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Oscar Nominations Pushed Back Due to L.A. Wildfires

Voting for Oscar nominations will be extended by two days, the Academy said.

Oscar nomination voting has been pushed back two days due to the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, multiple Hollywood trade publications reported, as the Academy Awards become the latest award show to adjust during the ongoing disaster. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that voting on nominees would extend until Jan. 14, two days after the original deadline on Jan. 16. The nominations will also be announced two days later than scheduled, on Jan. 19. The ceremony itself will not take place until March 2. “We want to offer our deepest condolences to those who have been impacted by the devastating fires across Southern California,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer wrote in an email to members published by Deadline. “So many of our members and industry colleagues live and work in the Los Angeles area, and we are thinking of you.” The Oscars are not the only Hollywood awards show impacted by the crisis. The Critics Choice Awards ceremony was supposed to take place on Sunday in Santa Monica, but has now been postponed until Jan. 26. The SAG Award nominations announcement originally scheduled for Wednesday morning was canceled, but nominees were still posted online.