At the 96th Academy Awards, various celebrities like Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas wore pins on the red carpet that called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war
In 1973, Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather refused Marlon Brando's Best Actor Academy Award on his behalf and earlier this year, Annie Lennox called for a ceasefire in the Middle East at the Grammy Awards, to name a few. Now the stars have taken to the red carpet at this year's Academy Awards to join Annie's message of a ceasefire for the Israel-Hamas War that's been raging on for months.
"It’s a universal message of, 'Let’s stop killing kids. Let’s not be part of more war.' No one has ever looked back at war and thought a bombing campaign was a good idea," the actor continued, "To be surrounded by so many artists who are willing to lend their voices, the list is growing. A lot of people are going to be wearing these pins tonight. There’s a lot of talking heads on the news, this is a space of talking hearts. We’re trying to have this big beam to humanity.
This isn't the first time that the pins have made an appearance on red carpets. Boygenius members Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker wore them at the Grammys this year as well.