protected by icky guns that they want to grab from others.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-16 08:36|| 2026-03-16 08:36|| Front Page Top

10 The award recipients will be droning on relentlessly.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2026-03-16 09:40|| 2026-03-16 09:40|| Front Page Top

11 It’s not clear from this how many postured this year. Once again, I didn’t watch the shallow, pretty people overact as they pretended to care about the cause du jour.

At Oscars, stars pin their hopes on ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘ICE OUT’

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-16 09:43|| 2026-03-16 09:43|| Front Page Top

12 My annoyance at the political commentary is compounded by the fact that, with an exception or two, the films celebrated are just crap. "One Battle After Another" was made by Hollywood for Hollywood.

Posted by Matt 2026-03-16 10:57|| 2026-03-16 10:57|| Front Page Top

13 Are the TV ratings out yet? Was anybody actually watching?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-03-16 12:33|| 2026-03-16 12:33|| Front Page Top

14 A quick google returned:

The 2026 Academy Awards had a viewership of 40.3 million people, marking a slight increase from the previous year and making it the most-watched Oscars telecast in three years. This year's ratings were boosted by the return of Conan O'Brien as host and a growing interest in the nominated films.

The question of whether most of them were hate-watching pundits gathering material for their podcasts doesn’t matter to the advertisers.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-16 13:04|| 2026-03-16 13:04|| Front Page Top

15 @#1 - Very well said, Visitor

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-03-16 15:14|| 2026-03-16 15:14|| Front Page Top

16
We haven't been to movie since just before Covid.
We quit supporting the Anti-USA Holly-werid crowd just like we quit the watching the Multi-Millionaires in professional sports take knee.

My #6 comment bears that out that we did not even bother to check when the Awards were on.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-03-16 15:20|| 2026-03-16 15:20|| Front Page Top

17 'Iranian drones....is...actors.'

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-03-16 17:25|| 2026-03-16 17:25|| Front Page Top

Posted by Omans Slath8956 2026-03-16 21:45|| 2026-03-16 21:45|| Front Page Top

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