Critics Choice Awards 2022 Ceremony Postponed Amid COVID-19 Omicron Variant Surge

“I think for the next two weeks, we’re going to continue to see our case rates rise,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Thursday. That statement was made more ominous by the fact that, on that very day, the county recorded a record number of new daily cases for the pandemic. At 37,000, the new tally was 10,000 cases higher than the previous record. It’s hard to imagine where two more weeks of increases will lead.

While the red carpet premiere for the fifth film in the Scream franchise was scheduled to take place next Tuesday, January 11, it has been canceled due to Covid safety concerns, Deadline has confirmed.

The International Documentary Association said Thursday that it is pushing its 37th annual IDA Documentary Awards ceremony from its originally scheduled early February date to March 4 as an online-only show, a response to the surging Omicron variant.

The Grammy Awards have been postponed because of COVID-19 concerns. The ceremony was due to be hosted by Trevor Noah in Los Angeles on January 31, but the event has now been pushed back amid the recent spike in COVID cases in the US. A joint statement from the Recording Academy and CBS explained: "After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the 64th Annual Grammy Awards Show.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe National Board of Review has postponed its annual gala, which was scheduled to be held on Jan.

2022 Critics Choice Awards are being postponed amid COVID-19 concerns.With the Omicron variant and rising cases of the coronavirus, the organization has decided to put a pause on its upcoming in-person ceremony, which was scheduled to be hosted by Taye Diggs and Nicole Byer on Sunday, Jan. 9 in Los Angeles.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to postpone the Governors Awards, which bestow honorary Oscars, due to concerns over the omicron variant. New plans will be announced at a later date, an academy spokesperson said Wednesday.The untelevised but always star-studded event was scheduled for Jan.

Piers Morgan is hoping to see in the New Year in his home in Los Angeles.The 56-year-old owns a palatial five-bedroom property in a sought after neighbourhood which he expects to visit if travel restrictions allow. Speaking on Twitter, the presenter said that he and his wife Celia Walden and their nine-year-old daughter Elise have plans to visit their second home over the festive period.

which canceled the Awards Gala portion of the event that had been scheduled for Jan. 6.

BAFTA Los Angeles on Monday canceled its annual BAFTA Tea Party, which had been set for an in-person event January 8 at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, because of the rise of the latest Covid-19 variant.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorBAFTA Los Angeles’ annual awards season tea party, set for Jan. 8, has been canceled.In a letter to studio executives, BAFTA wrote, “In an abundance of caution, we have taken the difficult decision to halt our plans to host the BAFTA Tea Party on January 8 in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES -- It was a showdown between Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” and Jane Campion’s “ The Power of the Dog ” for members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the group managed to give top honors to both on Saturday.The Japanese film “Drive My Car” was named best picture and “The Power of the Dog,” a Western drama set in 1925, got runner up.

Best Film: “Drive My Car”Runner-up: “The Power of the Dog”Best Director: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”Runner-up: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”Best Actor: Simon Rex, “Red Rocket”Runner-up: Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”Best Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”Runner-up: Renate Reinsve, “The Worst Person in the World”Best Supporting Actor: (tie) Vincent Lindon, “Titane,” and Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, “West Side

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association is voting Saturday on the best films and performances of 2021. The group, made up of L.A. area print and digital journalists, is deliberating winners and runners-up throughout the morning in 14 categories including Best Picture.

Best Film:Runner-up:Best Director:Runner-up:Best Actor:Runner-up:Best Actress:Runner-up:Best Supporting Actor:Runner-up:Best Supporting Actress:Runner-up:Best Foreign-Language Film:Runner-up:Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film:Runner-up:Best Animated Film:Runner-up:Best Screenplay:Runner-up:Best Cinematography: Ari Wegner, “The Power of the Dog”Runner-up: Greig Fraser, “Dune”Best Editing:Runner-up:Best Music/Score:Runner-up:Best Production Design:Runner-up:New Generation Award:Douglas E. Edward

Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) voted on the best achievements in film in 2021 on Saturday, announcing its award winners through its Twitter account.As previously announced, Mel Brooks received the association’s 2021 career achievement award. This year’s winners will be honored alongside Brooks during a ceremony in 2022.“Mel Brooks is a national treasure and a comedy filmmaking legend,” LAFCA president Claudia Puig said in a Nov.