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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award ceremony runs into over 220 minutes and the not-nominated stars hardly sit out the entire show. But on TV have you ever seen empty seats? No!

Star PlaceholdersEnter, seat fillers (in pic). These unobtrusive seat ornaments are pushed to fill the seat when a Penelope Cruz or Hugh Jackman vacates it. All this is just for the TV audience. And the Oscars are held sans air conditioning, as it is difficult to cut out the buzz of compressors with boom mikes all over the place!

Source: The Week

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2 Comments:

  1. Anonymous said...

    Your Blog seems to be designed on the lines of a very famous Indian weblog, I happened to visit the other day. Or maybe Vice-versa. What's up with the Oscar seating. Don't worry. Mrs. Mehta sat for the entire ..... John loved the post award ceremony get together, apart from the one hosted by AMPAS.

  2. Aziz said...

    Thanks for the feedback! Its interesting to note your observation. Could you please let me know which is this blog?

    Mrs. Mehta, John...? Who are these people?