Jeff Bezos And Lauren Sanchez Vow To Dedicate $100 Million To Maui Amid Deadly Wildfires

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Punters from Marseille to Melbourne have united to condemn the new wave of national anthems giving rugby mad fans a headache.

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Strictly's Helen Skelton enjoyed a sun-soaked holiday to France with her children, following her divorce being finalised from ex-husband Richie Myler. Helen shared the highlights of her holiday in a jam-packed Instagram video, which included her three children, sons Ernie, eight, Louis, five, and one year old daughter Elsie. In the lovely video, the family can be seen playing in the pool, walking along the beach, enjoying some delicious food, riding on bikes and doing some exploring of the town.The mum of three captioned the snap: “France 23.

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Guy Lodge Film Critic The closing-night awards ceremony of the 80th Venice Film Festival has kicked off, with Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Poor Things,” Agnieszka Holland’s “Green Border” and Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” among the titles most hotly tipped for prizes from the official competition jury headed by Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle. The list of winners will be updated below as they are announced; full story to follow.

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were seen with another power couple in Croatia – Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez.

Facebook earlier this week, the County of Maui wrote: “To clarify, Oprah was able to visit our shelter and we thank her for instructing media journalists and camera crews to remain outside.“We welcome Oprah to continue to uplift our community’s spirit and give her aloha to victims of the tragic disaster.“Her visit inside of the shelter today was truly heartwarming and we appreciate her understanding of our policy of having no camera crews or reporters accompanying dignitaries and celebrities in our emergency shelters.The TV star has reportedly visited one shelter multiple times now, and told Hawaii News Now: “In a week or two, all the cameras will be gone and the rest of the world is going to move on with their lives and we’re all still going to be here trying to figure out what is the best way to rebuild.“I will be here for the longhaul, doing what I can.”Five days ago Winfrey did speak to the BBC from inside a shelter, saying that it was “a little overwhelming” to be there.“But I’m really pleased to have so many people supporting.

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The cast of “Vanderpump Rules” is doing their bit to help the victims of the horrific wildfires that tore through Maui, destroying homes and businesses in the historic oceanfront town of Lahaina.

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are living their best lives aboard their $500 million yacht in Greece. The celebrity couple have been relaxing and exploring Europe, spending time with their closest friends and family members.

Oprah Winfrey got turned away in Hawaii.

turned Hawaii into “hell.”The ongoing natural disaster is already being called one of the deadliest in the state’s history, and the death toll has risen to 96 as of Monday morning.“You know what this week has taught me is that when you don’t know what to do…you do whatever you can,” the former talk show host said in a video posted to Instagram.“I went to visit one of the big shelters here at the War Memorial [Stadium] and asked people what it is they needed and then went shopping for some things, some, you know, basic things like towels and sheets and shampoo and other necessities.”She continued, “And at some point, I will make a major donation after all of the smoke and ash have settled here and we figure out what the rebuilding is going to look like.”Winfrey, who has multiple properties on the island and has spent more than 15 years living there part-time, admitted that rebuilding “is going to be a long and difficult process.”She shared that she’s met many people, including a man named Julius, at the War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku, which has been converted into a shelter and resource center, as she was handing out supplies and speaking with victims.“I said, ‘Julius, tell me what you need,’ because his legs were covered in bandages where he had to run to escape the fire,” Winfrey said. “And he said to me that he could ‘feel his skin popping’ as he was running.

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Oprah Winfrey had been reportedly turned away from visiting a shelter for survivors of the wildfires in Hawaii and Maui officials are clearing up the situation.

Oprah Winfrey has joined in handing out emergency supplies to citizens of the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are giving big amid the Maui Wildfires.

“These are the kind of times that really test you,” said Maui Film Commissioner Tracy Bennett in an interview with Deadline today about the wildfires that have swept the island and, specifically, leveled historic Lahaina Town. Bennett, who has been in the job 10 years, related a number of harrowing details from the past few days, but his chief message was one of strength, hope and community.

Ivanka Trump might be getting a new neighbor. Jeff Bezos reportedly purchased a $68 million home located in ‘Billionaire’s Bunker,’ the luxurious area in Miami where a growing list of celebs are located, including the Trump-Kushners, Tom Brady, and more. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner take their kids to the Mets gameLauren Sanchez dazzles at her engagement party with Kris Jenner in attendanceBezos’ home has three bedrooms and is located by the water, according to a Bloomberg report.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez announced Friday that they will establish a Maui Fund in response to the deadly wildfires that began earlier this week, dedicating $100 million to the cause. «Jeff and I are heartbroken by what’s happening in Maui,» Sanchez wrote on Instagram. «We are thinking of all the families that have lost so much and a community that has been left devastated.

Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sánchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, are establishing a $100 million fund to “help Maui get back on its feet now and over the coming years.”

Lauren Sánchez and her partner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, have pledged to support recovery efforts in Maui, Hawaii. The wildfire, which scorched acres of land and displaced families, has garnered attention from all corners of society, prompting acts of generosity from individuals and organizations alike.Lauren Sánchez, known for her charitable endeavors and commitment to making a positive impact, expressed her deep concern for the affected communities in Maui.The sight of burnt environments and families struggling after the catastrophe deeply affected her, inspiring her to move.

Oprah Winfrey is lending a hand to residents impacted by the devastating wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, offering personal support and donations at a local shelter. In photos and clips shared to social media, Oprah can be seen visiting with people sheltering at the War Memorial Gymnasium in Maui and handing out supplies, including pillows, cots and toiletries. ET has learned that the media mogul — who owns a home on the island — went to the shelter to ask firsthand what items were most needed.

killed at least 36 people and decimated hundreds of structures – many of them cultural and historical landmarks – on the once-idyllic Hawaiian island. Among the destroyed buildings is the eponymous Lahaina restaurant of British rocker Mick Fleetwood.

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The texts were ringing like crazy this morning. “Are you in Maui? Are you okay?” Fortunately, yes just fine but Maui, the second biggest Island in Hawaii, continues to fight massive wildfires that started Tuesday and virtually destroyed the classic town of Lahaina (capital of Hawaii at one time) and a tourist mecca. Flames have reportedly destroyed hundreds of homes and some businesses in a paradise that has long been a favorite getaway , and even home for many entertainment luminaries including Oprah Winfrey, Clint Eastwood, Steven Tyler, Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Kris Kristofferson, Jeff Bezos, and many more. Mick Fleetwood not only lives on the island but has a popular restaurant Fleetwood’s On Front Street that was situated right in the path of where the fire was most fierce in picaresque Lahaina, a city described now as looking instead like a bombed-out war zone.

Kerry Washington is looking back on some of the formative experiences and long-hidden traumas of her childhood in her emotionally charged new memoir, In an excerpt from Washington's forthcoming book — published by — Washington recalls the vitriolic fights her parents used to get into when she was a child, and how the fear and stress from their bitter battles impacted her own young mind.«From what I remember, most of my parents’ fights were about money, and about the fact that neither of them felt like they were in the marriage they wanted to be in, or more precisely, that they were married to the person they wanted to be married to,» Washington recalls in her book.The celebrated actress explains that her parents «both harbored deep disappointment over what their lives had become» and would scream at one another with deeply held anger. However, it was also important to them to keep face around their kids and other families.«We pretended to ourselves, to each other, and to the outside world that our family was not suffering the pain of life’s disappointments,» Washington writes, explaining that her parents would often save their brutal bickering for when she was asleep, wrongly believing that insulated her from the tension between them.«As a young child, I would lie in bed and listen for signs of how serious each battle was and when it might come to an end… I developed panic attacks at night,» Washington writes, saying that the panic attacks began when she was only seven.«They manifested first as a rhythm of anxiety that encircled my brain, then evolved into a rapid pulsing, a whirling frenzy of metallic thumps, like those nauseating old spinning rides at a county fair,» she recalls.

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