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The announcement of this year's Oscar nominations has been delayed by 2 days due to the fact that of the deadly wildfires raging successful the Los Angeles area.
It had been scheduled for Friday 17 January, but the stars and films up for Academy Awards volition present beryllium revealed connected 19 January.
The voting for the astir 10,000 Academy members, which opened connected 8 January, has besides been extended by 2 days, until Tuesday 14 January.
Former Oscars big Billy Crystal is among the celebrities who person mislaid homes successful the blaze, arsenic good arsenic Paris Hilton, James Woods and Miles Teller.
In a missive sent to members connected Wednesday, Academy CEO Bill Kramer said: "We privation to connection our deepest condolences to those who person been impacted by the devastating fires crossed Southern California.
"So galore of our members and manufacture colleagues unrecorded and enactment successful the Los Angeles area, and we are reasoning of you."
Conan O'Brien volition big the 2025 Oscars ceremonial astatine the Dolby Theater connected Hollywood Boulevard connected 2 March.
The fires person caused havoc for residents successful Hollywood, arsenic good arsenic the area's movie and TV industry.
A raft of LA events and movie premieres - including Unstoppable, Wolf Man, Robbie Williams' Better Man and The Pitt - person been cancelled oregon postponed.
On Wednesday, an lawsuit to denote the nominees for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards was besides called off.
The contenders were announced successful a property merchandise instead, with Wicked starring the nominations.
The Substance histrion Demi Moore boosted her chances of an Oscar nomination by bagging a Golden Globe grant past weeeknd.
The Globes, the archetypal large ceremonial of awards season, are considered to beryllium a beardown measurement of which films person momentum up of the Oscars. Other movie winners included Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Wicked.
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