Hollywood Headlines: A week in review
Justin Bieber collapsed Thursday night after suffering breathing problems while playing the third of four shows planned for London’s O2 arena. After receiving oxygen from emergency personnel, the 19-year-old returned to finish his final four songs before heading to the hospital to be checked out. Bieber told the audience he wasn’t feeling well before he stumbled backstage, according to TMZ and the Daily Mail. He fainted backstage, not onstage, his rep told the Associated Press. He still intended to play the fourth and final London show Friday night, according to his Twitter feed.
Full story: Justin Bieber collapses at London concert, returns to finish show (Justin Tallis / AFP / Getty Images)
Snooki drops 42 pounds, Demi Moore files for divorce and Justin Bieber passes out backstage in this week’s Hollywood headlines.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler didn’t waste any time before responding to Taylor Swift’s Vanity Fair comments slamming their mid-January Golden Globes hosting gig. The consensus: Learn how to take a joke, Taylor. Swift, 23, whose litany of boyfriends and breakup songs has made her a tabloid favorite, made headlines Tuesday for agreeing with a Madeleine Albright quote she’d heard from Katie Couric. “ ‘There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women,’ ” Swift repeated to Vanity Fair regarding the “30 Rock” and “Parks and Recreation” stars.
Full story: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler respond to Taylor Swift ‘hell’ comment | PHOTOS: Taylor Swift is never, ever getting back together with... (Paul Drinkwater / EPA)
Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda Morgenstern on TV’s “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and its spinoff “Rhoda,” has terminal cancer, the actress revealed Wednesday morning. And through the day, friends and fans expressed their support. Harper has the rare condition leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, which occurs when cancer spreads to the fluid-filled membranes that surround the brain, People reported in a cover story due out later this week. The 73-year-old, a nonsmoker, in 2009 battled lung cancer, which according to the National Institutes of Health is one of the cancers most often linked to involvement of those membranes.
Full story: Valerie Harper reveals terminal cancer; famous friends react (Charles Sykes / Associated Press)
Kelly Osbourne had a seizure and collapsed on the set while filming her E! talk show, “Fashion Police,” on Thursday, was taken to the hospital and is on the mend. “Kelly Osbourne fainted on the set of E!’s ‘Fashion Police’ today,” her rep told E! “She was taken to a local hospital for further testing and is awake, alert and in stable condition. She will be staying overnight for observation as a precautionary measure.” Entertainment Tonight said that the 28-year-old was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after she experienced the seizure, which reportedly lasted 30 seconds.
Full story: Kelly Osbourne: Seizure on ‘Fashion Police’ sends her to hospital | PHOTOS: Celebrities injured on set (John Shearer / Associated Press)
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Kim Kardashian’s miscarriage scare is shedding light on the reality TV starlet’s hectic lifestyle and jet-setting ways. The New York Post reported late Wednesday that the pregnant 32-year-old, who is carrying rapper Kanye West’s baby, “rushed” to see a doctor after a flight back to L.A. from Paris, where she was attending the Givenchy show with West during Paris Fashion Week. An unnamed source told the Post that Kardashian began feeling ill on the plane and went to see a doctor Tuesday night in tears because she was worried she was suffering a miscarriage. But it turns out the scare was just sounding a false alarm even louder, E! News reports. A source confirmed to E!, which airs Kardashians’ various reality series, that Kim did go see a doctor Tuesday and was “all fine.”
Full story: Kim Kardashian scare: ‘All fine,’ no miscarriage (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)
Never let it be said that Mila Kunis isn’t a take-charge kind of gal. Case in point: a recent incident in which she runs away with the chat in an interview theoretically conducted by BBC radio reporter Chris Stark. Stark is a bit star-struck — “Seriously, I’m petrified ... I’ve never done this before,” he says — and Kunis is perhaps a bit bored with repetitive press-junket questions. It’s a recipe for fun as she turns the tables in the interview. “What about this is frightening to you, tell me?” she asks — and the fun takes off from there. Click through to the full story to see video of the interview.
Full story: Mila Kunis turns the tables on nervous BBC interviewer (Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images)
Brody Jenner is joining “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” The son of Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner, patriarch of the Kardashian/Jenner clan, will be joining the E! series’ upcoming season along with brother Brandon Jenner and his wife, Leah, according to stepsister Khloe Kardashian. “I’m always excited for each new season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” Kardashian wrote on her blog Monday. “But I’m especially excited for this upcoming season because you’re going to be seeing a lot more of the Kardashian/Jenner clan! My stepbrothers, Brody and Brandon, and Brandon’s wife Leah are going to be on the show much more, which means an even closer look into the inner-workings of my crazy, wonderful family! Get ready people!”
Full story: Brody Jenner joins ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)
