This year’s Academy Award Ceremony started a few minutes later and the reason for that were the pro testers who stood in the streets surrounding the Dolby Theatre calling for a cease-fire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The true meaning of the red pins is down below(CONTINUE READING BELOW):

But it wasn’t only the pro testers who advocated against the fire and the war. In fact, several attendees, among which singer Billie Eilish and her brother, producer Finneas, actors Mark Ruffalo, Ava DuVernay, Ramy Youssef and Quannah Chasinghorse were all wearing a pin on their outfits that left a lot of people questioning its purpose. Actor Mahershala Ali, who didn’t walk the red carpet but took the stage to introduce this year’s nominees for the Best Supporting Actor award, was also seen wearing the pin. What confused many was the fact that all these celebrities who had the same pin on them didn’t work on same projects so it was obvious it didn’t have to do anything with the films they were either nominated or worked on. The red pin, which was a circular one, featured a small black heart with the outline of a hand around it.

Earlier this year, at the Grammy Awards, only Boygenius and Annie Lennox were seen wearing the same pins, with Lennox notably pleading for a ceasefire on stage. The stars of Anatomy of a Fall, actors Milo Machado-Graner and Swann Arlaud, could be seen wearing pins of the Palestinian flag on the red carpet.