The long awaited award season is here, but watching stars walk across the red carpet in designer outfits, while receive expensive gift baskets, might not feel right as thousands of Los Angeles residents have been displaced from their homes.
While firefighters continue to try and contain the fires, should the show still go on? Should the award shows be pushed back or canceled all together?
Here is what fans and some celebrities have to say on the matter.
Should the award shows continue?
In response to the Critics Choice Awards being postponed, some X users feel that it should just be canceled.
One user wrote, “how about cancel it and use the money to help people in need in California!!”
Some award season events have already been canceled. Variety confirmed that Sony Music, Universal and Warner Music have all canceled their Grammy Week events due to the fires.
CNN also reported that the Oscars nominees luncheon has been canceled.
On Instagram, “Hacks” actress, Jean Smart, called for television networks to not broadcast the awards and instead donate money to the fires.
However, according to Buisness Insider, others believe that canceling the award shows isn’t the best option.
Film critic Brandon Lewis, wrote on X, “I’m just wondering if they should push awards season stuff back at least a week. … All of that can wait.”
Some X users noted that canceling the award shows would not be beneficial, but instead could be used in a way to aid in relief efforts.
One X user suggested have them be a telethon that donates money to the victims of the fires.
Are any award shows trying to help relief efforts?
According to CNN, the Grammys are the first show to announce that they will go on, however, it will be “reimagined to put the spotlight on first responders and also include a charitable component.”
Last week, Recording Academy and MusiCares announced that they have pledged $1 million in support for music professionals affected by the fires, launching the Los Angeles Fire Relief.
This will “provide both immediate relief and long-term support to individuals and families in the music industry.”
The actors’ union, Screen Actors Guild, also donated $1 million to the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Foundation for fire relief, per CNN.
