February 17, 2021 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Mike Coppola/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE CONTENT) Actress Ashley Judd claims she nearly died after breaking her leg in four places last week.

The Double Jeopardy star was visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo when she had an accident Talking on Instagram Tuesday, the 52-year-old Judd shared photos of her “grueling” rescue and independently honored those who spent countless hours keeping her safe.

“Friends. Without my Congolese brothers and sisters, my internal bleeding would have likely killed me, and I would have lost my leg,” the Emmy nominee stated. “I wake up weeping in gratitude, deeply moved by each person who contributed something life giving and spirit salving during my grueling 55 hour odyssey.”

Judd named those who located her, set her leg and transported her to safety.

“Dieumerci stretched out his leg and put it under my grossly misshapen left leg to try to keep it still. It was broken in four places and had nerve damage,” she described before turning to a man named Papa Jean, who “calmly assessed my broken leg” and began resetting it.

“How he did that so methodically while I was like an animal is beyond me. He saved me,” she confessed before shouting out the six men who spent three hours gently carrying her out of the forest.

“Didier and Maradona: Didier drove the motorbike [to a doctor,]” continued Judd, saying Maradona sat in the back with her and kept her from passing out.  “Together we did this for 6 hours,” she added.

Judd was injured on February 12 when she was hiking in the Congo to research the bonobos chimpanzee, an endangered species.

She said in an earlier interview that she was taken to South Africa and is resting in an ICU to treat her “massive catastrophic injuries.”

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Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — Kourtney Kardashian will be leaving roses by Travis Barker’s stairs because the Keeping up with the Kardashians star confirmed she and the Blink-182 drummer are dating.

Kardashian, 41, shared a caption-less photo to Instagram of her and Barker, 45, holding hands in the car.  Barker’s heavily tattooed hand stands out against Kardashian’s freshly manicured nails that look like little red hearts.

The two have reportedly been friends for years and a report from E! News claims the two have been “casually dating” since December.

Then, in January, the two shared photos taken at Kris Jenner’s Palm Springs vacation home — further fueling speculation that they were an item.

Kourtney shares three children with ex-partner Scott Disick, whom she split in 2015: Mason, 11, Penelope, eight, and six-year-old Reign.  

Barker has two children from his previous marriage to Shanna Moakler — 17-year-old Landon and 15-year-old Alabama.  He was also previously married to Melissa Kennedy, but the two share no children.

After the two went Instagram officials, famous friends were quick to offer their blessings to the new couple, including Miranda Kerr, Addison Rae and country singer Kacey Musgraves.

Barker himself commented on the photo, choosing to leave a single black heart emoji.

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Universal/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It’s been 25 years the Adam Sandler film Happy Gilmore opened in theaters, and the actor proved he hasn’t lost his stroke.

The 54-year-old SNL vet took to Twitter on Tuesday, posting a video in which he attempted to recreate his character’s signature swing.

“It’s been 25 years since I’ve done this,” noted Sandler in the clip, adding, “Let’s see what happens.”

“Shooter McGavin, this is for you,” he said, referring to Happy’s cocky opponent in the film, played by Christopher McDonald.  Sandler then proceeded to show off his impressive swing.

“I’m not lying to you.  That is smashed.  Smashed.  That went pretty well,” he said after completing the drive.

“You’re dead, Shooter!” he joked.

Sandler also acknowledged his fans by captioning the tweet, “Happy loves you all! Thanks for everything!”

Happy Gilmore, which premiered on February 16, 1996, also also starred Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers, Allen Covert, Kevin Nealon, along with a special appearance by former The Price Is Right host Bob Barker.

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Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(NEW YORK) — A private memorial for legendary actress Cicely Tyson was held in Harlem on Tuesday, PageSix reports. 

The service was held at the Abyssinian Baptist Church on West 138th Street, the same location where a public viewing was held the day before. 

Among those in attendance at the nearly three-hour memorial were former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and film mogul Tyler Perry. Gospel singer BeBe Winans was also present and sang “Stand” — a request Tyson made before her passing — as well as, Lenny Kravitz, who read a letter.  

Tyson’s longtime manager, Larry Thompson, told the outlet, “The ceremony was beautiful. It was very Cicely Tyson: It was formal, it was humorous, it was sad, it was glorious.”

Tyson, an award-winning actress and fashion model, died January 28. She was 96.

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Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Sharp viewers of Kristin Wiig’s movie Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, which premiered on Friday, may have noticed that the actress subtly revealed the names of her Avi Rothman’s twins, born last year.

Kristen and her co-star Annie Mumolo thanked their friends and family in a “special thanks” section, and the Wonder Woman 1984 star’s list included Rothman’s name on the list, as well as “Luna & Shiloh.”

Wiig, 47, and Rothman, 48, got engaged in August 2019 after three of dating.  The SNL vet let slip earlier this month on The Howard Stern Show that she and the actor had tied the knot

The couple welcomed Luna and Shiloh via surrogate in January 2020.

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, which also stars 50 Shades of Grey‘s Jamie Dornan, debuted in limited theaters and On Demand this past Friday.