Intense security around Hollywood as Oscars red carpet openspublished at 21:15 GMT
Regan Morris
Reporting from Hollywood
I always walk Hollywood Boulevard on Oscars day. Sometimes there are protests. There are always tourists and fans craning their necks trying to catch a glimpse of stars arriving to the red carpet.
The street, which typically is filled with tourists taking pictures of the Walk of Fame, is closed down so stars can arrive in limos.
Tourists are still out waving at those limos and locals are packed into the Hollywood Farmer’s Market, just a few blocks away.
But this year, security is definitely more intense than usual.
Hollywood Boulevard is closed for blocks – as is usual. But this year the police presence is greater as the US-Israel war with Iran continues, with Los Angeles police cars and officers up and down the boulevard and surrounding side streets.
The Oscars looks so glamorous on TV that many people watching at home don’t realise that the red carpet is actually on a street surrounded by tourist trinket shops selling t-shirts and plastic Oscar trophies.
The stars walk along the carpeted boulevard to the steps of the Dolby Theatre, which rises up through the centre of a shopping mall.
It doesn’t look like that on TV. It’s all part of the magic of Hollywood.
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