CHICAGO — Chuck Berry was at his home near St. Louis and in good health Sunday after falling ill from exhaustion during a concert Saturday night in Chicago, a representative said.

About an hour into a rapidly-deteriorating concert at the Congress Theater, Berry slumped over an accompanist’s keyboard before being helped offstage.

The 84-year-old rock ’n’ and roll legend and a backing band of three Chicago musicians attempted to resume the show for the packed house about 15 minutes later, but Berry almost immediately was taken off again to be checked by paramedics who were called to the theater.

After being examined, Berry returned one last time to thank the fans who had waited in hopes for the show to continue, but he left the stage – using a bit of his signature “duck walk” – without playing again. Shortly afterward, he walked out of the theater’s stage door on his own into an awaiting limousine. Berry signed a release saying he was OK, and he was not taken to a hospital, according to Fire Department spokesman Joe Roccasalva.

“All I know is he felt faint, he felt weak, and I was told to call 911,” said Michael Petryshyn, the concert’s promoter, after Berry left.

Although Berry performs regularly in his hometown of St. Louis, he infrequently gives concerts elsewhere.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor to have part of leg amputated

LOS ANGELES — A representative for Zsa Zsa Gabor says she is back in a Los Angeles hospital to have part of her leg amputated.

Publicist John Blanchette says doctors examined a growing lesion on Gabor’s leg Sunday and decided she needed to return to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for surgery.

The 93-year-old Hungarian-born actress broke her hip in July. She has been hospitalized several times since.

She asked for a priest to read her last rites in August.

Bertinelli gets married at her home in Malibu

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MALIBU, Calif. – Actress Valerie Bertinelli has tied the knot in Malibu.

Publicist Heidi Schaeffer said the 50-year-old “Hot in Cleveland” star married financial planner Tom Vitale on Saturday.

Schaeffer said in an e-mail that a report by People Magazine of the wedding was accurate.

The ceremony took place in front of about 100 people at her home, according to People.

Guests included Bertinelli’s ex-husband — rocker Eddie Van Halen — and their son, Wolfgang.

Bertinelli and Van Halen split in 2000 and were officially divorced in 2007.

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Bertinelli stars in the TV Land sitcom “Hot in Cleveland” and serves as a TV spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig weight loss system. She first found fame as star of the 1980s sitcom “One Day at a Time.”

She and the 49-year-old Vitale had been dating for seven years and were engaged during an Italian vacation in March.

Twain marries in Puerto Rico  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Country singer Shania Twain and businessman Frederic Thiebaud were married in a New Year’s Day wedding in Puerto Rico.

A message on Twain’s website said the couple were wed in Rincon with 40 close family and friends in attendance.

Twain and Thiebaud announced their engagement last month.

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‘Fockers’ hangs on to No. 1 spot in box office revenue

LOS ANGELES — Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller’s “Little Fockers” remained the top draw at the weekend box office with $26.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

It was closely followed by Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon’s Western “True Grit,” which was No. 2 for the second straight weekend with $24.5 million.

“Little Fockers,” released by Universal, raised its domestic haul to $103.2 million. Paramount’s “True Grit” lifted its total to $86.8 million, becoming the top-grossing film ever from directors Joel and Ethan Coen, whose previous best was $74.3 million for “No Country for Old Men.”

With no new wide releases out over New Year’s weekend, the Hollywood top-10 lined up largely the same as it did over Christmas.


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