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Police: Bobbi Kristina was in traffic wreck
ATLANTA
Whitney Houston’s daughter was involved in a traffic accident that injured two people days before she was found face-down in a bathtub, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press.
Bobbi Kristina Brown lost control of her Jeep Liberty when a tire blew out Jan. 27, crossing into oncoming traffic and colliding with another vehicle. Police in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell described “extensive damage” to both vehicles. Brown’s passenger and the other car’s driver were hospitalized. Brown blamed tire failure, and officers found a nail in the Jeep’s blown-out right rear tire, the incident report says.
Brown’s family said she’s been “fighting for her life” since she was found in her bathtub four days later, face-down and unresponsive. A police investigation is ongoing, and few details on her condition have been released.
Franco to star in Hulu adaptation of ‘11/22/63’
LOS ANGELES
James Franco will star in the small-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s time-travel novel about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Franco’s role in the nine-hour series based on King’s “11/22/63” was announced Thursday by Hulu and Warner Bros. Television.
Franco will play a high- school teacher who returns to 1963 to try to prevent Kennedy’s shooting in Dallas. He’s also a producer on the drama from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions.
Hulu Originals, which announced the “11/22/63” project last September, hasn’t set a release date.
O’Donnell says short goodbye to ‘The View’
NEW YORK
Rosie O’Donnell has ended her second stint on “The View,” her goodbye about as short as her tenure.
Holding her toddler daughter, O’Donnell made her exit Thursday in a segment that lasted barely 40 seconds. She thanked the show’s creator, Barbara Walters, for having her on twice. Her first tenure lasted a stormy eight months that ended in 2007.
O’Donnell, who is going through a divorce and has had a heart attack, said she needed to reduce the stress in her life.
“We’ve had fun, and I hope we’ll have more,” she said. “I’ll come back and do an occasional crafting segment because I have a hot- glue gun and will travel.”
Police: Emile Hirsch assaulted woman
SALT LAKE CITY
Actor Emile Hirsch faces a felony charge after police say he put a woman in a chokehold during an altercation at a nightclub while he was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival.
Prosecutors said Thursday he is charged with aggravated assault, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
The altercation happened Jan. 25 at the Tao Nightclub in Park City, charging documents say.
According to authorities, Hirsch put the woman in a chokehold, and two people had to pull him off her.
Hirsch told police he didn’t know the woman but was having an argument with her. He acknowledged being intoxicated.
Hirsch, 29, is best known for his starring role in “Into the Wild.”
Associated Press