The Golden Girls star Rue McClanahan had a minor stroke last November while recovering from heart bypass surgery, the actress’ rep confirmed Thursday to EW. McClanahan has been in the hospital since then, but is expected to be released in two weeks. Contrary to some reports, McClanahan has not been paralyzed or crippled. “She’s still very funny—It all came back,” her rep said. “I was just talking to her about how, when she gets out, she might want to have a camera crew meet her in her house and watch her walk and wave.” McClanahan won an Emmy in 1987 for playing Golden Girls‘ Blanche Devereaux.
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Jan 14
2010
06:18 PM ET
Jan 14
2010
05:26 PM ET
'Heroes' actor finally contacts parents in Haiti
Actor and Haitian native Jimmy Jean-Louis, best known as “The Haitian” on NBC’s Heroes, has made contact with his parents in Haiti, which was struck by a 7.0 earthquake on Jan. 12, CNN reports. Jean-Louis, who was born in Petionville, Haiti, and moved to Paris to start a modeling career at age 12, had been trying to reach his elderly parents after learning that a house he grew up in had collapsed. On Thursday, he was finally able to speak with his mother. “I got a phone call from my sister, who said she was able to reach home,” Jean-Louis told CNN. “So I picked up the phone, and my mom answered. The first reaction from both of us was simply to cry.”
Jean-Louis is the founder of Hollywood Unites for Haiti, a nonprofit group that is currently mobilizing for disaster relief. The actor says that individuals who are looking to help the relief effort should send money instead of goods at the moment. Jean-Louis also expressed his gratitude for the worldwide effort to help Haiti during this crisis. “I am very, very happy that there is unity,” the actor said. “Only through unity will we be able to overcome the catastrophe.”
Jan 14
2010
03:19 PM ET
'Men of a Certain Age' picked up for second season
TNT has ordered a second season of the Ray Romano/Andre Braugher/Scott Bakula midlife dramedy Men of a Certain Age.
The show currently airs at 10pm Monday nights on TNT, where it averages 4.4 million viewers per week; the second-season order is for ten full episodes.
Jan 14
2010
01:54 PM ET
More stars respond to crisis in Haiti
Stars ranging from Oprah and Adam Lambert to Ben Stiller, Crash director Paul Haggis, House‘s Olivia Wilde, LL Cool J, and Usher continue to use their celebrity as a platform to urge fans and Twitter subscribers to donate in the name of Haitian disaster relief.
Many are simply retweeting the information for Haitian-born former Fugee and solo artist Wyclef Jean‘s Yele Foundation (texting “Yele” to 501501 from your cell phone will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund; the charge will appear on your phone bill).
The Office‘s Rainn Wilson, who visited Haiti via the nonprofit Planting for Peace in October, is asking fans who subscribe to his Twitter to text the word “HAITI” to 9099 for an automatic $10 donation; actress Wilde, who also visited Haiti on a relief mission last month, is repeatedly encouraging her followers to give to Artists for Peace and Justice.
Oprah began her show yesterday by asking viewers to donate to the Red Cross relief fund; Usher is soliciting funds via his own New Look charity. Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Nicole Ritchie and others have all tweeted direct links to UNICEF.
Director Haggis, who formed the organization Artists for Peace and Justice in 2009, has garnered the support of a host of Hollywood types — Charlize Theron, James Franco, Maria Bellow, Josh Brolin, Diane Lane and Oliver Stone among them — and is currently soliciting donations on its website as well. Watch a video featuring several of them visiting Haiti here.
Also, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — the group behind Sunday’s Golden Globes — has donated $100,000 to Yele.
Jan 14
2010
01:04 PM ET
Miley Cyrus, Ringo Starr, Jeff Bridges, and Kristen Bell join Grammy presenter list
This morning, the Recording Academy announced a raft of more bold-faced presenters for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, which will air live on CBS Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Amongst the names? Tween idols (Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber), actors (Jeff Bridges, Josh Duhamel, Kristen Bell), previous Grammy winners (Norah Jones, Ricky Martin, Carlos Santana, Ringo Starr) and one reigning Billboard chart queen (Ke$ha).
They all join previously announced performers and/or nominees, including Best Album nominees Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift (all of whom will perform), plus Bon Jovi, Maxwell, Pink, Green Day, Lady Antebellum, and the Zac Brown Band.
Jan 14
2010
09:19 AM ET
Lions Gate bids for the rights to 'Terminator' franchise
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Lions Gate Entertainment has bid $15 million plus 5% of future gross receipts for the rights to the Terminator franchise. Production company Halcyon Group put the film series’ rights up for sale in September to assist with their Chapter 11 reorganization.
Jan 14
2010
08:50 AM ET
Daniel Craig in talks for 'Cowboys and Aliens'
Now that Robert Downey Jr. has dropped out due to the Sherlock Holmes sequel, Daniel Craig is considering joining Cowboys and Aliens, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Steven Spielberg, the film is about an alien invasion within the setting of the 1800s Wild West.
Jan 14
2010
08:31 AM ET
Ivan Reitman to direct 'Ghostbusters 3'
Ivan Reitman has confirmed that he will direct Ghostbusters 3 and is looking to begin shooting sometime this year. Reitman directed the first two Ghostbusters films.
Jan 14
2010
08:22 AM ET
Bryan Cranston joins Disney's 'John Carter of Mars'
Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston will co-star in Walt Disney’s John Carter of Mars, directed by WALL-E‘s Andrew Stanton and based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs books about a Civil War veteran (Friday Night Lights‘ Taylor Kitsch) transported to Mars. Cranston will play a Civil War colonel.
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