HOLLYWOOD EXODUS Coronavirus, high taxes & social unrest - why movie stars including Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks are leaving

Some are also said to be put off by a sharp rise in homelessness, with tents lining streets in front of multi- million dollar mansions.

Among those spurning Tinseltown are Tom Hanks, 64, and wife Rita Wilson, 63, who spend more time in Greece after being granted citizenship.

Julia Roberts, 52, has moved to San Francisco while 007 star Pierce Brosnan, 67, is selling his £77million Malibu mansion to move to Hawaii, where he grew up, with wife Keely, 57.

Titanic director James Cameron, 66, is flogging his LA home. He is in New Zealand making several Avatar sequels.

Brothers Chris and Liam Hemsworth, 37 and 30, are returning to native Australia.

In a trip to LA this week, we found exclusive shopping destination Rodeo Drive virtually empty. Posh restaurant The Ivy had few customers, while Robert De Niro’s former restaurant Ago, another A-list hang out, was boarded up.

LA estate agent David Kean said: “Celebrities are running away. Even though they live in Beverly Hills or Malibu, as soon as they leave their properties they pass homeless encampments. It’s the worst.

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