11 Surprisingly Weird Things No One Tells You About the Oscars

There are seat fillers

You’d think scoring a seat at the Oscars would be a dream for millions of people and the theater would be packed. Well, apparently there are still some seats that need to be filled—when one of the stars heads to the bar or restroom, the producers don’t want empty seats showing up on the broadcast. To remedy this, about 300 seat fillers are on hand to fill the vacuum. The lucky seat fillers are employees of ABC, the Academy, or have some sort of inside connection.

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