If it's Hollywood and about science, it is by definition, junk science.
but didn’t know about the Arab oil money backing it.
If it's Hollywood and money from somewhere involved, you can bet your life they will dutifully say whatever the money wants them to say.
Those Malibu beach houses ain't cheep. Someone has to pay for them. ;~((
Look on the bright side. Science and natural history agree that sometime in the next 500-1000 years, Southern California will be visited by a tsunami on the order of 1100' high traveling at 600 mph.
That would carry up to about the sundeck on Sylvester Stallone's house in the Beverly Hills.
My recommended point of observation would be about halfway up Mt. San Gorgonio. Good view, if it's a clear day, of Compton and La-La Land going away. More upside: The Valley probably wouldn't see as much water, and Jay Leno could probably do his show that night with dry feet. Which you'll be able to watch in your equally-dry, comfy room in the Burbank Holiday Inn.