Hollywood Events Face Wave of Cancellations Amid Los Angeles Fires
Hollywood is going on pause while several wildfires rage throughout Los Angeles, started by dangerous high-speed winds whipping through the area on Tuesday.
L.A. premieres for Unstoppable and Wolf Man, as well as an awards season event for Emilia Pérez, were scrapped on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, red carpets for Better Man, The Pitt and On Call were also canceled. Though the winds are expected to cease by Wednesday night, the town has cleared the events calendar for the next few days out of safety and respect for those impacted by the fires raging throughout the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena, Altadena and other areas of the city.
Thursday’s premiere of The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson and set for the TCL Chinese Theatre, has been canceled; a special screening of Bleecker Street’s Love Me and A Complete Unknown x Coach dinner with star Elle Fanning have been postponed. American Cinematheque’s fourth annual Tribute to the Crafts event at the Egyptian Theatre was postponed as well.
Friday’s AFI Awards, a typically starry luncheon honoring the 10 best movies and TV shows of the year, has also been postponed and both Donna Langley’s Universal toast at Sunset Tower on Friday and Saturday’s BAFTA Tea Party in Beverly Hills was scrapped. The AARP Movies for Grownups Awards set for Saturday will be postponed to a not-yet-announced date, and the Critics Choice Awards, set to take place in Santa Monica on Sunday, have been pushed two weeks to Jan. 26.
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So far, events scheduled for New York have remained on the books, as the National Board of Review held its NYC awards gala on Tuesday and New York premieres for American Primeval, Back in Action and Goosebumps: The Vanishing have not yet been canceled.
