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Amid the Los Angeles wildfires, some 2025 award shows, like the Critics' Choice Awards, have been postponed, while others, like the Grammys, are proceeding as planned and set to raise funds for wildfire relief efforts. But this isn't the first time Hollywood award shows have been delayed (or almost delayed) amid major historical events. We're looking at the times major Hollywood award shows have been postponed throughout history.

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00:00Amid the Los Angeles wildfires, some 2025 award shows like the Critics' Choice Awards have been

00:05postponed, while others like the Grammys are proceeding as planned and set to raise funds

00:10for wildfire relief efforts. But this isn't the first time Hollywood award shows have been delayed

00:15or almost delayed amid historical events. We're taking a look at the times major Hollywood award

00:20shows have been postponed throughout history. In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on

00:26April 4th, just days before the Oscars were set to take place on April 8th. Several big-name stars

00:32slated to appear at the ceremony, like Sidney Poitier, were also planning on attending King's

00:37funeral the next day on April 9th. So the Academy moved the ceremony to April 10th. The broadcast

00:43opened with a tribute to King from the Academy's then-president, Gregory Peck.

00:47It was his work and his dedication that brought about the increasing awareness of all men

00:55that we must unite. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in an assassination

01:02attempt the same day the Oscars were supposed to air. Producers opted to postpone the show by one day,

01:08with host Johnny Carson opening the ceremony like this.

01:11The Academy, ABC Television, and all of us connected with the show

01:15felt because of the uncertain outcome, as of this time yesterday, it would have been inappropriate

01:20to stage a celebration. In 2001, the Emmys were postponed following the September 11th terrorist

01:27attacks. The ceremony that was set to air that same month was then pushed to November. It's also

01:33worth noting that in 2003, the U.S. invaded Iraq just days before the Oscars. While producers debated

01:39postponing the show, they ultimately decided to proceed, but there was no red carpet. During the

01:45COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Golden Globes were postponed and moved from early January to February

01:5128th, the date that had originally been set for that year's Oscars. The show saw nominees appear

01:56virtually. The 2021 Oscars were then delayed until April 25th and held at Union Station instead of the

02:02Dolby Theatre. And the 2021 Grammys were postponed and moved from January 31st to March 14th. The next year,

02:09the 2022 Grammys were postponed and moved from late January to early April due to a spike in COVID-19

02:15cases driven by the Omicron variant. And most recently, the 2023 Emmy Awards were delayed and

02:21moved from September of that year to early January 2024 due to the 2023 writers and actor strikes.

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