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Bing Crosby's widow recovering after traffic crash

Kathryn Crosby

RENO, Nev. - Bing Crosby's widow, Kathryn Crosby, is recovering after being flown to a hospital with major injuries following a deadly traffic crash last month in the Sierra Nevada.

Kathryn Crosby, 77, was hurt and her husband, Maurice William Sullivan, 85, was killed in the Nov. 4 single-vehicle wreck on U.S. 50 east of Placerville, Calif., California Highway Patrol spokesman Dan Stark said Thursday.

Kathryn Crosby, who has homes in Genoa and Hillsborough, Calif., was flown to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.

Hospital spokesman Dan Davis said Thursday the former actress is not currently listed as a patient.

"This can mean either this patient is no longer here or they have chosen to keep their protected health information private and do not want it released," he said.

Sullivan was westbound when his vehicle left the roadway, struck a large boulder and rolled many times, ejecting him, Start said. The cause of the crash has not been determined, and an investigation continues.

"We may do some follow-up with her (Kathryn Crosby) to determine the events that led up to the accident," Stark said, adding he had no details on her injuries or update on her condition.

Robert Bader, vice president of marketing and production for Bing Crosby Enterprises, said Thursday that Kathryn Crosby was "doing well" at a hospital, but he did not elaborate.

Kathryn Crosby's family did not return phone calls seeking comment.

She and the crooner, best known for "White Christmas" and the "road" movies he made with Bob Hope, were married for nearly 20 years before his 1977 death at age 74. She was his second wife.

In recent years Kathryn Crosby has staged a cabaret act in which she sang Bing Crosby hits, and has appeared in a "Legendary Bing Crosby" documentary shown on PBS stations across the country.

Bing Crosby was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, a huge star on stage, radio, movies and television. His recording of "White Christmas" was for decades the biggest-selling single of all time.

Kathryn Crosby and Sullivan married in 2000.

Aretha Franklin: 'The Surgery Was Highly Successful'

Aretha Franklin

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, had a successful surgery on Thursday and now has thanked her fans for their support and prayers as she underwent the procedure (for an undisclosed reason).

"The surgery was highly successful," Aretha said in a statement to Access Hollywood following the procedure. "God is still in control. I had superb doctors and nurses whom were blessed by all the prayers of the city and the country. God bless you all for your prayers!"

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, on Wednesday night Aretha expressed her gratitude to fans and public officials not long after they held a prayer vigil for the singer in her hometown of Detroit.

"Thanks to the City Council for their prayer vigil. And, many thanks to the City for their support. All prayers are good!" Aretha previously said in a statement to Access Hollywood.

Last month Franklin announced that she was canceling all concert dates and personal appearances through May.

What Britney Spears Did Day of Abuse Scandal

Britney Spears

Britney Spears put abuse rumors to rest when she visited beau Jason Trawick at work in L.A. Wednesday.

Earlier that afternoon, the Spears' reps denied that Trawick, 38, beat the singer, calling reports by tabloid Star and RadarOnline "laughable" and "utterly false."
With her hair tucked under a fedora, Spears, 29, joined Trawick at the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment offices for a special screening of The Secretariat on behalf of Hathaway Sycamores, the largest provider for children's mental health services in L.A. County.

"They were both very upbeat. They were smiling and seemed very happy to be there," Rob Myers, executive vice president of development at Hathaway-Sycamores, tells UsMagazine.com.

After the couple greeted the families and introduced the film, "the buzz in the room was fantastic," Myers says. "The look on the children's faces was just priceless."

And despite the allegations against him, Trawick showed little signs of worry during Spears' surprise appearance.

"Jason was obviously having a tough day, but he kept his commitment to bring Britney in to the screening," a source tells Us. "He acted professional at all times despite the false story."

"It's amazing that Star continues to try to defend their story by putting out more and more pieces of a fraudulent recording. Everyone knows it is not her," Spears' manager Larry Rudolph tells Us. "The more they put out, the more ridiculous they look. The lawyers are drawing up the legal papers right now; there will 100 percent be a lawsuit. We are suing."

Added Spears: "Star Magazine, RadarOnline, Jason Alexander and the rest of you liars: Ya'll can kiss my lily white southern Louisiana ass!"

Drummer says Jim Morrison never exposed himself

Jim Morrison

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - On December 9, the Florida Clemency Board, on the urging of outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist and in its last meeting of the year, will consider pardoning Doors frontman Jim Morrison.

Morrison was convicted of indecent exposure after a 1969 concert at Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami. The singer died two years later; he would have turned 67 on Wednesday, December 8.

Fans of the band have long campaigned for a reversal or full-out dismissal of the charge, claiming Morrison never revealed any actual body parts.

To get to the bottom of the matter, The Hollywood Reporter turned to Doors drummer John Densmore for his take on the night in question, and also discussed "When You're Strange," the Doors documentary narrated by Johnny Depp, which scored a Best Long Form Video Grammy nomination on Wednesday night.

THR: Let's start with the night of March 1, 1969.

John Densmore: Can I just make a statement? He didn't do it! I was there; if Jim had revealed the golden shaft, I would have known. There were hundreds of photographs taken and tons of cops and no evidence. Yeah, Jim was a drunk and a sensational, crazy guy, but he also was a great artist and I want him to be remembered for the art as well as the craziness. At the time, things were pretty political with the Vietnam War -- the whole country was polarized, not unlike today -- and he went to see Julian Beck and Judith Molina of The Living Theater and was inspired because they wore minimal clothes and were going up the aisles saying, "No passports, no pieces." It was pretty wild stuff. Jim tried to inject it in to the Miami concert, and he was inebriated, so it wasn't so successful. Musically, it was terrible, but politically, it was intriguing. So that was his motive and then it became this sensational, "get the hippie band that represents the counter culture!"

THR: The request for clemency got a lot of media attention last month, why do you think there's so much passion for this issue?

Densmore: Why is there such passion for any sort of gossipy, provocative sensual stuff? It sells! I'm not in Florida, so I don't know policies. I'm sure he's pleased at the ground swell -- everybody knows his name now. But in reading his statements, I get a genuine feeling that after seeing all the documentaries and reading everything about this, he, like me, thinks Jim didn't do it! It would be nice to straighten that out. Jim was charged with the wrong thing -- he was drunk and disorderly but he didn't whip it out.

THR: How drunk what he?

Densmore: Well, he wasn't fall down drunk. He was a guy that had a buzz and I know he was excited about what he thought he might inject. Of course, as per usual, we didn't know anything about it. During several songs, like "The End" and "When the Music's Over," there were long sections in which he'd do poetry or whatever he felt like doing. We knew that these areas were about improvisation and exploration. He started ranting about, "You're letting them push you around, what are you doing out there?" and you're, like, "Okay, here we go!"

THR: So that was par for the course? Nothing particularly unusual about that night?

Densmore: It was a little more than usual, certainly, it was rather confrontational. I was thinking about our name, which is based on a quote from William Blake, "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." Well he's doing some serious cleansing, right?

THR: What was the show like musically?

Densmore: Disappointing, because Jim was ranting. I think we started the song "Touch Me" several times. We attempted and were like, "Okay, he's not following the lyrics. Let's try again." That was pretty frustrating. Also the promoter had to make some extra dough and had taken the chairs out and sold another couple thousand tickets. It was hot, stuffed, seething, you could feel the chaos. In retrospect, I could easily say we walked in with a feeling of, "Something's gonna happen here."

THR: In a way that puts some culpability on the venue, not just the police?

Densmore: It does. That night, the cops weren't against us at all, the country was. Every night, there was carnage from Vietnam and then there was the other side who was like, "America, love it or leave it. You're with us or against us."

THR: What happened the next day? Did you guys discuss the events of the precious night?

Densmore: No. Robbie and I had planned to go to Jamaica and then we were supposed to do a big tour, which was canceled entirely. We were down there and got word by phone that, "Crazy things were happening in the upper 48, come on home." And then of course we had to go through the trial.

THR: What was that like?

Densmore: Surreal. Ridiculous. Which is why is doing something that, in my opinion, is honorable. I suppose his naysayers will say he had a nice publicity take on the way out. Who cares? I like him cleaning the slate, cleansing the doors of perception.

THR: Over the years, there's been some criticism of how the Doors have been portrayed on film, particularly the 1991 Oliver Stone movie, "The Doors." Do you agree with your bandmate Ray Manzarek that it's mostly a work of fiction? And are you happy that "When You're Strange," the doc narrated by Johnny Depp, got so much critical acclaim this past year?

Densmore: I differ with Ray. The Oliver Stone movie was Oliver's take on the self-destructive parts, that tightrope walk. I wish it could have been more about the sixties. I'm pleased that "When You're Strange" has more of the times, Vietnam and all those struggles. But Val Kilmer was astounding. I appreciated that. I loved Oliver for giving it a go because he was in a bunker in Vietnam when it happened and he tried to figure it out later, and that's fabulous. But I'm happy that "When You're Strange" is an organic documentary. That's the real deal.

Glee's Lea Michele: "Fans Are Pissed" Over Finn and Rachel Split

Lea Michele

Lea Michele's keeping an eye out for grumpy Gleeks.

After Tuesday night's episode of the quirky FOX comedy brought an end to fan-favorite couple Rachel and Finn (portrayed by Michele and Cory Monteith) the star, 24, has had some explaining to do.

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"Fans are pissed!" she told UsMagazine.com Thursday as she was honored at Billboard's Fifth Annual Women in Music event. "I went up to [creator] Ryan [Murphy] and said, 'How could you do this?!' But I think if they're meant to be together, they will."

As for her character's dalliance with bad boy Puck (Mark Salling) which ultimately led to the breakup, Michele hints the pair could lock lips again: "We'll have to find out!"

The other hot topic at the forefront of the Broadway star's mind? The show's two Grammy nominations, including one for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group for their cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'."


"Gosh, it's so awesome -- I can't wait," she told Us, adding that "it doesn't feel real yet."

And though she just heard of the nods Thursday morning, prep work is underway. Said Michele, "I've already started thinking about what I'm going to wear!"