Oscar nominations delayed due to Los Angeles wildfires

This year’s Academy Award nominations, originally due to be announced on Friday, January 17, have been postponed until Sunday, January 19 due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Voting, which began on January 8, has also been extended until January 14.

Multiple screenings and bake-offs as well as the Academy Museum have also been affected, after fires burned through more than 27,000 acres across LA, with five dead.

More than 150,000 people are under evacuation orders after the first fire began in the Palisades at 10.30am on Tuesday, January 7.

Several celebrities have lost their homes in the fire, including former Oscar host Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton, James Woods and Miles Teller.

The Academy detailed the changes to its members in a statement from its Chief Executive, Bill Kramer.

"We want to offer our deepest condolences to those who have been impacted by the devastating fires across Southern California," it read.

"So many of our members and industry colleagues live and work in the Los Angeles area, and we are thinking of you."

The Oscars are scheduled to take place on Sunday 2 March at The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

Other award ceremonies have been postponed, such as the 80th annual Critics Choice Awards, which was moved from January 12 to January 26 “due to the catastrophic fires ravaging Southern California", a statement said.

The nominations for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards, which honour outstanding writing in film, television, new media, news, radio, and promotional categories, will not take place until Monday either.