L.A. Wildfires

UPDATE, with official line-ups: FireAid has announced the official line-ups for January 30 with Billie Eilish, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gracie Abrams, Jelly Roll, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby, Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Sting, and Tate McRae playing at Intuit Dome…

UPDATED with latest: As the Santa Ana winds quieted over the weekend, there was more good news regarding containment figures for both the Palisades and Eaton blazes. The former fire is 52% contained (up from 43% yesterday) and the latter fire is contained at 81% (risen from 73%). The reprieve is…

UPDATED, 5:41 p.m.: This year’s AFI Awards luncheon will now take place on Thursday, February 6, AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale announced on Friday evening. Like many award shows around town, they’d been delayed by the L.A. wildfires, which continue to approach containment. The luncheon had…

UPDATED with new date: The Critics Choice Association said it has rescheduled its 30th annual Critics Choice Awards for Friday, February 7. Chelsea Handler will remain as host of the ceremony, which will broadcast live on E! from 7-10 p.m. ET/PT from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Organizers…

The Weeknd is the latest celeb to pledge their support to wildfire relief efforts in Southern California. Through his XO Humanitarian Fund and the World Food Program USA, the 4x Grammy winner (whose real name is Abel Tesfaye) has donated $1 million to the LAFD Foundation, GoFundMe’s Wildfire…

With more than 100,000 impacted by the recent Southern California wildfires, many are struggling to get in the awards season spirit. After the 97th Academy Awards previously delayed nominations and extended voting amid the disaster, Stephen King suggested the event should be canceled altogether…

EXCLUSIVE: Hours after Justin Baldoni filed a $400 million defamation and extortion lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, the It Ends With Us star and her legal team have clapped back — hard. "This latest lawsuit from Justin Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and its associates is another…

The PGA Tour said Thursday that its is moving the location of next month’s Genesis Invitational, the annual tour stop at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, CA hosted by Tiger Woods. The move comes after the horrific Palisades Fire that erupted in that community on January 7, killing at…

As Southern California attempts to rebuild in the wake of last week’s wildfires, Taylor Swift is stepping up. On Thursday, the 14x Grammy winner spotlighted some of the organizations she’s donated to who are helping “communities rebuild” in the wake of the fires, urging her 282 million followers…

Josh Brolin, Ben Schwartz, Jean Smart, Ke Huy Quan, and many more actors, musicians, comedians, and content creators are set to participate in LA Wildfire Relief LIVE, a livestreamed telethon event in support of wildfire recovery efforts. Broadcasting live from Rosewood Residences Beverly…

We all knew a lawsuit from Justin Baldoni against Blake Lively was coming over what did or did not go down on the friction-filled set of It Ends With Us and the PR aftermath, and now it has — with a $400 million price tag attached. “At bottom, this is not a case about celebrities sniping at each…

Following the recent launch of the SoCal Fire Fund, a wildfire relief initiative of CAA Foundation, the LA Unified School District and Community Organized Relief Effort, stars like Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, and Larry David are donating their time for a good cause. They’re participating in a…