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This combination photo shows celebrities, Scott Baio, Guillermo del Toro, Caitlyn Jenner and Kim Kardashian, Alyssa Milano and Rainn Wilson, who have been forced to evacuate their homes to a fast-moving wildfire in Southern California. (AP Photo) The Associated Press
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rich or not, there was little reprieve Saturday from the California wildfires sweeping through towns as different from the star-filled oceanside enclave of Malibu and the modest neighborhoods and the north.
Lady Gaga, Martin Sheen, and Kim Kardashian West were among the celebrities who were joined by the tributary of the United States. Stars went online to share their worries, with some sat to good news Saturday.
Alyssa Milano, who on Friday was "in jeopardy" but she had gotten to help her.
"My house is still standing, I'm on my way to bring firefighters water and food," she tweeted. She had said that she was facing this awful disaster.
Others were left to wait.
"I am thinking deeply of everyone who is suffering today from these abominable fires and grieving the loss of their homes or loved ones," Lady Gaga tweeted. "God Bless You." "I'm here with you, I'm going to pray for you."
There were shout-outs as well as the firefighters struggling to contain the fires in what were described as especially difficult conditions.
"These guys are heroes," Guillermo del Toro filmmaker posted on Twitter. His so-called "Bleak House," which contains his collection of items too scary to be kept in the home, was endangered.
Shannen Doherty, who'd been out of town when the fire broke out, said online that her friends staying at her house Malibu evacuated safely with her dogs. She expressed gratitude to firefighters "putting their lives on the line for all of us" and sympathy for others affected by the fire.
Sheen ("The West Wing," '' 'Apocalypse Now "), interviewed by a TV station on the beach Friday night after fleeing his home, said the fire was the worst he has ever seen.
Charlie Sheen, actor Charlie Sheen, tweeted that he was unable to contact his father, and the Los Angeles Fox affiliate KTTV tracked him down. Martin Sheen gave to his wife, Janet, were safe and ready to sleep in their car by the beach.
The status of Martin Sheen's home was unknown Saturday.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" Doherty star said her "heart is ripped apart" by the loss of a Malibu home where she and husband Kurt Iswarienko were married in 2011, posting on Instagram a wedding-day photo of the smiling couple on a tree- lined path at the property apparently owned by a friend.
She had previously found refuge in the house when her father died in 2010, Doherty wrote.
"It's the place I felt my dad with me." "It's gone." I'm devastated by all that's happening, "she said.
The blaze started Thursday night and by Friday had thrown to Malibu and the Pacific Ocean, prompting evacuations in Malibu, Calabasas, Agoura Hills and other nearby areas. Authorities said Saturday that two people were dead in the fire and at least 150 homes burned.
Officials stressed late Saturday that is expected to resume on Sunday and mandatory evacuations must remain in place.
In Northern California, the small inland town of Paradise was virtually wiped out by a fast-moving blaze that destroyed more than 6,700 buildings and demand nine lives as of Saturday.
Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight on "The Office," he said, "They're going to be flaming away from the creek.
"Especially the residents of Paradise who have lost lives," he tweeted.
Malibu's fame inevitably called attention to the state of its multimillion-dollar homes, including one made famous in ABC's reality dating series "The Bachelor."
The show's producers said in a statement Saturday that, with the area closed to traffic, they did not know the condition of what is primarily a private residence. They said their main concern is with the family who have been displaced, their neighbors, and all the communities affected by this tragic fire.
Also left waiting was Caitlyn Jenner, whose hilltop home appeared intact when it was shot by a photographer for The Associated Press on Saturday morning. Jenner's representative noted that the Olympic gold medalist would not be allowed to return to it.
Even outside the evacuation zone, the impact of the fire was being felt by others in the entertainment industry.
"The world is literally on fire right now and it is becoming more and more common in California," Natalie Portman actress said Friday night in Hollywood at the American Film Institute's Fest premiere of her film "Vox Lux."
She said she was hoping for the best for friends and everyone else affected by the blaze. She said she would like to talk to her about the fires because "they need to feel safe" and also understand it.
Paramount Pictures canceled Sunday's premiere of the movie "Instant Family" in Los Angeles due the wildfire. The studio said it would be donated food for the American Red Cross, and would screen the film at an evacuation center.
Kardashian West posted video on Pray for Calabasas. She said she landed back home, spent one hour packing and evacuated shortly afterward.
In addition to homes destroyed, Paramount Ranch's "Western Town," a landmark movie rental dating back to 1927 that included a jail, hotel and saloon, burned to the ground. The TV series "Westworld" is among the many productions that have been filmed at the ranch in the mountains west of Los Angeles.
AP Entertainment Writer Ryan Pearson contributed to this report.
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