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SOME of Hollywood's biggest names have lost their glitzy homes to the raging wildfires that are sweeping across Los Angeles.

The Pacific Palisades, a haven for A-Lister types, has been hit by the horrific infernos with firefighters battling to get the blazes under control.

House engulfed in flames during wildfire.
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Flames envelop Leighton Meester and Adam Brody’s house in the Pacific PalisadesCredit: BackGrid
Aerial view of John Goodman's fire-damaged house.
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John Goodman's house was reduced to ashes in the fireCredit: BackGrid
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Leighton Meester and Adam Brody are one of many celebs to have lost their homeCredit: Getty

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody's mansion, where they lived with their two young children, was reduced to smoking rubble.

Paris Hilton's Malibu beach house and Billy Crystal's sprawling home were also burnt down.

Actors John Goodman, Miles Teller and Anthony Hopkins also saw their houses destroyed.

Some five people so far have died in the historic fires - with at least five separate blazes spreading across the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia, and Woodley.

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Parts of Sunset Boulevard have also been torched leaving one of the most iconic streets in the world reduced to smoking rubble.

Some 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate Eaton with 30,000 fleeing the Palisades, turning celebrity haunts into ghost towns.

Leighton Meester & Adam Brody

Actors Adam and Leighton, who bought their five-bedroom mansion in 2019, have seen it burn down during the raging wildfires.

The $7million home was engulfed in flames on Wednesday, just a couple of days after the pair appeared together at the Golden Globe Awards.

They lived in the vast home together with their two young daughters.

Chilling pictures showed its roof completely vanished and the walls eroded by flames, with plumes of black smoke pouring from what was left of the building.

Two-story white house with a wooden garage door, partially obscured by hedges.
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A view of Adam Brody and Leighton Meester's home before the fires hit
A house engulfed in flames during a wildfire.
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The home was ravaged by wildfiresCredit: BackGrid
A man and woman in formal wear.
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The couple snapped this pic - possibly the last taken in their home - before the Golden Globe awards

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton's impressive beachfront pad in Malibu also fell victim to the fires.

Malibu was hit on Tuesday night as the infernos gathered speed and spread across the region.

The socialite's mansion was one of many to be razed - although it is reportedly not her main residence.

Insiders told TMZ on Wednesday that it was "burnt to a crisp".

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Paris Hilton's luxury three bed Malibu beach house before the fires struck
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Thick black smoke pours from the property as it burns down
Paris Hilton testifying at a House Committee hearing on child welfare.
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Paris Hilton's home was ravaged by the firesCredit: Getty


It comes as...

  •  have died as uncontrolled wildfires engulf Los Angeles
  • At least 130,000 have been evacuated and schools have closed
  • Nearly 400,000 homes have been left without power as over 2,000 buildings destroyed
  •  Firefighters are "maxed out" and reportedly running out of water
  •  shows the city up in flames
  • Joe Biden has been slammed for announcing  during LA fire presser

John Goodman

Iconic actor John Goodman also lost his home to the California fires.

His Pacific Palisades property was right in the path of the blaze, leaving behind only his swimming pool.

Horrifying pictures showed the entire property reduced to a huge pile of scorched ash.

A massive tree from his garden was left a blackened skeleton.

Aerial view of John Goodman's fire-damaged home.
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What remains of actor John Goodman's homeCredit: BackGrid
John Goodman's Pacific Palisades home during a wildfire.
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An image of his house before the fire struck - with smoke blazing in the backgroundCredit: The Mega Agency
John Goodman at the taping of Saturday Night Live 25.
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Actor John Goodman's home was lostCredit: Getty

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins' home was among the many left destroyed after the blazse.

The Oscar winner's mansion was charred to a crisp, with only smoking remains left standing.

Huge piles of ash were left standing where the luxury home once stood.

Sir Anthony Hopkins's new California home at night.
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Hopkins' home in The Palisades, CaliforniaCredit: Planet Photos
Fire-damaged remains of Anthony Hopkins' home.
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Anthony Hopkins’ home was among the properties destroyedCredit: BackGrid
Anthony Hopkins waving at the Academy Awards.
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Actor Anthony HopkinsCredit: Getty

Anna Faris

Actress Anna Faris also lost her $5million LA home.

Aerial photos showed the mansion completely razed to the ground with scorched trees and piles of rubble.

Faris bought the home in 2018 and lived there with her husband Michael Barrett.

Aerial view of a home destroyed by wildfire.
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Anna Faris' home in the Pacific Palisades was reduced to rubbleCredit: BackGrid
Fire-damaged remains of a home.
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Scorched remains of Faris' homeCredit: BackGrid

Billy Crystal

Famous actor Billy Crystal's home was reduced only to his tennis courts after the raging fires.

Chilling aerial pics showed the entire home vanished amid piles of smoking rubble.

Next to it lies the browned tennis courts that once bordered his impressive mansion.

The actor said: "Janice and I lived in our home since 1979.

"We raised our children and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was filled with love. Beautiful memories that can’t be taken away. 

"We are heartbroken of course but with the love of our children and friends we will get through this."

Aerial view of fire damage to Billy Crystal's home, including a destroyed house and a nearby undamaged tennis court.
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Actor Billy Crystal’s home was among the properties destroyed in the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfiresCredit: BackGrid
Billy Crystal at SiriusXM Studios.
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Iconic actor Billy CrystalCredit: Getty

Miles Teller

Actor Miles Teller and his wife Keleigh bought their $7.5million mansion in April two years ago.

It has been completely destroyed in the wildfires, along with one of their cars left burnt to a crisp in the driveway.

Keleigh shared a series of photos on Instagram of the blaze and of firefighters working to evacuate people and leave water behind for escaping animals.

The five-bed home, reportedly intended as a "secondary residence", was reduced to a pile of ash.

Aerial view of Miles Teller's fire-damaged home.
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The entrance to Miles Teller's home pictured - bordering huge piles of ash and the charred skeleton of a burnt-out carCredit: BackGrid
Miles Teller and Keleigh Sperry at the Golden Globe Awards.
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Miles Teller and Keleigh Sperry attend the 2025 Golden Globe AwardsCredit: Getty

James Woods

Double Oscar winner James Woods broke down on TV as he revealed he had to flee his Pacific Palisades home before it was destroyed by the fires.

The tearful Once Upon a Time in America and Salvador star, 77, told CNN: "I’m sorry, it’s just one day you’re in the pool and the next its all gone."

He added: "I’m sorry, I thought I was stronger than this."

Actor James Woods how being engulfed by the LA Fires
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Actor James Woods' home being engulfed by the LA FiresCredit: Instagram
James Woods in a video screen capture.
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An emotional Woods describes what happened on CNNCredit: CNN

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck, who lives close to ex-wife Jennifer Garner, fled his home and headed straight for hers as the fires encroached.

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He evacuated with her and their three children with the whole clan now safe, the Mail reports.

Affleck had bought a $20million mansion in the Pacific Palisades only five months ago after separating from wife Jennifer Lopez.

Ben Affleck arriving home in Los Angeles during a wildfire evacuation.
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Ben Affleck evacuated his home to flee with his family - before later returning homeCredit: BackGrid
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