With more than 100,000 affected by the current Southern California wildfires, numerous are having a hard time to get in the awards season spirit.
After the 97th Academy Awards formerly postponed elections and extended ballot amidst the catastrophe, Stephen King recommended the occasion must be canceled entirely this year.
“Not enacting the Oscars this year. IMHO they ought to cancel them. No glamour with Los Angeles on fire,” the author composed on Bluesky.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shared today that elections will be revealed on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 am PT, with the ballot duration reached January 17 at 5pm PT.
Jean Smart formerly prompted networks that relay awards reveals to think about “contributing the income they would have amassed to victims of the fires and the firemens.”
A view of flames at the mountain as seen from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades on Jan. 9, 2025 Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu through Getty Images
Stars like Paris Hilton, Milo Ventimiglia, Adam Brody, Leighton Meester and Billy Crystal have actually lost their homes in the wildfires, which broke out in the Pacific Palisades, Eaton Canyon, Malibu, the Hollywood Hills and other locations around Los Angeles County amidst a “dangerous and harmful” windstorm that selected up last week.
Since Wednesday, a minimum of 25 individuals have actually passed away in the Southern California wildfires. More than 105,000 individuals have actually gotten obligatory evacuation orders. Given that the fires began, officers have actually made 44 arrests throughout the affected locations, consisting of for arson, theft, breaking curfew and other offenses.
President Joe Biden, who extended his Los Angeles journey recently to check out very first responders and those impacted, stated the fires a significant catastrophe and directed the federal government to cover 100% of expenses for catastrophe support.
