Looks like mental facilities are now the favorite Hollywood hangout.

Just as Britney Spears checked into the UCLA Medical Center, Grey’s Anatomy Justin Chambers checked out. He was suffering from a sleeping disorder — sadly, this may have been the same thing that plagued Heath Ledger.

Lindsay Lohan was in London this weekend apparently shooting her latest campaign for Miu Miu.  But while her career is still going strong, despite partying & engagements failed, friends & family are worried about Lohan because she may be cutting herself on top of continuing on with all her crazed partying.  Page Six reported:

THE few friends that Lindsay Lohan has are worried. “At the rate she’s going, I would be surprised if she lived past the age of 22,” said one concerned pal. Lohan has long been addicted to clubbing and nonstop partying, but her behavior last week during the World Music Awards in London really freaked them out. During the program she was supposed to be hosting, Lohan stumbled on steps, flubbed her lines and abandoned her emcee role early in the show. Later, London’s Sun caught pictures of Lohan with cut marks on her wrist that looked self-inflicted. Her rep claimed the incisions were the result of a fall into a bush. “There is no one in her life to guide her or help her,” said the friend. “Her mother is a mess, her father is in jail and she has no authority figure, because she has paid the family bills for as long as she can remember with her acting.”

Poor LL, someone really needs to help her get a handle on life.  I’m sure Paris Hilton is up for the job…
 

Rod Stewart’s daughter Kimberly has been diagnosed with liver disease, a condition not taken lightly.

The 27-year-old Kimberly has sworn off drinking & has not touched alcohol since her diagnosis.

Dad Rod revealed, “She just discovered that she has a very serious liver disease from drinking too much….She said to me, ‘Dad, I’m half Scottish, I thought I was allowed to drink a lot.’ I said, ‘No, darling, it doesn’t work like that.”

Poor lass, we’re all hoping she will recover quickly!

On Monday gossip extraordinaire Page Six published a post implying that Nicole Richie had undergone the famed gastric bypass surgery. 

Here’s what Page Six published:

“WHICH young Hollywood starlet had secret gastric bypass surgery, but then lost too much weight? During a recent four-day stint at a health clinic, she was actually having an operation to remove the bypass.”

On Tuesday, 25-year-old Nicole Richie posted a response to this health claim on her MySpace page saying,

“So i gain a little bit of weight, and im acussed of having a gastric bypass surgery reversed? Its pathetic of Page Six to insinuate i have done this. Anyone that knows anything about this surgery would know that legally, you must be AT LEAST 100 pounds overweight to even have the surgery done, and is a serious, life changing procedure; not one to throw around as a joke or a rumor. Ive statement I am in the process of putting on weight, and that should be enough. Its a shame to hear that instead of hearing supportive words, someone needs to spin it into some negative, absurd way.”

I’m with Nicole on that, who would even think that she would have had gastric bypass surgery (me)?  One thing is for sure, Nicole needs to go back to the drawing board with her spelling & grammar.

What do you think, would Nicole ever go that route?

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And speaking of Anna Nicole Smith, it looks like the former Playboy Playmate is among the living once again.  Smith has been released from the Bahamas hospital where she was receiving treatment for pneumonia. 

38-year-old Anna Nicole checked into a local hospital on October 30 complaining for a pain in her side, upon evaluation it was determined by physicians that Smith had a collapsed lung due to a severe case of pneumonia.  But now it looks like the lung has bucked-up and the lady is feeling much better.

“I think it takes quite some time to recover from a collapsed lung, and you have to keep up the breathing exercises for some time,” Anna Nicole’s attorney Wayne Munroe stated.

“But she’s shown a high threshold for pain, having been through so much recently.”

Damn straight, never again will I subject these eyes to that gruesome Cesarean section video, never again, never again.

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A year after 55-year-old Kirstie Alley made a pledge that she would come to the Oprah Winfrey show wearing nothing but a bikini, the deed has finally been done.

On Monday Alley showed up in a red bikini and received a standing ovation, see video here- it’s actually pretty spectacular.  Remember how Kirstie looked a year ago?!

The first time Alley ever opened up about her weight struggle to the public was on Oprah back in 2004 when she weighed over 200 pounds.  Following the show, the actress quit smoking & vowed to change her life & her body.

When Kirstie bared her new bod for Oprah, the talk show host stated, “You look beautiful.”
 
Alley responded later in the show, saying, ”I don’t think women ever feel like we’re good enough.  We don’t feel like we’re thin enough or pretty enough or smart enough or work hard enough … We all are good enough and we look good enough and we are not our bodies, you know?”
 
Alley has been keeping track of her weight loss on her Jenny Craig blog. In October, Kirsite posted:
 
“The most important reason I want to wear a bikini on Oprah…is because if I, a 55 year old woman can look even half way decent, imagine how all of you could look in a bikini. Then all of us can breathe a little easier. Hell, I’ll never look like Giselle, I never did! But maybe close to Bridget Jones or a Dove girl or something that is just fine and healthy and happy with no surgery, no lypo and no drugs-that’s saying something!�

Well, I have to say, I’m impressed, Kirstie.  Looking good!

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36-year-old Claudia Schiffer says that models are too thin & are no longer attractive.  Now, isn’t that a little like the pot calling the kettle black?

“It doesn’t really look good any more,” Schiffer recently stated.
 
“Fashion looks good on thin models, but when you look at today’s models you can not help but think there is something wrong. They are way too thin. It is only bones that stick out.”
 
“Models have always been thin. But today, they are even thinner, which is unbelievable.” the model goes on to say.”

“Ever since I started having children, I can eat whatever I want. I eat chocolate almost every day and drink whole milk so that I don’t lose any more (weight).”
 
“When media started writing that I looked too thin and ill, I went to the doctor. He said I was healthy,” she said. “I didn’t gain weight after the pregnancies. I hope it stays like that.”

I’m all about Claudia coming clean on this unhealthy wave of modeling, but I have to say that Schiffer, who weighs in at 125 pounds & is a staggering 5′11″, may need to consult the recommended weight guideline for her height & age- which is 140 pounds if you’re interested.

Well, Claudia Schiffer still looks beautiful no matter how much her clavicle sticks out.

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Doctor’s orders, Usher has had to pull out of the Broadway run of ”Chicago“.  The singer has been diagnosed with an “extreme” case of strep throat, his mother/manager Jonnetta Patton stated Thursday. 

You know if my mother was my manager & I was sick, I think her announcement would go something like this, “I am so sorry, ya’ll, but Allison is feeling sickypoo & isn’t going to be able to share her beauty, charm & wit with you today.  So sorry, get well flowers are being accepted at the back door.” 

Before his Broadway run, Usher stated, “If you think that you will be able to indulge in the nightlife, the wild life of New York City and do Broadway, it’s impossible.”

“If you do catch me out, it’ll be a miracle, because I take this that serious. It takes a lot to give 120 percent of yourself as an actor, as a vocalist, as a performer, and do it again and again, for eight shows a week. Broadway is no joke.”

But unfortunately Usher fell sick on Friday, just on the heels of his final week, so understudy Bernand Dotson (don’t you know that was a happy man!) took over the part Billy Flynn.

However, Usher fell ill on Friday, the beginning of his final week, so his understudy, Bernard Dotson, began filling in for him. As his condition progressively worsened, Usher continued to miss shows throughout the week, and fans began demanding refunds. But Usher’s doctor diagnosed and is treating him for an “extreme” case of strep throat, according to his manager (and mother), Jonnetta Patton, and has instructed him not to perform.

“He is really saddened that he cannot close out his last week in ‘Chicago’ with a bang,”  mother/manager Patton said.

“He expresses his sincere apologies to all of his fans who purchased tickets to see him this final week.”

“Chicago” producer Barry Weissler stated, “The entire ‘Chicago’ company is sending their thoughts and best wishes to Usher for a quick and speedy recovery.”

“Usher made a spectacular Broadway debut, bringing a great dedication, work ethic, and his amazing talent to the show. We all hope that he might return at some point for the many fans that were unable to see his wonderful performance as Billy Flynn. Usher has found a new home on Broadway and is welcome back anytime.”

Wishing Usher a speedy recovery from his “strep throat.”

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58-year-old Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler recently announced that he was diagnosed with hepatitis C three years ago.  The disease is commonly associated with using needles and is basically a serious infection of the blood.

Tyler reveals, ”I’ve had hepatitis C for a long time, asymptomatic.”
 
The former admitted drug addict Tyler goes on to say, “I’ve been pretty quiet about this. “The band took a break about three years ago. … [My doctor] said now is the time, and it’s 11 months of chemotherapy” — actually, interferon, which strengthens the immune system — “so I went on that, and it about killed me.”
 
“You know, it really hurt. It was a bad, bad period. I’m in AA, and I tried to go three, four, five months with nothing, and it about killed me.”

Unfortunately as Steven underwent interferon therapy, his marriage to fashion designer Teresa Barrick suffered as well.  Their 18 years of marriage saw an end last year, the couple have two children together.
 
Regarding his home life Tyler said, ”I had a little problem at home, to say the least, and I would run upstairs at night, you know, to put the kids asleep and wake up at 3 in the morning with a nosebleed — you know, just passed out from the interferon, the treatment. It’s a shot and pills and all of that. But the good news is I stood the test of time.”
 
The veteran rocker says of the disease, “It’s the silent killer.”

“I may go on Oprah and talk about this.”

Tyler isn’t alone, as over 4.5 million Americans suffer from hepatitis C, including Pamela Anderson who contracted the disease after sharing tattoo needles with ex Tommy Lee in 2002.
 
Much luck to Tyler in his health struggles.

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Teen queen Lindsay Lohan was hospitalized, again.

Apparently Lohan is still learning how to walk & was rushed to the hospital Friday after falling and fracturing her wrist.  We need an accident policy on the girl. 

The Georgia Rule actress was taken to St. Vincent’s hospital in New York after she slipped and fell at Milk Studios during a New York Fashion Week event. 

Lohan fractured her wrist in two places when she fell at Milk while walking in an outdoor area while wearing flat boots.  Maybe the Mork & Mindy gold boots?

Lohan’s publicist Leslie Sloane Zelnick confirms the fracture & states that there is a “pending investigation” to determine whether Milk Studios took adequate health & safety precautions with the ground. 

What a load of bull.  Just because the girl can’t walk, don’t blame the ground the walks on, people.  Sheez.

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18-year-old actor Haley Joel Osment was hospitalized early this morning with non-life-threatening injuries after his 1995 Saturn overturned in a Los Angeles suburb.

Apparently the young actor was not wearing his seat belt as he lost control of the car & collided with a brick pillar which caused the car the then flip over. 

“The collision caused the vehicle to flip over onto its roof and come to rest a short distance away,” said a police officer for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

When deputies pulled Osment from the wreckage, he was conscious & able to speak, but that he looked “banged up and scraped up.”

He had apparently not been wearing a seat belt, Sisneros said.

Osment’s wreck follows the hospitalization on Wednesday of actor & general hooligan Daniel Baldwin who ran his silver Ford Thunderbird into two parked cars.

Baldwin faces charges of reckless driving and driving with a suspended license & Osmet faces the ridicule & wonder of driving a 1995 Saturn.

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Val Edward Kilmer, born December 31, 1959 in the sleepy little town of Los Angeles. He stole our hearts in ‘Willow’; charmed us in ‘Tombstone’ and brought tears to these very eyes in “A Salton Sea.” What has happened to the sexy, mysterious man we longed to touch & to save? Who has replaced this creature with the fat, celluloidious man we see today? Who was actually cast in ‘Alexander’? Val, you hot beast, where are you?

It looks like Val, like so many fallen actors, has been taken. Taken by the enemy- taken by what we all try to avoid, try to hide from by the skin of our teeth- FAT. Our poor Val, our poor Chris Penn. What are we doing to ourselves? Why must the Snickers, the Kit Kat, the delicious double ice cream sundae drag us all down? Why? I think you know the answer.

A lesson we should all take to heart, for those unfortunate flabby folks sitting at home on pins & needles anxiously reading every word, don’t worry- celebrities are fat too.

Val’s personal website link: http://www.valkilmer.com/