"Let's stop killing kids" in Palestine: At Oscars, celebs wear pins to call for a ceasefire
SalonSeveral celebrities, including director Ava DuVernay and “Poor Things” star Ramy Youssef, donned red pins in support of Artists for Ceasefire at the Oscars red carpet on Sunday. We’re calling for peace and lasting justice for the people of Palestine,” Youssef told Variety‘s Marc Malkin on the red carpet. “It’s a universal message of, ‘Let’s stop killing kids. We’re trying to have this big beam to humanity.” Also spotted wearing the Artists for Ceasefire pins were “Poor Things” star Mark Ruffalo; “Nimona” actor Eugene Lee Yang; “What Was I Made For?” singer Billie Eilish; director Misan Harriman, whose film “The After” is nominated for best live action short; and writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania, who is behind best documentary feature nominee “Four Daughters.” Milo Machado-Graner and Swann Arlaud, stars of Justine Triet’s best picture nominee “Anatomy of a Fall,” were In October, a group of 400 artists penned a letter to Joe Biden, urging the President to demand a permanent ceasefire in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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