An iconic Los Angeles highschool well-known for welcoming many beloved TV present and film crews onto its grounds has burned down.
The constructing perished as a casualty of the ongoing L.A. fires that began within the Pacific Palisades space.
The varsity, which serves star-studded neighborhoods just like the Palisades and Brentwood, caught on hearth on Tuesday night (Jan. 7).
Enterprise Insider reported that the varsity’s athletic amenities and bungalow constructions burned down, however they didn’t reply to questions in regards to the extent of the general harm or the state of the primary constructing.
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Whereas the varsity’s subsequent time period had not but begun, workers and student-athletes had been current on the time of the hearth and had been shortly evacuated safely.
In line with the outlet, the primary constructing remains to be standing and about 70 % of the campus reportedly survived.
The varsity has a protracted listing of A-list alumni, together with J.J. Abrams, filmmaker and father to singer Gracie Abrams, who as soon as primarily based a personality on his PCHS English instructor.
Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker additionally attended the varsity and carried out within the faculty’s musical productions of Jesus Christ Celebrity and Cabaret.
The well-known highschool opened its doorways in 1961 and has been the set for a number of common films and TV reveals.
Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh and Black Eyed Peas rapper-producer Will.i.am additionally attended the varsity.
Under, discover out which iconic TV reveals and flicks got here to life within the halls of PCHS.
What Films and TV Exhibits Had been Filmed at Palisades Constitution Excessive Faculty?
One of the vital well-known movies to grace the grounds of PCHS was the 1976 adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie.
PCHS was certainly one of a number of faculties used to painting the bloody Bates Excessive Faculty within the movie.
In 2003, Freaky Friday took over the varsity to movie scenes with Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis and Chad Michael Murray, together with the notorious inside-out shirt scene and Anna’s (Lohan) detention run-in with hottie Jake (Murray).
Then, on MTV, seasons three by way of seven of the hit present Teen Wolf used the varsity because the backdrop for Beacon Hills Excessive Faculty’s resident werewolves together with Tyler Posey and his human bestie Dylan O’Brien.
Plus, the 2012 wild teen comedy Venture X additionally filmed scenes on the faculty, and in 2021, Olivia Rodrigo used their locker room as a part of her “Good 4 U” music video.
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