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* The [[w:Mark Twain Prize for American Humor|Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]] was not awarded during the pandemic.
* A number of events and award shows were either postponed, scaled back or cancelled outright because of the pandemic. The 2020 Miss Universe and Olympics had to be pushed back several months into 2021, though they were [[Artifact Title|still marketed]] as the 2020 editions. Other events such as [[E3]] and the [[Metro Manila Film Festival]] were held digitally, with film entries for the latter instead being distributed [[Direct to Video]] due to restrictions imposed by governments in order to contain the pandemic.
** E3 in particular was hit hard, with the show permanently ending after a failure to relaunch a live event in 2023. Sources disagree on what really did it in, with the ''Washington Post'' coting pre-pandemic industry pull out,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2023/12/12/e3-permanently-canceled/</ref> ''Variety'' citing the Pandemic,<ref>https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/e3-shut-down-permanently-esa-1235834829/amp/</ref> and ''Ars Technica'' citing both as factors.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/12/how-the-internet-killed-e3/</ref>
* The ceremony for the 2020 [[Seiyu Awards]] was cancelled, but the awards were still awarded.
* The [[Grammy Award]]s were postponed by a month and a half in 2020, and by two months in 2021. In both cases, COVID-19 was given as the reason for the delays.
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