The Oscars are not canceled and there are no plans to move the March 2 event despite the devastation of the California wildfires, according to senior members of the Academy, who shut down a viral tabloid story about the show’s supposed cancelation from The Sun.

This brings the nonprofit organization's total contributions to the Motion Picture & Television Fund over the past week to $1 million.

We are all devastated by the impact of the fires and the profound losses experienced by so many in our community,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang told Variety in a joint statement in January 2025.

For the first time in its 96-year history, the prestigious Oscars may be cancelled due to the devastating wildfires tearing through Los Angeles. As Tinseltown's elite gear up for the glitzy event planned for March 3,