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Jennifer Garner was in Arizona filming in 110 degree heat when she collapsed and fainted. Husband Ben Affleck rushed to be by her side, and flew from Boston to be with her as soon as he heard the news:
The actress, 34, was taken to hospital while frantic aides tried to get in touch with her husband, who flew from Massachusetts to the desert as soon as he heard the news. Garner was released the next day and spent time relaxing with her concerned husband before returning to the film set.
That's terrible and I hope that Garner is ok. She's one of my favorite actresses.
This just gets me thinking, though, that she could be pregnant again. It was rumored that she was pregnant, but people say she's just having trouble losing that last little bit of baby weight, and Ben's cousin told Celebrity Baby Blog that she's definitely not pregnant. Still, Angelina fainted at the airport way back when and it turns out that she was in the early stages of her pregnancy. I'm just saying.
Here is Garner in an unknown photoshoot found at Jen-Fans.com.
Paris Hilton's monkey is tired of being an accessory to her bad style. He took a chunk out her arm, sending the ditzy heiress to the hospital to receive a tetanus shot.
The wound was superficial and Paris spent a few hours at the hospital and received a tetanus shot.
Paris called her publicist, Elliot Mintz, at about 3AM Tuesday morning after the incident occurred. Mintz tells TMZ he drove her to the emergency room where she was seen by a doctor, treated and released. The whole ordeal took just a few hours.
In an odd bit of foreshadowing, an MTV special focused on Paris -- that aired the same day of the incident -- actually featured Baby Luv in a segment, during which the animal tried to bite her.
TMZ has a video of Paris holding the agitated kinkajou, Baby Luv, while describing the incident where she had to take a limo with all her animals in the back because the airline refused to transport them.
Paris' publicist really earns his money if he's going over to her house in the middle of the night to take her to the hospital. Doesn't she have a friend or throwaway lover who could do that for her?
Maybe the monkey just wanted to do Paris a favor and keep her from going out in an outfit like this. She is seen in a satin top and pants like the kind you wear to bed while wearing a red belt across her ribs. At least her purse, belt, and shoes coordinate. WTF? Look at the people behind her - they're totally making fun of her.
Pictures taken on 8/9 by X17 and found at Hollywood's Best.
Lindsay Lohan, the hardest working cokehead in show business, had to be rushed to the emergency room for like the 15th time after getting heat stroke on the set of her film, "Georgia Rule."
“She was overheated and dehydrated,” says Lohan’s rep, Leslie Sloane-Zelnick, who adds that the starlet spent a couple of hours in the hospital after being given a Vitamin B shot. “She was filming in 105-degree weather for 12 hours,” she said.
Lohan is expected to return to the set tomorrow.
Though Lindsay was seen partying in L.A. the night before she was rushed to the hospital, friends claim she’s trying to turn over a new Lohan. A friend of the actress, 20, tells Us that Lohan’s new boyfriend, Harry Morton, 25 — who does not use alcohol or drugs — has had a profound effect on her.
I believe she was affected by the heat. I also believe she cut her foot on a teacup after taking a shower. Whether any of these hospitalizations were influenced by substance abuse we may never know.
She's been with that guy Harry for nearly a month and his time's just about up if she's showing up at parties in bikinis. It also can't work to his favor that he doesn't drink or do lines. You can't change Lindsay Morgan Lohan.
Here is Lohan outside of the Ivy restaurant on 7/23 and on the set of "Georgia Rule" on 7/18. She's acting all cat-like, stretching and spreading her legs. You can tell the exhaustion is just about to set in. [via]
Nicole Richie was shopping at Kitson in LA, where she picked up a bunch of overpriced bangles. They were probably too heavy for her frail arms because she fainted dead away:
So the bangles may have been purchased on another shopping trip when she wasn't so unwell. What's important is that she declined food because there weren't any paparazzi in the store to photograph her eating it.
I fainted a couple of different times after giving blood, so I just don't do it anymore. It's pretty suspect that Nicole is fainting, but she's actually gained a smidgeon of weight. It could be due to low blood sugar or the heat, she's right. Fainting is defined as:
Richie could certainly be hungry or upset . I remember when Angelina Jolie fainted at the airport a while ago. It turned out she was pregnant. I'm just saying. It's more likely that Nicole is hungry, but she has been spending a lot of time with her ex, DJ AM, lately. They even dress alike, although he looks like he's running away from her in these pictures.
Here are recent pictures of Richie with AM, buying a cat, and at the beach. [via and via]
Maybe being humped by dolphins skeeved Jessica Alba out so bad that she became a germ-o-phobe, because she admits to using antibacterial Febreze liberally when she has to stay in hotels:
It's not like Alba's staying at the Comfort Inn, so she has a serious problem if she can't trust the cleanliness at the Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton.
Alba hasn't been seen with her boyfriend, Cash Warren, in some time. She was said to have broken his heart by deciding to move to NY in the near future, and may have discouraged him from proposing to her. Commentors on Jmazone.de note that Warren may be working in Vancouver, which could explain his absence.
Here is Alba admitting her problem to Jay on "The Tonight Show." [via]
Marc Anthony took out a bizarre ad in Variety, declaring his love for J.Lo in the format of a film script:
The ad appeared in Tuesday's daily edition of Variety, which charges $8,000 for a full page ad. The ad was written like a movie script, outlining a scene at an award show, describing Lopez as "the most beautiful woman" and "Lola."
This is our theory, and we have reader Angelika to thank for the insight: something is totally wrong with Marc Anthony. He looks deathly ill, with bags under his eyes and a sunken face. We think he's suffering quietly from an illness and wants to let Lopez know in the most public way possible that he loves her. Doesn't this seem like the type of thing a dying person would do? He says "Here's to never waking up, Baby," in the ad, which could be a dual reference to the dream-like state of love and death. Unless their two year marriage is in trouble, which would be completely uncharacteristic of J.Lo, it seems like the most plausible explanation.
We're oversensationalizing this story, though, because there were three other ads from studios praising J.Lo in that issue of Variety, and Anthony probably just wanted to add his loving regards.
Posted to Illness | J.Lo | Jennifer Lopez | Marc Anthony | Odd
This sounds completely fabricated, but a supposed 20 Century Fox "executive" says that Angelina Jolie gave Brad Pitt STDs while they were filming "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." He goes on to speculate that she needed a C-Section due to herpes
This would have been partially believable if it were not for the fact that the writer speculates that most all celebrities who had C-Sections recently did so due to herpes. Unnecessary C-Sections are incredibly common, and Angelina's baby was said to be breech. It's also completely untrue that most cesearians in healthy young women are due to herpes.
It's a juicy bit of gossip, but one that's totally false - just like the hot story of Angelina having lesbian sex in the bathroom.
Brad Pitt's parents are now in Namibia visiting their new grandchild. Brad and Angelina are said to be returning to the states July 1st so that Brad can work on Oceans 13.
Posted to Angelina Jolie | Babies | Brad Pitt | Brangelina | Illness
Ben Affleck had a migraine so bad he went to the emergency room yesterday:
“Ben Affleck was treated for a migraine at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge today,” said a statement from publicist Ken Sunshine. “He was released (yesterday) afternoon.”
According to an eyewitness, the couple left their rented Cambridge home just outside Harvard Square with Garner at the wheel of their Jeep and Affleck lying down in the back seat. They arrived at the hospital a few minutes later and Garner helped Affleck out of the car.
“He looked kind of sore,” said photographer Paul Adao, who saw the couple at the emergency room. “His wife ran around the car and helped him get out. He was a little shaky and she was asking, ‘Are you OK?’ that type of thing.”
Adao said Affleck appeared to be holding a towel or an icebag in his left hand.
About two hours later the couple emerged with Ben wearing a police cap and an emergency room bracelet on his wrist. A driver backed their Jeep up to the door and they quickly jumped in and made the short trip back to their home.
Two hours is a pretty short period of time to get in and out of the emergency room on a holiday no less, and he was undoubtedly given star treatment.
This isn't Ben's first terrible headache. He admitted suffering from post-spinal tap headaches after a spinal tap to check for meningitis in 2004. (I had a spinal tap a while ago, and was laid up for like a week with a headache.)
The article says that Affleck is probably stressed from working as a first-time big budget director on the film
“Gone, Baby, Gone," starring his brother Casey Affleck and now filming in his hometown of Cambridge, MA. That could be true but he should insist on an MRI. I have a friend from college who had terrible migraines and was told it was stress. It turns out she had a brain tumor. Last I heard from her a couple years ago she was doing fine a few months after surgery. True story.
Angelina was supposedly in labor on Friday, and this story may explain that rumor, or it could be total b.s. like a lot of the stories about the Jolie-Pitts. Life and Style is reporting that Angelina is having early contractions:
This of course is basically normal but "Brad's freaking out," an insider tell the weekly magazine. Angelina is dealing with the worries in her own way, taking it in stride according to the report.
A friend of mine also had early contractions in her pregnancy, and everything turned out fine, so if it's true it's probably not much to worry about.
The couple's 16 month-old adopted baby, Zahara, is said to be suffering from a mystery illness that also has Brad and Angelina worried. Zahara has rickets, a bone disorder caused by a vitamin D deficiency, but this sounds like something else:
Brad, 42, wants to take her to America for treatment but Angelina insists they must stay in Africa until their baby is born.
A source said: “Brad is absolutely beside himself. He’s desperate to take Zahara to the US for medical attention.
“But Angie insists on staying in Africa. It has caused a number of fights between them.”
There are fears it could be a genetic illness — and Angelina may have to contact Zahara’s real mother for medical background. The source said: “She’s had so many tests, but no one knows what’s wrong.”
Zahara's symptoms incredibly worrying and we hope the baby gets well soon! Hopefully she will get proper treatment and they will figure out what's wrong with her.
The Namibian government has been giving baby gifts as a thank you to Angelina, and has sent a representative to teach her about local birth customs. They seem to be going out of their way for Angelina and Brad, and it seems like Angelina picked a country with a very accommodating government.
Our thoughts go out to baby Zahara. Hopefully she will be fine and Angelina will have an uneventful labor and birth.
Header picture [via]
Posted to Angelina Jolie | Babies | Brad Pitt | Brangelina | Illness
A while ago we read through the hilarious letters sent into the Duluth, GA police department where runaway bride Jennifer Willbanks told her ridiculous tale about being kidnapped and forced to perform sex acts with a fictional Latino couple.
Many people suggested that Willbanks suffered from hyperthyroidism, also known as Graves Disease, which causes sufferers' eyes to pop out of their head, and can cause anxiety and frantic behavior. Willbanks also has what's known as a goiter, or an enlargement of the thyroid gland, which you can see by looking at her neck in the picture above.
Willbanks has finally been dumped by her dupe of a fiance, John Mason, over a year after the famous incident. Of course she should have been kicked to the curb a while ago:
To the amazement of many, fiancé John Mason quickly took her back, with the couple even moving into a large new home in an Atlanta suburb and talking about taking a second run at marriage.
But in early May Mason's camp let it be known that any nuptials were off – and suddenly the woman who couldn’t take "I do" for an answer seems to be having a problem with "I don't."
"I'm not confirming or denying the breakup," Wilbanks, 33, told PEOPLE May 14. "John and I have some things to work out."
But to Mason's family and friends there is no doubt that this time the split is for good. "I think John realized there were some fundamental differences in their personalities that he wasn't going to be able to deal with," a friend says of Mason, 33, who runs his family's Duluth medical-care business.
Whatever the cause of the breakup, Mason's family voiced relief at the turn of events. "We're just glad there's a final resolution," John’s father, Claude, who was to have been his son's best man, told PEOPLE.
People says that Willbanks has performed the 120 hours of community service she was assigned for causing the fake kidnapping scare, and has paid back $15,000 of the cost the local police incurred for the search.
What we'd really like to know is if she ever saw an endocrinologist.
Posted to Breakups | Illness | Jennifer Willbanks
This sounds like something someone would make up just to get back at Tom Cruise for bashing Brooke Shields for her antidepressant use, but Katie Holmes is supposedly suffering from a case of the baby blues:
Tom Cruise’s fiancée “seems emotional and very tired” since the birth of their daughter Suri a month ago, it is claimed.
When visitors call at Cruise’s Beverly Hills mansion, Katie appears red eyed.
One friend said: “Katie told pals it’s natural for new mums to experience strong emotions.”
Scientologist Tom, 43, has criticised anti-depressants.
He rapped Brooke Shields last year for admitting taking the drugs for her post-natal depression.
The sources add Katie, 27, has been working hard to keep up with Tom’s energetic schedule.
The Mission Impossible actor has put her on a fitness regime to get her in shape for their wedding this summer.
We know this last part about Tom putting Katie on a "fitness regime" is not true, because it's based on a quote from Buff Brides founder Sue Fleming that is made up. The quotes from Katie's "friend" may be made up as well.
If this is true, it's not much to worry about and is totally normal for new mothers. I cried and was sad for about the first ten days after my son was born. After about a month, things brightened up and I felt a lot better. The hormone levels drop considerably after childbirth, and a little sadness post-birth is very common. If it lasts much longer for Katie, then she should get help. Unfortunately Tom is never going to let her go on antidepressants. If she's breastfeeding, it wouldn't be a good idea anyway, although her health and happiness are what's most important for the baby.
Here are pictures of Katie and her stretch marks at Tom's son Conner's baseball game on Monday. [via]
They must be keeping Suri at home to drive up the cost of the first pictures.
Australian singer Kylie Minogue will be playing a series of comeback concerts in her hometown of Melbourne. Minogue has headed back to the studio and plans to play live after having battled breast cancer last year:
A source is quoted in Britain's The People newspaper as saying: "She insists on Melbourne for her family, friends and home town supporters.
"And her people have already pencilled in the dates in November - the height of summer Down Under - to guarantee a booking."
The singer - who was forced to cancel several dates of her sell-out 'Showgirl' world tour after she was diagnosed with the disease last May - is already practicing for the concerts.
Manager Terry Blamey said Kylie, who got the all-clear from cancer four months ago, is "going to come back better than ever".
Meanwhile, the star is also back in the recording studio.
The 37-year-old said: "I'm feeling much better but I'm taking things slowly. It's just good to be back. I've had a great week in the studio here and things couldn't be better.
"I'm not sure when my next single is coming out. I'm just working as fast as I can and getting it all done."
That's great news for Minogue and her new album is sure to be a hit.
Here she is outside a recording studio on May 11th. She looks so happy! [via]
David Blaine surprised no one by not being able to break the world's record for holding one's breath underwater after spending a week beating the crap out of his body by living in a water globe in Lincoln Center for people to gawk at.
He started spurting bubbles nearly two minutes short of the record, and divers came to his pitiful rescue:
With Blaine's face contorted in pain and bubbles rising to the surface, divers went in to release him from the chains and pull him out. Blaine held his breath for 7:08.
"I am humbled so much by the support of everyone from New York City and from all over the world," Blaine said. "This was a very difficult week, but you all made it fly by with your strong support and your energy. Thank you so much, everybody. ... I love you all."
After a 100-minute television preamble that showed his training techniques — including holding his breath in a tank of sharks — Blaine had sucked in his last breath before going under. Kirk Krack, his trainer and a diving expert, offered encouragement as Blaine remained nearly still for the first five minutes of his dive.
Then, methodically, he removed two of his handcuffs and was trying to remove chains that held him before the divers came in to save him.
Blaine has suffered liver damage, loss of sensation in his body, and rashes all over as a result of his deal with the devil. The long term effects of gambling with his health for publicity have yet to be determined.
I saw the highlights of the stunt on German TV, and it really made me uncomfortable. Just thinking about it while Blaine was underwater made me uncomfortable.
Blaine couldn't have expected to break the world record for holding one's breath, but he had to show how far he was willing to go. It was too far indeed.
I don't wish David Blaine any ill will, and I really hope he gets out of the bubble alive and without permanent brain damage from oxygen deprivation. He's a total fool, though, to bring his body to its breaking point and then expect to top it off by holding his breath longer than people who are in top form and have trained for years - while he's breaking out of a bunch of chains!
Blaine's skin is predictably peeling off from his week-long underwater stunt, and now he's experiencing excruciating pain throughout his body. Doctors says his muscles are breaking down and that he "might never be the same again" and could develop a seizure disorder:
"I think the time has started to really take its toll on my body. It has started to become horrific in many, many ways.
"Every muscle doesn't just ache, it feels like a sharp shooting pain, like a knife being stabbed."
Blaine's skin, which has shrivlled and pruned due to the water, hurts as well, and he is very concerned for his muscles - which have begun to atrophy.
"I don't think it's permanent, but I've never felt this kind of pain in a stunt before..."
Blaine's management has refused to discuss how much he will make from his latest act, but it is certain to be in the millions, with advertising revenues alone reportedly set to top $9 million.
Doctors have already raised concerns over Blaine's health, with Dr Murat Gunel of Yale University, who is monitoring and advising the illusionist, saying on May 2 that he "might never be the same again".
He said a lack of adequate oxygen in Blaine's brain during the breath-holding challenge, especially after seven days under water, carried a risk of irreversible brain injury
"Even if he is fine immediately after, there is a risk for developing seizures in the long run.
"We all advised him against this stunt."
The bottom line is that David Blaine is making a ton of cash in a deal with the devil that could leave him with permanent health problems.
There are plenty of real people who live with chronic pain and disability. David Blaine thinks it's ok to gamble with his health for fame and fortune. He's about to find out that it's not worth it.
"Frankly, right now the angle of the finale is uncertain," a source tells the New York Daily News. "They're still wrestling with how the finale will end."
"We're just not sure if he'll be able to handle it," said Kirk Krack, a free-diving expert who has been training Blaine. "If we pulled him out of the water, he likely would experience a blackout."
According to the News, blood tests have shown Blaine's body has adapted to the weightless environment by constricting his blood vessels, Krack said.
His blood plasma levels are only at 75% of normal, which means that he'll probably have to be removed from the water gradually, after the stunt is completed.
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16 month-old Zahara Jolie-Pitt suffers from rickets, a bone disorder that she developed while in an Ethopian orphanage. When she came down with a cold, Brad learned that rickets makes her more susceptible to all sorts of diseases that are common in Africa, including malaria and yellow fever. He became concerned for her health and brought her back to the states for medical care. Babies get sick a lot and Zahara will probably be fine, but this reopens the conflict between Angelina and Brad as to where Angelina will give birth:
And 30-year-old Jolie will be following hot on his heels with Zahara and four-year-old Maddox if her medical team recommend the move.
A source told us: "Angie wants to have her child in Africa but Brad has had doubts all along and there’s a delivery room on standby at Cedars-Sinai.
"When he mentioned Zahara had a cold he was shocked to be told that in Namibia she was more susceptible to diseases like malaria and yellow fever as her immune system would have been weakened by the rickets.
"A private flight was booked for Brad to have a consultation and he told Angie he is sick of worrying about them all.
"He wants them to be perfectly safe and for his first biological child to be born in the safety of LA’s top hospital."
You know Angelina will do whatever she decides, and won't let someone else tell her where to have her baby. She is said to be planning to use a birthing tub in a Namibian hospital for a water birth. I had most of my labor in a birthing tub and found it to be very relaxing. It's a nice alternative to medication and is said to be as effective as an epidural.
Update: Angelina Jolie's Dateline interview:
Here are pictures from People Magazine online of the world's most beautiful family. You may have seen most of them already, but some are new.
Eminem is having a rough month. His second marriage to Kim Mathers broke up admit allegations of his drug abuse, his best friend the rapper Proof was shot and killed, and his mother is dying of stage four breast canncer. Eminem 
must have learned something from tragedy, because he's decided to put aside the long-standing feud with his mom and has spoken to her for the first time in years. He's even paid some of her massive medical bills:
However, now that Nelson has terminal cancer, Eminem is desperate to help. A source told The Sun: “The nightmare Debbie has been going through with her cancer has put everything into perspective.
“She is very weak and knows the prognosis is bleak. She is desperate to build bridges with her son and put things right before its too late.
“He has started helping her financially with her medical bills. They’ve spoken a few times on the phone and she desperately hopes he will visit her.”
It's nice that Eminem is making an effort, but what the hell is wrong with him that he hasn't visited his mom in the hospital?
Meanwhile 50 Cent says that Eminem is going to be ok and that hip hop reflects the state of violence in African-American culture and is not the cause:
The rapper insists that the sometimes violent lyrics in hip-hop music did not play a role in Proof's murder. He adds, "I think that the violence that happened to Proof and the violence that's happening across America right now has nothing to do with hip-hop. It has something to do with the people - the state of them - and the music doesn't alter that."
Maybe Eminem will actually see his mom before she dies. It might help him realize how important family and friends are, and how you shouldn't hold a grudge.
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That's a really tasteless title, we know, but it's the Friday before a holiday so what the hell.
Four month-old Violet Affleck, the baby daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, was rushed to hospital when she had trouble breathing on April 8th. She is fine now, but the new family had quite a scare:
It seems Violet was having difficulty breathing, says an insider, who adds that the baby was also tested for asthma.
The weekly tabloid cites an eyewitness that said, “Ben and Jen looked so worried. As Ben carried Violet, Jen kept peering into the blanket to check on her...”
They got their little girl in for care and about an hour later, a much calmer family emerged, and they headed straight home with Violet.
That must be when the recent pictures of Violet were taken. It's scary to have a baby with a medical problem, and we hope that Violet is completely recovered.
Jennifer Garner has admitted that she's scared of filming the scene in Alias where her character gives birth:
She says, "I think it is going to be an incredibly embarrassing day. I have been dreading this moment as long as I have known it was coming. I can't even imagine being in front of my crew. It is not even about the people watching it on TV. Imagine what this crew has seen me do over the last five years? I still get embarrassed any time I have to not have my clothes on around them, because those are my guys. They are all like brothers or father figures, so it will be a rough day for me."
Speaking of taking her clothes off, some clever person in the SuperiorPics forums cranked up the contrast in Photoshop to provide a glimpse of Garner's bush. The picture below is NSFW obviously. It's a bit controversial, with some people saying it's faked entirely, but it looks kind of real to us.
David Beckham has revealed his battle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, from which he has suffered in silence for years:
We hope Beckham gets treatment and can overcome his OCD. It's brave of him to reveal a mental disorder and we won't make fun of him for it. His wife is fair game, though.
Here's his skinny, greasy-faced wife outside of a restaurant in London on April 1st. She looks like she's on something and she's wearing fur!
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Britney has denied that she's pregnant, but is said to have gone to a UCLA hospital this weekend for severe stomach cramps. It's always possible that she had food poisoning or something, but the hospital representative makes it sound as if it was Britney and that she's pregnant!
However, unconfirmed reports in America have claimed Federline had to take Spears to Santa Monica UCLA Medica Center this week, after the singer suffered stomach cramps.
The centre’s Barbra Johna is quoted as saying, "Unfortunately we cannot go into patient speficis due to patient confidentiality, however I can confirm we did receive a new patient to the maternity ward.
"I'd like to say that this female is in a fit and healthy state."
Would the hospital representative mess with us like that?
The Britney Spears pregnancy rumors are not going to be put to rest with these latest pictures, which show the new mom in a skintight white dress with a pudge or a bump depending on if you squint hard enough.
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So The NY Daily News has evidence that Star Jones downplayed the health scare she suffered after her breast lift and tummy tuck two weeks ago. The people at the plastic surgeon's office made an unprecedented call to 911, which suggests that there was something seriously wrong:
Shortly after the frantic 4:56 p.m. call - which was played for Lowdown yesterday by a source who obtained it from the Santa Monica city attorney - an ambulance took Jones from the outpatient surgery center to Saint John's Health Center, a full-service hospital across the street, where she was eventually stabilized.
On Monday's installment of "The View," Jones insisted: "I did not almost die. I'm anemic. ... They gave me the blood, and literally I was fine right afterward."
Jones should have admitted that she was really in danger. Maybe then Joy Behar wouldn't have been so rude and the rest of us would have laid off ripping on her for a day or two. I'm glad she's better, but I still hope she loses her job on The View and has to become a spokesperson for something embarassing.
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She said, "I finished my US tour and went straight to Japan."
She explains, "I didn't go to a nice emergency room - I ended up in one with blood on the walls. Nasty."
"I was dehydrated. I had bronchitis."
She adds, "Who knows exactly what it was? I think it was just complete exhaustion."
Despite Ashlee's impression, Japan's health care system is much better than that of the United States. In a 2000 report by the World Health Organization, Japan ranked 10th overall in health care while the US came in at 37th - below most other industrialized nations. The US also has a higher infant mortality rate than Japan.
Here are pictures of Ashlee in April's Jane magazine.
Sheryl Crow made a public appearance yesterday at the Rock & Republic Fashion Show in LA. She looks to be recovering well from her breast cancer scare last month and we wish her all the best.
Crow has surprised her fans with an announcement that she will be touring this Summer:
"It is my favourite time to tour and I feel certain, for me, it will be a celebration every night of how lucky I feel with this life I have been given..."
Sheryl confirmed she would play her first gig on June 12 in Indianapolis, with her last show taking place on July 8 at Boston's Fenway Park.
Here she is at the Rock and Republic fashion show and with Patricia Arquette.
Ok, the latest news is that US Weekly claims that Britney is not pregnant, she's just all puffed up from a bad C-section scar infection and is drinking a lot to ease her pain.
She also stepped on a needle while barefoot and was rushed to hospital for the umpteenth time this month. Maybe she can call Pammy for help coping with hepatitis. We hear that a lot of drinking helps that condition, too.
The girl is a mess. We reported two weeks ago that her new perfume is called "In Control." We're not going to make an obvious, cheap shot. We just hope the stuff lives up to its name.
All kidding aside, the needle does not seem to have infected her with anything. Her husband also used her credit card to send her flowers.
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Desperate Housewives star and Academy Award-nominated actress Felicity Huffman has revealed her battle with severe bulimia and body dysmorphic disorder. While Huffman is recovered now, she was troubled and sick up until her late 30s. Huffman's personal experience helped her identify with her character in Transamerica:
Whether you’re trying to be a size six or whether you are gay or whether you are transgender, all you experience is ‘I don’t fit in’ and ‘What I’m doing isn’t working’ and ‘I am below par’.”
Another article quotes Huffman as saying that she vomited up to six times a day at the height of her illness.
It takes a lot of courage to come out with that. Huffman seems to be keeping healthy now with a thin but very strong frame. Hopefully her message will help others who struggle with the pain of not being satisfied with their bodies.
Huffman, 43, has been married to renowned character actor William H. Macy, 56, since 1997. They have two daughters, Sofia and Georgia, aged five and three.
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Sean Connery just had a benign kidney tumor removed. He is recovering nicely and has a sense of humor about his medical condition:
The former 007 made a full recovery from the operation, which took place in a private hospital in New York after doctors discovered the lump a few weeks ago.
The Scottish star is now back at home in the Bahamas.
Connery, 75, said: "I was opened in five places, including a tube up my d**k."
He sounds like he's doing well and will make a full recovery.
New Bond Daniel Craig is attractive, but no one can compete with Sean Connery, the hottest Bond ever.
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