The famous Oscar ceremony is expected to be canceled for the first time in its history. According to The Sun, The Academy Awards or Oscars 2025 are likely to be canceled owing to the horrific Los Angeles wildfires. According to reports the official Academy Award ceremony which includes stars such as Tom Hanks, Emma Stone Meryl Streep, and Steven Speilberg, is monitoring the situation in Los Angeles before making of final decision.
Will the Oscars 2025 be canceled?
“The board’s major concern right now is to avoid appearing to be celebrating while many people are traveling with pain and terrible loss. Even if the fires are extinguished within the next week, the city will continue to suffer for months. As a result, the hierarchy has chosen to change the focus to support and fundraising when the right opportunities arise,” according to a source cited by the portal. The event is currently planned to take place on March 2.
Have the Oscar ceremonies ever been delayed?
The Oscars ceremony has been postponed multiple times previously. It was postponed for a week in 1938 due to devastating flooding in Los Angeles. It was postponed by 2 days in 1968 due to Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
Oscars was postponed for 24 hours in 1981 following The assassination of President Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC. The 1981 decision was made 4 hours before the program was set to start.
A hidden “contingency strategy” is in place
Even when the world went into lockdown in 2021, the awards were postponed for two months rather than canceled. However, the official Academy Awards ceremony is currently being monitored in Los Angeles. The disaster’s flames have spurred a covert “contingency strategy” to perhaps cancel the event. According to the source, even if the Oscars ceremony takes place, the £140,000 ($171,000) goody bags will be canceled. Previously the good bags contained a three-night trip to the Swiss Alps, Beauty treatment, jewelry, and a thousand-pound barbecue grill. However, board members have declared them in “bad taste”
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