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By BBC News’ Regan Morris from Los Angeles

I at all times stroll down Hollywood Boulevard on Oscar day.

Sometimes there are demonstrations. There are at all times vacationers and followers attempting to see the stars arriving on the crimson carpet.

The ceremony seems so glamorous on tv that many individuals do not understand that the crimson carpet is definitely on a road lined with vacationer memento retailers promoting T-shirts and plastic collectible figurines.

But this 12 months, safety is extra intense than normal.

The police presence is bigger as the US and Israel’s battle with Iran continues, so there are patrol automobiles and police patrolling the boulevard and surrounding aspect streets.