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

Will the show go on? A report in the U.K. tabloid The Sun insisting the Academy Awards were “on the verge of being canceled” over fallout from the deadly Los Angeles wildfires began to gain traction online Tuesday afternoon.

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,

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.