American-Mexican band Fuerza Regida rent out entire hotel to shelter victims of LA wildfires
nme.comA post shared by Fuerza Regida (@fuerzaregida)The San Bernardino-based band, who are multiple winners at the Billboard Music Awards and Billboard Latin Music Awards, urged people to contact logistics@streetmobcorp.com for further information.Among those to have passed away amid the ongoing natural disaster is the former child actor Rory Callum Sykes, who died aged 32 in his home in Malibu on Wednesday (January 8).Paris Hilton has spoken about watching her home burn down on television, while James Woods, Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes and Mark Hamill are among the other high-profile names to have been badly affected.Heroes actor Milo Ventimiglia choked up during a live interview while discussing watching his own house burn down, while a fundraiser for DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith was launched after his house succumbed to the fires.
Mel Gibson‘s house was another one to be destroyed, with the actor revealing that it burned down while he was recording his appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast.Many music recording spaces have also been destroyed by the fires, including Bob Clearmountain’s legendary Mix This!
recording studio in Pacific Palisades.A benefit concert for the victims has been announced. Dubbed FireAid, it will take place at LA’s Intuit Dome on January 30, with proceeds going to the rebuild program and to displaced families.
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