Locklear discharged after day in hospital

Sat., Jan. 14, 2012

From Wire Reports

Actress Heather Locklear has been released from a Los Angeles-area hospital after being treated for an unknown ailment.

Los Robles Hospital spokeswoman Kris Carraway-Bowman told the Associated Press that she was discharged around 5 p.m. Friday.

The hospital had said earlier that Locklear was medically stable and being cared for in an intensive care unit.

The 50-year-old “Melrose Place” actress was taken to the hospital in Thousand Oaks from her home in Westlake Village, 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles, on Thursday.

Locklear has been hospitalized several times over the years. In 2009, she pleaded no contest to reckless driving after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription medication.

Locklear also starred in such TV series as “Dynasty” and “T.J. Hooker.”

Colbert preps for presidential bid

Stephen Colbert isn’t running for president – at least not yet.

During Thursday night’s episode of “The Colbert Report,” Colbert legally transferred his super political action committee to his friend and Comedy Central cohort Jon Stewart. Dropping by from “The Daily Show,” Stewart happily signed the documents and accepted the post, which was ceremonially observed by the two holding hands and bodily transferring the PAC powers.

The move potentially paves the way for Colbert to enter the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, his home state. Campaigning politicians are prohibited from simultaneously running super PACs.

But Colbert only hinted at such a decision, which he had grandly hyped ahead of Thursday’s show. In flirting candidate style, he announced that he is forming “an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the president of the United States of South Carolina.”

A Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday found that Colbert is polling ahead of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman in South Carolina. According to the survey, Colbert has 5 percent of the vote and Huntsman has 4 percent.

The birthday bunch

Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint is 74. Actress Faye Dunaway is 71. Actress Holland Taylor is 69. Actor Carl Weathers is 64. Movie writer-director Lawrence Kasdan is 63. Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh is 49. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 44. Actor Jason Bateman is 43. Rock singer-musician Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) is 43.

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