2025 Oscar bosses are refusing to cancel Hollywood’s biggest night amid the ongoing LA fires – despite a report claiming the show could be axed.
It had been claimed a secret ‘contingency strategy’ was in place for the March 2 awards ceremony to be called off , per the U.S. Sun, over fears the glitzy ceremony could be seen as ‘tone deaf’ after thousands lost their homes and 25 died.
Official Academy Award committees, led by A-listers including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, and Emma Stone were said to be monitoring the wildfires situation daily.
However, film academy sources have hit back at the ‘false’ claims via THR, and ‘categorically deny’ that any advisory committee exists.
The body assessing how the Academy should proceed is the organization’s 55-person board of governors and not actors named by the publication – with the consensus being the ceremony’s date will not be moving.
The board includes four people who lost their homes in the fires.
They have decided to push back the Oscar nominees announcement and extend the nominations voting window.
The Oscar Nominees Luncheon has been canceled while the Scientific and Technical Awards have been postponed.
It was revealed the ‘prevailing sentiment within the Academy’s leadership’ is ‘that the show should go on – in a dignified manner that would help to raise funds for and celebrate fire relief efforts.’
An insider said that ‘the very thought of having a waiter, a poorly paid innocent who has lost their home, serving delicate Wagyu burgers and sliced cucumber sandwiches to multi-millionaire movie stars doesn’t exactly sit right.’
