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Nancy Reagan Hospitalized with Broken Pelvis

15 October 2008 9:55 AM, PDT

Former first lady Nancy Reagan has been hospitalized in Los Angeles with a broken pelvis, the Associated Press reports. Reagan, 87, fell at her Bel Air home last week and, after the pain persisted, decided on Monday to be examined at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to her spokesperson, Joanne Drake. Saying Reagan "is in very good spirits" despite some pain, Drake added that no surgery would be required. Reagan is undergoing physical therapy. It is not known how long she will remain in the hospital. In June 2005, Reagan was briefly hospitalized after falling in her London hotel room

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Stephen M. Silverman

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Old Horse Tale Full Of Sadness

15 October 2008 2:10 AM, PDT

Another case of an ailing celebrity senior citizen at the mercy of squabbling children is heading for headlines. In the '50s comedian Alan Young won an Emmy for "The Alan Young Show." In the '60s he starred in the CBS-tv series about a talking horse, "Mister Ed." In the '80s he divorced his wife of 43 years and a dozen years ago married his one-time Sunday school pupil.

He isn't running hot financially. When last we spoke, he told me: "I own a percentage of the 'Mister Ed' profits but it's an impossible situation. Three producers were co-owners.

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By CINDY ADAMS

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Travolta Movie Comes Under Attack In France

15 October 2008 10:36 AM, PDT

Plans to film scenes of From Paris With Love in Les Bosquets, a tough housing project north of Paris, were dropped Tuesday after 10 cars being used for the movie in stunt sequences were torched, the producers said Tuesday. Scenes for the English-language movie, which stars John Travolta and is produced by a company headed by famed director Luc Besson, were to have been shot in the area this week, using 96 local residents as extras. The London Independent reported that police were investigating reports that the cars were set afire after the producers refused to pay (more)

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Keaton Had A Second Shot At Dream Home

16 October 2008 12:12 AM, PDT

Actress Diane Keaton initially passed up the chance to own her dream home - because it needed too much of an overhaul.

Keaton actually bought the famous Ralph Flewelling Roxbury Drive mansion when it was first placed on the market in 2000, but backed out because the job of renovating (more)

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Movie Marriages: Four Actor-Director Duos Who Are Joined at the Hip

15 October 2008 3:37 PM, PDT

By Matt Singer

If it feels like Russell Crowe is in every movie Ridley Scott directs these days, that's because he is. After winning a Best Actor Oscar for "Gladiator" in 2000, Crowe reeled off three Scott pictures in three years: 2006's "A Good Year," 2007's "American Gangster" (more)

Matt Singer

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David Duchovny & Tea Leoni Have Been Separated For Months

15 October 2008 4:30 PM, PDT

It's a bad day for celebrity marriages. Fresh off this morning's news that Madonna and Guy Ritchie are divorcing, David Duchovny and Tea Leoni released a statement that they have been apart for some time. It said: "In light of continuous speculation over the lives and (more)

Molly

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