Eminem recovering

Eminem recovering

DETROIT — Eminem is recovering from a bout with pneumonia that sent him to the hospital. “Over the holidays, Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was under doctor’s care at a Detroit-area hospital for complications due to pneumonia,” the rapper’s publicist, Dennis Dennehy, said Tuesday. “He has since been released and is doing well recovering at home.”

Britney’s car impounded

LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears’ car was impounded after police found it abandoned on the street. Police said Spears was driving Monday night when she had a flat tire on Sunset Boulevard sometime before 8 p.m. “She left it unattended and it was blocking traffic, so it was towed,” Officer Karen Smith, a police spokeswoman, said Tuesday of Spears’ car. Police said it was unlikely the 26-year-old pop star will be ticketed because the car was disabled when it was left in the street. “She probably will have to pay to get her car out of the impound lot,” Smith said.

’Idol’ contestant sentenced

TAMPA, Fla. — A judge is sending Jessica Sierra to rehab. The former “American Idol” contestant was sentenced Monday to a yearlong stint at a California rehabilitation clinic and three years’ probation. Sierra, 22, was arrested last month for disorderly intoxication and resisting officers. She remained jailed Tuesday in Tampa. In July, she entered a California rehab facility that was to be documented on the VH1 reality show “Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew,” hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. Circuit Judge Daniel Perry said he didn’t want the sentence to be another screen test for Sierra.

Kidman is pregnant

LOS ANGELES — Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are expecting their first child together. The news was announced Monday by Kidman’s publicist, Catherine Olim. It was also posted on Urban’s Web site. “The couple are thrilled,” Olim said. Kidman and Urban are in Sydney, Australia, where the 40-year-old actress has been working on Baz Luhrmann’s epic romance, “Australia.” She was due to start filming for Stephen Daldry’s post-World War II drama, “The Reader,” later this month, but her Australian publicist, Wendy Day, said she understands Kidman has withdrawn from the movie because of her pregnancy.

Madonna visits slum

MUMBAI, India — Madonna visited a crowded Mumbai slum Tuesday, where impoverished residents showered her with rose and marigold petals. Millions of people live in makeshift huts in slums along railway lines and roads in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment center. Wearing a black jacket, T-shirt and jeans, Madonna spent nearly 45 minutes with residents of the downtown shanty township. She was accompanied by her husband, Guy Ritchie, and Australian author Gregory David Roberts, who made the Mumbai slum his home in the early 1980s. Roberts worked for the city’s crime bosses and set up a free health clinic in the slum when he took refuge in Mumbai after escaping from an Australian high-security prison. The slum features prominently in Roberts’ best-seller “Shantaram,” which is being adapted into a film starring Johnny Depp and directed by Mira Nair.

Today’s birthdays

Author Judith Krantz is 80. Football Hall-of-Famer Bart Starr is 74. Sportscaster Dick Enberg is 73. Folk singer Joan Baez is 67. Rock musician Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) is 64. Singer David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter) is 58. Singer Crystal Gayle is 57. Actress Joely Richardson is 43. Rock musician Carl Bell (Fuel) is 41. Rock singer Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) is 41. Rock singer-musician Dave Matthews is 41. Singer A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) is 30. Rock-soul singer Paolo Nutini is 21.