Celebrities will not have to wear masks at the Oscars while the cameras are on — but they will need to wear them during commercials.. Science.

Blaze Ne ws ^ | April 21, 202 1 | CHRIS FIELD

[george76]

If you're a Californian looking to attend a social function without being forced to wear a pesky face mask, there's good news: All you have to do is get yourself invited to the Oscars on Sunday.

That's right, according to Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that Oscar attendees in the state that has some of the most severe and onerous pandemic lockdowns in the nation will not have to wear masks during the telecast of the ceremony — well, at least as long as the cameras are rolling.

But when it's time for a commercial break, it'll be necessary to mask up.

Variety's Mark Malkin reported that Academy bigwigs told Oscar nominees and studio and personal publicists during a Zoom meeting Monday that it will not ask Oscar attendees to wear face masks as long as the live show is broadcasting this Sunday.

California's COVID mandates do not require that people on camera for TV or film productions be masked — which is a boon for celebs attending the Oscar ceremony at downtown Los Angeles' Union Station, since the televised event is being treated as a TV production...

But the Tinseltown gentry won't be allowed to be 100% mask-free — they'll have to don a face covering when the cameras are off, such as during commercial breaks.

Yep, according to the logic of selective state-imposed mask mandates for show-biz types, science apparently makes it clear that while the coronavirus cannot be transmitted while cameras are rolling, the same crowd is at risk when the telecast pauses to run advertisements.

Lest anyone think that the Academy is not taking seriously the health and safety of American society's royalty, fear not. The audience capacity will be limited to 170 at a time, and the event's planners have a very specific itinerary for cycling nominees in and out of the event. Also, temperature checks will be mandatory, and the celebs will be required to take at least three COVID tests in the week leading up to the Oscars, Variety said..

What about the disease-ridden media and paparazzi? Well, good news: There will be only three photogs and a limited number of press outlets allowed to do interviews on what is being called an "abbreviated red carpet." And to ensure that reporters' germs don't get on the celebs, there will be at least seven feet between interviewers and interviewees.

Plus, the lucky movie stars and directors will get to do virtual interviews with a select few hosts backstage, ensuring protection of the celebrities who just moments earlier were sitting in a crowd while unmasked with other unmasked attendees.

[FormerFRLurker]

Seems to me if they’re trying to push masks on people it should be the other way around: make the celebrities wear masks while the cameras are on, then look the other way and let them do whatever once the cameras are off.

[Vermont Lt]

That’s just nuts.

If ever there were a “time and place” it would be the place where lots of people are sitting and talking.”

But I am supposed to wear one when I walk outside.

Just nuts.

[plain talk]

Clearly not good enough. They need double masks and must maintain 6’ of separation.

[Zack Attack]

The Oscar’s are so entertaining that the virus stops to watch.

[Secret Agent Man]

the virus won’t spread when the cameras are on

its just science

[KC_Lion]

LOL! 🤣😂😂😂

[Chode]

and they are all social distancing though, right?

[dforest]

I don’t care. Won’t watch those creeps award each other for doing nothing anyway.

[rockabyebaby]

1) Who watches this crap??

2) OMG OMG it's gonna be a super spreader, OMG OMG.

[dfwgator]

May they all get COVID.

[rockabyebaby]

We can only hope!

[rlmorel]

Hey. This virus is smart.

And the people who created the social distancing rules are "Smart Fellers" too as this funny video shows:

How Social Distancing Rules Are Created

Bunch of damned mental defectives. I took the day off on Monday to go to an event in my Leftist town, they were opening up a time capsule from 50 years ago. The sight of sheep wearing masks outside pisses me off, and the organizers were all about having "Safe Social Distancing" and all that crap that they advertised in their flyers.

Of course, my wife said "All the speakers are politicians, so all the stuff leading up to the opening is going to be political speeches" and I admit, I hadn't even considered it.

So, I was disinclined to even be there at that point.

Then they began speaking, and I think they had a styrofoam cup as a speaker, and you couldn't hear ANYTHING from the PA system. What a waste of time, we didn't even stick around.

But what stuck out at me was the sheep people all wearing their masks, clustering closer and closer until they were all in a packed group in front of the speakers.

You, know, the absurdity just shone out like a halogen light in a darkened room.

[rlmorel]

Last one I watched was around 1993 I think...

Hahaha...a mass casualty event! Made this pop into my mind...

[kagnew]

Did that “new rule” come from Dr. Fraud Fauci?

[deport]

$10.99 At Walmart with which to have a little fun.

[proud American in Canada]

I understand. Whatever your religion, people generally don’t wish ill on others.

But...poetic justice indeed!

And one of the illegals who buy the homes will say to their kids, “Don’t you remember this place? I used to be their landscaper!” LOL!

[Chode]

yeah, they’re mentally disconnected...

ya gotta love JP

[1Old Pro]

the absurdity just shone out like a halogen light in a darkened room.

Our world has gone crazy, it's social conditioning. We need a strong conservative party to fight it and we must reform education and compete in the media.

[rlmorel]

I don’t know. Things have been going downhill fast since the Obama administration started (militarily, culturally, and economically) Trump seemed to put the brakes on it to a degree.

But during his Presidency, it was as if the Left pulled out all the stops with its illegal spying on Trump, the persecution of General Flynn, the intellegence community and DOJ/FBI corruption, and the media giving up all pretense of objectivity and actually collaborating with the intelligence agencies, DOJ and FBI to bring down Trump and steal the election.

Then when they got Biden into office, they are going for the Leftist golden ring of everything from destroying the wall built at great expense, finishing off the military, destroying the electoral process, and bankrupting us to the point of no return in the process.

It is astonishing. I am at a loss for words.

[1Old Pro]

they got Biden into office, they are going for the Leftist golden ring of everything

I now believe they are right about the world ending in 12 or 9 years, but it won't be environmental.