--- --- # Here's How Oscars Are Handled at Airport Security  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 2, 2016 6:35 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 2, 2016 6:35 PM UTC Stars — they’re just like us. They have all their belongings inspected by airport security. László Nemes, winner of the 2016 Academy Award for [Best Foreign Language Film](http://time.com/4230888/watch-2016-oscar-nominated-movies-online/), posted a picture to his Facebook on Wednesday of his Oscar statue in a bin about to be checked by TSA agents. “Airport security, no exceptions,” he captioned the photo. **Read More:** [See All the Winners of the 2016 Oscars](http://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/) The Hungarian director received the award for [_Son of Saul_](http://time.com/4167889/son-of-saul-movie-review/), a Holocaust drama set during World War II at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The film also won the [Golden Globe](http://time.com/4171495/golden-globes-2016-winners/) for the same category. Here's How Oscars Are Handled at Airport Security ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4244987/oscars-airport-security/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4244987/oscars-airport-security/"},"headline":"Here's How Oscars Are Handled at Airport Security","datePublished":"2016-03-02T18:35:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:40.675Z","description":"\"Airport security, no exceptions\"","url":"https://time.com/4244987/oscars-airport-security/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Oscars","Academy Awards","Airports","airport security","Oscars 2016 topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4244987/oscars-airport-security/","name":"Here's How Oscars Are Handled at Airport Security"}}]}] ```