UPDATED with FAA lifting the ground stop: The FAA’s nationwide ground stoppage has been lifted, but, coming on the eve of one of the entertainment industry’s busiest weekends, the residual effects could affect numerous entertainment industry events as organizers scramble to determine if attendees will be able to make it to the events.
One of the most high-profile events, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 17th Governors Awards, a must-attend for every A-lister in the industry with more than 225 invited guests for this year’s show, is scheduled for Sunday at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation in Hollywood. It features honorees Glenn Close, Floyd Norman, and Ridley Scott. Killer Films producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler will receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. With everyone in town, several events are planned around the Governors Awards, and attendees are scheduled for roundtables, Q&As and other FYC events.
Deadline reached out to the Academy for comment but had yet to hear back.
Another big event that could be impacted this weekend is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, set for Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Phil Collins, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan are on the performers list, along with honorees Celia Cruz, Fela Kuti, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Gram Parsons, Linda Creed, Arif Mardin, Jimmy Miller and Rick Rubin.
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Also scheduled for Monday in Los Angeles is the ninth annual Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema and Television, but good news here: Deadline understands there will be no impact on the program. Hosted by Roy Wood Jr., the 2026 honorees include Debbie Allen, Quinta Brunson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Rock, Lamorne Morris, Katori Hall, Jaafar Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Stephan James, Sophie Okonedo, Ato Essandoh, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri and Jaalen Best.
The American Film Market wraps up Sunday in Los Angeles. Foreign buyers and sellers set to fly home may be spending a longer time in L.A. than expected.
Also impacted is Vancouver International Airport. Traditionally the 8 p.m. flight from Vancouver to LAX has been called the “Hollywood flight,” typically filled with film and TV industry-ites returning from a week’s working in British Columbia.
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The industry also has two high-profile red carpets on Monday: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping in New York and The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth — Quentin Tarantino’s follow-up to Once Upon A Time in Hollywood — in Los Angeles.
Hunger Games distributor Lionsgate told Deadline it is monitoring the situation.
Netflix also is hosting a screening Saturday for AMPAS members of The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, in which Brad Pitt reprises his Oscar-winning role from Once Upon a Time.
Also impacted by the aircraft grounding is the Texas Book Festival, which takes place Saturday and Sunday in Austin. A number of attendees, including talent, heading to the Lone Star State were stranded at airports Friday.
Dominic Patten, Anthony D’Alessandro and Pete Hammond contributed to this report.
