The wildfires which have torn via the Los Angeles space this week have led to quite a few closures, cancellations and postponements — now together with the Oscar nominations.
Initially scheduled for Jan. 17, the announcement of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards has been delayed to Jan. 19, with nominations voting prolonged by two days to Jan. 14, movie academy Chief Govt Invoice Kramer wrote Wednesday in a letter to members obtained by The Instances.
“We want to offer our deepest condolences to those who have been impacted by the devastating fires across Southern California,” the letter stated. “So many of our members and industry colleagues live and work in the Los Angeles area, and we are thinking of you.”
In-person Los Angeles-area “bake-off” occasions, at which shortlisted contenders within the academy’s sound, hair and make-up and visible results branches showcase their work, have been canceled, in keeping with the letter. The bake-offs have been initially scheduled to happen on Saturday. Sound bake-offs within the Bay Space, New York and London are unaffected, whereas hair and make-up and visible results bake-offs shall be changed with digital discussions. A screening of shortlisted titles within the worldwide characteristic class additionally has been postponed.
Earlier Wednesday, a variety of Oscar precursor occasions, together with the British Academy of Movie and TV Arts Tea Occasion, the AFI Awards luncheon and the Critics Alternative Awards, have been postponed or canceled. The Writers Guild of America additionally delayed the announcement of its awards nominations.
The 97th Oscars are set to happen March 2.
