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2025 ACE Eddie Awards Postponed Due to L.A. Wildfires

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Since January 7, more than 100,000 residents of the Los Angeles metropolitan area have been placed under evacuation orders in response to major wildfires that have already resulted in five fatalities and thousands of destroyed structures. As the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, and Sunset fires continue to rage, 400,000 homes and businesses have experienced power outages. Some Hollywood productions, including late-night and scripted series, paused filming, and a number of awards shows and nomination announcements have already been postponed or canceled with voting bodies, nominees, and workers affected by the fires. On January 13, the Oscar-nominations broadcast was once again rescheduled to Thursday, January 23. Additionally, the annual Nominees Luncheon has been canceled, meaning no class-of-2025 photo. The WGA Awards nominations were also delayed for a second time.

As this devastating natural disaster coincides with the film industry’s awards season, Jean Smart urged “any of the networks televising the upcoming awards” to cancel their ceremony broadcasts, and to consider “donating the revenue they would have garnered to victims of the fires and the firefighters.” Many people in the post’s replies have argued that these awards ceremonies and broadcasts employ hundreds of below-the-line workers in production and event staffing, while actor Brad Garrett replied with applause emojis.

Below, the award- season events that have been affected so far.

ACE Eddie Awards Postponed

The 75th American Cinema Editors (ACE) Awards have been postponed, The Hollywood Reporter says. But there’s still going to be a party. Taking place at UCLA’s Royce Hall, the event is pivoting from a black tie event to a “come as you are” fundraiser. “The ACE Board agrees it is smarter and safer for everyone to push to a later date (TBD). … This is unprecedented and we are trying to stay as fluid as possible. [As] soon as we have details we will let you know, and when the event finally happens we will need to band together more than ever before,” the group said in a statement.

WGA nominations rescheduled twice

The Writers Guild of America postponed the release of its annual nominees list “until further notice,” per Deadline. The nominations had been previously pushed back to January, 13. As of now, the simultaneous East and West Coast ceremonies are still scheduled to take place on February 15. The East Coast ceremony will be held at the Edison Ballroom, and the West Coast will party at the Beverly Hilton.

Oscar nominations rescheduled

The voting period has been extended to Friday, January 17, and the nominations ceremony has been rescheduled a second time, to Thursday, January 23. Furthermore, the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards have been indefinitely postponed. They were originally meant to take place on Tuesday, February 18. The annual Oscars’ Nominees Luncheon, which was originally slated for Monday, February 10, has been canceled outright.

On January 8, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer told Oscars voters that the live nominations ceremony had been rescheduled from Friday, January 17, to Sunday, January 19. The Academy also extended the voting period by two days, as many Shortlist screenings and branch bake-offs have had to reschedule.

LAFCA Awards postponed

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced over Bluesky that its awards banquet, initially scheduled for Saturday, January 11, at the Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, is postponed.

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards postponed

The AARP Movies for Grownups awards was meant to be hosted by Alan Cumming at the Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, January 11, “in consideration of the families and communities impacted,” but has been delayed by organizers with no new date set.

Critics Choice Awards rescheduled

Critics Choice Association CEO Joey Berlin released a statement on January 8 announcing that the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards will be rescheduled from Sunday, January 12, to January 26, saying, “All our thoughts and prayers are with those battling the devastating fires and all who have been affected.” The ceremony will still be hosted by Chelsea Handler at Santa Monica’s Barker Hanger and broadcast live on E! with Peacock streaming the next day.

SAG nominations broadcast canceled

The Screen Actors Guild was scheduled to present its nominations for this year’s SAG Awards at 10:30 a.m. PT on January 8 with Cooper Koch and Joey King presenting via a live broadcast to the Guild’s YouTube channel. Due to the wildfires and adverse wind conditions, the nominees were instead announced via press release at 7:30 a.m. PT the following morning. The SAG Awards ceremony is still scheduled for February 23 at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. It will be hosted by Kristen Bell and streamed live on Netflix.

ACE Eddie Awards, WGA Nominations Postponed