Posted on 03/09/2023 2:18:09 PM PST by McGruff
For the past year, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been greeted with open arms by awards shows, film festivals and even the New York Stock Exchange. But when it comes to landing airtime on the most coveted telecast of all — the Oscars — the Ukrainian leader is being met with a cold shoulder.
For the second year in a row, the Academy has snubbed Zelenskyy, who was hoping to follow up his Berlin Film Festival (remote) appearance last month with a virtual spot on Sunday’s Oscar telecast on ABC. Sources say WME power agent Mike Simpson made a plea to the Academy to include the comedic actor-turned-politician but was shut down. The Academy declined comment.
Zelenskyy’s overtures to the Oscars comes as polls show Americans’ support for providing assistance to Ukraine has weakened.
Last year, Oscars producer Will Packer nixed a Zelenskyy appearance. Sources say Packer expressed concerns that Hollywood was only showering Ukraine with attention because those affected by the conflict are white. By contrast, Hollywood has ignored wars around the globe that impact people of color, he argued.
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Good Lord, what an attention whore.
Zelensky is just doing his job - trying to squeeze maximum $$$ for his country and his cronies. One can’t really blame him.
Focus your ire on his masters in Washington DC
I’d ask him to host the Oscars and then have him make fun of Jada Pinkett.
Hey Zelinsky, you would be talking to a very small audience.
Has no one told Zelensky that no one watches The Oscars anymore?
Or Hillaria and hand Alec Baldwin an “unloaded” gun.
LOL! I would watch that!
The west is about done with Ukraine. They have been steadily losing support from the masses and are done with the quagmire. They look for self preservation. All those lives lost mean nothing to them.
Why the rejection, Hollywood?
What happened? Elensky was good enough for his own cameo in prior self-congratulatory ceremonies. Why not now?
If Zelensky appeared on the Oscars I would not watch it.
But I haven’t watched the show since Billy Joel was the excellent and very funny host. But I would especially not watch it.
Joetato's ears perked up at "showering."
That’s such a shame. I was hoping he’d play his famous piano skit for us.
I think you meant Billy Crystal? Billy Joel would be an odd choice for Oscar.
Hahaha!!!
You’re right! Thanks.
No problem, Crystal was a great host. He hosted the Grammys for several years before doing Oscar...
Good. We don’t need to keep on seeing him begging and guiltmaking.
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