Amid the chaos surrounding the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, some media outlets are spreading baseless lies, suggesting that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is seriously considering canceling the 97th Academy Awards, scheduled for Sunday, March 2, in Hollywood.

british tabloids the sun A report posted on its website Tuesday evening was drudge report It was advertised as "Exclusive" and went viral with the headline: "Oscars threaten to cancel 2025 Oscars as bosses secretly plot major changes to awards show following LA wildfires." The article goes on to claim , “Secret ‘contingency strategy’ developed for cancellation of March 3rd awards show” — with the wrong date — and elaborated, “The Oscars are about to be canceled because 96 For the first time in 2017’s history… the official Academy Awards committee is monitoring developments daily and is led by stars including tom hanks, Emma Stone, Meryl Streep and Steven Spielberg".

hollywood reporter Senior figures at the academy have been spoken to, as well as those close to some of the aforementioned A-listers, and can unequivocally report that no such plans are being considered and no such advisory committee exists.

The only body currently weighing in on how the academy should conduct itself is the organization's 55-member Board of Governors, which currently does not include the sunThe latest decision, announced on Monday, is that the date for the Oscars, which is 47 days away, will not change.

However, the board - which included four people who lost their homes in the fire - did extend the Oscar nomination voting window; delay the announcement of the Oscar nominations; cancel this year's Oscar nominations luncheon; and postpone the Science and Technology Awards.

Any changes to the Academy Awards ceremony itself would require extensive consultation between the Academy and its long-time broadcast partner, ABC. Currently, there is general agreement among college leadership that the show should continue in a dignified manner that will help raise funds for and celebrate firefighting efforts.

The Oscars, which typically employ about 1,000 locals, have never been "cancelled" — even during the darkest days of the pandemic, the show was slightly postponed and then held in a streamlined format — and, for now, There are no internal arrangements yet. The event scheduled for March 2 has been cancelled.