Robin Williams’ Heart Surgery
August 2, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Robin Williams has announced that he will return to stand up comedy. This is a huge announcement considering he had heart surgery just seven months ago. The comic made jokes about wanting to go back out on the road, saying he was “running out of merchandising money from Bicentennial Man,” one of his many movies.
But Williams is also acknowledging how different life after open heart surgery is. He says it has had a positive impact on his personal life, making him more grateful and open to his friends and family. In a rare serious moment, he …read more
Kevin Spacey Is Smokin’ Pot And Takin’ Names In “Shrink”
June 18, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Too bad I didn’t know about this during Celebrity Health Week.
According to Variety, Kevin Spacey is going to star as a pot-smoking psychiatrist in an upcoming indie film, “Shrink.”
Unable to come to grips with a recent personal tragedy, the shrink is a chronic pot smoker who no longer cares about his personal appearance and has lost faith in his ability to help his patients.
His clientèle includes Hollywood stars played by – well, Hollywood stars. More specifically, names like Robin Williams, Robert Loggia, Gore Vidal, Griffin Dunne, Saffron Burrows (hey, I know her from Boston Legal!), Jack Huston (um, yum), Pell …read more




