The announcement of this year's Oscar nominations has been delayed by two days because of the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area. It had been scheduled for Friday 17 January, but the stars and films up for Academy Awards will now be revealed on 19 January. The voting for the nearly 10,000 Academy members, which opened on 8 January, has also been extended by two days, until Tuesday 14 January. Former Oscars host Billy Crystal is among the celebrities who have lost homes in the blaze, as well as Paris Hilton, James Woods and Miles Teller. In a letter sent to members on Wednesday, Academy CEO Bill Kramer said: "We want to offer our deepest condolences to those who have been impacted by the devastating fires across Southern California. "So many of our members and industry colleagues live and work in the Los Angeles area, and we are thinking of you." Conan O'Brien will host the 2025 Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard on 2 March. The fires have caused havoc for residents in Hollywood, as well as the area's film and TV industry. A raft of LA events and movie premieres - including Unstoppable, Wolf Man, Robbie Williams' Better Man and The Pitt - have been cancelled or postponed. On Wednesday, an event to announce the nominees for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards was also called off. The contenders were announced in a press release instead, with Wicked leading the nominations. The Substance actress Demi Moore boosted her chances of an Oscar nomination by bagging a Golden Globe award last weeeknd. The Globes, the first major ceremony of awards season, are considered to be a strong measure of which films have momentum ahead of the Oscars. Other film winners included Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Wicked. — BBC
