Anthony Hopkins, Jeff Bridges, more stars lose homes to LA fires
The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
LOS ANGELES – The list of Hollywood stars whose homes were lost in the Los Angeles fires continues to grow.
That list includes actor Anthony Hopkins, whose home burned to the ground; Jeff Bridges, whose Malibu home was lost in the Pacific Palisades fire and Candy Spelling, who lost her home on Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway, Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal, Eugene Levy, John Goodman, Anna Faris, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag and Kim Carnes.
Hilton posted a news video clip on Instagram Wednesday and said it included footage of her destroyed home in Malibu.
“This home was where we built so many precious memories. It’s where Phoenix took his first steps and where we dreamed of building a lifetime of memories with London,” she said, referencing her young children.
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Jeff Bridges and his siblings lost a family Malibu home to the wildfires, according to his publicist. The house, on the Pacific Coast Highway, had belonged to their parents and was not a primary residence for the siblings.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Sharon Stone kick off relief efforts
Jamie Lee Curtis, who was among the stars who evacuated due to the Palisades fire, says she and her family are pledging $1 million to start a “fund of support” for those affected by the blazes burning in and around Los Angeles.
Jamie Lee Curtis presents the international star award during the 36th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Palm Springs, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
The actor announced the pledge on Instagram Thursday. The previous night, she tearfully appeared on “The Tonight Show” and urged people to help communities affected by the fires.
“As you know, where I live is on fire right now,” Curtis said. “This is literally where I live, everything – the market I shop in, the schools my kids go to, friends, many, many, many, many, many friends have lost their homes now.”
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Halle Berry also took to Instagram to ask for empathy as the natural disaster continues. The actress shared photos of devastation in what she described as her own neighborhood.
Halle Berry attends the “Never Let Go” world premiere at Regal Times Square on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
“This is from my hood,” Berry wrote. “Look at the sky. That is smoke, not clouds, from a fire that has consumed over 2,900 acres and remains uncontained. It’s left so many homes and buildings without power and killed at least two people, with more left with significant injuries.”
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Actress Sharon Stone is reportedly helping coordinate relief efforts for displaced residents. Stone and local businesses are organizing collection centers for those who have lost their homes to the fires, which have killed at least five people and destroyed more than 1,000 structures, mostly homes.
“We’re loading up trucks and taking everything we have over to the Coop,” a store on Beverly Boulevard, Stone said Wednesday on NewsNation’s news-talk show “Banfield.”
The Coop is serving as a distribution center for donations including clothing, shoes and bedding.
In a post Thursday on the Threads app, Berry said she was “packing up my entire closet and heading over to the Coop.” She also thanked Stone for her “leadership.”
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In another Threads post, Carnes wrote that she lost her Palisades home.
“My heart … The Palisades, our forever home, gone with the horrendous fire,” the singer posted. “Many best friends have lost their homes… others have evacuated. Thankfully no one is hurt. My heart goes out to those who have sadly lost their lives. Pacific Palisades was a gem. Not many places in the country like it. My heart is heavy. Everyone is in shock … the sky is heavy with black smoke. The community is resilient, but this is too much! My hometown will never be the same.”
‘Hacks’ star urges networks to cancel awards shows, donate to relief efforts
“Hacks” star and Golden Globe winner Jean Smart is urging networks to cancel forthcoming Hollywood awards shows and donate to victims of the wildfires and firefighters.
“With ALL due respect, during Hollywood’s season of celebration, I hope any of the networks televising the upcoming awards will seriously consider NOT televising them and donating the revenue they would have garnered to victims of the fires and the firefighters,” the actress wrote on her Instagram account.
Among upcoming awards shows are the Screen Actors Guild Awards, set to stream on Netflix on Feb. 23, and the Academy Awards, scheduled to air on ABC on March 2. The Oscar nominations announcement has been pushed back from Jan. 17 to Jan. 19.
Smart won her second Golden Globe for best actress in a musical or comedy for her work in the third season of the Max series “Hacks.” The popular show is among those whose production has been paused due to the blazes, along with NBC’s “Suits: L.A.” and ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. (With CNS report)
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