Adrien Brody was visibly emotional while accepting the award for best actor on Wednesday, January 8, as fires continue to destroy Los Angeles.
“It’s been a tough day for me,” Brody, 51, admitted at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards in New York before breaking down in tears. people.
The actor composed himself and said, “It’s hard to accept something like this when there is so much suffering in the world. And, um, you know, my heart goes out to all the families and animals and our colleagues.”
Brody received the award for best actor for his role as Laszlo Toth c The Brutalist. However, the tragic events in LA were not far from his mind.
Los Angeles is witness to a frightening natural weather phenomenon – and its star community is affected. An extreme storm driven by Santa Ana’s gusts sparked fast-burning brush fires around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, with drivers on Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoning their cars to seek safety, according to (…)
“Most of the homes on the west side, on the beach side of (Pacific Coast Highway) are gone,” he said, of Diversity. “From the Palisades on, this is our community.”
Brody went on to praise the “courage” of first responders battling the fires that broke out in 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 bravery of the first responders and their victims and their meaningful work that deserves our recognition tonight,” Brody said during his speech Wednesday night.
As wildfires continue to spread through the Los Angeles area, several celebrities are taking to social media to share how they’ve been affected. “Evacuated and safe with kids, dogs and cats. We are praying and grateful for the first responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in a Wednesday, Jan. 8, statement on her Instagram Story. In a follow-up post, she (…)
Stars included Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore and Billy Crystal have lost homes in the fires.
Hilton shared via Instagram on Wednesday that she was “shattered beyond words” by the loss of her home. “Sitting with my family watching the news and seeing our home in Malibu burn to the ground on live TV is something no one should ever have to experience,” she wrote. “This home was where we made so many precious memories. This is where (her son) Phoenix took his first steps and where we dreamed of building a lifetime of memories with (daughter) London.”
Crystal and his wife Janice have lost their home of over four decades. “Words cannot describe the enormity of the devastation we are witnessing and experiencing,” they said in a statement to Us Weekly. “We grieve for our friends and neighbors who also lost their homes and businesses in this tragedy.”
The statement continued: “Janice and I have 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 cannot be taken away. We are heartbroken, of course, but with the love of our children and friends, we will get through it. We pray for the safety of firefighters and emergency responders. Pacific Palisades is a resilient community of amazing people, and we know that in time it will rise again. This is our home.”
