Sideshow | Trebek suffers heart attack
Alex Trebek "is resting comfortably in a Los Angeles hospital and he will be back in the studio for the next scheduled tapings in January." So reads a note posted yesterday on the official Jeopardy! Web site.

Alex Trebek
"is resting comfortably in a Los Angeles hospital and he will be back in the studio for the next scheduled tapings in January." So reads a note posted yesterday on the official
Jeopardy!
Web site.
The popular game-show host was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center late Monday after a heart attack in his home in the Los Angeles area. "Thankfully, it was a minor heart attack," said
Jeopardy!
rep
Jeff Ritter
.
Trebek, 67, who has hosted
Jeopardy!
since '84, was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada as
Giorgi Suka-Alex Trebek
. His father,
George Edward Trebek
, was a Ukranian immigrant. His ma,
Lucille Lagacé
, was Franco-Ontarian. Trebek, who is known as a brainiac's brainiac (at least by TV standards), majored in philosophy at the University of Ottawa. He began his broadcast career as a newscaster.
Doctors at Cedars-Sinai say Trebek should be released well before the end of the week.
Paris saves the day
First she tried to help soused elephants in India kick their addiction to booze. (Actually, that report was a hoax.) Now,
Paris Hilton
has saved the day for an Oompa Loompa act.
The New York Daily News says that at the Art Basel Miami Beach art show in Florida on Saturday, a crowd of yobs rushed the stage during a Beacher's Madhouse performance.
Entertainer
Robin Sherwood
, who was in full Oompa Loompa costume, was seriously injured when he was shoved into a stage support, cutting open a crimson gash on his leg.
According to an anon witness, Paris took charge and "screamed for help and jumped up to move everyone away from" Sherwood.
"She held Robin's hand and said the sweetest things to keep him calm," the witness said.
People.com says Paris, who has been friends with Sherwood for some time, has been helping the performer, who suffers from a kidney ailment, get a kidney transplant.
Double fun for J.Lo?
Expectant mother-to-be
Jennifer Lopez
has been spotted - brazenly and openly - buying baby supplies and clothing for
two
babies - a girl and a boy - implying she's having twins.
J.Lo has reportedly also put a request for a double baby carriage on her baby shower registry. Items in the registry also include $349 cashmere outfits, a suede play mat for $289, and a "Balmoral enameled black carriage for a mere $3,495," to use People.com's words.
Selling celebrity
In hair news, Brit auction house Gorringes (
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) plans to sell a lock of
John Lennon
's hair which the late, great Beatle had given to the band's hairdresser
Betty Glasow
inside a copy of his book
A Spaniard in the Works
. The book 'n' lock could fetch as much as $6,200.
Orson Welles
' personal working script of
Citizen Kane
was sold yesterday at Sotheby's in New York for $100,000. But, alas, the best screenplay Oscar statuette for the script was withdrawn from auction after bidding failed to rise above the minimum price set by the buyer. Sotheby's expected it could fetch $800,000 to $1.2 mil.
Gwen lends a hand
The always delightful and always mildly flirty songstress
Gwen Stefani
is donating $166,000 to the San Diego Foundation to set up the Gwen Stefani After-the-Fires Scholarship, which will provide college scholarships for kids whose homes were destroyed by the recent wildfires in the region.
"When I heard about the devastation of the fires, at first I felt I should cancel my show out of respect. But then it occurred to me there might be a more useful solution," said the 38-year-old singer, whose donation consists of proceeds from her Oct. 30 show in San Diego.
'Idol' star in Times Square
ABC's New Year's Eve telecast,
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
(which is on Dec. 31) will feature live performances by
American Idol
heroine
Carrie Underwood
,
Hannah Montana
's
Miley Cyrus
, and the
Jonas Brothers
at Times Square in Manhattan. What's more, we'll also see a telecast of a slew of artists performing in Hollywood, including
Fergie
,
Akon
,
Natasha Bedingfield
and
Sean Kingston
.
Critics' Choice Awards
Sean Penn
's
Into The Wild
, a drama about a young man (played by
Emile Hirsch
) who gives away all his possessions and heads off to live in the Alaskan wilderness, has garnered a leading seven Critics' Choice Awards nominations - including those for best actor and best director.
Atonement
,
Michael Clayton
,
No Country for Old Men
,
Sweeney
Todd
, and
Hairspra
y follow
Wild
's lead with five nominations each.
Friends celebrate Evel Knievel
"He's forever in flight now. He doesn't have to come back down; he doesn't have to land," said actor
Matthew McConaughey
at a memorial service for celebrated daredevil
Evel Knievel
, who died Nov. 30 at the age of 69. "He's in that spot of grace for the rest of time."
Monday's service, which was held in the stuntman's hometown of Butte, Mont., was attended by thousands of fans and friends, including boxing legend
Joe Frazier
. Knievel's son,
Robbie Knievel
, who is also a stuntman, said, "I am not the greatest daredevil in the world. I am the son of the greatest daredevil in the world." Robbie recalled fishing trips he took with his pa.
Kudos to top i-sellers
Online music purveyor iTunes yesterday released its annual list of its top-selling albums, though it did not disclose actual sales figures.
Maroon 5
's second record,
It Won't Be Soon Before Long
, tops the list, followed by
Back to Black
from the thrillingly brilliant - yet tragically turmoiled - young blueswoman
Amy Winehouse
, who last week nabbed an impressive total of six Grammy nominations.
Kanye West
's
Graduation
is at No. 3,
Daughtry
from
Chris Daughtry
's band is at No. 4, while newbie
Colbie Caillat
's
Coco
puts her at No. 5.
Marie on QVC!
America's favoritest wholesome girl,
Marie Osmond,
will perform on QVC today at 3 p.m. to push her holiday record,
Magic of Christmas
.