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Famed Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Battling Prostate Cancer
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by CSS.
Legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a spokeswoman for the famed Brit said in a statement Sunday.
“Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The condition is in its very early stages,” a statement from public relations firm Brown Lloyd James said. “Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year.”
Lloyd Webber, 61, recently announced plans for a sequel to his immensely-popular Broadway musical “Phantom of the Opera,” called “Love Never Dies.” He said the sequel resulted from “unfinished business.” The production is scheduled to open on London’s West End in March before invading New York’s Great White Way in November.
Lloyd Webber’s other great musical hits include “Cats,” ‘‘Jesus Christ Superstar,” and “Evita.” In 1992, he was knighted and later named to Britain’s House of Lords in 1997.
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Tori Spelling Hospitalized.
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Tori Spelling was admitted to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday, where she is undergoing tests for chronic abdominal pain, a rep for the Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood star has confirmed.
The 36-year-old actress went to the hospital Monday evening after experiencing pain. She returned to the medical facility Tuesday afternoon when her condition didn’t improve overnight.
“They released her last night,” the rep said in a statement. “She wasn’t feeling better today so she returned to the hospital for more tests.”
Tori had been scheduled to host the Lambda Legal Awards this evening, but had to cancel last minute because of her illness. Tori’s ‘Guncles’ stepped in to host for her- Scout Masterson twittered earlier in the day- asking everyone to pray for Tori while they try and figure out what is wrong.
I hope everything is alright and she is getting relief from her pain! I’m a huge Tori fan and I hope nothing serious is wrong!
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“DWTS” Pro Lacey Schwimmer Hip Injury
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Dancing With The Stars has claimed another victim. Exuberant ballroom diva Lacey Schwimmer has “severely strained” muscles in her hips while rehearsing for the ninth season of ABC’s hit reality dance competition, according to RadarOnline.
The dancer — who is back for her sophomore season on DWTS — strained her hip flexors and abductors while rehearsing with her partner, Iron Chef star Mark Descascos. Lacey will require three weeks of physical therapy and stem shock treatment to stregthen the muscles. Lacey plans to dance her way through treatment.
“I’m doing OK, in a lot of pain but hey — that’s a dancer’s life,” Lacey tells Radar. “Thanks for all your positive thoughts.”
Dancing With The Stars airs Monday & Tuesday nights on ABC.
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Burt Reynolds In Rehab.
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Burt Reynolds has entered rehab.
According to The Insider, the 73-year-old acting legend is seeking treatment for an addiction to drugs and alcohol. The news comes after The National Enquirer published a photo of the iconic star on the grounds of the Hanley Center, a rehab facility in West Palm Beach. The tabloid claims the ladies’ man was found semi-conscious in a pool of blood by an employee at his Florida home and later admitted to a local mental psychiatric hospital.
“After a recent back surgery, Mr. Reynolds felt like he was going through hell and after a while, realized he was a prisoner of prescription pain pills,” the star’s rep said in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “He checked himself into rehab in order to regain control of his life.”
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Caster Semenya Suicide Watch
Posted on 16. Sep, 2009 by CSS.
Caster Semenya, the champion South African runner who learned she is a hermaphrodite earlier this month, is reportedly on suicide watch.
Semenya was forced to undergo gender testing after questions arose about her muscular build and deep voice following her 800-meter win at the World Championships last month. The leaked details of the probe by the International Association of Athletics Federations showed the 800-meter champ had male and female sex organs and no uterus.
Psychologists are caring for the 18-year-old, who has been receiving “trauma counseling” since learning the test results, a South African newspaper has learned.
“She is like a raped person. She is afraid of herself and does not want anyone near her. If she commits suicide, it will be on all our heads. The best we can do is protect her and look out for her during this trying time,” Butana Komphela, chairman of South Africa’s sports committee said Tuesday.
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Amy Winehouse Hospitalized Due To Dehydration
Posted on 04. May, 2009 by CSS.
Amy Winehouse was hospitalized after collapsing in her apartment in St Lucia on Friday.
Medics raced the British singing star to to the emergency room, where tests and observation proved she fainted due to dehydration.
“It turned out it wasn’t caused by a reaction to her medication, she was actually dehydrated,” said her spokesperson. “So she’s been told to drink lots of water and will hopefully be released later.”
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Farrah Fawcett Condition "Critical"
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by CSS.
Cancer-stricken Charlie’s Angels star Farrah Fawcett is said to be in a “critical but stable condition” after being hospitalized in Los Angeles last Thursday.
The 62-year-old actress is battling intestinal cancer, which she was first diagnosed with in 2006. Her cancer went into remission, but returned in May 2007.
Farrah’s health has deteriorated since she returned from Germany, an source at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-tells the Daily Record.
“On Farrah Fawcett’s behalf, I can confirm that she recently checked into a Los Angeles hospital,” the producer, Craig Nevius, says in a statement released to PEOPLE. “And although it is usually against her nature to correct false or exaggerated stories that originate in tabloid-style reports by offering true information that they would not otherwise have to publish, Farrah is allowing this statement out of appreciation for her fans, who have offered their constant support throughout her fight, as well as out of concern for the countless other cancer patients who have written her over the last two-and-a-half years in order to tell her that they are following her story in the hope that there is hope.”
Her longtime partner Ryan O’Neal, 67, is keeping a vigil at her bedside. The couple’s troubled son, Redmond O’Neal, 24, who had earlier joined his father at his mother’s bedside, was busted when he drove a friend to a detention facility in Santa Clarita, Calif., and guards found drugs on him at a checkpoint.
Farrah’s cancer struggle has been filmed for an upcoming NBC documentary, A Wing And A Prayer.
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Sienna Miller Visits Josh Hartnett In Hospital, Josh Was Released Today
Posted on 03. Apr, 2009 by CSS.
Sienna Miller dashed from Miami to Los Angeles to visit Josh Hartnett after hearing the actor had been hospitalized with gastrointestinal problems, sparking speculation they two have been quietly dating.
Sienna was most recently romantically linked to married Brothers and Sisters star Balthazar Getty.
A source told X17Online: “Sienna had just 24 hours to fly all the way to Los Angeles to see Josh. She was very concerned and wanted to be sure he knew how much she cared for him.”
Josh Hartnett was released today from L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized since Monday for a gastrointestinal problem.
“He’s fine,” his rep Susan Patricola tells PEOPLE. “They are running tests, which take time to get back and it’s a process of elimination.”
The 30-year-old Pearl Harbor star was taken to the hospital by ambulance Monday after complaining of abdominal pains. Patricola said Hartnett was under observation for a “flare-up” of gastrointestinal problem he has been suffering from for several months since starring in the London stage version of “Rain Man.”
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Lance Armstrong Hospitalized After Fall
Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
Cycling champion Lance Armstrong has been hospitalized after taking a fall during the first stage of the five-day Vuelta of Castilla and Leon Race in Spain on Monday.
The seven-time Tour de France winner may have injured his collarbone in the fall, the Associated Press reports.
Lance, a testicular cancer survivor, is expecting a child with his girlfriend, Anna Hansen.
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Natasha Richardson In Critical Condition:
Posted on 16. Mar, 2009 by CSS.
This is just awful!
Natasha Richardson was involved in a very serious accident while skiing in Canada.
It is being reported that she “suffered a traumatic brain injury” and is currently being treated at a Montreal hospital.
Richardson is the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and wife of actor Liam Neeson.
I hope it isn’t as serious as being reported- will update this as soon as I hear more information!
