Oscar nominations and other Hollywood events delayed or cancelled due to LA fires
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Hollywood started the New Year with a bang as the Golden Globes kicked off awards season at the weekend. Just a few days later, the scenes in Los Angeles are very different as wildfires tear through the county. The homes of stars including Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal have been destroyed, while other celebrities have been evacuated along with thousands of others.
Several premieres for films including the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man, and Unstoppable, starring Jennifer Lopez, were called off yesterday, and now key dates in the awards season calendar are being postponed or cancelled as firefighters battle the wildfires.
Production has also come to a halt on several television programmes. Critics Choice Awards. The annual ceremony was due to take place this weekend, but has been postponed by two weeks, to 26 January, "due to the catastrophic fires", organisers said in a statement.
Joey Berlin, chief executive of the Critics Choice Association, said: "This unfolding tragedy has already had a profound impact on our community. "All our thoughts and prayers are with those battling the devastating fires and with all who have been affected.".
The rescheduled show will still take place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and will air live on E!. BAFTA Tea Party. While the BAFTAs is a UK awards ceremony, organisers hold a networking event in the US ahead of the show each year. The 2025 party was due to take place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Saturday. However, it has now been called off.
