Philbin checks in

Philbin checks in
NEW YORK -- Regis Philbin called "Live With Regis and Kelly" on Friday to report that he's in pain, but doing well, after his recent heart bypass surgery.
"Well, you know, I think I'm through the worst of it," Philbin told co-host Kelly Ripa. "I guess I was a little unprepared for, you know, the first week and what they actually do to make this thing happen -- and so, some of it came as quite a shock."
Philbin, 75, said he's in pain around his heart, back and leg where doctors took some arteries for the bypass.
He said it especially hurts when he sneezes.
"Other than that, I'm dancing, I'm having fun," said Philbin, who is expected to return to the syndicated daytime talk show in about a month.
Philbin says painkillers have kept him up at night, causing him to "wander around the house" and say some strange things.
Today's birthdays
Comedian Louie Anderson is 54. Actress Donna Pescow is 53. Actor Robert Carradine is 53. TV personality Star Jones Reynolds is 45. Actress Annabella Sciorra is 43. Actress Lara Flynn Boyle is 37. Rapper Maceo (AKA P.A. Pasemaster Mase) is 37. Actress Alyson Hannigan ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 33. Football player Peyton Manning is 31. Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is 17.
Halle Berry creates stirin return to hometown
VALLEY VIEW, Ohio -- Even in the rain, Halle Berry draws a crowd when she returns home to the Cleveland area.
About 800 people waited in drizzle Thursday night to catch a glimpse of the Academy Award-winning actress before she attended a screening of her new film, "Perfect Stranger," in this suburb.
Onlookers snapped photos with cameras and cell phones as Berry made her way from a sport utility vehicle to the movie theater.
Berry, who won the best actress Oscar in 2002 for her role in "Monster's Ball," also signed autographs, talked to fans and conducted interviews with local media.
"I'm so happy to be home," Berry told the packed theater before the film started. "I swear this is true. No matter how many countries I've been to, no matter how many warm receptions I've gotten, my heart was beating when I pulled up. Nothing feels better. The voices all sound familiar in some weird way. I'm of here. I'm from here. And I'm one of you."
Berry, 40, grew up in the Cleveland area and graduated from high school in suburban Bedford in 1984.
In her latest film, set for release in U.S. theaters April 13, Berry goes undercover as a reporter investigating her friend's murder.
"Perfect Stranger" also stars Bruce Willis and Giovanni Ribisi, who walked the twisting red carpet in the theater lobby with Berry.
"It's really something, for someone who's been at it so long, to be able to maintain that passion for acting," said Ribisi of Berry's commitment to the film.
The showing was called a "VIP Red Carpet Screening."
Guests included Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson -- who called Berry "homegrown and beautiful" when he introduced the actress -- and Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards.
"I'm a big fan of Halle Berry's," Edwards said. "I think every man in America is."