Report: Dr. Phil says Britney needs help

Report: Dr. Phil says
Britney needs help

LOS ANGELES — Television’s “Dr. Phil” McGraw said Britney Spears was released from a hospital Saturday but still needs psychological help, the syndicated programs “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider” reported in a press release.

The troubled pop star was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by paramedics Thursday night after police were called to her home because of a dispute involving the two sons she had with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

“My meeting with Britney and some family members this morning in her room at Cedars leaves me convinced more than ever that she is in dire need of both medical and psychological intervention,” McGraw told the programs.

“She was released moments before my arrival and was packing when I entered the room. We visited for about an hour before I walked with her to her car. I am very concerned for her,” he said.

McGraw planned to talk more about Spears on his daytime talk show this week, the press release said.

Nichols pleads guilty

JACKSON, Mich. — Austin Nichols, who portrayed the title character in HBO’s “John From Cincinnati,” has pleaded guilty to impaired driving and paid a $1,000 fine.

The 27-year-old actor pleaded by mail on Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of driving while visibly impaired.

The plea stems from an incident in Jackson last August, when Nichols was staying with family at nearby Clark Lake.

Star for ‘Bewitched’ star

LOS ANGELES — A posthumous star honoring “Bewitched” star Elizabeth Montgomery was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a rainy Friday ceremony.

Montgomery “is probably in the heavens laughing at us as we stand in the rain,” said honorary Hollywood Mayor Johnny Grant.

In the television show, Montgomery portrayed a witch trying to live as a housewife. The sitcom ran from 1964 into the early 1970s.

She died in 1995 at age 62. Among those attending the ceremony was her widower, actor Robert Foxworth.

Today’s birthdays

Author William Peter Blatty is 80. Country singer Jack Greene is 78. Pop musician Paul Revere is 70. Magazine publisher Jann Wenner is 62. Singer Kenny Loggins is 60. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 59. Latin pop singer Juan Gabriel is 58. Actress Erin Gray is 58. Actor Sammo Hung is 56. Actor David Caruso is 52. “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric is 51. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 49. Actor David Marciano is 48. Actress Hallie Todd is 46. Actor Nicolas Cage is 44. Actor Doug E. Doug is 38. Actor Kevin Rahm is 37. Country singer-musician John Rich is 34. Actor Dustin Diamond is 31. Actor Robert Ri’chard is 25. Actor Liam Aiken is 18. Actress Camryn Grimes is 18. Actor Max Morrow is 17.