Jamie Lee Curtis calls for blood donations, emergency preparedness kits on Tonight Show

Curtis used the moment to encourage the audience toward emergency preparedness, no matter where they live. She suggested supporting the American Red Cross (an organization for which she is an ambassador, adding, “Do anything you can, anything in your community to help people. Whether you need it or not now, you will need it. Give blood, donate, whatever you can do, animal shelters. And remember, since I’m on the middle of a very big television show, for anyone living anywhere, have an emergency kit in your house… with prescription glasses, medicine, dog food, baby formula, all the things you need if you have to flee.”

Curtis’ latest film The Last Showgirl canceled its L.A. premiere scheduled for Thursday amid the wildfires; the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man similarly had to cancel its premiere. Production schedules and awards season events have been shut down and rescheduled. The Writers Guild of America postponed the announcement of nominations for the WGA Awards, and the of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended the deadline for its Oscar nomination voting period by two days. 

On Wednesday, it was reported that the current crisis became the most destructive fire in L.A. County history having destroyed over 1,000 structures. That number has since doubled, with the Los Angeles Times now reporting that more than 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been damaged or destroyed. Some of the recognizable names who have lost their homes include Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester, Paris Hilton, Cary Elwes, Anna Faris, and many more Southern California residents.