On January 31, 2042 during the 114th Academy Awards extremist Octavia Goldberg Sanchez opened fire and killed 46 people. Including 60-year-old Kim Kardashian,, 56-year-old Lady Gaga and countless other people including cinematographer Jason Sanchez who was the brother of the shooter. following the shooting the Academy Awards was no longer held or televised partially because of fears of security risks. After the implementation of gun control the 2070s award shows like the Academy Awards were reintroduced because of reduced fears of gun control. This shooting was the beginning of the United States becoming serious about them control. However it would be until the time Square massacre of 2079 that the US government implement this. The Academy award shooting was the deadliest mass shooting in the 2040s. The death toll was similar to the Las Vegas shooting.