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Feb 17 2012 11:12 AM ET

Nick Cannon steps down from live radio show

by Michelle Profis

Filed under: News and tagged: Health, Nick Cannon

92.3 NOW Blog

Citing health issues, Nick Cannon is stepping down from his live morning show, “Rollin’ With Nick Cannon,” he announced today on 92.3 NOW’s website.

“Under doctor’s orders, I have been asked to put my heath first and cut back on some of my professional commitments in order to allow my body to get the rest that it needs to keep up with the demands of my multitasking schedule.

“It has been an absolute pleasure working with CBS Radio and the 92.3 NOW morning show team and I would like to thank them for their unwavering support. I will continue to host my syndicated ‘Cannon’s Countdown’ weekend show and look forward to contributing to 92.3 NOW whenever possible. Even Superman has to sleep.”

The entertainer was hospitalized earlier this year with a diagnosis of “mild kidney failure” and returned to his radio show Jan. 17.

Feb 13 2012 03:58 PM ET

P. Diddy recovering after hospitalization for migraine

by Lanford Beard

Filed under: News and tagged: Health

EW has confirmed that Bad Boy impresario Sean “P. Diddy” Combs was hospitalized last night for a severe migraine that developed after he returned home from the post-Grammy party he hosted at the Playboy Mansion. Entourage members delivered Combs to the emergency room at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He was discharged soon after and is now home recuperating.

Feb 12 2012 02:44 PM ET

Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina treated at hospital

by Kate Ward

Filed under: Music, News and tagged: Health, In Memoriam

Whitney Houston’s 16-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown checked into Cedars Sinai Medical Center following the singer’s death Saturday, a family source confirms to EW. The source tells EW that Brown was released shortly after being treated. People reports Brown — daughter of Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown — had a “complete breakdown” after she had heard the news of her mother’s death. People‘s source also claims that Houston was found “partially submerged in the bathtub of her room”: “[Bobbi Kristina] was screaming, ‘What’s wrong with her? What’s wrong with her?”

Jan 27 2012 10:07 PM ET

Demi Moore 911 call is public information, for better or worse

by Lanford Beard

Filed under: News and tagged: Demi Moore, Health

Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

When the dramatic recording of the 911 call leading to Demi Moore’s Monday night hospitalization was released to the public today, it begged the question: Does Moore have the legal right to have that call kept private?

Not according to officials. “911 calls are public information,” says Tina Haro, the public information officer for the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Community Liaison Office, which reviewed the tape for release alongside the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

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Jan 27 2012 12:36 PM ET

911 call from Demi Moore's home released

by Kate Ward

Filed under: News and tagged: Demi Moore, Health

As expected, authorities have released the 911 call made from Demi Moore’s home prior to her hospitalization on Tuesday. On the 10-minute tape, an unidentified woman reveals information regarding what led to the actress’ need for medical aid. According to the recording, Moore began having convulsions after she “smoked something” similar to incense. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 26 2012 08:57 AM ET

Report: Demi Moore suffered possible seizure

by Kate Ward

Filed under: News and tagged: Demi Moore, Health

It’s been two days since Demi Moore checked into a hospital, but there still seems to be a mystery surrounding why the 49-year-old actress is receiving medical treatment. On Jan. 24, a rep for Moore said that the actress had decided to “seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health.”

But now, a source is coming forward and claiming that exhaustion was not the reason for Moore’s hospitalization. People reports that a source said Moore “was having what seemed like seizures” at home, leading friends to call 911. (TMZ, on the other hand, is reporting that Moore experienced a bad reaction to nitrous oxide.)

It’s been a tough few months for the actress. Back in November, Moore and husband Ashton Kutcher announced they would divorce after six years of marriage. And though the actress appeared to be getting her career on track — she had signed on to play Gloria Steinem in Lovelace – she dropped out of the film following her hospitalization.

Jan 24 2012 07:29 PM ET

Demi Moore hospitalized for exhaustion

by Annie Barrett

Filed under: News and tagged: Demi Moore, Health

Image Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic.com

After being rushed to an L.A. hospital late Monday night, recently separated Demi Moore, 49, has reached out for professional help at a nearby facility. Paramedics responded to a 911 call placed at 10:45 p.m. on Jan. 23.

A rep for Moore told People, “Because of the stresses in her life right now, Demi has chosen to seek professional assistance to treat her exhaustion and improve her overall health.”

TMZ first reported the news.

Jan 23 2012 10:40 AM ET

Tracy Morgan hospitalized after collapse at Sundance

by Aly Semigran

Filed under: Movies, TV and tagged: Health

No laughing matter: Tracy Morgan was rushed to the hospital after he collapsed at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Sunday. The controversial 30 Rock star reportedly lost consciousness after attending Sunday’s Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards, where he was being honored with the Spotlight Initiative Award. Morgan collapsed after his speech and was taken to Park City Medical Center, where his current condition is unknown. While reports claimed that the actor-comedian, whose film Predisposed was screening at Sundance, was “out of control, yelling and falling onto the ground” during the awards show dinner, a spokeswoman for the hospital told People that no drugs or alcohol were found in his system upon medical evaluation. Morgan’s rep told EW in a release that “Any reports of Tracy consuming alcohol are 100 percent false” and that the 43-year-old collapsed “from a combination of exhaustion and altitude.”

The comedian has had some health problems in the past: Last year, Morgan missed several episodes of 30 Rock after undergoing a kidney transplant.

(Additional reporting by Anthony Breznican)

Jan 19 2012 11:51 AM ET

Merle Haggard hospitalized with pneumonia

by Associated Press

Filed under: Music and tagged: Health

Country-music legend Merle Haggard is being treated for pneumonia in a Georgia hospital and has had to cancel the rest of his Jan. concert dates. Publicist Tresa Redburn said she spoke to Haggard by phone Wednesday in his Macon hospital room.

The 74-year-old Haggard was taken to the hospital Tuesday after canceling a Macon show at short notice. He had at least four more dates scheduled for the rest of this month, from Kentucky to Oklahoma. Tour manager Frank Mull tells The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that Haggard has been sick since leaving his home in northern California last week.

Jan 18 2012 10:46 AM ET

Merle Haggard hospitalized

by Associated Press

Filed under: Music and tagged: Health

A concert promoter says country music legend Merle Haggard was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness this week in central Georgia. Promoter Mike Blackwell tells the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that a Wednesday night concert in Columbus, Ga., has been canceled. He said the 74-year-old Haggard was hospitalized in Macon because of an illness.

Tour manager Frank Mull says that Tuesday night’s show at the Macon City Auditorium was abruptly canceled, seven minutes before it was to start. Mull says Haggard has been sick since leaving his home in northern California last week.
It wasn’t known whether Haggard remained in the Macon hospital Wednesday. Details of his illness were not immediately available. His next scheduled concert is Thursday in Paducah, Ky.