Adrien Brody was visibly emotional while accepting the Best Actor award on Wednesday, January 8 Fires continue to destroy Los Angeles.
“It was a heavy day for me,” Brody, 51, admitted before breaking down in tears at the New York City Film Critics Circle Awards in New York City. people.
The actor regained his composure and said, “When there's so much sadness in the world, it's hard to accept something like that. And um, you know, my heart goes out to all the families and the animals and our colleagues.”
Brody was accepting the Best Actor award for his role Laszlo Toth in The Brutalist. However, the tragic events in LA were never far from his mind.
Los Angeles is seeing a scary natural weather event — and its star-studded community is affected. An extreme wind storm, driven by Santa Ana gusts, sparked a fast-burning brush fire around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, prompting drivers on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive to abandon their vehicles for safety, according to (…)
“Most of the houses on the west side, (Pacific Coast Highway) have gone along the beach,” he said, per diversity. “From the Palisades, this is our community.”
Brody went on to thank the “courage” of first responders battling the wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7. By late Wednesday, another fire had broken out in the Hollywood Hills, and more than 100,000 people were under evacuation orders, according to Associated Press.
“I just want to thank and commend the first responders for their bravery, and their sacrifice and their meaningful work that deserves our recognition tonight,” Brody said during his speech Wednesday night.
As wildfires rage across the Los Angeles region, several celebrities are taking to social media to share how they've been affected. “Evacuating and safe with kids, dogs and cats. Praying and thankful for the first responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in an Instagram Story statement on Wednesday, January 8. In a follow-up post, she (…)
co-stars Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore And Billy Crystal Houses were lost in the fire.
Hilton shared via Instagram on Wednesday that she is “heartbroken beyond words” to lose her home. “Sitting with my family, watching the news, and watching our home in Malibu burn to the ground on live TV is something no one should ever have to experience,” she wrote. “This home is where we have made so many precious memories. This is where (his son) Phoenix took his first steps and where we dreamed of creating lifelong memories with (daughter) London.
Crystal and his wife Janice Lost home of more than four decades. “Words cannot describe the devastation we are witnessing and feeling,” they said in a statement our weekly. “We grieve for our friends and neighbors who lost their homes and businesses in this tragedy.”
The statement continued, “Janice and I have lived in our home since 1979. We have raised our children and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was filled with love. Beautiful memories that cannot be taken away. We are definitely heartbroken but we will get through it with the love of our children and friends. We pray for the safety of firefighters and first responders. Pacific Palisades is a resilient community of amazing people and we know it will rise again in time. This is our home.”