and Michael Moore got squashed by Hobbits inside.)
What a difference a year makes!THIS YEAR, elements of the "Hollywood Resistance Force" (also known as the Los Angeles Chapter of the Free Republic Network) gathered once more near the corner of Hollywood and Highland - just outside of the Red Carpet area - to counter any potential "anti-war" protests.
The RATs stayed away.
There were NO "bad guys" ANYWHERE outside this year, but MASSIVE crowds of star-struck fans and multiple competing events disrupted our ability to gather and FReep effectively.
Red-carpet duty for Marine at Oscars
Brian and Kayla Aria will be attending the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.
Like millions, Helen Chambers of Happy Valley will be tuned in with her husband and family to Sunday's glitzy Academy Awards ceremony on TV.
But it won't be the Hollywood stars, or the ceremony itself, that will command her full attention.
For her, the real stars of the night will be her son, Brian Aria, and his wife Kayla, both 20.
Aria, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, will be spiffily decked out in his dress blues representing the Marine Corps at the Academy Awards and will be accompanied by his wife, an Enterprise High School graduate.
"Details are still on the vague and secretive side, but Chambers said her son, an Iraq War veteran who was selected by the Marine Corps for the prestigious Oscar night honor, will be stationed somewhere along the red carpet outside the Kodak Theater in full view of the TV cameras and paparazzi...
Great report, RonDog!
Thank you, Hollywood Resistance Force ~ Los Angeles Chapter of the Free Republic Network!
~ God bless America! ~
