The Governors Awards gala, at which honorary Oscars are handed out for lifetime achievement, has been pushed back from November to January as Hollywood spins from the ongoing actors’ and writers’ strikes.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, had initially scheduled the ceremony for 18 November, with US comic Mel Brooks and actress Angela Bassett to be honoured.
But the Academy has now posted the new date without explanation, simply referring to the event as “rescheduled.”
It was the latest high-profile casualty on Hollywood’s calendar as the crippling industry-wide strikes drag on with no resolution in sight.
Writers walked off the job in May, followed by actors in July. Both unions are asking for better pay and guarantees that artificial intelligence will not steal their jobs and income, among other demands.
The ongoing walkout by both actors and writers, the first in more than 60 years, would likely prevent the honorees from attending the Governors Awards.
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