The announcement of this yr’s Oscar nominations has been delayed by two days due to the lethal wildfires raging within the Los Angeles space.
It had been scheduled for Friday 17 January, however the stars and movies up for Academy Awards will now be revealed on 19 January.
The voting for the almost 10,000 Academy members, which opened on 8 January, has additionally been prolonged by two days, till Tuesday 14 January.
Former Oscars host Billy Crystal is among the celebrities who have lost homes within the blaze, in addition to Paris Hilton, James Woods and Miles Teller.
In a letter despatched to members on Wednesday, Academy CEO Invoice Kramer stated: “We need to supply our deepest condolences to those that have been impacted by the devastating fires throughout Southern California.
“So a lot of our members and business colleagues dwell and work within the Los Angeles space, and we’re considering of you.”
Conan O’Brien will host the 2025 Oscars ceremony on the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard on 2 March.
The fires have prompted havoc for residents in Hollywood, in addition to the realm’s movie and TV business.
A raft of LA occasions and film premieres – together with Unstoppable, Wolf Man, Robbie Williams’ Higher Man and The Pitt – have been cancelled or postponed.
On Wednesday, an occasion to announce the nominees for the Display screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards was additionally known as off.
The contenders had been introduced in a press launch as a substitute, with Depraved main the nominations.
The Substance actress Demi Moore boosted her chances of an Oscar nomination by bagging a Golden Globe award final weeeknd.
The Globes, the primary main ceremony of awards season, are thought-about to be a powerful measure of which movies have momentum forward of the Oscars. Different movie winners included Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Depraved.
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, 2025-01-09 09:26:00
