Entertainment Briefs August 16, 2010
Publicist: Zsa Zsa Gabor in serious condition
LOS ANGELES - Zsa Zsa Gabor's publicist says the 93-year-old actress is in extremely serious condition after having two blood clots removed at a Los Angeles hospital.Publicist John Blanchette said Sunday that he had spoken with Gabor's husband Frederic Von Anhalt, who had told him of her condition. Blanchette described the situation as "very sad."
Blanchette says Gabor was in surgery for several hours Saturday for the removal of the clots from her upper body, one of them very close to her heart.Gabor was hospitalized Friday afternoon because she was bleeding and in a lot of pain.
She had broken her hip July 17, had hip replacement surgery and had just returned home from the hospital Wednesday.James Cameron, Earth Day group to plant 1M trees
WASHINGTON - Earth Day Network is enlisting groups in 15 countries to plant 1 million trees this year with "Avatar" movie director James Cameron and Twentieth Century Fox.The Washington-based group is announcing its plans Sunday. Cameron planted the first of 1 million trees in April in Brazil.
In the U.S., trees will be planted in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles to improve air quality and urban animal habitats.Tree plantings in such places as Mexico, Canada and Spain will be focused on reforestation of depleted areas.
Other efforts tie in with both development and environmental improvements. In Haiti, the U.S.-based Trees for the Future will work with farmers to plant about 500,000 fruit trees and other native species to provide economic benefits. That makes Haiti one of the largest sites.Sheriff: Tila Tequila says audience threw rocks
CARTERVILLE, Ill. - A sheriff says reality TV actress Tila Tequila complained that audience members pelted her with stones and feces during an outdoor music festival in southern Illinois.
Hardin County Sheriff Tom Seiner told a Carterville TV station it happened early Saturday at the Gathering of the Juggalos. That's a weekend festival based around the band Insane Clown Posse and other groups from Psychopathic Records.
Seiner told WSIL-TV that Tequila, whose real name is Tila Nguyen, complained that she was injured when audience members threw rocks at her. Seiner said Nguyen also complained that feces were thrown.The sheriff also said one man stabbed another, though not fatally.
Sheriff's Department dispatcher Jimmy Barnard said early Sunday that he had no other details.
- The Associated Press