Adrien Brody was visibly emotional whereas accepting a finest actor award on Wednesday, January 8, as fires continue to decimate Los Angeles.
“It’s been a heavy day for me,” Brody, 51, admitted on the New York Metropolis Movie Critics Circle Awards in New York Metropolis earlier than crying, per People.
The actor regained his composure and stated, “It’s laborious to simply accept one thing like this when there’s a lot struggling on the earth. And um, you realize, my coronary heart goes out to the entire households and the animals and our colleagues.”
Brody was accepting the most effective actor prize for his function as László Tóth in The Brutalist. Nonetheless, the tragic occasions in L.A. weren’t removed from his thoughts.
“Many of the properties on the west aspect, the seashore aspect of the [Pacific Coast Highway] are gone,” he stated, per Variety. “From the Palisades on, that is our group.”
Brody went on to thank the “bravery” of first responders preventing the fires that broke out throughout Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7. By late Wednesday, one other fireplace had damaged out within the Hollywood Hills, and over 100,000 persons are below evacuation orders, based on the Associated Press.
“I simply need to thank and commend the bravery of the primary responders, and their sacrifices and their significant work that deserves our recognition tonight,” Brody stated throughout his speech Wednesday evening.
Stars together with Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore and Billy Crystal have lost homes in the fires.
Hilton shared through Instagram Wednesday that she was “heartbroken past phrases” over her shedding her dwelling. “Sitting with my household, watching the information, and seeing our dwelling in Malibu burn to the bottom on dwell TV is one thing nobody ought to ever should expertise,” she wrote. “This dwelling was the place we constructed so many treasured reminiscences. It’s the place [her son] Phoenix took his first steps and the place we dreamed of constructing a lifetime of reminiscences with [daughter] London.”
Crystal and his spouse Janice misplaced their dwelling of over 4 many years. “Phrases can not describe the enormity of the devastation we’re witnessing and experiencing,”they stated in a press release to Us Weekly. “We ache for our mates and neighbors who’ve additionally misplaced their properties and companies on this tragedy.”
The assertion continued, “Janice and I lived in our dwelling since 1979. We raised our kids and grandchildren right here. Each inch of our home was stuffed with love. Stunning reminiscences that may’t be taken away. We’re heartbroken in fact however with the love of our kids and mates, we are going to get by way of this. We pray for the protection of the firefighters and first responders. The Pacific Palisades is a resilient group of wonderful folks and we all know in time it should rise once more. It’s our dwelling.”
Adrien Brody was visibly emotional whereas accepting a finest actor award on Wednesday, January 8, as fires continue to decimate Los Angeles.
“It’s been a heavy day for me,” Brody, 51, admitted on the New York Metropolis Movie Critics Circle Awards in New York Metropolis earlier than crying, per People.
The actor regained his composure and stated, “It’s laborious to simply accept one thing like this when there’s a lot struggling on the earth. And um, you realize, my coronary heart goes out to the entire households and the animals and our colleagues.”
Brody was accepting the most effective actor prize for his function as László Tóth in The Brutalist. Nonetheless, the tragic occasions in L.A. weren’t removed from his thoughts.
“Many of the properties on the west aspect, the seashore aspect of the [Pacific Coast Highway] are gone,” he stated, per Variety. “From the Palisades on, that is our group.”
Brody went on to thank the “bravery” of first responders preventing the fires that broke out throughout Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 7. By late Wednesday, one other fireplace had damaged out within the Hollywood Hills, and over 100,000 persons are below evacuation orders, based on the Associated Press.
“I simply need to thank and commend the bravery of the primary responders, and their sacrifices and their significant work that deserves our recognition tonight,” Brody stated throughout his speech Wednesday evening.
Stars together with Paris Hilton, Mandy Moore and Billy Crystal have lost homes in the fires.
Hilton shared through Instagram Wednesday that she was “heartbroken past phrases” over her shedding her dwelling. “Sitting with my household, watching the information, and seeing our dwelling in Malibu burn to the bottom on dwell TV is one thing nobody ought to ever should expertise,” she wrote. “This dwelling was the place we constructed so many treasured reminiscences. It’s the place [her son] Phoenix took his first steps and the place we dreamed of constructing a lifetime of reminiscences with [daughter] London.”
Crystal and his spouse Janice misplaced their dwelling of over 4 many years. “Phrases can not describe the enormity of the devastation we’re witnessing and experiencing,”they stated in a press release to Us Weekly. “We ache for our mates and neighbors who’ve additionally misplaced their properties and companies on this tragedy.”
The assertion continued, “Janice and I lived in our dwelling since 1979. We raised our kids and grandchildren right here. Each inch of our home was stuffed with love. Stunning reminiscences that may’t be taken away. We’re heartbroken in fact however with the love of our kids and mates, we are going to get by way of this. We pray for the protection of the firefighters and first responders. The Pacific Palisades is a resilient group of wonderful folks and we all know in time it should rise once more. It’s our dwelling.”