Unrequited love of my life Hugh Jackman was injured today while performing a stunt during the Down Under taping of Oprah. MSNBC says:
Live television showed Jackman sliding down a cable from the top of the Sydney Opera House towards a giant outdoor stage, but he failed to stop, crashing into the stage’s light rigging and hurting his face.
“That was so much fun, until the end,” joked Jackman.
Jackman, later sporting a small bandage under his eye, told Winfrey that the excitement of sliding down the cable caused him to brake too late.
“I came down waving to everyone, looking over Sydney Harbour, saw my dad, the kids and you (Winfrey), went to pull the brake and then boing,” he said.
Entertainment reporters at the scene said Jackman was hit in the eye. Television showed Jackman holding some ice on his face and taking a swig of red wine. It was reported that Jackman suffered a black eye.
Of course, being Hugh Jackman, he plunked right back down and did the rest of his segment without batting an eye. That’s what makes him so awesome. Anybody else in Hollywood would have stormed off the stage, dog-cussing some poor set assistant and slapping over a tray of pastries as they went, screaming about who was gonna get stuck with the dry cleaning bill for the blood that got on their $3,000 calfskin Louis Vuitton loafers while frantically dialing their plastic surgeon. Hugh Jackman has chunks of guys like those in his stool.
The girl that Demi Lovatopunched in the face before she hightailed it to rehab has managed to remain nameless and faceless — until now. Meet 21-year old back up dancer Alex Welch and her lovely black eye! The Daily Mail says:
The back-up dancer at the center of Demi Lovato’s airplane meltdown has been identified at red-head Alex Welch.
The 21-year-old appeared in season three of America’s Best Dance Crew with Beat Freaks.
And pictures taken after the incident have emerged showing Welch sporting what appears to be bruised eye.
Honestly, that chick had it coming. You can’t go around with hair like that and not expect people to punch you in the face. She might as well be wearing a giant bullseye.
Jessica Alba in the December issue of Elle UK (did I mention her topless cell phone pictures?), because her hair doesn’t inspire rage:
Supermodel Naomi Campbell allegedly slapped and punched her chauffeur in the head yesterday, making a solid hat trick of her 2000 arrest for chucking a phone at a maid and her assault incident in a London airport last year. The Daily Mail says
Driver Miodrag Mejdina, 27, claimed the supermodel was sitting in the back seat of the black Cadillac Escalade when she allegedly flew into a rage and punched him.
When the driver stopped his car in midtown Manhattan to call the police at about 3pm yesterday, Miss Campbell allegedly jumped out and fled on foot.
Police said the chauffeur, who had been hired for the day, suffered bruising to his right eye but did not say what prompted the alleged attack.
‘There shouldn’t be a rush to judgement,’ [Campbell's] spokesman Jeff Raymond said. ‘Naomi will cooperate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye.’
There’s more to this story than “meets the eye?” Like how the back of closed fist and maybe a swipe of the acrylic fingernails might “meet” some poor bastard’s eye? Telling choice of words, Mr. Spokesperson. Now might be the time to invest in some protective headgear.
Kim Kardashian posted a picture of herself with a big black eye on her official website yesterday. That’s big black eye, not “big black guy.” That really wouldn’t be newsworthy at all, now would it? Star Magazine says
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star agreed to participate in a boxing match on Tuesday to raise money for The Dream Foundation, but she left with a shiner when her opponent punched her in the eye.
“At the end of the day, we did this for charity and that’s what counts,” Kim posted on her Web site Wednesday. “But man, my girl could throw a punch! Look at my black eye!!!”
I bet this marks the first time that Kim’s taken it in the face in front of a video camera without having to be on her knees with her mouth wide open. This has got to be one for the books, people!
