THE BUZZ.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services QUEEN'S 'HOUSE': Hugh Laurie, who stars in the hit TV medical drama "House," was made a member of the Order of the British Empire on Wednesday. Queen Elizabeth II presented the honor to Laurie at Buckingham Palace. The 47-year-old actor has been part of the comedy establishment in Britain for more than 20 years. He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights footlights Row of lights set across the front of a stage floor to light the scene. The oil lamps and candles in use in the 17th century eventually gave way to gas and electricity. comedy group along with Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry. Laurie and Fry landed their own sketch show, "A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are a successful English comedy double act mostly active in the 1980s and 1990s. ," in 1987. They also starred in "Jeeves and Wooster," a hugely popular TV version of P.G Wodehouse's comic stories. Laurie's film roles include "Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". ," "Peter's Friends" and "Stuart Little." He has won two Golden Globe awards for his role on "House" as the brilliant but flawed Dr. Gregory House, who heads a medical team specializing in the diagnosis of rare disorders. He now spends most of his time in Los Angeles for his role on the network show. SHE'S PREGNANT: Kim Raver, last seen sleeping on the finale of "24," has told TV Guide she's pregnant. "I'm so thrilled to be having a second child, I couldn't keep it secret," said the star, who is due this fall, not long before the winter debut of her new NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. series "Lipstick Jungle." Raver told the mag that the producers accepted her news in stride. "Of course, at some point, we'll need to problem-solve." Being pregnant on "24" would been more of a problem. "It would have been really tricky going from slip to nine months pregnant in one 24-hour period," she said. REHAB REPORT: A couple of tabloids are saying Nicole Richie is going the rehab route again. (Or is that just a vacation?) With boyfriend Joel Madden out of the country on tour, the tabs report, a lonely and emaciated e·ma·ci·ate tr. & intr.v. e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing, e·ma·ci·ates To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation. Richie is once again seeking outpatient treatment as she battles both an eating disorder eat·ing disorder n. Any of several patterns of severely disturbed eating behavior, especially anorexia nervosa and bulimia, seen mainly in female teenagers and young women. and substance abuse issues. Ritchie is said to have checked into the Southern California rehabilitation center Beau Monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. on May 11, where she once again battles her anorexia and addiction to painkillers and is now being treated as an outpatient. MYERS AS MITTY: Mike Myers is attached to "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," the long-in-the-works remake of the 1947 Danny Kaye classic that is set up at 20th Century Fox. Jay Kogen, a writer-producer on such shows as "Frasier" and "Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle is a seven-time Emmy-winning,[1] one-time Grammy-winning[1] and seven-time Golden Globe-nominated[1] American sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. ," is penning the movie. Samuel Goldwyn Jr. is producing. This is the latest incarnation for "Mitty," which over the years has attracted the likes of Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy, even Whoopi Goldberg in a "Martha Mitty" version. Directors that came and went included Steven Spielberg and Chuck Russell. Goldwyn had the project set up at Paramount with Marks Waters directing and Owen Wilson starring, but it stalled in October 2005 after the studio failed to cast a female lead to play opposite the actor. "Mitty" centers on a quintessential daydreamer day·dream n. A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes. intr.v. day·dreamed or day·dreamt , day·dream·ing, day·dreams whose vivid imagination allows him to escape from the mundane constraints of his ordinary life. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Catherine Deneuve, left, and daughter Chiara Mastroianni promote "Persepolis" Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. . Both voice characters in the coming-of-age story of an Iranian girl. (2) HUGH LAURIE (3) RAVER |
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