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section_name: Celebrities affected
paragraph_text: Celebrities affected
  
  Numerous celebrities lost homes in the fire, including Eric Braeden, Jeff Bridges, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Patrick Bruel, Michael Connelly, Barbara Corcoran, Denise Crosby, Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes, Max Emerson, Anna Faris, Mel Gibson, John Goodman, Jennifer Grey, Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, Paris Hilton, Anthony Hopkins, Bobby Jenks, Tina Knowles, Jhené Aiko, Ricki Lake, Larry LaLonde, Eugene Levy, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, Rosie O'Donnell, Eric Christian Olsen and Sarah Wright Olsen, JJ Redick, Melissa Rivers, Cobie Smulders and Taran Killam, Candy Spelling, Miles Teller, Milo Ventimiglia and Diane Warren. However, the home that Bill Hader purchased in 2019 was one of the few properties to survive the fire, as did the homes of celebrities Conan O'Brien, Jennie Garth, James Woods, Molly Sims, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Hilary Duff, and Jennifer Garner. On NBC News Daily, actor Steve Guttenberg related his experiences trying to get to his house. He advised the public to leave car keys with the cars so they can be moved to make way for fire trucks. He and others volunteered in helping first responders. Gary Hall Jr. lost his home and all of his Olympic medals in the fire; a few days after, Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, announced that he would be provided with replica medals to replace them.