U.S. Academy Award Nominations Postponed for 'L.A. Wildfire'...Major awards influences

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Major events in Hollywood are being postponed and reduced in the aftermath of a nine-day wildfire in Los Angeles (LA).

According to the film industry on the 15th (local time), the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which organizes the Academy (Oscar Awards), postponed the announcement of the 97th award nomination, which was scheduled for the 17th, to the 23rd.

Initially, the event was scheduled to take place on the 15th, but was postponed to the 17th after the wildfire broke out, but it was postponed once more.

The academy said the announcement of candidates will be held only as online events without offline events. It added that it also canceled a luncheon for candidates for awards scheduled for February 10.

The main event of the awards ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on March 2 as originally scheduled, and will be broadcast live on ABC, the academy said.

However, the industry believes that the size of the Oscars, Hollywood's largest festival, could also be reduced slightly from previous years in a situation where forest fire damage in the region is enormous.

The Critics' Association (CCA), which organizes the Critics' Choice Awards, also postponed this year's award ceremony from the 12th to the 26th of this month and then pushed it back to February.

The Hollywood Actors Guild (SAG) canceled a candidate announcement event for the SAG Awards scheduled for Feb. 23 and only recently released a list of nominees.

Some argued that the award show itself should be canceled. "I hope that broadcasters that broadcast the Hollywood Awards live will not broadcast the awards, but seriously consider donating the profits they will earn to fire victims and firefighters," said actor Jean Smart.

However, the New York Times (NYT) reported that the forest fire has had little impact on film production by major studios.

Studio buildings of large companies such as Disney, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and Netflix are known to have not suffered direct damage as they are far from the fire area.