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The Academy Awards are caught in a tough place, with the devastating wildfires nonetheless pummeling Los Angeles amid Hollywood’s legendary awards season. Amid the traumatic ongoing fires, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences has altered a few of the lineup of occasions main as much as its awards ceremony — the most important and most excessive profile within the trade. Amongst these in query are the Oscars 2025 nominations, which earlier this week have been postponed for the second time.
Beneath, HollywoodLife has information on when the nominations will lastly be introduced and who’s prone to be nominated.
2025 Oscar Nominations are Postponed
An announcement of the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards has been postponed for the second time and moved from an in-person media occasion to a digital occasion, per USA Right this moment. Initially scheduled for January twelfth, then seventeenth, they’ll now be introduced on Thursday, January 23, 2025.
“We’re all devastated by the impression of the fires and the profound losses skilled by so many in our group,” mentioned Invoice Kramer, Academy CEO, and Janet Yang, president, on Monday, January 13, in an announcement. “The Academy has at all times been a unifying drive inside the movie trade, and we’re dedicated to standing collectively within the face of hardship.” The assertion continued, “Because of the still-active fires within the Los Angeles space, we really feel it’s mandatory to increase our voting interval and transfer the date of our nominations announcement to permit extra time for our members.”
The Oscar nominees luncheon has been cancelled, and the Academy’s’ The Scientific and Technical Awards have been postponed with a date but to be decided. The voting interval for nominations has been prolonged till January 17.
Oscars 2025 Predictions
Few higher predictors of Oscar success exist than earlier awards ceremonies, together with the Golden Globes, which passed off on January 5, 2025. Finest movie: drama went to The Brutalist, whereas greatest movie: musical or comedy went to Emilia Perez, making them each extremely prone to be Oscar contenders. Finest non-English language movie additionally went to Emilia Perez, greatest animated movie went to Circulation, and greatest cinematic and field workplace achievement went to Depraved.
Finest actress: drama went to Fernanda Torres for I’m Nonetheless Right here, and greatest actress: musical or comedy was memorably clinched by Demi Moore for The Substance. Finest actor in a drama was Adrien Brody for The Brutalist, and greatest actor in a musical or comedy was Sebastian Stan for A Completely different Man. Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez and Kieran Culkin for A Actual Ache received the perfect supporting actor classes.
Are the Oscars Canceled?
Although some occasions main as much as the Oscars have been altered and/or canceled, the ceremony itself remains to be a go as of January 14, 2025. The Academy Awards are taking place on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and airing dwell on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The ceremony streams dwell by way of Hulu and airs by way of ABC at 4 p.m. PST/7 p.m. EST.
