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The 2022Academy Awards will be occurring a little later than usual.
On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC announced that next year’sceremony will take place on March 27— one month later than the originally planned date of Feb. 22.
Additionally,the Oscarsshortlist will be announced on Dec. 21, while the Governors Awards will take place Jan. 15.
Nominees will be announced on Feb. 8, and the Oscar Nominees Luncheon is set for March 7.
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In aThursday press release, the Academy and ABC noted that the later ceremony date did not mean the window of eligibility would change.
“Theeligibility period for Academy Awards®consideration will return to the standard December 31 deadline: a feature film must have a qualifying release date between March 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021,” the groups stated.
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It marked the fourth time a delay has happened in the annual event’s 92-year history. The first occurred in 1938 due to flooding in L.A. and the next two followed afterMartin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968 and PresidentRonald Reagan’s attempted assassination in 1981.
A full list key dates for events surrounding the 2022 Oscars is shown below:
source: people.com
