One question on everyone in Hollywood’s minds: what happens to awards season?
With the wildfires still not contained, and devastation just being calculated, it seems impossible that one day soon we’ll see gowns and tuxedos prancing down red carpets. Is that even possible?
Right now the Critics Choice Awards are set for January 26th, rescheduled already from the 12th. The event takes place in Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hanger. So far plans have not been changed. But the date swap was made before anyone knew how bad things would get.
Next comes the Grammy Awards, set for February 2nd at the Staples Center, far away from the fires in downtown LA. There’s word that the Grammys will be rescheduled or altered to acknowledge the tragedy that has occurred. The Grammys are more complicated to produce than the Critics Choice. They involve hundreds of musicians and technicians. So a decision is no doubt forthcoming quickly.
The meteorologists say the worst of the fires should be resolving by the end of this week. But then reality is going to set in for the thousands of people who’ve lost their homes and have nowhere to go. Hair and makeup will not be a consideration. That may spell trouble for the SAG Awards and the Oscars, which are right around the cotner.
Certainly there will lapel pins and clipped on ribbons. Hollywood loves a good pin. But there may also have to be charitable components to raise millions for people not far from the red carpet struggling to deal with the aftermath. There can’t just be pageants in the middle of misery.
Look for the Grammy announcement the soonest. At least the Grammys and Musicares have already pledged $1 million in assistance. But we’re waiting for the rock stars to kick in funds the way actors like Jamie Lee Curtis already have done.
