![](\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/includes\/soundslides\/oscarprep\/oscarprep20.jpg\")
<\/img><\/p>\n <\/img><\/p>\n
Getting through Hollywood is going to be a chore this weekend as streets close for Sunday’s Academy Awards. A portion of Hollywood Boulevard is already shut down between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive, and L.A. officials said more closures would occur Sunday morning:<\/p>\n
— Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from La
\nBrea Avenue to Cahuenga Boulevard.<\/p>\n
— Highland Avenue will be closed between
\nFranklin Avenue and Sunset Boulevard.<\/p>\n
— Many smaller streets in the area will also be closed.<\/p>\n
— The southbound Highland Avenue offramp from the Hollywood (101) Freeway will
\nbe closed. <\/p>\n
— Metro subway trains will bypass the Hollywood and Highland station
\nbeginning after the last scheduled train Saturday. The trains will continue
\nto bypass the station until 6 a.m. Monday. <\/p>\n
— Parking restrictions will be in place on Hollywood, La Brea, Vine, Highland and many other streets on Sunday, and
\nviolators will be towed. <\/p>\n
RELATED:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n A new Times database puts readers on the sidewalks of Hollywood, using more than a century of archives to track the lives of the stars, including current Oscar nominees Jeff Bridges<\/a>, James Cameron<\/a>, Matt Damon<\/a>, Morgan Freeman<\/a>, Sandra Bullock<\/a> and Meryl Streep<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photo: Scenic artist Dena D’Angelo sprays paint on the base of the giant Getting through Hollywood is going to be a chore this weekend as streets close for Sunday’s Academy Awards. A portion of Hollywood Boulevard is already shut down between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive, and L.A. officials said more closures would occur Sunday morning: — Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from La Brea Avenue to Cahuenga […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a><\/p>\n
\nOscar statue placed Friday morning at Hollywood Boulevard and
\nHighland Avenue in Hollywood, which marks the entrance to the red carpet
\nfor the 82nd Academy Awards presentation this Sunday. Credit: Al Seib \/ Los
\nAngeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"