“It feels surreal/strange/(can’t totally find the right word),” Gabby Windey, a contestant on “The Traitors,” wrote on Instagram on Thursday while promoting the reality show’s premiere that night “as I’m evacuated from my home.”
Hollywood trade publications sometimes covered the fires and routine industry news in the same breath. “LA Fires Rage; Jeremy Strong Q&A; Reba McEntire’s New Role” was a headline in a newsletter from one trade outlet.
Most studios were open on Monday, and production restarted on TV shows like “NCIS,” “Hacks” and “Happy’s Place,” an NBC comedy starring Ms. McEntire.
But Disney’s offices in the Los Angeles area remained closed. “One of the reasons that we’re closed today, when many have gone back to their offices and children are back at school, is that we wanted to ensure that our employees, especially those with children, just had a moment,” Sonia Coleman, Disney’s chief human resources officer, said by phone.
Roadside Attractions, a film distribution company, canceled the premiere it had planned for “The Last Showgirl,” which stars Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis, but went forward with the release. The film, directed by Gia Coppola, collected $1.5 million over the weekend in North America, where it played on 870 screens.
“We’re celebrating it at the same time as we are horrified by what’s happening,” Howard Cohen, a Roadside founder, told Deadline. “It’s the definition of mixed emotions.”
Nicole Sperling contributed reporting.
