Fires Chase Celebs Off Sets, Into Hotels

TV Production Disrupted; Star-Studded Rehab Clinic Evacuated

(AP)  The rich and famous of Hollywood couldn't evade Southern California's devastating fires. Production on TV series has been disrupted and rafts of stars have traded their beachfront homes for shelter in posh hotels just outside the fire zone.

Kelsey Grammer was among those who fled Malibu, the celebrity-favored oceanfront town that also is home to Mel Gibson, Cher, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Aniston, Mel Brooks, Ryan O'Neal and more.

Grammer made light of the evacuation for the sake of his 6-year-old, Mason.

"My daughter was nervous in the beginning," he told the E! entertainment channel Monday. "I said, 'Oh, honey, it's nothing. Just relax. Come on, we're going to have some fun.' So she shined the flashlight around and we got out... We're safe. We got the dog, we got the kids."

His house remained untouched Tuesday, said his publicist, Stan Rosenfield.

Promises, the Malibu rehabilitation center where Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan have sought treatment, moved staff members and about 18 patients.

"We evacuated Sunday morning before the order came because the conditions there were very frightening," Promises founder and CEO Richard Rogg told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "The power went out, the winds were blowing at hurricane force and you could see flames coming over the mountain top."

Rooms were booked for patients in an "upscale hotel" near the Promises facility in west Los Angeles, where staff members "regrouped and tried to keep the schedule going as normally as possible," Rogg said.

Promises, which said its Malibu facility was undamaged Tuesday, does not disclose patient names.

Malibu resident Jane Seymour was sweeping across the stage Monday on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" while her husband, actor-director James Keach, protected their house.

"The fire is close to our home, and there was a mandatory evacuation. My husband is illegally there, fighting the fire," Seymour told People magazine. She stayed focused on her performance "with great difficulty," she said.

"I actually decided to abandon my cell phone today. I told a friend if there's something I need to know, then let me know," said the actress, who is best known for her starring role on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman."

The couple's home was undamaged and didn't appear to be in any imminent danger Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman, Susan Madore.

[kevzgrl]

My heart hurts for all the ordinary people who have lost their homes, their savings, all their possessions and some even their lives in this horrible tragedy.

However, I cannot work up a whole lot of sympathy for the "star studded rehab center" that had to move, or the fact that some productions of what passes for TV these days has been disrupted for a while. Fire cleanses in some ways, so maybe it will clean up some of the trash they try to pass off as entertainment - myself, I would just as soon read a good book.

I also find it kind of tough to squeeze out a tear or two for those who have to stay at upscale hotels and posh resorts away from the fire zone, after all, they have the money to do it. Many of the people whose lives are being "disrupted" don''t have that, and will be homeless with no possessions but the clothes on their backs that they escaped in. Please, Jane Seymour - you left your CELL PHONE behind??!! Aw, poor baby.....

[jimbo554]

I''ll tell you whats wrong with America, it''s not some celebrities who hold political opinions that differ from others, it''s people with hatred and contempt for people who are facing disaster. How could anybody have anything but sympathy for people who have lost their houses?

There are some twisted people out there. I hope some of you can find peace and love before it''s too late for you.

[jowand]

FINALLY one of those Groups gets to feel what we''''ve been feeling the past 7 years. Hurricane Katrina, Fascism, Iran/Iraq/Afghanistan WARS, Brittany Spears latest albulm - ALL HORRIFIC DISASTERS.

EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING.


Posted by fascistusa at 07:23 PM : Oct 24, 2007

You forgot Pelosi''s /Armenian/PPK/Turkey bloviating

[poopusbuttus]

Well, Bush did say that we were going to smoke all of the terrorists (Libs) outt there holes, didnt he?

[bareemperor]

Yes, this story is about the elite and their losses.
However, many responses to the story are written by people who are obviously as self-centered and hypocritical as those they hate.
I hope you never see a column of fire advancing towards everything you have ever worked for, your hatred of others would disappear in an instant...

[tnt1954]

parable of lazarus and the rich people and their
dives. lifestyles of the poor and anonymous?
new hit series, starring rich, famous people.
nudist colonies opening now at the north
and south pole. ban all sports. its getting
hotter and hotter. its all that friction.
in bed that''s making it so hot.
either that or planetary orbital decay.
slowly but surely planet earth falling into
the sun. start the evacuate the planet movement.

[mike71067]

Rats! Why I first saw the photograph, I thought this was going to be an article about a new David Bowie tour. Turns out it was just an article about a bunch of America-hating liberal spoiled brat celebrities being inconvenienced by the wildfires in California.

[cashion02]

Hell has no fury like a God that is spurned. I wonder if these people who do not believe there is a God are saying, "Please God save my house". My prayers are for the innocent and even for the not-so-innocent. This fire literally scares me out of whatever witts I ever had. I cannot believe what I am seeing on TV. I am praying "God please hear the innocents'' prayers and bring the flames under control. These fires are only a small part of what I believe hell would be like and I don''t plan to go there. That is a never-ending fire. It burns like fire without consuming it''s victim. Not for a day or week or year but for eternity.

[mike71067]

My heart pumps purple pisss for the poor liberal spoiled brats. I hope that while the wildfires are burning out of control, the pampered celebrities will still be able to snort gobs of cocaine, donate tons of money to leftist politicians, and spew forth anti-American bigotry.

[emma915]

My heart goes out to ANYONE who loses everything they''ve worked for to such loss.