The honorary Oscars ceremony – Governors Awards – ceremony held every year in Los Angeles in the United States, will have to be postponed due to the threat of the new Omicron variant which hovers over California, announced on Wednesday December 22, the organizers. No new date has been set for the Governors Awards at this time.
The actors Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover and the Norwegian Liv Ullmann, as well as the artist Elaine May, were due to receive the prestigious golden statuettes next month rewarding their entire career during the Governors Awards, an event which attracts all the great Hollywood names.
“We have made the difficult decision to change our plans for the reception of the Governors Awards on January 15”announced in a statement the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars. “Given the uncertainties around the variants and the impact they could have on our community, we believe this is the best and safest decision for the winners and our guests”explains the Academy.
Last year, the ceremony was purely and simply canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the Oscars evening itself was able to take place as planned in April. The 2022 edition of the Oscars is, for the moment, not in question and is still scheduled for March 27.
Several events canceled or postponed
The first events of the film awards season began this year in the flesh, with screenings, galas and red carpets. But several have been canceled or postponed in recent days due to the rise in contamination, such as the red carpet for the new Star Wars series, “The Book of Bobba Fett” or the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala.
California had the lowest Covid-19 positivity rate in the United States on Wednesday, 3.3%, and continues “to lead the country in doses of vaccines administered”, State Governor Gavin Newsom said. But California has “recorded a significant increase in the number of Covid cases” over the past seven days, he warned, and recent data suggests that the Omicron variant has become the majority in these new contaminations.
The resurgence of the coronavirus hasn’t deterred the success of the new Marvel movie, however. “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, which shattered revenue records. The superhero film grossed $260 million in the United States and Canada for its opening weekend. Since the start of the pandemic, no film had managed to reach the symbolic bar of 100 million.
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In the United States, the ceremony of the Oscars of honor postponed because of the variant Omicron