The Chelsea Handler-hosted 2025 Critics Selection Awards have been postponed as a sequence of wildfires proceed to unfold by way of southern California.

As evacuation orders and casualties sweep the area, the Critics Selection Awards canceled its initially deliberate ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. As an alternative, the Critics Selection Awards will broadcast on Sunday, Jan. 26 dwell on E! and stream on Peacock the next day. The occasion will stay on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

"This unfolding tragedy has already had a profound impression on our neighborhood," Critics Selection Affiliation CEO Joey Berlin stated in an emailed assertion. "All our ideas and prayers are with these battling the devastating fires and with all who’ve been affected."

Common Studios Hollywood theme park closes for first time since COVID amid L.A. wildfires

Handler is ready to return for her third consecutive yr because the Critics Selection Awards host, presiding over a ceremony the place the Critics Selection Affiliation will title its annual listing of winners in movie and TV classes.

Different leisure entities impacted by the continued L.A. wildfires, which have so far compelled the evacuation of over 30,000 folks within the area and killed at the very least two folks, embody the dwell 2025 SAG Awards nominations announcement, which was canceled Wednesday morning, in addition to Common Studios Hollywood theme park, which closed for the day for the primary time for the reason that 2020 COVID pandemic.

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Stars like Jamie Lee Curtis, Steve Guttenberg, Spencer Pratt, and Mark Hamill additionally detailed evacuation and injury efforts of their areas, with Curtis urging her followers on social media to "keep out of the way in which and let the firefighters do their work."

Leaders among the many 2025 Critics Selection Awards nominees included Wicked and Conclave with 11 nominations every, whereas Shōgun led TV nominees with six total nods.

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