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Lil Wayne in-flight drama

 
 

 
 
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Lil Wayne had the flight from hell. The rapper is at home from the hospital and resting after suffering a mile high medical scare Thursday. Wayne’s rep tells TMZ that he had seizure-like symptoms and was treated for a severe migraine and dehydration. The entertainer’s private jet had to make an emergency landing​ over Texas.

Speaking of travel related issues: Jack Scalia was arrested Thursday at LAX for trying to bring a gun onto a plane. When will these people ever learn? The 61-year-old, who used to costar on Dallas, was apprehended after TSA folks found his unloaded Glock 9mm in his carryon bag.

Love me do

Could a reconciliation be in the works for Sean Penn and Madonna? UsWeekly reports the actor was standing in the front row of the singer’s Oct. 11 MDNA show in Los Angeles, and kept yelling, “She’s so hot!” The two were tumultuously married from 1985 to 1989; they met on the set of the video for Material Girl. “Their chemistry was off the charts,” a concertgoer told the mag. “Madonna seemed to be performing entirely for Sean.” At least they’re age friendly: He’s 52, she’s 54.

Joke gone wrong

Justin Timberlake has issued an apology on his website about his wedding video featuring vagrants paid to wish him and Jessica Biel well. It was apparently made by JT’s friend as a joke and somehow leaked to Gawker.com “Greetings from your Hollywood friends who just couldn’t make it,” the clip says, before cutting to several apparently homeless people.

Taking a nap

Famed movie critic Gene Shalit faces a charge of driving to endanger after his car struck a utility pole and came to rest against a home, causing minor damage, near Lenox, Mass. Cops say Shalit, 86, fell asleep at the wheel. He was unhurt and received a summons.

Sex & the single girl

Now that Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher has been tossed aside, Jenny MCarthy is hooking up with L.A. jeweler Pascal Mouawad, EOnline reports. The budding relationship is complicated by the fact that Jenny just moved back to her home state of Illinois.

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