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WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA, COME COUNTLESS PERSONAL STORIES OF LOSS, GRIEF, SHOCK.  AS WELL AS IN SOME CASES, GRATITUDE.    AMONG THOSE IMPACTED IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND HOLLYWOOD AREA, NOT SURPRISINGLY ARE SOME FAMOUS NAMES  : CELEBRITIES SHARING THEIR ACCOUNTS OF THE DEVASTATING SCENES – SOMETHING MANY SAY ARE LIKE OUT OF A MOVIE.  WE KEEPING THE TERM : THE APOCOLYPSE.

“THIS IS US” STAR MANDY MOORE POSTING VIDEOS TO HER INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT OF THE FIERY DESTRUCTION IN ALTADENA, WRITING “I LOVE YOU, ALTADENA. GRATEFUL FOR MY FAMILY AND PETS GETTING OUT LAST NIGHT BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. HONESTLY, I’M IN SHOCK AND FEELING NUMB FOR ALL, SO MANY HAVE LOST, INCLUDING MY FAMILY… OUR COMMUNITY IS BROKEN BUT WE WILL BE HERE TO REBUILD TOGETHER.”

PARIS HILTON POSTING A NEWS CLIP FROM THE LOCAL ABC STATION THAT SHOWED HER FAMILY’S HOME IN MALIBU GETTING DESTROYED BY FLAMES, WRITING  QUOTE “SEEING OUR HOME BURN TO THE GROUND ON LIVE TV IS SOMETHING NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE. THE DEVASTATION IS UNIMAGINABLE. TO KNOW SO MANY ARE WAKING UP TODAY WITHOUT THE PLACE THEY CALLED HOME IS TRULY HEARTBREAKING.”

AND ACTOR BILLY CRYSTAL RELEASING THIS STATEMENT WITH HIS WIFE AFTER LOSING HIS PACIFIC PALISADES HOME.

SAYING QUOTE

“JANICE AND I LIVED IN OUR HOME SINCE 1979. WE RAISED OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN HERE. EVERY INCH OF OUR HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH LOVE.

BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES THAT CAN’T BE TAKEN AWAY. WE ARE HEARTBROKEN OF COURSE BUT WITH THE LOVE OF OUR CHILDREN AND FRIENDS WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS.”

AND ACTOR JAMES WOODS, WHO ONCE STARRED ON THE TELEVISION SHOW **SHARK**,  OPENLY WEPT IN AN INTERVIEW ON CNN AS HE TALKED ABOUT  HIS IMMENSE LOSS AND THE SEARCH FOR HIS NEIGHBORS.

AS THE FIRES SPREAD ACROSS THE HUB OF THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD – ORGANIZERS HAVE POSTPONED MULTIPLE MOVIE PREMIERES, TV PRODUCTIONS, AND AWARD SHOWS.  THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY., ARE NOW MOVED TO JANUARY 26TH, AND THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT,  PUSHED BACK TWO DAYS TO JANUARY 19TH.  AN NHL HOCKEY GAME INVOLVING THE LOS ANGELES KINGS WAS POSTPONED LAST NIGHT.  ALSO THE N-F-L IS MONITORING THE CONDITIONS AS THE LOS ANGELES RAMS ARE SLATED TO HOST A PLAYOFF GAME ON MONDAY NIGHT.