Author Stephen King has called for the cancellation of the 2025 Oscars amid the Los Angeles wildfires, which have killed at least 25 people. As two major blazes continue to burn across Altadena and Pacific Palisades, King revealed that he is opposed to the Academy Awards continuing as usual while Southern California battles one of its most destructive natural disasters in history. Out of respect for the thousands of heartbroken families that lost their homes and businesses or are displaced due to evacuation orders, King took to Bluesky to reveal he was “not voting in the Oscars this year.” “IMHO [in my humble opinion] they should cancel them. No glitz with Los Angeles on fire,” the novelist wrote on the platform, which he joined after recently deleting X.