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eppur_se_muova

(37,862 posts)
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 07:40 AM Thursday

Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton and Eugene Levy among celebrities to lose homes in California fires (Guardian)

I know some claim not to care about the lives of Hollywood celebrities, but this makes it clear that no one is safe from weather -- or climate change. If being rich, successful, famous, popular and living in a gated community can't keep you safe, what will ? Not political connections -- both Hunter Biden's and Kamala Harris's homes have been reported to be in danger. Natural disasters are great levelers, despite the "only the toughest survive" pseudo-macho pseudo-Darwinism of RWNJs.


Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton and Eugene Levy are among celebrities who have lost their homes in the wildfires tearing through several neighbourhoods of Los Angeles, which have killed at least five people and destroyed more than 1,100 buildings so far.

Six wildfires were raging across Los Angeles county. The affluent Pacific Palisades, where many famous Hollywood names live, has been devastated since the fires began on Tuesday. On Wednesday night, another fire broke out in Runyon Canyon in the Hollywood Hills, with the Los Angeles fire department ordering an immediate evacuation of parts of the neighbourhood.
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Other celebrities who have lost homes in the wildfires so far include the actors John Goodman and James Woods, reality stars Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, songwriter Diane Warren and TV host Ricki Lake.

The actor Jamie Lee Curtis shared on Wednesday that her home had survived, but said the Palisades church where she had attended sobriety meetings two decades ago had been destroyed. “Our beloved neighborhood is gone. Our home is safe. So many others have lost everything,” she wrote on Instagram.
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more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/09/celebrities-lose-homes-destroyed-california-fires-billy-crystal-cary-elwes-eugene-levy


Funny -- A-listers and also-rans, libs and wingnuts seem to be suffering the same consequences. I guess karma is a pretty shaky concept after all.

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dsc

(52,724 posts)
1. Woods had no insurance he said it was due to companies refusing him
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 08:12 AM
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I wonder how many others are in that boat.

obamanut2012

(27,953 posts)
8. He is probably lying, but he could self insurr
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 11:03 AM
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like people in Florida sometimes have to.

Liberal In Texas

(14,735 posts)
4. Well, they're actually people. We hear about them because they're well-known..
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 08:44 AM
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Many of the reports I've seen on MSNBC the reporters interviewed people that aren't "pampered millionaires."
And rich or not, losing your home is always a terrible thing. Can they more easily recover? Sure. But it's all terrible.


AZLD4Candidate

(6,435 posts)
5. I care more about the middle class family that loses everything than some well known millionaire with the
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 10:36 AM
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ability to rebuild.

But I know all people are equal, but some are more equal than others. The middle class that loses everything will now spend all their time and energy fighting insurance companies, government red tape, and tax changes that won't do shit if the fires are not declared a disaster area under Trump's tax code changes which were designed to punish California.

Sorry if I don't weep for millionaires that can afford to stay in posh hotels while their mansions are rebuilt.

AZLD4Candidate

(6,435 posts)
9. So if it's all millonaires and mansions, they have the ability to rebuild without breaking a sweat?
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 11:17 AM
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I need to show concern? Again, celebrities and millionaires get all attention. If there are people there of more modest means, then I will show them all the empathy I have.

As for the pampered wealthy, sorry. No can do.

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Liberal In Texas

(14,735 posts)
3. Mark Hamill posted he, his wife and his dog were fleeing for their lives.
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 08:39 AM
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His last post:

So they're safe.

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