Jean Smart calls on TV networks to cancel awards shows and donate the money...

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...to Los Angeles wildfire victims

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The Hacks star, who won a Golden Globes Sunday night, made her plea on Wednesday night. "ATTENTION! With ALL due respect, during Hollywood's season of celebration, I hope any of the networks television the upcoming awards will seriously consider NOT televising them and donating the revenue they would have garnered to the victims of the fires and the firefighters," Smart wrote in a statement posted to Instagram. The wildfires has upended the awards calendar, with The Critics' Choice Awards pushed back two weeks and the Academy Award nominations announcement moving from Jan. 17 to 19. Kate Tuckwood-Taylor, a freelance talent producer, pushed back on Smart's statement as "damaging" to the entertainment industry: "Productions shutting down will further contribute to the demise of LA. How will those of us rebuild if we can’t work?” Tuckwood-Taylor wrote under Smart’s post. “As you know - WE aren’t the network. We are your drivers, your stylists, caterers, pas, riggers…I’m sure producers will find a way to do the right thing creatively and also not put thousands of us out of work when we all need it the most. This is what creatives do - we evolve. I realize everyone is trying to help, but statements like this are damaging."