The famous Hollywood sign, Universal Studios Hollywood, Hollywood premieres, events like the Critics Choice Awards and productions like Suits: L.A. shut down as the Pacific Palisades, Eaton Canyon (Altadena) and three smaller wildfires rage through Los Angeles.
The Pacific Palisades wildfire has destroyed 1000 structures and grown to more than 17,000 acres so far.
Mark Hamill, Eugene Levy and tens of thousands more residents in the Pacific Palisades area have evacuated their homes.
Jeff Bridges, Paris Hilton, ‘Diane Warren and Milo Ventimiglia’s Malibu houses burned to the ground. and Leighton Meester and Adam Brody’s Palisades home and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anthony Hopkins and Joshua Jackson’s’ Palisades homes, as well.
Total destruction in Malibu:
Total destruction in Malibu. These were beachfront homes on Pacific Coast Highway. #palisadesfire pic.twitter.com/DhQnJMmoUW
— Liz Kreutz (@LizKreutzNews) January 8, 2025
In Eaton Canyon near Pasadena the fire has grown to more than 10,000 acres so far and tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated.
Mandy Moore’s Altadena home is damaged and her kids’ school burned to the ground in the Eaton fire.
A new wildfire called Sunset erupted in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, near the Hollywood sign, but that fire is contained.
Hollywood red-carpet premieres for Unstoppable, Wolf Man, Better Man, new medical drama The Pitt, On Call and Pamela Anderson’s The Last Showgirl are cancelled, according to Deadline: Hollywood.
Hollywood awards season events like the AFI Awards luncheon, the BAFTA Tea Party and the Critics Choice Awards have been cancelled (or postponed), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Jimmy Kimmel Live, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, Hacks, Abbott Elementary, George & Mandy’s First Marriage, Doctor Odyssey and Suits: L.A., among others, have halted production, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Updated at 5:00 pm (PT), January 8, 2025.
Updated at 9:00 am (PT), January 9, 2025.