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Oscar nominations announcement POSTPONED; nominees' lunch cancelled amid calls to scrap award show in wake of LA wildfires - Details Inside

| TNN & Agencies | Jan 14, 2025, 17:48 IST
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The Oscar nominations are being postponed by almost a week amid the ongoing California wildfires.

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Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will now be announced on January 23, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said in a statement on Monday.

"We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and the profound losses experienced by so many in our community," Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a joint statement. "The Academy has always been a unifying force within the film industry, and we are committed to standing together in the face of hardship."

With fires still active in the Los Angeles area, the film academy also extended the nominations voting period for its members through Friday. Originally, nominations were to be announced that morning.

The organization that puts on the Oscars has also made the decision to cancel its annual nominees luncheon, an untelevised event best known for the "class photos" it produces annually. The Scientific and Technical Awards, previously set for Feb. 18, will be rescheduled later.

Also Monday, the Writers Guild of America postponed the announcement of their nominees "until further notice." Originally scheduled for Jan. 9, the nominations were first delayed until Monday before a second postponement. That ceremony is slated for Feb. 15.
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The 97th Oscars will still happen on March 2, at the Dolby Theatre, with a live television broadcast on ABC beginning at 7 p.m. ET and a livestream on Hulu.

Previously, the Oscar nominations were postponed in 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic. The ceremony itself was also delayed, which had happened several times before: The ceremony was pushed back a week because of disastrous flooding in Los Angeles in 1938.

In 1968, it was delayed two days following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And in 1981, it was put off for 24 hours after President Ronald Reagan was shot in Washington. The 1981 decision was made four hours before the broadcast was scheduled to begin.
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Seven days after the blazes erupted, 92,000 people remain displaced, with widespread evacuation orders still in place. Stars including Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson and Billy Crystal lost their homes to the fires, and production was halted for TV and film.

The industry is weighing how to navigate its just-started award season -- an endless series of swanky premieres, galas and prize-giving ceremonies.

Hollywood insiders are wary of appearing tone-deaf to the suffering of a city that is home to many of the 680,000 people who work in TV and film.
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