Delayed wildfires have already caused significant losses in the region, causing chaos among residents and complicating large-scale events.
The announcement of nominations for the 97th Academy Awards has been postponed to January 23 due to the wildfires in California. Variety reported this on Monday, January 13.
The event will take place around 5:30 am Pacific time (5:30 pm Kyiv time).
This is the second time the nomination announcement has been postponed. It was originally scheduled for Friday, January 17th. However, due to the fires that started in Los Angeles in Southern California, the event was postponed to January 19.
The letter, sent by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Bill Cramer, also extends the voting period that determines the nominees by three days until January 17.
The Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for March 2 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. However, the annual Oscar nominees luncheon, scheduled for February 10, has been canceled. In addition, the presentation of scientific and technical awards scheduled for February 18 has been postponed indefinitely.
The fires in southern California started on January 7 in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles and spread to Malibu and the resort town of Santa Monica. US President Joe Biden called the fires the most destructive in the state’s history.
The fire destroyed several thousand buildings, and about 200 thousand people fell into the evacuation zone. residents. At least 24 people died.
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