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Harrowing damage and rescue

Ashley Judd shared more particulars of her harrowing expertise in the Congo rainforest — one that just about resulted in her dropping her leg and even dropping her life. On Feb. 16, the actress posted a number of Instagram pictures that confirmed her being carried out of the jungle through a hammock and pushed out on a scooter. It took her more than two days to get skilled medical assist. “With out my Congolese brothers and sisters, my inner bleeding would have doubtless killed me, and I might have misplaced my leg,” she wrote on social media. “I get up weeping in gratitude, deeply moved by every one who contributed one thing life giving and spirit salving throughout my grueling 55 hour odyssey.” Her leg, she mentioned, broke in 4 locations and had nerve injury after one thing fell on it. One man, Ashley wrote, “stretched out his leg and put it underneath my grossly misshapen left leg to attempt to preserve it nonetheless. Whereas she bit down on a stick, one other man adjusted her damaged bones “again into one thing like a place I could possibly be transported in, whereas I screamed and writhed.” Six males, she mentioned, carried her in a hammock via the rainforest for 3 hours. Ashley referred to as the Congolese individuals who helped her “heroes.”

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Child No. 2

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are including one other royal to their brood. On Feb. 14, the pair launched a beautiful black-and-white picture revealing Meghan’s rising child bump as they introduced that they are anticipating their second baby collectively six months after Meghan suffered a miscarriage. The couple are already mother and father to son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, who will probably be 2 by the point his sibling is born. A spokesperson for the couple mentioned Harry and Meghan are “overjoyed.” A Buckingham Palace spokesman mentioned Queen Elizabeth II and the remainder of the royal household are “delighted and need them nicely.” Days in a while Feb. 19, Buckingham Palace introduced that the couple will formally not be returning to their royal roles after exiting the royal household final yr — and due to this fact needed to relinquish all of their royal patronages. Harry can also be formally dropping his honorary army appointments, which will probably be redistributed “amongst working members of The Royal Household,” the palace defined. The Sussexes’ workplace mentioned in an announcement that regardless of the news, the couple “stay dedicated to their responsibility and repair to the U.Okay. and world wide, and have provided their continued assist to the organizations they’ve represented no matter official function.”

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Overdose particulars revealed

Demi Lovato is revealing simply how dire issues had been after her 2018 overdose. In a trailer for her new YouTube Originals four-part documentary collection, “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Satan,” the singer mentioned she suffered three strokes and a coronary heart assault following her OD. “I had crossed a line that I had by no means crossed earlier than … I snapped,” she mentioned. “My medical doctors mentioned that I had 5 to 10 more minutes [to live].” She added, “I had a lot to say over the previous two years, eager to set the report straight about what it was that occurred. Any time that you simply suppress part of your self, it is gonna overflow.” Throughout the digital press tour on Feb. 17, Demi informed reporters that she was left with mind injury. “I do not drive a automotive as a result of I’ve blind spots in my imaginative and prescient,” she mentioned. “For a very long time, [I] had a very onerous time studying. Studying was an enormous deal once I was in a position to learn out of a guide, which was two months later as a result of my imaginative and prescient was so blurry, I handled a whole lot of the repercussions and I feel they’re type of nonetheless there to remind me of what might occur if I ever get right into a darkish place once more.”

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Engaged!

Paris Hilton is formally a bride-to-be. On Feb. 17 — her fortieth birthday — the heiress and DJ introduced that she had gotten engaged to beau Carter Reum. “While you discover your soulmate, you do not simply comprehend it. You’re feeling it,” she captioned a collection of engagement pics taken on a personal island. “My love & I’ve been collectively since our first date, and for my birthday, he organized a particular journey to tropical paradise. As we walked to dinner alongside the seashore, Carter led us to a cabana adorned with flowers and dropped to at least one knee. I mentioned sure, sure to endlessly.” Vogue reported that the enterprise capitalist popped the query on Feb. 13 with an emerald-cut diamond ring designed by Jean Dousset. “There isn’t any one I might quite spend endlessly with,” Paris mentioned on social media. The couple have been collectively for a few yr.

Struggle over the need

As many anticipated, the struggle over late media star Larry King’s property has began to get ugly. Not lengthy after the discuss present legend handed away in January, studies indicated that he had written his estranged spouse, Shawn King, out of his will. In a brand new handwritten will, Larry — who filed for divorce in 2019 — made clear he needed to depart his property to his 5 kids, two of whom are actually deceased. Shawn’s title was nowhere to be discovered. Nonetheless, Shawn claims she and Larry had been on the verge of a reconciliation when he died and that the handwritten will isn’t enough to interchange his earlier will, which he filed in July 2015. That one names her because the executor of his property. In a courtroom submitting, she claimed she was “actively concerned” in Larry’s enterprise dealings and has “probably the most information” of his belongings and needs on the time of his demise. Larry’s eldest son, Larry King Jr., has requested to be appointed executor of the property.

R.I.P., Rush

Rush Limbaugh, arguably probably the most influential voice in conservative discuss radio, handed away on Feb. 17 after a year-long battle with lung most cancers. Rush, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump in February 2020, hosted probably the most listened-to radio present in america, in keeping with “The Rush Limbaugh Present” web site. By way of the airwaves, Rush reached as much as 27 million individuals weekly. Many in the leisure world reacted to his demise together with Trump, who referred to as Rush “a legend.” The previous POTUS mentioned, “These individuals who hearken to him day-after-day, it was like a spiritual expertise for lots of people.” Decide Jeanine Pirro mentioned he was “an icon of conservative considering and a grasp of communication.”

Hospitalized

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, was admitted to a London hospital on Feb. 16 after days of feeling unwell. “The Duke is predicted to stay in hospital for a couple of days of statement and relaxation,” a Buckingham Palace assertion learn. Based on CNN, the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh’s sickness isn’t COVID-19-related. The prince, who likes to maintain a low profile, was reportedly pushed by automotive and walked inside unassisted. His was not thought of an “emergency admission.” The queen remained at Windsor Fortress about an hour’s drive away whereas her husband was attended to on the hospital. The duke’s well being has been intently noticed ever since he stepped again from public life in 2017. 

Paycheck shocker

Drea de Matteo had one of the crucial integral roles on “The Sopranos,” however her paycheck did not at all times replicate it. On Feb. 17, the actress, who performed Adriana La Cerva on the hit HBO present, mentioned she solely made $500 an episode through the first season. “I by no means actually made an intense amount of cash,” she informed Web page Six. Her pay did enhance in subsequent seasons, however even that was a sluggish construct. “Then I made a few thousand after which most likely by the top is once I began making collection quotes however that cash got here and went instantly,” she mentioned. “I did not spend sufficient time on the present to actually generate profits.” Additional, Drea revealed that the solid would not make residuals from the vastly well-liked collection.

Unhappy news

The person who allegedly killed Nicki Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run accident late final week turned himself into police on Feb. 17. Authorities mentioned the rapper’s dad, Robert Maraj, was strolling in New York on Feb. 12 when he was hit by a automotive. The driving force fled. Robert ultimately succumbed to his accidents at a hospital.