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With fundraising still ongoing, proceeds raised from the FireAid benefit concert are expected to have raised well over $100 million.

FireAid brought in more than 50 million viewers across 28 streaming platforms with performances from Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell, Dave Grohl and more on Jan. 30. These artists played short sets of one to three songs at two venues, Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum, simultaneously.

The funds raised came from ticket sales for both venues, sponsorships, merchandise sales and donations from the public including from the Azoff family, the Eagles, Andrew Hauptman and Ellen Bronfman Hauptman and U2. Steve and Connie Ballmer also matched every pledge made during the broadcast and VOD viewing of FireAid while Live Nation served as the production partner.

FireAid funds will support the Los Angeles-region’s immediate needs and long-term recovery from the recent wildfires. Those still interested in donating to FireAid can do so at FireAidLA.org.

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"26 years ago today I walked into my first recovery meeting. Since then, my life has completely changed," she shared in the caption. "I have made beautiful, beautiful, friendships and it has expanded my life beyond recovery and it has given me the family life and creative life I never thought possible."

She continued, "To every person I have come in contact with who have shared their experience, stength and hope as it relates to alcoholism and drug addiction, I thank you for your courage and welcome and for all those who came before us, and for those who have followed, thank you."

The first photo of her post was a screenshot of her Twelve Steps app, which shows she's been sober for 26 years — or 312 months, 9,498 days or 227,911 hours. The second slide was a screenshot of Google Maps, which showed where the church that once housed her weekly recovery meeting had burned down in the Los Angeles fires.

"The little avatar in the picture of the street is in the exact spot/seat I sat in at my weekly meeting in the Palisades in a church that no longer exists, in a neighborhood that no longer exists, but we don't drink or use no matter what and this is a big f***ing no matter what," she wrote. "Be gentle with yourselves. ONE DAY AT A TIME! My hand in yours. JLC."

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“What I'm really trying to instill in them is that engaging with the creative arts doesn't mean you're gonna go on to be an actor or a photographer or a writer or a fashion designer," Oyelowo tells PEOPLE. "But it gives you a skill set that is applicable to so many avenues in life,”

The scholarship provides full tuition, medical care, and emotional support to young female victims of terrorism and gender inequality in Nigeria.

"Many of these girls are from financially challenged situations," the actor continues. "Sometimes there's sexual violence, sometimes it's political violence, and sometimes they've been dealing with terrorism in their area. They are all dealing with issues and circumstances that really challenge the notion of them being well-educated, well-rounded, and having access to the kind of education that will make them well-rounded young women."

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As Harris said her goodbyes, Peter Mui held up the blender in the air and initiated another Fixit Clinic ritual, yelling, “Magic Bullet Fixed!” This time, he rang a bell, the sonic signal of a victory. The workshop, like a set piece in a movie musical, erupted in cheers again.