EXCLUSIVE: In another example of the reality of the Covid world we, and the entertainment industry, are living in, Deadline has learned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will not be traveling to Colorado for its annual member trip to the Telluride Film Festival this upcoming Labor Day weekend, and as such will not be holding its usual cocktail reception which has been a highlight of the fest in recent years and was expected to once again draw a packed room of Oscar voters, as well as AMPAS officials including President David Rubin and CEO Dawn Hudson.
Sources tell me the current Delta Variant surge is a key reason the Academy is skipping the fest this year out of “an abundance of caution.” In recent weeks the Academy had been.
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