Celebrities among those who lost homes in devastating Los Angeles fires

Name: ‘It's Armageddon’: Los Angeles surrounded by out-of-control wildfires
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Celebrities flee Los Angeles fires, lose houses as Hollywood events are scrapped

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‘It's Armageddon’: Los Angeles surrounded by out-of-control wildfires

Associated Press

Published: 9:25am, 9 Jan 2025Updated: 3:36pm, 9 Jan 2025

Fires burning in and around Los Angeles have claimed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton and led to sweeping disruptions of entertainment events.

Three awards ceremonies planned for this weekend have been postponed. Next week’s Oscar nominations have been delayed. And tens of thousands of Angelenos are displaced and awaiting word Thursday on whether their homes survived the flames – some of them the city’s most famous denizens.

More than 1,900 structures have been destroyed and the number is expected to increase. More than 130,000 people are also under evacuation orders in the metropolitan area, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, a number that continues to shift as new fires erupt.

Late Wednesday, a fire in the Hollywood Hills was scorching the hills near the famed Hollywood Bowl and Dolby Theatre, which is the home of the Academy Awards.

Here are how the fires are impacting celebrities and the Los Angeles entertainment industry:

A wildfire burns homes on a hilltop in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles. Photo: AP

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