George Michael Released From Hospital

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George Michael has been released from hospital and is flying back to England today. The 48-year-old pop star has been receiving treatment for pneumonia at the AKH clinic in Vienna, Austria, for weeks but after making a recovery from the illness he was discharged from the medical center at 8:00am and was taken straight to the airport so he can be at home for Christmas.

"He's feeling a lot better. He's doing so well, he's able to fly again," said a hospital staff member told Austrian newspaper Osterreich.

Yesterday, the singer's doctors revealed he was feeling much better and had responded well to treatment. Christoph Zielinski - one of his doctors - said, "We know he's doing fine and we are generally optimistic."

Last week, the singer's boyfriend Fadi Fawaz claimed the pop superstar would be flying back to England for Christmas: "Christmas at home. I cannot stop smiling today, the best day ever. He is getting better and better. Nothing to worry about, happy days."

George had to cancel all the remaining shows on his Symphonica Tour when he fell ill in November.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Son in ICU

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UPDATE: Christopher Schwarzenegger is expected to make a full recovery.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's son is in intensive care. Christopher Schwarzenegger, 13 - the youngest son of the estranged couple - was injured while boogie boarding in Malibu, California on Sunday, suffering a collapsed lung and multiple broken bones, according to TMZ.

Maria was with her son when the incident occurred and has been keeping a vigil over him while he is being treated. "Christopher has been in ICU since Sunday. Maria has not left his side and is sleeping at hospital," a source said.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Hospitalized After Suicide Attempt

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Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was hospitalized after a suspected suicide attempt on Tuesday.

The Tudors star - who has been in rehab five times for alcohol problems - refused treatment by paramedics for more than 30 minutes, meaning they were forced to call police and he was eventually taken away by ambulance to a facility near his home in Maida Vale, north London.

"This is very sad. It was the opinion of those present that he tried to take his life," a source said.

Worried neighbors saw the 33-year-old actor - who was believed to have overdosed on unspecified pills - rushed to hospital. "I saw the ambulance arriving and was worried to death. Jonathan is a lovely guy. You see him all the time in the street. He says hello and is very pleasant. I hope he is fine," one onlooker said.

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Jeff Conaway Hospitalized, Comatose

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Television, Drugs, Where Are They Now?,

Jeff Conaway is in a coma following a suspected drug overdose. Conaway is best-known for his roles on Grease and Taxi. More recently, he’s been seen by reality TV watchers on multiple seasons of Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.

Conaway, 60, is currently in critical condition in an Encino-area hospital. Popeater reports that Conaway was found unconscious on May 11, possibly after taking too many pain pills.

His condition is reported as “unresponsive.”

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American Idol’s Casey Abrams Back in the Hospital

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The health problems with American Idol contestant Casey Abrams continue. We joked in our Thursday results recap that “for a few seconds it looked like he might need some sort of medical attention,” and the singer proved us right just minutes later.

Abrams won the coveted judges’ save after failing to secure votes following his Wednesday performance, and the experience was so overwhelming that he hyperventilated and collapsed after cameras stopped rolling.

Staff rallied and sat Casey in a chair before rushing him to the hospital, again, in his third dramatic stay of the (still rather young) AI season. Abrams had received a blood transfusion that very morning for his ongoing stomach problems.

As always, you can keep track of the current season of the show when you read all our American Idol 10 posts.

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American Idol’s Casey Abrams Back in the Hospital

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Viewers of American Idol’s Thursday results show found that the Top 13 was curiously whittled down to 12 for the entire broadcast -- Casey Abrams is back in the hospital.

The singer nearly missed his shot at Idol stardom on February 24, when he was rushed to the hospital following a rehearsal. At that time, show insiders stated that if Abrams could not pull himself together before his scheduled performance, he would not stay in the competition.

But Abrams didn’t dodge this new bullet. FOX has had almost nothing to offer on Casey’s status, health-wise or show-wise, but we do know he received a blood transfusion during his first hospital stay.

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Justin Bieber Hospitalized

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Justin Bieber was hospitalized with breathing difficulties on Wednesday.

The 16-year-old singing sensation was taken to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California after suffering an allergic reaction while shooting a guest appearance on CSI, but was discharged just 50 minutes later.

"He is fine. He had a mild allergic reaction while they were wrapping up on the set of CSI' His doctor met him at the hospital to make sure everything was OK. He was released within the hour after his doctor declared him fine. He is back on set working. All is well."

Despite his medical emergency, Justin made no mention of his hospital visit when updating fans about his day on Twitter. "Ok last day on the set as a bada*s. Gonna get deadly today," he posted.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor to Have Part of Leg Amputated

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Zsa Zsa Gabor is to have part of her leg amputated.

The 93-year-old actress was taken to hospital yesterday to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles to undergo surgery as gangrene was setting in to her right limb.

"She developed a lesion on the leg that had swollen a while back and caused her to go to the hospital for treatment, but it has not responded. In fact, it has increased in size, and the doctors have wanted to operate for several days. They're going to have to amputate part of her leg. They said if they didn't, she could lose her life," said her representative John Blanchette.

Although she had been warned to go to hospital earlier, Zsa Zsa had been keen to spend the Christmas and New Year period with her husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt.

"Frederic and Zsa Zsa asked if they could spend New Year's at home, and they shared champagne and caviar. The doctors came to the house today, and when they unwrapped the bandages, they saw that the wound had festered and they were afraid of gangrene developing, which would be life-threatening," Blanchette said yesterday.

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Lily Allen Suffers Miscarriage

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A rep for Lily Allen confirmed recently that the British singer lost her unborn baby last Saturday.

"It is with great sadness that we have to confirm that Lily Allen and Sam Cooper have lost their baby. The couple ask that their privacy be respected and that they be left alone at this deeply distressing time. No further comment will be made."

While cancelling her performance at Elton John's fundraising event seemed unusual, no one suspected much until the singer posted, "Say a little prayer," on her Twitter early Saturday morning. It was later revealed that she was rushed to the hospital for stomach pains on Thursday afternoon and kept there for observation. Just hours after she wrote on the microblogging site, she lost her unborn son.

The tragedy comes nearly three years after she had miscarried her first child with then-boyfriend, musician Ed Simons.

(FYI - You can also follow VIP Breakdown on Twitter.)

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Break-Up Prompted Alexa Ray Joel Overdose

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Christie Brinkley and singer Billy Joel’s daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, insists she wasn’t trying to kill herself when she took an overdose.

The musician, who is the , was hospitalized last December after taking an overdose of painkillers, but says she was “panicking” over the end of her relationship with her first love, Jimmy Riot.

“I wasn’t trying to hurt myself, I wasn’t trying to kill myself. I was panicked, I was not thinking clearly at all. I was in so much pain and I just wanted to numb it. He helped me get my band together, my career, my sexuality as a woman, I associated with him. So when he left I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. I didn’t know who I was. It took me so much work, heavy, heavy work to get to the point where I could feel OK on my own.”

Alexa, 24, also spoke of her desire for people to not compare her with her famous parents and judge her music on its own merits: “Everybody gets it - I’m their daughter. But I have my own voice, I have my own sound and I have a big personality. You might want to take a listen.”