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<\/picture><\/a><\/div>\nThe news comes on the heels of several other shifts on the Hollywood events calendar. In a Wednesday afternoon letter to Academy members viewed by Vanity Fair,<\/em> CEO Bill Kramer<\/strong> announced that the voting window for Oscar nominations has been expanded by two days, from January 12 to January 14, \u201cto give members more time to cast their ballots.\u201d Accordingly, the previously scheduled nominations announcement for January 17 has been shifted, unusually, to a Sunday, January 19. Key staples of this final round of campaigning, including in-person \u201cbake-offs\u201d for short-listed sound designers, visual effects artists, and makeup artists and hairstylists to highlight their work, have been officially canceled, with pivots to digital showcases. The International Feature Film Shortlist Screening has been rescheduled for an unspecified date before voting concludes.<\/p>\nThere are several reasons for the mass shifts and cancellations, not least of which is respecting the unsettled, anxious feelings shared by many in the community. Seeking safety, assessing damage, and checking on loved ones are now the priorities, rather than watching those last remaining contenders on the docket. The very neighborhoods engulfed in flames happen to be where some of the Academy\u2019s most active members live, including music branch veteran Diane Warren,<\/strong> back in the race this year for her song in Six Triple Eight<\/em>, whose beach home of nearly 30 years was destroyed, and recent Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis,<\/strong> who described her terrifying evacuation experience on Instagram. Their peers have shared similar stories. And speaking anecdotally, the fear, anxiety, and mourning happening around town make Oscar noms feel very distant, even as they\u2019re fast approaching.<\/p>\n\u201cCarrying on like business as usual doesn\u2019t feel appropriate when the lives of so many we know and love have been devastated,\u201d says one strategist working on several films. Several industry guilds, representing specific crafts of filmmaking (cinematography, editing, etc.) were also set to announce their nominations for the best of 2024 this week, but have followed the Oscars\u2019 lead in postponing them. The producers guild will now reveal their selections on Sunday, while the American Society of Cinematographers will wait until Monday.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday night, as the Palisades fire exploded and the Eaton fire on Los Angeles\u2019s east side started taking shape, Sony Pictures Classics canceled what could have been a pivotal event for its Brazilian film, I\u2019m Still Here<\/em>, to be hosted by CAA in Century City. The film\u2019s star Fernanda Torres<\/strong> had just won a major Golden Globe for best actress, boosting her chances at an Oscar nod among bigger names like Demi Moore<\/strong> and Nicole Kidman,<\/strong> but the planned moderator of the Q&A, Guillermo del Toro,<\/strong> was unable to attend after needing to evacuate his home. The main challenge that international films face in the Oscar race is simply getting voters to prioritize them, and a post-Globes shindig would have brought plenty of new fans to the Walter Salles<\/strong> drama. It\u2019ll now have to hope the Globes momentum transfers to people finding the film on the Academy\u2019s streaming portal, unless a last-minute replacement can be scheduled.<\/p>\n\u201cCan\u2019t believe this is happening,\u201d another senior awards strategist told me. A third campaign veteran, who expects all of their Los Angeles Q&As to be canceled through the weekend, said, \u201cIt\u2019s awful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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