The U.K. tabloid The Sun posted a story to its website on Tuesday evening suggesting that the Academy is consulting a committee of A-listers about whether to proceed with the ceremony on March 2.

There is no official word if the 97th annual Academy Awards will be canceled. As of Jan. 14, 2025, the show is slated to air on its original date. Though the Oscars ceremony is set to go on as planned, the annual Oscars Nominees Luncheon—scheduled for Feb. 10—was canceled.

The Academy Awards ceremony is not in danger of being cancelled, industry sources have assured. Doubts about the staging of this year's lavish event came from tabloid newspaper The Sun, which suggested that a committee including Hollywood stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks were currently assessing options for the event.

The Oscars are slated to take place in Los Angeles, but the city is reeling from the impact of ongoing wildfires. Find out if the big ceremony will go on despite the disaster.

Oscar nominations, other awards season events and several LA-based shows have been affected by the California fires.

The Academy has reacted to the ongoing rumours of cancelling Oscars 2025 due to LA wildfires. The nominations announcement has already been postponed twice while the Oscar Nominees Luncheon was cancelled.

The start of the new year means it’s time to get ready for Oscar voting. Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have less than a week to catch up on 2024’s best movies before voting for the 2025 Oscars officially begins.