Former Vice President Kamala Harris was widely expected to make an surprise Academy Awards cameo as the ceremony turns up its security detail in preparation. That is, until her husband, Doug Emhoff poured cold water on the rumors by posting a photo of their “watch party prep” at home in sweats. Deadline reported that the losing 2024 presidential candidate will probably be at the event, although there was no indication of whether she would be presenting or not. The trade publication wrote that security around the Dolby Theatre was unusually high, effectively “shutting down” Hollywood. “We live in a new evolving security environment,” a federal official told Deadline on Sunday, right before the Oscars. “The expected attendance of the former vice president is a major factor in the added security,” another law enforcement officer told the publication. Another source for the ceremony told Deadline, however, that the rumors were untrue. But protection for the star-studded event included drones, police pre-screenings for press, and K-9 units on the scene to sniff out trouble. “There are no credible threats,” however, Deadline reported. Harris was seen in the photo scooping Doritos into a bowl—a nod to her quote during last year’s presidential campaign about soothing herself after the 2016 election with an entire “family-sized bag of nacho Doritos.”
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