Los Angeles: Hollywood stars who lost their homes in the fires – Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal among them

Famous Hollywood stars, including Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton are among the people who lost homes in the killings raging in his area. Dramatic is the situation of the devastating fires raging in Los Angeles and surrounding areas and have left behind already five dead, over 1,000 damaged buildings, while more than 137,000 residents have been forced to leave their homes. ADVERSE Some of the worst disasters occurred in the heart of the celebrity district, in the expensive suburb of Pacific Palisades, where a hell of a fire that began on Tuesday (07.01.2025) from a few hundred acres has spread to more than 15,000 and swallows homes and fortunes in its passage. Famous actors such as Jennifer Aniston, Bradley Cooper, Tom Hanks, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sadler, and Michael Keaton are also treated as having homes in Pacific Palisades. More than 1,000 houses have been destroyed as six separate fires burn in and around the city, which is scattered by film star villas. CORVERSE Crushed Billy Crystal and his wife, who lost their home in the Pacific Palisades area, where they lived since 1979. “Every corner of our house was full of love. We are devastated, but with the support of our children we will overcome it,” he said in a statement. Paris Hilton revealed that her house in Malibu was completely destroyed. “We watched our house burn alive on TV. It is something no one should have lived”, she wrote in her post on Instagram. See this post on Instagram. “In this house we built so many precious memories… My heart and prayers go to every family affected by these fires.” Actor James Woods , who starred in films such as “Nixon” and “Casino”, broke out in tears at CNN as he described the loss of his ownership in Pacific Palisades. “One day you swim in the pool and the next day everything is lost,” he told the network. He had uploaded to Instagram the moment the flames reached his home. See this post on Instagram. He wiped his tears as he described how his wife’s 8-year-old niece offered them her piggy bank to help them rebuild their home. Miles Teller, known from his role in Top Gun: Maverick, and his wife, Kelly Sperry, allegedly also lost their home in Pacific Palisades. By posting on Instagram, Sperry shared a photo of the fires and an injured heart emoji. See this post on Instagram. He urged people to leave a bowl of water for the animals left behind as they evacuate their homes. Other famous stars forced to leave their homes are Star Wars’ actor Mark Hamill and Schitt’s actor Creek Eugene Levy. In his post on Instagram, Hamil described the fire as the “most horrible” since 1993, when 18,000 acres were burned, destroying 323 houses in Malibu. See this post on Instagram. He said he had evacuated his house in Malibu “so last minute that [there were] small fires on both sides of the road”. Levi described in local media “black and intense” smoke over Temescal Canyon. “I couldn’t see flames, but smoke was very dark,” he told the Los Angeles Times. Actor Cameron Mathison also shared a screenshot from his home that turned into burning ruins. See this post on Instagram. “We are safe. But this is all that remains of our beautiful home,” wrote General Hospital’s protagonist. “Our home where our children grew up and where they wanted to raise their own once”. Legendary singer Diane Warren, who is behind classic hits such as If I Could Turn Back Time and I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing, also lost her home. She uploaded a photo of the beach near her home, saying that the property she had for nearly three decades was lost. Actor Steve Gutenberg, known from Police Academy, stayed to help firefighters by moving cars to open the way for upcoming fire vehicles. He urged Pacific Palisades’ fellow citizens to leave the keys in their abandoned cars so they could move them. Information from BBC