The American magazine “Variety” reveals that a request made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to appear at the next “Oscar” awards ceremony was ignored by the Academy for the second year in a row.
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The Ukrainian president and a whole team around him are working on trying to make him appear at the world’s festivities, which have a huge following.
revealed Variety magazine The American weekly reported that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, known as the Academy of “Oscar” awards, refused a request by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to appear at its next ceremony.
And the magazine stated that the Academy ignored Zelensky’s request, for the second year in a row, knowing that he was hoping to continue his appearance after the Berlin Film Festival, in which he appeared remotely last month, to appear at the Academy Awards ceremony, which will be held next Sunday, and will be shown on the channel “. American ABC.
Over the past year, Zelensky has been welcomed with “open arms” by award shows, film festivals, and even the Wall Street Stock Exchange in New York, but “when it comes to the world’s most sought-after TV show,” the Ukrainian president faces A cold shoulder.
The sources told the magazine that Mike Simpson, the powerful agent in the “WME” company, an American holding company concerned with the media and film industry, “made an appeal to the Academy of the Prize to receive Zelensky and include the comedian who turned into a politician and president, but his application was closed, and the Academy refused to comment.” “.
Zelensky appeared via satellite at both the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals, in addition to the Grammy Awards, and rang the opening bell for the Wall Street Stock Exchange in New York.
Variety explained that the Academy was not the only group that rejected Zelensky. Last September, Zelensky’s team contacted the Toronto Film Festival about his appearance via satellite, but the festival administration also refused.
American comedian Amy Schumer, one of the hosts of the Oscars, revealed last year that her request to include a broadcast from Ukraine’s president was turned down by the ceremony’s producers, according to the magazine. Newsweek American.
Zelensky’s initiative, with his request for the Oscars, comes at a time when opinion polls show a weak tendency of the Americans to provide support to Ukraine.