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So I bet you’re wondering what’s happened with your favorite celebs in the past week or so? Well, if you want to do a quick catch up you can watch some of these videos with stories about Britney avoiding a hit and run charge, Halle Berry talks about the Malibu fires, Mariah Carey created a scent-scation this week plus more stories about Ellen, Kid Rock and others.
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It’s unlikely that you haven’t heard about the southern California wildfires that are putting Malibu in danger and forcing the evacuation of thousands of homes.
The latest news on the fires is that stars are not only being forced to evacuate their homes, but filming is being disrupted as well! If these fires continue to rage some of beloved television shows may end up having serious delays in production.
Richard Gere and John Travolta who flew into the Los Angeles area on Monday for the 11th annual Hollywood Awards got a fantastic aerial view of the fires. Gere was quoted by Access Hollywood as saying “It’s as far as you could see in both directions,” Travolta then added “The smoke was actually in the plane as we flew through. It was a large area, surprisingly large. I mean I never like to see that.”
Kelsey Grammer who was evacuated from his Malibu home told E! Online “All I see is smoke, but we’re okay.” he said of his family and pet dog.
It’s also been reported that land owned by Sean Penn has been fire blackened and two of his trailers parked on that land have been charred.
Other stars that have had to be evacuated include Mel Gibson, and Victoria Principal. Victoria was kind enough to have donated $50,000 to the Malibu evacuation center so that food and blankets could be provided to evacuees. She also donated another $10,000 to an animal shelter that rescues stray pets.
Television productions that have been affected by the fire include Big Shots which canceled a cycling sequence that was scheduled to shoot on Tuesday in Malibu; A scene on 24 with Kiefer Sutherland had to be canceled due to the smoke that was drifting in from nearby fires; and one of my favorite quirky shows, The Riches, had to rewrite a scene that was to include a real sheriffs deputy – naturally the deputies were dispatched from the set to help the fire crews and evacuation efforts.
Nobu, a famous Malibu restaurant closed it’s doors on Sunday, but it’s said that they will open again to serve meals to local firefighters.
I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that Marie Osmond took a tumble when she fainted after her performance on Dancing with the Stars last night.
She’s apparently feeling just fine now. She began to feel light headed and as she fainted she was thinking about the half million people being evacuated due to the Malibu fires – so I presume she thought that the air quality was poor and that’s what caused her to faint.
Fainting can be quite a normal reaction after exertion and as long as she didn’t experience any other adverse symptoms at the time or afterward such as heart palpitations she’s likely fine.
Have you ever been to the Burning Man festival? It’s an eight day festival in the Nevada Desert and it takes place from August 27th to September 3rd this year.
One of the highlights of the festival is the burning of a huge 40 foot tall man statue. The statue wasn’t supposed to be set aflame until Saturday, but an arsonist lit the statue and made it a burning man on Tuesday.
There are reports that festival participants were heard chanting “Save the man, save the man!”.
Authorities have charged Paul Addis for torching the statue and have charged him with Arson and a misdemeanor possession of fireworks.
The wooden statue will be rebuilt in time for the scheduled burning at 9 pm Saturday September 1st.
Nicole kidman was hospitalized for a short period of time at an L.A. hospital Thursday after a stunt car crashed into a light pole on the set of her new movie “The Invasion“.
She didn’t suffer any serious injuries and was scheduled to return to the set later that day.
“There was an accident involving a rigged camera vehicle on the set of The Invasion Wednesday night in Los Angeles,” Warner Bros. said in a statement Thursday. “Nicole Kidman was in the vehicle at the time of the accident and was taken to the hospital for evaluation. She was released shortly thereafter.”
A total of eight people were brought to the hospital after the accident, although no other actors were involved. Two crew members suffered minor injuries.
“The production took the appropriate steps following the incident to ensure the safety of the cast and crew,” the studio said in the statement.
The accident occurred shortly before 12:25 a.m. in downtown Los Angeles. An ambulance was sent to the scene, but not needed.
“There were no life-threatening injuries,” the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement. “They conducted a medical exam but the persons involved sought their own medical attention.”
Kidman’s husband, Keith Urban, was on set at the time, photos show. Earlier in the day, Kidman’s children Isabella, 14, and Conner, 11, were on the set, but had left before the accident.