Adrien Brody was visibly emotional whereas accepting a finest actor award on Wednesday, January 8, as fires proceed to decimate Los Angeles.
“It’s been a heavy day for me,” Brody, 51, admitted on the New York Metropolis Movie Critics Circle Awards in New York Metropolis earlier than crying, per Individuals.
The actor regained his composure and mentioned, “It’s laborious to just accept one thing like this when there’s a lot struggling on this planet. And um, you understand, my coronary heart goes out to all the households and the animals and our colleagues.”
Brody was accepting one of the best actor prize for his function as László Tóth in The Brutalist. Nonetheless, the tragic occasions in L.A. weren’t removed from his thoughts.
Los Angeles is seeing a daunting pure climate occasion — and its star-studded neighborhood has been impacted. An excessive wind storm, attributable to Santa Ana gusts, sparked fast-burning brush fires at round 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, with drivers alongside Sundown Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their automobiles to hunt security, in keeping with the […]
“A lot of the properties on the west facet, the seashore facet of the [Pacific Coast Highway] are gone,” he mentioned, per Selection. “From the Palisades on, that is our neighborhood.”
Brody went on to thank the “bravery” of first responders preventing the fires that broke out throughout Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7. By late Wednesday, one other hearth had damaged out within the Hollywood Hills, and over 100,000 persons are beneath evacuation orders, in keeping with the Related Press.
“I simply need to thank and commend the bravery of the primary responders, and their sacrifices and their significant work that deserves our recognition tonight,” Brody mentioned throughout his speech Wednesday night time.
As wildfires proceed to unfold throughout the Los Angeles space, a number of celebrities are taking to social media to share how they’ve been affected. “Evacuated and secure with youngsters, canine and cats. Praying and grateful for the primary responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in a Wednesday, January 8, Instagram Story assertion. In a follow-up put up, she […]
Stars together with Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore and Billy Crystal have misplaced properties within the fires.
Hilton shared by way of Instagram Wednesday that she was “heartbroken past phrases” over her dropping her house. “Sitting with my household, watching the information, and seeing our house in Malibu burn to the bottom on stay TV is one thing nobody ought to ever must expertise,” she wrote. “This house was the place we constructed so many treasured recollections. It’s the place [her son] Phoenix took his first steps and the place we dreamed of constructing a lifetime of recollections with [daughter] London.”
Crystal and his spouse Janice misplaced their house of over 4 a long time. “Phrases can’t describe the enormity of the devastation we’re witnessing and experiencing,”they mentioned in an announcement to Us Weekly. “We ache for our buddies and neighbors who’ve additionally misplaced their properties and companies on this tragedy.”
The assertion continued, “Janice and I lived in our house since 1979. We raised our kids and grandchildren right here. Each inch of our home was crammed with love. Lovely recollections that may’t be taken away. We’re heartbroken after all however with the love of our kids and buddies, we are going to get by way of this. We pray for the protection of the firefighters and first responders. The Pacific Palisades is a resilient neighborhood of wonderful individuals and we all know in time it’s going to rise once more. It’s our house.”
