Paris Attacks: Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan

“Pray for more courage for the people in Paris against these cowardly attacks”, wrote actress Anushka Sharma. Meanwhile, Beyonce Knowles posted a picture with the words, “Praying for Paris”.

Speaking briefly to reporters in the White House just before 6 p.m. EST, Obama stated, “We stand prepared and ready to provide whatever assistance that the government and people of France need to respond”.

“Tonight our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and loved ones following the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris”. Kylie didn’t follow Khloe’s lead in captioning with a lot of words; she said it all with a simple black and white message to pray for Paris.

Shocked by the tragic massacre that happened in Paris, Hollywood celebs took to Twitter to show their support for the victims.

One lead up to the conference was already impacted by the terrorist attacks, when Al Gore’s webcast, 24 Hours of Reality, was abruptly cancelled.

This isn’t just an attack on the French people, it’s an attack on human decency & all things that we hold dear.

“Not only are our thoughts and prayers with the families and friends of the dead and injured, but with all the emergency personal who are having to deal with the aftermath, they to are very fearless and strong.

Paris inspires me as an actor and it will take a long time to get over this horrific incident”. We stand with you #Paris!

Most of the unfolding situation was captured in a number of hashtags including #ParisAttacks and #PrayforParis. “Prayers sent to all the familes!”

Ileana D’Cruz: Such awful bad news about Paris! praying for the families…what do people expect to gain with this kind of violence! How many more innocent people are going to die? “Our thoughts and prayers are with all the people of France – our oldest ally”.

Neil Nitin Mukesh: Sad to hear about the attacks in Paris. Jas – OMHFJG CAM posted a composite photo of the phenomenon.

“When Paris turned out their lights, the rest of the world turned them on”.

Ronit Roy: Shocking!!! My prayers and condolences to all families of lives lost in the #ParisAttacks.