OPEN LETTER: Dear Kim Basinger…

Dear Kim Basinger, Please stop driving Alec Baldwin batshit crazy. Pretty please? We’re sure you have your reasons, but despite all that, and perhaps because of it, he is a deeply funny man. He makes lot of people laugh, hard to be exact. The world needs men like him. Most of us don’t have much these days, and when you get right down to it, for a lot of us laughter is all we got. We don’t ask for much, just this: please don’t kill the funny. Sincerely, The Phawker PREVIOUSLY: Baldwin’s bizarre outburst capped a day that began at […]

BREAKING: Bill Clinton Rushed To Hospital

[Portrait by CHUCK CLOSE] MSNBC: Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized Thursday in New York City after experiencing chest pains, according to a spokesman. “Today President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest,” adviser Doug Band said in a statement. “Following a visit to his cardiologist, he underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries.” “President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti’s relief and long-term recovery efforts,” said Band. NEW YORK […]

Limbaugh Rushed To Hospital With Chest Pains

WASHINGTON POST: HONOLULU — Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was brought by ambulance to a hospital here on Wednesday after experiencing chest pains, according to a local television station. Limbaugh has been staying a short distance from the Obamas, at the Kahala Hotel & Resort, according to local news accounts. The conservative radio host was spotted on a golf course next to his hotel earlier in the week. KITV reported that Limbaugh was taken Wednesday afternoon from the resort in serious condition and transported him to the Queens Medical Center in Honolulu. MORE BUSINESS WEEK: Rush Limbaugh, the conservative […]

HARD LUCK WOMAN: Farrah Fawcett Hospitalized

BBC NEWS:  Farrah Fawcett, who has been battling cancer for almost three years, has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital, according to reports. The 62-year-old Charlie’s Angels star has been in an unidentified hospital since Thursday, People magazine said. A spokesman for the actress has not yet commented on her condition. Diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006, Fawcett declared herself cancer-free four months later, only to have the disease return in May 2007. She shared her experiences of battling the disease with footage she released to the media in 2008. Her big TV break came in 1976 when […]