Chelsea Handler, the six-time New York Times best-selling author and advocate, will be hosting the gala event for the third consecutive year.

While originally set to go out on Sunday, January 12, the 2025 Critics Choice Awards has been delayed as a result of the devastating LA wildfires. The event will now take place on Sunday, January 26, with live coverage going out on E! at 7pm ET / 4pm PT.

The Critics Choice Awards - initially scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 12, and then postponed to Jan. 26 due to the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles region for the past week - have been postponed again.

The Critics Choice Awards, honoring “the finest in cinematic achievement,” according to Film Affinity, are set to take place in February. The event is organized by the Critics Choice Association, a collective of broadcast, radio, film critics and journalists, who review both film and television, stated on the official Critics Choice website.

The Critics Choice Awards is one of many Hollywood events upended by the fires that began on Jan. 7, which have scorched large areas of Los Angeles County. With thousands of structures destroyed and mass evacuations affecting nearly 200,

Critics Choice Awards has announced the date of it's second postponement of the award show. It was previously postponed after wildfires raged through Los Angeles.

The Critics Choice Awards delayed their 30th annual ceremony for a second time on Tuesday, TheWrap has learned. The move comes amid the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires and nearly one week since the first delay was announced. A date for the ceremony will be confirmed later, according to an individual with knowledge of the situation.