Ashley Olsen speaks out on sister's eating disorder

Ashley Olsen speaks outon sister's eating disorder
LOS ANGELES -- The "health-related issue" Mary-Kate Olsen is seeking treatment for is something she has struggled with for some time, her twin sister, Ashley, told People magazine.
Both People and Us Weekly have reported that Mary-Kate has an eating disorder. Her publicist, Michael Pagnotta, has said only that she entered a treatment facility recently "to seek professional help for a health-related issue."
"She's hanging in there," Ashley Olsen said of her sister, adding family members were very appreciative of the public support they have received since Mary-Kate's problem was disclosed.
"The support's been really amazing," Ashley Olsen said.
She added that her sister had been struggling with the problem for "quite awhile" before the family stepped in and got help for her.
"She is taking the time she needs for herself right now," Ashley Olsen told People. "Right now is especially a good time right before school so she can get healthy."
The twins, whose most recent movie is "New York Minute," turned 18 earlier this month and plan to attend New York University in the fall.
'Survivor' winner's bikinisin firefighters display
BEAVER, Pa. -- Curators everywhere are casting their jealous eyes on the Beaver Area Historical Museum, which just scored the coup of the year by displaying "Survivor" winner Amber Brkich's used clothing.
Brkich, who got $1 million and a fianc & eacute; while winning "Survivor All-Stars," donated bikinis she wore on the show to an exhibition celebrating firefighters in her western Pennsylvania hometown. "Those guys [firefighters] are the real survivors," Brkich said.
It just occurs to us that Brkich could make a tidy living on the lecture circuit going from town to town, using that same line: "Readers of Nicholas Sparks books ... Barry Manilow concert-goers ... Viewers of 'Who Wants to Marry My Dad' ... are the real survivors."
Asked how a reality-show contestant links to the 170-year history of firefighting in Beaver, a museum board member said the following: "There are people making history right now in 2004, and Amber is certainly one of those." Oh.
Mira Sorvino, 36, marries22-year-old fellow actor
LOS ANGELES -- Wedding bells have rung for Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and her 22-year-old beau.
Sorvino, 36, married actor Christopher Backus on June 11 in a private ceremony at the Santa Barbara courthouse, Sorvino's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement Monday.
It's the first marriage for both, Buxbaum said.
Sorvino won a best supporting-actress Oscar for Woody Allen's 1995 film "Mighty Aphrodite." She also appeared in the films "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" and "The Replacement Killers."
She is the daughter of actor Paul Sorvino.
Today's birthdays
Actress Ruth Warrick is 89. Movie producer Robert Evans is 74. Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 64. Actor Gary Busey is 60. Comedian Richard Lewis is 57. Actor Fred Grandy is 56. Rock musician Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is 56. Singer Don Dokken (Dokken) is 51. Rock singer Colin Hay (Men At Work) is 51. Actress Maria Conchita Alonso is 47. Rhythm and blues singer Stedman Pearson (Five Star) is 40. Musician Dale Baker is 38. Rap D-J Shadow is 32. Country musician Todd Sansom (Marshall Dyllon) is 26. Singer Nicole Scherzinger (Eden's Crush) is 26.