Motion Picture Academy Moves Governors Awards To January In Strike-Related Delay
deadline.comIn what is clearly a strike-related delay, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has moved the 14th Annual Governors Awards forward two months to Tuesday, January 9, 2024, still to be held at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The Academy’s official press release made no mention of a reason for the delay, but sources have been telling me discussions have been in the works and it is clearly due to the strike situation which continues to wreak havoc to many aspects of the industry and its events.
The ceremony, presenting honorary Oscars to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, editor Carol Littleton, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter, had originally been set for Saturday, November 18 where it would have been in its usual position to also serve as a prime kickoff for the campaign season, as studios and distributors buy tables and fill them with their Oscar contenders.
Now it will be taking place at possibly an even more crucial time in the season (at least for Oscars), just two days before nomination voting begins on January 11 and exactly two weeks before nominations are announced on Tuesday, January 23.
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