‘Priscilla’ Red Carpet Canceled and Hollywood Screening Venue Changed
variety.comJaden Thompson The red carpet for Sofia Coppola‘s “Priscilla” premiere in L.A. on Monday has been canceled amid current world events, distributor A24 confirmed.
Furthermore, the venue for the screening has been changed because of a dispute between IATSE and the Hollywood Legion Theater, which is a part of the veterans’ organization American Legion.
A representative for the film released a statement about the red carpet saying, “Out of respect for the events going on in the world, we will be forgoing a red carpet for the ‘Priscilla’ Los Angeles Premiere.” With escalating violence in Israel and Palestine, the “Priscilla” carpet is not the first to be canceled.
The Academy Museum also decided to forgo the red carpet at the annual fundraising gala, which was scheduled for Saturday, before choosing to postpone the event altogether “out of respect for the devastating conflict and loss of life happening overseas.” Regarding the location change for the “Priscilla” premiere, the projectionists’ union IATSE Local 11 started picketing the property Sept.
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