For the second year in a row, the American Film Academy refused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to speak at the Oscars. writes about it Variation.
According to the publication, after a remote performance at the Berlin Film Festival in February, Zelensky hoped to get airtime during the Oscars broadcast on ABC, but the film academy is cold to the Ukrainian leader.
According to Variety, WME agent Mike Simpson asked the Academy to release “a comedian-turned-politician” but was refused. The publication notes that this happened against the backdrop of the decline of US residents’ interest in supporting Kiev, as the polls show.
Matteo Salvini, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure declarationThat Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky did not speak at the San Remo music competition.
He added that on Saturday, February 11, on the last evening of the competition, he would not listen to Zelensky’s speech and would spend time with the children. Salvini believes it is inappropriate to bring the theme of war into the music scene, where the most prominent Italian musicians will play.