Oscars schedule announced: Awards dodge Olympics broadcast

The Oscars, the SAG awards, and several other awards shows announced their 2014 and 2015 schedules, which were tweaked to avoid conflicting with the next Winter Games.

By Associated Press / March 25, 2013

Daniel Day Lewis and Meryl Streep charm reporters in the press room at the Oscars on Feb. 24, 2013. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that next year?s Oscar ceremony will be held on March 2, 2014. The 2015 trophies will be handed out Feb. 22.

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Film fans can already mark their calendars for the Academy Awards in 2014 and 2015.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that next year's?Oscar?ceremony will be held March 2. The 2015 trophies will be handed out Feb. 22.

Awards shows, including the?Oscars, are juggling their calendars to avoid overlap with the 2014 Winter Olympics, which will be held Feb. 7-23 in Sochi, Russia.

The Screen Actors Guild and the Producers Guild of America each pushed up their 2014 awards ceremonies to the weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, on Jan. 18 and 19, respectively.

The Directors Guild will present its annual awards on Jan. 25, 2014. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has yet to announce when its Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held.

Nominations for the 86th annual Academy Awards will be announced Jan. 16, 2014, more than six weeks before the ceremony.

The Academy Awards in both 2014 and 2015 will be presented at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and broadcast live on ABC.

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