Nicole Kidman is OK after traffic accident

Nicole Kidman is OKafter traffic accident
LOS ANGELES -- Nicole Kidman was taken to a hospital after the Jaguar she was driving crashed early Thursday during downtown shooting of the science fiction thriller "The Invasion," police said.
Kidman, 39, was examined at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and then released two hours later, her publicist, Catherine Olim, said.
"I think she's OK," said Olim, adding that it was unclear if the actress went home or returned to the set to resume shooting of the Warner Bros. movie.
The Jaguar was being towed by a camera rig that skidded while taking a corner at about 45 mph, causing Kidman's car to hit a pole on West Sixth Street, Olim said.
"The stunt driver apparently went off course and hit a light post at about 1 a.m.," police Officer Karen Smith said.
Woman dies in crashthat involved singer
LOS ANGELES -- R & amp;B singer Brandy was involved in a four-car freeway crash last month that left a 38-year-old woman dead, authorities said Wednesday.
The cause of the mishap was under investigation, and no arrests have been made. The 27-year-old actress-singer (full name: Brandy Norwood) was driving a 2007 Land Rover on the 405 Freeway on Dec. 30, when the collision occurred.
She failed to slow down and struck the back of a 2005 Honda at about 65 mph, according to a California Highway Patrol report.
The Honda driven by Awatef Aboudihaj, 38, hit another vehicle and then slid sideways before it struck a center divider, the report said. Aboudihaj's car was then hit by an oncoming car driven by 50-year-old Mallory Ham, the report said.
Aboudihaj was taken to a hospital, where she died of blunt-force injuries.
Repository to leave Ohio
DAYTON -- A film repository at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base that for decades has stored and preserved original copies of some of the nation's most famous movies is heading to a new home.
The Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center, which has the original negatives of such classics as "The Maltese Falcon" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," is moving to a new facility being built in Culpeper, Va., about 90 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The move, which will begin in the spring and finish by September, is an effort to consolidate federal preservation and storage programs.
The conservation center at Wright-Patterson has 98-degree, humidity-controlled vaults housing about 125,000 reels of film containing 25,000 to 30,000 movie titles. Some of the material dates to the 1890s.
The Air Force built the vaults after World War II to store reconnaissance film and military newsreels. In 1969, they were turned over to the Library of Congress, which had been looking for a place to store nitrate film.
Nitrate film, which can deteriorate if it is not kept in the right temperature and humidity, was used in commercial cinema until 1951, when it was replaced with cellulose acetate.
Today's birthdays
Actor Paul Newman is 82. Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker is 72. Activist Angela Davis is 63. Rock musician Corky Laing (Mountain) is 59. Actor David Strathairn is 58. Singer Lucinda Williams is 54. Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 52. Actress-comedian Ellen DeGeneres is 49. Hockey star Wayne Gretzky is 46. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 37.