At the start of January, thousands of people evacuated to safety and, tragically, lost their homes in the LA fires. Amid many celebs sharing updates about their living situations and the fires causing production delays,

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The sale was due to Paltrow's desire to downsize, her realtor told the Wall Street Journal, now that her (and singer Chris Martin's) children, Apple and Moses, are growing up and attending college at Vanderbilt and Brown, respectively.