American Cinematheque’s 4th Annual Tribute To The Crafts Becomes First Awards Show To Go On Following L.A. Wildfires, Delivering Heartfelt Honors To Firefighters And Watch Duty App

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Since the horrendous Los Angeles wildfires broke out Jan. 7, two days after the Golden Globes, Hollywood’s usual awards season activities ground to a halt with numerous postponements or cancellations of ceremonies that normally take place this time of year; these included the Critics Choice Awards (originally Jan.

12, moved twice and now scheduled for Feb. 7); L.A. Film Critics Banquet; AFI Awards Luncheon (now set for Feb. 6); AARP’s televised Movies For Grownups Awards and countless other awards season-related events, even including the voting period and announcement of Oscar nominations that finally took place a week later than planned on Thursday morning.

Among those ceremonies earliest affected was American Cinematheque‘s 4th Annual Tribute to The Crafts which had originally been scheduled to occur Jan.

9 in Hollywood but, as the fires grew increasingly out of control, was quickly postponed. Last night at the iconic Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd., the rescheduled event became the first awards ceremony to return in the city, and it just might serve as a template for upcoming awards fetes in showing how to proceed with honoring the winners and nominees while also not losing sight of the toll these tragic fires have had, with so many in the industry — even among the honorees — still shaken by the events: many losing their homes, or forced to evacuate for days, their lives turned upside down.