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Gordon Ramsay Leaves Charity Soccer Game on a Stretcher
Originally posted 05/28/2012 12:15PM
It was supposed to be a friendly affair, but Will Ferrell and Gordon Ramsay got more than they bargained for – the latter ended up in hospital – at a charity soccer game on Sunday that was rougher than anticipated.
The actor, 44, hobbled off with an apparent leg injury, while the celebrity chef, 45, had to be stretchered off and given oxygen after a clattering tackle by former pro player Teddy Sheringham at the annual Soccer Aid game in Manchester, England.
"Thx 4 all the messages. Out of hospital after receiving amazing care from medics at ground & hospital. Bit sore but fine," Ramsay wrote Monday on Twitter.
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Dara Torres Uses Ambien to Sleep Before a Big Race
Originally posted 05/27/2012 05:00PM
Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has no trouble focusing in the moments before a big race, but the athlete admits she's turned to medication to help her get a good night's sleep.
Asked how she gets shut-eye before an important competition, she tells Health: "It's called Ambien," referring to the prescription drug used to treat insomnia.
"There are a lot of athletes who will take it if they need to fall asleep before they compete – because you're thinking about your race and you're tossing and turning," she says.
Torres, who at age 45 will be the oldest female Olympic swimmer ever if she competes in the summer games in London this year, says she doesn't get groggy the next morning.
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Phillip Phillips Had Eight Operations During American Idol Run, His Father Says
Originally posted 05/24/2012 02:00PM
Imagine what Phillip Phillips could do if he were 100 percent healthy.
The American Idol winner dazzled viewers all season long, despite battling chronic kidney problems – and having eight separate surgeries – since the competition began, his father told PEOPLE Wednesday after an eventful finale.
"He's been doing [well], but it's just grueling hours and it's just amazing what he's done through the journey," said the singer's dad, also named Phillip Phillips, at the show's official Ford-sponsored after party. "Eight operations since we started American Idol ... He's hitting 50 percent, but he's still up there swinging away."
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Michael McKean Cracks Jokes After Horrific Car Accident
Originally posted 05/24/2012 06:45AM
Michael McKean has a New Yorker's stamina – and sense of humor.
A day after his horrific encounter with a car that ran out of control onto the sidewalk and slammed him, bleeding, into a Upper West Side Manhattan street, the actor, 64, was cracking wise with the producer of his Broadway show.
"We always tell each other to break a leg in this business. I never thought it would happen to me this way!" McKean joked from his hospital bed to his The Best Man producer Jeffrey Richards, reports the New York Post.
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Kelly Clarkson's New Boyfriend Is Her Exercise Inspiration
Originally posted 05/23/2012 03:00PM
He may have limited some of her songwriting subjects – especially those angry, brokenhearted ones – but Kelly Clarkson says her boyfriend has fueled her desire to work out.
"I would love to say that it had something to do with my work, but it doesn't," Clarkson, 30, whose new singing competition Duets premieres Thursday, told reporters during a conference call. "I have a boyfriend, and if I'm being completely honest, no one likes to be not toned when you are dating someone."
Having revved up her workout routine and by restricting her diet, Clarkson says the pounds have come off.
"I'm eating better and working out, but I've always fluctuated within 20 lbs.," she adds. "My whole life I've been like that."
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Michael McKean Mowed Down on New York Sidewalk
Originally posted 05/23/2012 06:30AM
Michael McKean, the smiling redhead best known for playing Lenny in the '70s sitcom Laverne and Shirley and for his appearances in the satirical mockumentaries This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind, is in stable condition after being hit by a car on an Upper West Side Manhattan sidewalk Tuesday afternoon.
McKean, 64, was being treated at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital for a broken leg and facial lacerations. "Hopefully, he'll be fine," his manager, Harriet Sternberg, told the New York Post.
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Nick Stahl Will 'Focus on Healing,' Says His Wife
Originally posted 05/21/2012 09:00AM
Nick Stahl is getting treatment – and the real work is beginning.
"Now that he is safe, it's time to focus back on healing," his wife, Rose Stahl, tells PEOPLE.
On May 9, Rose reported to the LAPD that her husband, who starred in Terminator 3, was missing. She now says she's "elated" that he has resurfaced and is hopeful he's getting the help he needs in rehab.
Rose, 30, doesn't know if Nick's 30-day stay at an undisclosed facility, which began Saturday, will pull him out of what she says has been the worst addiction cycle of the actor's life – one in which he's turned down acting roles for nine months and has lived apart from her and their 2-year-old daughter since February.
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Nick Stahl Enters Rehab
Originally posted 05/20/2012 02:40PM
After going missing for more than a week, Nick Stahl is getting the help he needs, according to his wife.
The Terminator 3 actor checked into rehab Saturday night, Rose Stahl, 30, tells PEOPLE.
"I'm elated," she said via e-mail.
The actor had reached out to friends via e-mail on Friday and told them that he planned to enter treatment.
Rose Stahl told PEOPLE that Nick sent an "unemotional and unapologetic e-mail" at about 10 p.m. on Friday, saying he's okay, that he was entering a 30-day rehab program that night, and that he planned to make some arrangements to get his clothes.
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Miranda Lambert Likes Her 'Big Butt'
Originally posted 05/20/2012 10:30AM
Miranda Lambert is perfectly happy not being one of those super-skinny celebrity types. In fact, she says, when she sees them, her stomach growls.
"Really skinny actresses make me hungry," the country star tells Self in its June issue. "I see them and think, 'Honey, you need to eat!' I'm lucky I don't have to live like that."
Lambert, 28, who married fellow country star Blake Shelton in May 2011, says she's pretty comfortable with her body.
"I don't mind having a big butt," she says. "I actually like that about myself."
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Nick Stahl Reaches Out to Friends
Originally posted 05/19/2012 12:40PM
Terminator 3 star Nick Stahl, who was reported missing on Monday, reached out to friends late Friday to say he's okay and entering rehab, his wife tells PEOPLE.
"I'm relieved," says Rose Stahl, 30, who told PEOPLE earlier on Friday that she was worried her husband might die from an overdose.
"But I'm also skeptical that he really in rehab," she adds.
Rose Stahl, who on Monday reported her husband missing to the LAPD, says Nick sent an "unemotional and unapologetic e-mail" at about 10 p.m. on Friday, saying he's okay, that he was entering a 30-day rehab program that night, and that he planned to make some arrangements to get his clothes.
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