People: Tracy Morgan, Aretha Franklin, Heidi Klum, Rihanna, Jane Carrey, Garth Brooks, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Comedian and "30 Rock" cast member Tracy Morgan says he'll be back at work Tuesday after being hospitalized while attending the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, the Associated Press reports.
Morgan's publicist, Lewis Kay, says the actor suffered from exhaustion and altitude when he collapsed Sunday in Park City, where the elevation is 7,000 feet.
Morgan posted Monday on Twitter that the high altitude "shook up this kid from Brooklyn."
Kay says hospital officials report no drugs or alcohol were found in Morgan's system.
Morgan attended Sundance in connection with the comedy film "Predisposed," one of the 100 films at the festival, in which he plays a drug dealer named Sprinkles.
nAretha Franklin won't be getting fitted for a wedding gown after all: She's called off her engagement.
A statement released Monday by her representative said Franklin's wedding to Willie Wilkerson wasn't going to happen, the Associated Press reports.
"Will and I have decided we were moving a little too fast, and there were a number of things that had not been thought through thoroughly. There will be no wedding at this time," Franklin said. "We will not comment on it any further because of the very personal and sensitive nature of it. We appreciate all of the many well wishes from friends."
Franklin, 69, announced shortly after New Year's Day that she was getting married.
It's unclear if the pair are still romantically involved.
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Heidi Klum and Seal have officially announced they are separating after almost seven years of marriage, E! News reports.
After days of speculation, the couple Sunday spoke out about the split.
"While we have enjoyed seven very loving, loyal and happy years of marriage, after much soul-searching we have decided to separate," the duo says in a joint statement. "We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue to love each other very much, but we have grown apart. This is an amicable process, and protecting the well-being of our children remains our top priority, especially during this time of transition. We thank our family, friends and fans for their kind words of support. And for our children's sake, we appreciate you respecting our privacy."
The model and "Project Runway" host and the singer tied the knot May 10, 2005, after Seal popped the question to her in an igloo he built at a Canadian ski resort for the occasion.
Along with Klum's daughter Leni from an earlier relationship, the couple have three kids together: Henry, 6, Johan, 5, and Lou, 2.
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Is Rihanna still looking for love in all the wrong places?
The hitmaker hit up West Hollywood nightclub Greystone Manor Sunday night, as did her fellow Grammy nominee and notorious ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown -- who happens to have a court date this afternoon pertaining to his 2009 battery case, E! News reports.
But guess who else was at the club?
Brown's girlfriend of nearly nine months, model Karrueche Tran.
"Chris and Rihanna are just friends," Brown's rep, Jeff Raymond, assures E! News. "He is with his girlfriend and not cheating."
So what's the deal with these two? Supposedly they've been seeing quite a bit of each other, though it's understandable that they'd want to keep it under the radar -- and not because Brown was originally prohibited from coming within 100 yards of Rihanna until Aug. 25, 2014.
Last year, with Rihanna's OK, the order of protection against Brown was relaxed, purportedly so that SWAT wouldn't have to be called in if the two ran into each other at an industry gathering or something.
Rihanna tends to stay friends with her exes, though, having also been spotted in London with Dodgers star Matt Kemp in October, almost a year after they broke up.
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Sunday night on "American Idol's" auditions show, the country was introduced to Jane Carrey -- a 24-year-old mother, waitress, musician, Los Angeleno ... and, oh yeah, Jim Carrey's daughter.
The self-professed "huge ham" (guess we know which parent's genes she inherited) dropped by the reality show's San Diego auditions and rather aptly belted out "Something to Talk About."
And the judges sure did. But were they blown away by the famous progeny, or did, well, somebody stop her?
They loved it!
"It was definitely fun growing up with him as a father. He's not the most extravagant celebrity, so it was fairly normal. Fairly," she laughed in her pre-audition interview. "The last name definitely helps and hurts, I feel like there's this pressure to maybe be better because if I make it somewhere, I run the risk of people saying, 'Oh, you only got there because of this.' "
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While Garth Brooks says an Oklahoma hospital pledged to name a women's center for his late mother in return for $500,000, a deposition he gave shows the singer couldn't remember what he had been promised, the Associated Press reports.
Brooks testified Friday that the Integris Canadian Valley Regional Hospital promised in 2005 it would honor Colleen Brooks. In a deposition unveiled Monday, he said he couldn't remember what hospital president James Moore told him about the donation.
Under cross-examination, Integris lawyer Terry Thomas showed Brooks a deposition in which the singer said he couldn't remember whether the alleged deal was for a new women's center or the re-naming of an existing one.
Thomas suggested that renaming an existing center could still happen.
Brooks sued in 2009 to get his money back.
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It was another chance to tuck into a schnitzel. But Arnold Schwarzenegger's visit to a small eastern Austrian town had a more compelling purpose.
Austria's most famous living son is proud of his record of greening California while governor. So his visit to Guessing, which meets its energy needs through renewables, was fitting, the Associated Press reports.
In both Guessing and California, "the world has already become a better one," he told fans and dignitaries gathered in his honor Sunday.
After a lunch of Wiener schnitzel and Kaiserscharrn -- chopped up pancakes with jam -- Arnie toured the village's energy plants, describing his push for green energy as "my crusade."
And, yes, the "Terminator" star did say, "I'll be back."
First Published January 24, 2012 12:00 am
