As wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area, Angelina Jolie and his son Knox they go out of their way to help.
Jolie, 49, and Knox, 16, were spotted at the grocery store loading up on essentials, including water. Daily Mail Friday, January 10.
“We have people in our house,” he said in a video taken from the exit as he packed his luggage. When asked if she plans to donate to relief efforts, she replied: “Yes, I will, I'm taking care of people close to me right now and keeping them in my home.”
Knox is one of six children Jolie shares with her ex-husband Brad Pitt. The exes are also parents to sons Maddox, 23, and Pax, 21, and daughters Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 18, and Knox's twin sister Vivienne.
Mario Tama/Getty Images Tens of thousands of people, including A-list celebrities, have been evacuated following the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, leaving many wondering how to help those in need. Local residents were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses after gusty winds fueled the fires on Tuesday morning, January 7. […]
The forest fire crisis Wildfires have been raging in the Los Angeles area since Tuesday, January 7, as high winds fueled fast-burning brush fires and a region that hasn't seen significant rain in months.
As of Friday, January 10, 10 people were dead, 9,000 structures were damaged and 150,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders. Los Angeles Times. Jolie's $25 million home in Los Feliz is outside the evacuation zones.
Due to the locations of the fires, many other celebrities were not so lucky, many of whom live in the affluent Pacific Palisades section of Los Angeles. Paris Hilton, Anna Faris, Heidi Monday and Spencer Pratt, Billy Crystal, Mel Gibson and Milo Ventimiglia are among the celebrities who have confirmed that they have lost their homes.
“Sitting with my family watching the news and burning down our house in Malibu on live TV is something no one should have to experience,” Hilton wrote on Instagram on Wednesday. “This house was where we made so many precious memories. This is where Phoenix takes its first steps and where we dream of creating a lifetime of memories with London.
Los Angeles has seen a frightening natural weather event, and its star-studded community has been hit hard. Around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, a strong windstorm driven by Santa Ana winds fueled fast-burning brush fires, prompting drivers to flee their cars along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive to seek safety. […]
Meanwhile, Jolie isn't the only celebrity to lend a helping hand. Jamie Lee Curtis announced on Thursday He donated 1 million dollars to relief efforts. Sharon Stone works with LA store The Coop to collect donations for displaced people and Halle Berry said he donated “his entire closet.”
In general, CBS News More than 200,000 people are under evacuation warnings and 166,000 more have been ordered to evacuate their homes, it said.
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