Los Angeles – Actors, musicians and other celebrities are among the tens of thousands of people who had to flee the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles on Wednesday. A number of famous people have reported that their house burned down. The capital of show business is plagued by several still uncontrolled fires, due to which events in Hollywood are also canceled. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has postponed the announcement of Oscar nominations, and the premiere of The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson, has also been canceled, agencies and media say.
Hundreds of homes burned in Pacific Palisades, an upscale neighborhood on the city’s east side popular with celebrities. Millions of dollars worth of structures stood on the hillsides there. The famous Hollywood Hills and Studio City neighborhoods intrinsically linked to the film industry were also engulfed in flames last night. The fire also engulfed Altadena and Sylmar on the northern edge of Los Angeles.
Actor Mark Hamill, who played the role of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars space saga, he announced to his followers on Instagram that he and his wife Marila and dog Trixie fled their Malibu home down a road lined by active wildfires. “We evacuated Malibu at the last minute. There were small fires on both sides of the road as we approached the Pacific Coast Highway,” Hamill wrote. Malibu is located on the coast, east of the Pacific Palisades.
Actress and singer Many Moore to her followers on Instagram she sharedthat she fled the elements with her children and pets. According to her, the fire leveled Altaden, where she lives. “I’m thankful my family and pets got out before it was too late,” Moore wrote. “Honestly, I’m in shock and I feel numb when I think about what so many people have lost, including my family. My children’s school is gone. Our favorite restaurants are razed to the ground,” added the actress under the trigger shots.
Other celebrities who lost their homes include actors Adam Brody, Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton, the heir to part of the Hilton hotel empire. “The devastation we are experiencing and witnessing is beyond words,” Crystal told People magazine.
As firefighters battled the flames in hurricane-force winds, Hollywood canceled scheduled events. The announcement of the nominations for the Oscars has been moved from next week to January 19. The awarding of the most important film awards chosen by critics, the Critics’ Choice Awards, has been postponed from Sunday to January 26.
Filming in Los Angeles for shows such as The Surgeons and Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night entertainment show is now at a standstill. The film studio Paramount canceled the gala screening of the singer Robbie Williams’ film Better Man, and the company Netflix canceled the conference to award the film Emilia Pérez with the Golden Globe. Universal Studios theme park has temporarily closed its gates due to extreme winds and fires.
At least five people have died in wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Flames are destroying the most picturesque neighborhoods of the second most populous city in the United States. About 130,000 people had to leave their homes. Due to the fires, US President Joe Biden canceled his final trip abroad, which was to be headed to Italy.
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Source: www.ceskenoviny.cz
