Oscar nominations announcement delayed once more due to Los Angeles wildfires

The Movement Image Academy on Monday mentioned it should additional delay saying the record of Oscar nominees for the 2025 Academy Awards due to the wildfires that proceed to unfold in Los Angeles.

“We’re all devastated by the influence of the fires and the profound losses skilled by so many in our neighborhood. The Academy has at all times been a unifying pressure throughout the movie business, and we’re dedicated to standing collectively within the face of hardship,” Academy CEO Invoice Kramer and president Janet Yang mentioned in a joint assertion. “As a result of still-active fires within the Los Angeles space, we really feel it’s needed to increase our voting interval and transfer the date of our nominations announcement to permit extra time for our members.”

The Academy is extending the voting interval for Oscars nominations by Friday, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time. It’ll announce Oscars nominations just about on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific. 

That is the second postponement introduced for the nominations for the reason that fires broke out final week. The nominations announcement present has initially rescheduled for Jan. 19. Moreover, the Oscars nominees luncheon, scheduled for Monday, February 10, is not going to happen, in line with the Academy. 

“We wish to be delicate to the infrastructure and lodging wants of the area in these subsequent few weeks,” it mentioned partially. 

To this point, fires throughout the Los Angeles space have killed at the very least 24 folks, destroyed greater than 12,000 buildings and scorched greater than 60 sq. miles, in line with officers. Hollywood celebrities are amongst those that misplaced their properties. 

The Scientific and Technical Awards, which had been scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 18, shall be rescheduled for a date that’s nonetheless to be decided, the Academy added. 

The 97th Oscars awards ceremony continues to be scheduled to happen on Mar. 2, 2025. 

The raging wildfires have pressured different occasion postponements, and snarled movie and tv productions. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Producers Guild of America (PGA) have each delayed nominations bulletins for his or her awards exhibits. 

“Attributable to ongoing wildfires within the Los Angeles space, we shall be delaying the announcement of Writers Guild Award nominees till additional discover,” the WGA mentioned in a press release to CBS Information. 

“Out of care and concern for these being affected by the fires, we shall be holding the announcement of the PGA award nominees till subsequent week,” the PGA mentioned.