Los Angeles Wildfires: Oscars Postpones Nominations Announcement

The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences is extending its Oscar nomination balloting and moved the date again for its nominations announcement from Friday, Jan. 17 to Sunday, Jan. 19 because of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.

In an e mail addressed to participants on Wednesday afternoon, AMPAS CEO Invoice Kramer knowledgeable the club that Oscar nomination balloting has been prolonged for 2 days to now shut on Jan. 14, The Wrap experiences. Because of the alternate, the nominations announcement may be behind schedule via two days, shifting to Sunday for the primary time in its historical past.

“We need to be offering our inner most condolences to people who were impacted via the devastating fires throughout Southern California,” the e-mail got via The Wrap reads. “Such a lot of of our participants and trade colleagues are living and paintings within the Los Angeles space, and we’re pondering of you.”

Along side the adjustments to the time table on balloting and the postponement of saying its nominations, the Academy additionally postponed its Global Characteristic Movie Shortlist Screening, which was once scheduled to happen on Wednesday; it’s going to be rescheduled at an unspecified date later this week. Pre-nomination “bake-off” occasions scheduled for Saturday were canceled, in keeping with the e-mail.

The fires have pressured a number of tv displays and leisure trade occasions to delay or cancel. On Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel Are living canceled its taping scheduled for that night, and CBS’ After Middle of the night is off for the remainder of the week. The Critics Selection Awards, which have been deliberate for this Sunday, Jan. 12, were postponed and rescheduled for Jan. 26.