When Fame Meets Fire: How Celebrities Are Coping with California Wildfires

Fire doesn't check bank accounts before burning homes. This week in Malibu and Pacific Palisades, flames reminded everyone that nature plays no favorites. Million-dollar views turned to million-dollar losses, leaving both stars and neighbors sorting through ashes.

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Fire didn't get Mel Gibson at home; it just got his house. Like the thousands of others, he received news from afar, with a life's collection now fitting "in an urn," as he had said. Loss of this kind gets across, whether you're recording podcasts in Texas or working night shifts in Nevada.

Put yourself in Billy Crystal's shoes-a place he has called home since 1979. It is not just walls and windows; it is a place where kids grew up, where grandchildren played, where life happened. Fame doesn't change how it feels watching those memories burn.

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