Oscar nominations postponed due to Los Angeles fire

This year’s Oscar nominations announcement has been delayed by two days due to deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

It was scheduled for Friday, January 17, but the stars and films for the Academy Awards will now be revealed on January 19.

Voting for about 10,000 academy members, which began on January 8, has also been extended by two days to Tuesday, January 14.

former oscars host Billy Crystal is among the celebrities who have lost their homes In Fire, as well as Paris Hilton, James Woods and Miles Teller.

In a letter sent to members on Wednesday, Academy CEO Bill Kramer said: “We want to express our deepest condolences to those who have been affected by the devastating wildfires in Southern California.

“So many of our members and industry partners live and work in the Los Angeles area, and we’re thinking of you.”

Conan O’Brien will host the 2025 Oscars ceremony on March 2 at the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.

The fire caused havoc for Hollywood residents as well as the area’s film and TV industry.

Many LA events and film premieres have been canceled or postponed, including Unstoppable, The Wolf Man, Robbie Williams’s Better Man and The Pit.

On Wednesday, an event to announce nominees for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards was also cancelled.

Instead the contenders were announced in a press release, with Wicked leading the nominations.

substance actress Demi Moore boosts her chances of an Oscar nomination By receiving a Golden Globe Award last week.

The Globes, the first major ceremony of awards season, is considered a strong measure of which films are gaining momentum ahead of the Oscars. Other film winners include Emilia Perez, The Brutalist and Wicked.