Alex Trebek Suffers Heart Attack

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Alex Trebek Heart Attack

The longtime Jeopardy! host suffered a minor heart attack at his home Monday night, a spokesperson for the quiz show confirmed to E! News.

He was said to be “resting comfortably” at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday and was expected to remain there for two days while undergoing tests.

Trebek, 67, has hosted the long-running game show since 1984 and has earned four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game-Show Host, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of his know-it-all endeavors.

He is expected to recover in plenty of time to return to the studio in January for the next scheduled Jeopardy! tapings.

It’s not the first health scare Trebek has endured in recent years.

In January 2004, he escaped major injury after falling asleep behind the wheel of his pickup truck and careening over a 45-foot embankment.

He was not hospitalized following the crash, nor was he cited for the accident.

The Canadian-born Trebek became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1998. He lives in Studio City with his wife and two children.

When he’s not presiding over Jeopardy!, Trebek can be found tending to the thoroughbred horse ranch he owns in Creston, California.

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Jessica Sierra Jailed Again

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Jessica Sierra - American Idol Finalist

American Idol finalist Jessica Sierra has been jailed again! This time it happened early Saturday after a drunken confrontation with police and bystanders.

She is being charged with disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest and violating conditions of her parole on earlier felony battery and possession charges. She was being held without bond.

As reported earlier she was supposed to be appearing in drug rehabilitation program that was going to be VH1’s next reality show. I guess we know that outcome of that one.

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Akon Charged For Stage Toss

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Akon

Remember last June when it was reported that Akon threw a kid off stage at one of his performances? In case you didn’t hear sometime in June in NY when Akon was performing at a concert, someone in the crowd apparently threw something at the singer while he was on stage. Akon asked the crowd who threw it and to point them out. A security guard picked a 15-year-old out of the crowd and sent him up on the stage. Akon then lifted him onto his shoulders and threw him into the crowd.

The kid ended up landing on a girl who was injured by the kid.

You can see it in the video below.

It looks like he is now being charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree harassment. Akon is scheduled to appear in a local court on Monday for arraignment.

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Amy Winehouse Cancels Tour

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Amy Winehouse cancels tour

It looks like Amy Winehouse has canceled the rest of her tour and all appearances she had planned this year. She said it is because she can’t perform whole-heartedly without her husband who is now in prison.

As PR-Inside reports it was from doctors orders that she had to cancel her tour.

“AMY WINEHOUSE has been forced to cancel the remainder of her troubled U.K. tour by doctors - because the strain of her husband BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL’s incarceration has rendered the volatile singer unable to perform… In a statement from her record company Universal, the star - who has been battling a drug problem - blamed her recent erratic behaviour on the stress she has been put under following her husband’s incarceration at London’s Pentonville Prison. He was arrested earlier this month (Nov07) on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in relation to a charge of grievous bodily harm.”

Amy Winhouse also gave a statement.

“I can’t give it my all onstage without my Blake. I’m so sorry but I don’t want to do the shows half-heartedly; I love singing. My husband is everything to me and without him it’s just not the same.”

All the fans that purchased tickets will be refunded.

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