MOSCOW, July 28The Academy Awards ceremony, which was originally scheduled for September 18, will be postponed due to strikes in Hollywood. This will happen for the first time since 2001, according to Variety.
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«To the Vendors of the 75th…Emmy Awards» reported that the ceremony will not air on September 18,» the publication writes.
The exact date for the Emmy ceremony has not yet been determined and is not expected to be announced before the beginning of August, specifies Variety.
The last time the Emmys were postponed was in 2001 because of the September 11 attacks and the start of the US military operation in Afghanistan.
The US Academy of Television Sciences and Arts, which awards the Emmys, is pushing for the Emmys to be presented in November, but Fox wants to broadcast the event in January 2024, writes Variety.
The decision to postpone the date was expected amid strikes by union writers and actors that have shackled the work of Hollywood, notes Variety.
The Screen Actors Guild went on strike after failing to negotiate with the Producers Alliance to improve working conditions. According to the union, actors and employees of such media companies as Amazon, Disney, Fox, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros. should take part in strikes and pickets throughout the country. and others. Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep have already declared their support for the strike.
Former Paramount and 20th Century Fox executive Barry Diller has said the US film industry will face «absolute collapse» if strikes by the writers' union and the Hollywood actors' union continue by September 1st.
In addition, the Writers Guild of America, which brings together more than 11,500 writers who create content for Hollywood films, series and entertainment shows, launched a massive strike in May after failing to agree on better conditions with the Film and Television Producers Alliance.
The last time US screenwriters went on strike was in 2007, when their action lasted about 100 days, and losses from downtime of the film business at that time exceeded two billion dollars.