This year's Academy Award nominations, which were due to be announced on Friday 17 January, have been postponed until Sunday 19 January due to the Los Angeles wildfires.
Oscars organiser The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered a two-day extension to the nominations voting window "to give members more time to cast their ballots" as thousands were evacuated amid the fires.
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The Academy detailed the changes to its members in a memo 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.
The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards ceremony has been postponed from Sunday 12 January to Sunday 26 January "due to the catastrophic fires ravaging Southern California", a statement said.
The rescheduled event will remain at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and will broadcast live on E! and around the world.
Joey Berlin, Chief Executive of the Critics Choice Association, said: "This unfolding tragedy has already had a profound impact on our community.
"All our thoughts and prayers are with those battling the devastating fires and with all who have been affected."
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.
A spokesperson from WGA West and WGA East said in a statement given to PA: "With Los Angeles under a state of emergency due to multiple wildfires, we will be delaying the announcement of nominees until Monday January 13 2025."
A key annual awards season networking stop, hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), has been cancelled.
A spokesperson told the PA news agency: "In light of the dangerous winds and wildfires in Los Angeles, we are cancelling this weekend's BAFTA Tea Party.
"The safety of our colleagues, friends and peers in Los Angeles remains our utmost priority and our thoughts are with everyone impacted."
The event had originally been scheduled to be held at The Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Saturday.
Production has also come to a halt on several television programmes as US authorities attempt to bring the blaze under control.
FilmLA, an agency that permits shoots in Los Angeles, issued an alert advising that "personnel resources ordinarily available to support film production may not be available during the local state of emergency".
"The LA County Fire Department has specifically instructed that all permits issued for filming in the communities of Altadena, La Crescenta, La Canada/Flintridge, and Unincorporated Pasadena are withdrawn. Other permit revocations are possible," a statement said.
NBCUniversal said it has suspended filming on the TV shows Loot, Ted, Suits: LA, Happy's Place, and Hacks, which won the Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy award at Sunday's Golden Globes alongside a win for actress Jean Smart.
Source: Press Association
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