Josh Hartnett released from LA hospital

Josh Hartnett released from LA hospital

LOS ANGELES — A publicist says actor Josh Hartnett has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after recovering from gastrointestinal problems.

Publicist Susan Patricola said Friday that the 30-year-old Hartnett was released last week after undergoing tests to determine the cause. He had been transported last Monday to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Patricola says Hartnett had a flare-up of a gastrointestinal issue last year that affected him while he was starring in an onstage production of “Rain Man” in London.

Hartnett has appeared in the films “Black Hawk Down,” “Sin City,” “40 Days and 40 Nights” and “The Black Dahlia.”

Son of Ryan O’Neal arrested on drug charge

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say the 24-year-old son of actors Ryan O’Neal and Farrah Fawcett has been arrested on a drug charge just months after he and his father were charged with drug possession.

Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says Redmond O’Neal was arrested Sunday on suspicion of bringing narcotics into a jail facility after admitting he was carrying drugs. He is being held on $25,000 bail.

Whitmore says a deputy stopped O’Neal, who was at the jail giving a ride to a friend.

O’Neal was arrested in September with Ryan O’Neal and charged with felony methamphetamine possession. He was on probation for a previous drug conviction.

A phone message left for his attorney wasn’t immediately returned.

Today’s birthdays

Country singer Merle Haggard is 72. Actor Billy Dee Williams is 72. Actor Roy Thinnes (“The Invaders”) is 71. Actor John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) is 62. Actress Marilu Henner (“Taxi,” “Evening Shade”) is 57. Singer-guitarist Frank Black of The Pixies is 44. Actress Ari Meyers (“Kate & Ally”) is 40. Actor Paul Rudd is 40. Actor Jason Hervey (“The Wonder Years”) is 37. Bassist Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 36. Actor Zach Braff (“Scrubs”) is 34. Actress Candace Cameron Bure (“Full House”) is 33.