The Oscars have made additional changes to this year’s schedule because of the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles. The new schedule will extend the nominations voting window to Jan. 17, push back the date of the nominations announcement to Jan. 23 and cancel the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, AMPAS announced on Monday.
The March 2 date of the 97th Academy Awards ceremony will not change.
The news followed earlier changes made shortly after the wildfires hit last week.
In a statement, Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang said, “We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and the profound losses experienced by so many in our community.