Jean Smart calls for award shows to not be televised due to deadly LA wildfires: With all due respect
Jean Smart is making a plea to Hollywood.The actress, 73, is requesting an allocation of resources to help those impacted by the raging Palisades Fires.“ATTENTION! With ALL due respect, during Hollywood’s season of celebration, I hope any of the networks television the upcoming awards will seriously consider NOT televising them and donating the revenue they would have garnered to the victims of the fires and the firefighters,” Smart wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, as multiple blazes continue to spread over the LA area.The “Hacks” star recently took home the award for best performance by a female actor in a television series – musical or comedy at Sunday’s 2025 Golden Globe Awards.Hollywood, meanwhile, has already taken steps to halt award shows, postponing the Critics’ Choice Awards from Jan.
12 to 26, and pushing the Oscar nominations announcement from Jan.17 to 19.Voting for the nearly 10,000 Academy members opened Jan.
8 and was originally set to close on Jan.12.
However, the deadline will now be Jan.14.Earlier in the week, the SAG Awards canceled its live, in-person nominations announcement, and LA premieres including “On Call,” “Unstoppable” and “The Last Showgirl” were axed.On Tuesday, a fast-growing blaze started in the Pacific Palisades, causing more than 80,000 people to be evacuated from their homes as well as the Hollywood Hills fire.
Thousands of structures have been destroyed and five fatalities have been confirmed.Many celebrities have lost their homes in the fires including Candy Spelling, Anthony Hopkins, Anna Faris, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton.Hilton, 43, shared her devastation on Instagram Wednesday night.“Heartbroken beyond words,” she penned in a heartfelt message.
“Sitting with my family, watching the news, and seeing our home in Malibu burn to the ground on live TV is something no one should e...