What is it with celebrities and cupcakes? First Katie Holmes was seen doling the confections out to castmates and crew members on the set of her new movie and now a popular TV doctor is providing them to a fellow actress as a form of medicine.
According to USA Today, when “The Office” star Jenna Fischer injured her back at party hosted by NBC a couple of weeks ago, fellow actor Zach Braff (who plays Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian on NBC’s hit comedy “Scrubs”) sent her a big tray of cupcakes to lift her spirits.
“In those first few days, all my husband and I did for pleasure was watch a Larry Sanders DVD and eat those cupcakes,” Fischer told reporters.
According to Fischer, she fractured four vertebrae when she fell down a set of marble stairs leading to the party’s dance floor.
“All I know is I was suddenly not on the ground anymore. My legs flipped out from underneath me, and while I was in the air, I had the thought, ‘This isn’t going to end well,'” Fischer said.
It didn’t… she says, except for the surprise sweet treats sent by Braff.
But Braff isn’t the only Hollywood hottie lending a hand to those in need.
According to a Honolulu newspaper, Pierce Brosnan and his wife Keely recently donated $100,000 to help replace an unsafe playground at an elementary school on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, where they own a home.
The former James Bond actor told reporters that he and his wife were “disheartened that the playground equipment was condemned for so long” and wanted to find a way to help students play in a safe environment.
The Brosnan’s efforts will pay off next week when the new playground will be formerly dedicated.
Finally, so much for wanting to turn a small town into a big star. In a previous blog I gave you details about a nationwide contest sponsored by “The Simpsons Movie,” which has 16 U.S. cities named Springfield vying for the chance to be named as the cartoon family’s hometown.
Well, you can cross Springfield, Minnesota off the list. According to contest organizers, when city officials were approached about being a part of the contest they weren’t interested. In fact, the city manager reportedly went as far as to say that he didn’t feel it would be an honor to be identified as the fictional Springfield considering that Springfield, Minnesota is a “clean, close-knit community” with “no pollution, no waste dumps, nobody misbehaving all the time.”
Talk about a party pooper. The decision means that the town will no longer be in the running to host a free preview screening of the movie in July.