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Jean Smart has a message for TV executives in the middle ongoing fires in Los Angeles.
“Heads up! With ALL due respect, during Hollywood’s holiday season, I hope that any of the TV networks airing the upcoming awards will seriously consider NOT airing them and donating the proceeds to fire victims and firefighters.” Hacks star wrote over Instagram on Wednesday, December 8.
Smart’s plea is different Hollywood events were affected at least four fires in Los Angeles. The Critics Choice Awards — scheduled for Sunday, January 12 and airing on E! — were delayed, as were the Oscar nominations announcements. The big reveal was supposed to take place on Friday January 17th and is now written for Sunday January 19th. The Hollywood Reporter. (The Oscars are scheduled to air March 2 on ABC.)
“This unfolding tragedy has already had a profound impact on our community. All our thoughts and prayers are with those battling the devastating fires and with all those affected,” CEO Critics Choice Awards Joey Berlin he said in a statement. The Critics Choice Awards will now air live on January 26.
As the wildfires continue to spread through the Los Angeles area, several celebrities are taking to social media to share how they’ve been affected. “Evacuated and safe with children, dog and cats. I am praying and thankful for the first responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in an Instagram Story statement on Wednesday, Jan. 8. In a subsequent post she (…)
Before the fires on Tuesday, January 7, Smart, 73, was. celebrated at the Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5, where she won Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Comedy for Hacks. She took home the prize Only murders in the building‘with Selena Gomez and Abbott Elementary School‘with Quinta Brunson.
Numerous Hollywood stars were affected by the fires in LA, driven by strong Santa Ana winds. Another fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills, a neighborhood popular with celebrities, on Wednesday night.
Dancing with the stars host Julianne Hough was among the Hollywood Hills residents who evacuated Wednesday area.
“Okay, there’s a fire right outside my house,” Hough said via Instagram Stories in a clip filmed at her home. “We’re with friends, but anyone who’s in the Hollywood Hills, I had an intuitive feeling that we’re in a bowl with how everything surrounds Hollywood, and now it’s in the center of Hollywood.” Everyone just has to evacuate. Go, go, go, go. Right now.”
Hollywood productions and industry events have been halted amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. “The past two days have brought unprecedented risk to life and property from wildfires in many areas while placing extreme demands on public safety personnel,” the nonprofit Film LA wrote in a production alert on Wednesday, Jan. 8. “With the deepest appreciation for (…)
After sharing the news, Hough updated her followers with a second video taken in the car. She was with her dog Sunny.
“Sunny and I are safe and we’re going, but the reason I’m saying ‘evacuate now,’ even if it’s not near you, if you have anywhere to go, is because: There’s traffic,” she said. “And you’ll be stuck in traffic.” And that’s not good. So everybody, please stay safe and send prayers to all the first responders and firefighters and just stick together — you know, like, the only thing you can do is be there for each other.”
Other stars affected by the LA fires include Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Spencer Pratt and Heidi Monday.
