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Actor TONY ROBERTS was rushed to hospital in New York on Sunday (04Oct09) after falling ill during a performance on Broadway.
The Annie Hall star was performing onstage in the matinee showing of The Royal Family when he began feeling unwell.
The play was halted and Roberts was taken to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in the Big Apple.
The 69 year old is in a stable condition, according to a hospital spokesperson.
No further information was available as WENN went to press.

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SEX AND THE CITY star CHRIS NOTH has confirmed he is set to walk down the aisle with his longtime girlfriend TARA WILSON - just weeks after denying plans to wed.
The actor was confronted by rumours he had proposed to Wilson, the mother of his 20-month-old son Orion, last month (Sep09), and was quick to deny the reports, insisting they were "not true".
But the 54 year old admitted he and Wilson are now engaged during an interview with Entertainment Tonight Canada on Sunday (04Oct09).
A post on the programme’s Twitter.com page reads, "Chris Noth just told us exclusively that he and girlfriend Tara Lynn Wilson are now officially engaged."

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Esteemed author and poet DR MAYA ANGELOU has hit out at reports she was hospitalised on Saturday evening (03Oct09).
TMZ.com reported the Pulitzer-nominated writer was taken to hospital early on Saturday night, just before she was to be honoured at the BraveHeart Awards in Los Angeles in recognition of her work.
However, the 81 year old was never slated to appear at the ceremony and sent a taped acceptance speech in her place.
A spokesperson for Angelou insists she is alive and well at her home in St. Louis, Missouri, contrary to reports.
Angelou is best known for her highly-acclaimed 1968 autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and has had a varied career as a poet, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, author and actress.

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Actress DAME MAGGIE SMITH was hiding a sad secret while filming HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - chemotherapy to treat breast cancer had left her bald.
The 74 year old plays Professor McGonagall in the wizard franchise, and has always worn a bushy wig under a witch’s hat for her scenes.
But the hair piece in the sixth film was also covering up the effects of intense treatment to destroy cancerous cells last year (08).
Smith says, "I was hairless. I had no problem getting the wig on. I was like a boiled egg." And the veteran star is worried about how she will cope on the set of the final wizard movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which has been split into two parts: "I’ve still got to stagger through the last Potter." The experience of losing her hair was difficult for Smith, who admits it was "very weird" to wear hats and hair pieces to cover her baldness.

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MARIAH CAREY and NICK CANNON spent their first date picking out names for their children.
The stars wed last year (08) after a whirlwind romance and have been open about their desire to have kids for months.
They have repeatedly dismissed speculation Carey is already pregnant and the Hero hitmaker admitted earlier this week (begs28Sep09) the couple has put its family plans on hold - because she and Cannon can’t decide where to raise their kids.
But Carey confesses they are already in agreement about what to call their babies - because they chose the names almost as soon as they started dating.
She says, "We started naming our children on the first day (date)! We really clicked."

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JESSICA SIMPSON was transformed into a Geisha in Japan and helped an Ugandan woman pile on the pounds as part of new TV series THE PRICE OF BEAUTY.
The singer is travelling the world filming the show, which examines beauty regimes in a variety of cultures, and she admits she is continually surprised by what she learns about the habits women practice across the globe.
Her manager/father Joe tells UsWeekly.com, "(She) becomes a Geisha in Japan. In Uganda, we sat in a fattening hut because, in Uganda, fat is beautiful. So the bigger you are, the more beautiful you are. She was with a girl who had been in a hut preparing for her wedding for two months and 25 days on a 5,000 calorie-a-day diet." And the star, who will visit Morocco next, has been comforted on her travels by women sympathising with the media criticism she endured over her rounder figure earlier this year (09).
Joe adds, "She’s always scrutinised by the world and (it’s great) to watch her go to other countries and see women talk about what is beautiful there.
"We were just in Uganda, and a beauty ambassador (there) knew Jessica’s total story, about her weight and blah, blah, blah. (She told) Jessica that it’s about who you are inside, which is the message of our show."

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British rocker CARL BARAT has no immediate plans to reform THE LIBERTINES - his hectic schedule means he won’t be able to team up with PETE DOHERTY until at least 2011.
Doherty was booted from the band in 2004 following a series of argument with Barat over the troubled star’s drug use. Doherty was also jailed for breaking into his former bandmate’s London home.
Barat went on to form rock group Dirty Pretty Things while Doherty formed Babyshambles, but the pair has since put aside their differences and have hinted at a reunion several times in the last year.
And while Barat remains optimistic about a Libertines reunion, he’s warned fans they’ll have to wait until his calendar is cleared up.
He explains, "I’m too busy next year. Maybe the year after that. See how it goes. When it needs to happen, it will fall into place. It’s more a way of life than a band for me. I’m not going to jump up there and play the songs for some money - if it feels right then it will fall into place." Earlier this week (end04Oct09), Doherty told reporters he fears Barat is sceptical he has kicked his drug demons: "He doesn’t want to go down the same path and pick up the pieces again. He still thinks I’m surrounded by this dark energy so (a reunion won’t happen) until I can prove I’m worth the risk."

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PARIS HILTON will be monstrous in her latest TV role - as herself.
The socialite/actress will appear on U.S. TV series Supernatural this week (08Oct09) as "a monster who takes the form of Paris Hilton," according to show creator Eric Kripke, who admits he was surprised when Hilton agreed to the odd cameo.
He tells website PerezHilton.com, "We never expected in a million years that she would do it, but I spoke to her and she got the joke immediately and signed on quickly… I give her a lot of credit for being a hell of a good sport."

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Rapper YOUNG JEEZY fears he’ll never marry - because he’s not the type to fall in love.
The Put On hitmaker, real name Jay Jenkins, admits he’s not the romantic type.
He tells Complex magazine, "I’ve been a hustler my whole life, so I was pretty much infatuated with money and success and just staying focused and down, so I ain’t never (sic) been the type of n**ga that just admires my girlfriend.
"I ain’t never (sic) been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly."

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NEIL DIAMOND has joined the race for a festive Christmas number one album after announcing plans to release a CD of holiday tunes.
His A Cherry Cherry Christmas will feature a cover of Adam Sandler’s The Chanukah Song, which has been produced by Guns n’ Roses guitarist DJ Ashba.
Diamond joins Bob Dylan, Sting, Judas Priest star Rob Halford, Sugarland and Tori Amos among the stars releasing festive albums later this month (Oct09).

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Dance music star MOBY is to donate the proceeds from his upcoming California dates to struggling domestic violence centres in the state.
The hitmaker has three October (09) shows in the state and he has decided to hand over tour profits to a struggling charity there.
In a new post on his website, Moby writes, "After looking at many different shelters and organizations in california (sic) I’ve decided to donate my california tour revenue to the california partnership to end domestic violence. They work statewide with over 200 different organizations." The charity has been struggling ever since Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated all state funding for shelter services in July (09). Six California shelters have been forced to close.
Moby adds, "My hope is that by doing this (donating cash) I will enable domestic violence prevention workers to continue their work, and also encourage other people to step in and help raise funds for domestic violence prevention and care. Domestic violence is equal parts prison and torture for many women, and my sincere hope is that we can step up and help to protect women in California and end domestic violence."

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ELVIS PRESLEY’s grandson BENJAMIN hopes to extend the family legacy after signing a record deal.
Ben, Lisa Marie Presley’s 17-year-old son, is forging a career for himself after Universal offered him a $5 million (£3.3 million) to make up to five albums, according to Britain’s Daily Telegraph.
But the talented teen doesn’t want to be compared to The King, insisting, "The music will be nothing like Elvis, nothing like him at all." His mum dabbled in music, releasing two albums, while Ben’s father is Danny Keough, also a musician.
His debut album is expected for release next year (10).

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Don’t go swimming with HAYDEN PANETTIERE if you’re terrified of sharks - the HEROES star is a magnet for the predators.
The actress spends a lot of time in the water, surfing and protesting the killing of dolphins and whales - and she reveals she often finds herself swimming with sharks.
She says, "I tend to attract them everywhere I go… I’d really rather not see a shark while I’m paddling on a board… but, if you want to see a shark, put me in the water." And there’s one encounter she’d like to forget - she attracted one shark by peeing in the ocean off Hawaii.
Panettiere was diving with her mother and brother when was caught short and decided to relieve herself while treading water - but the relief was replaced by terror.
Appearing on late-night U.S. TV chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the actress recalls, "This safety diver got in to take pictures of my brother and my mum and they had their fins on and when the shark comes too close, you put your fins in their face, and I didn’t have my fins on and all of a sudden… they start going, ‘Shark, right behind you!’ "I was going, ‘What could it be? Tiger shark, Mako, bull, Great White…’ I swam for my life… They were yelling at us because it’s the worst thing to do is to swim away from the shark and make all the splashing. I was like, ‘Guys, you yelled shark… How else do people react? I practically walked on water back to the boat.’"

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Oscar-winning director SAM MENDES is bringing children’s classic CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY to the stage.
Roald Dahl’s beloved book has already been turned into two successful Hollywood movies, convincing Mendes the story could be a hit musical on Broadway and the West End.
The director has commissioned Scottish playwright David Greig to write the script and he has recruited Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman - the musical minds behind 2007’s hit Hairspray - to provide the score.
Dahl’s 1964 story first made it to the big screen in 1971, with Gene Wilder starring as chocolate maker Willy Wonka. Johnny Depp revived the role in a 2005 remake, directed by Tim Burton.

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JANE AUSTEN’s classic novel EMMA is to adapted again - for Bollywood.
Following the success of the movie adaptation of Austin’s Pride & Prejudice (Bride & Prejudice), Indian filmmakers have gone back in time to recreate another classic piece of English literature from the author.
Sonam Kapoor will take on the lead in a modern retelling of the story, titled Aisha, which will be set in Delhi.
Gwyneth Paltrow famously played Austen’s historic heroine in 1996’s Emma and the role has been played on TV in Britain by Kate Beckinsale, Romola Garai and Doran Godwin.
But the new Bollywood version has upset Indian purists, who believe moviemakers should be mining homegrown classic literature before looking overseas for ideas.
Leading U.S. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed says, "India is rich in literary and folk traditions and had an abundance of masterpieces readily convertible for films. Why remake an oft-repeated story, set in a foreign land, for Indian audiences?"

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Italy’s entry for the Best Foreign Film prize at the 2010 Oscars is at the centre of a new animal cruelty controversy.
Officials at the country’s National Association for Animal Protection (ENPA) are calling for censors to pull Giuseppe Tornatore’s film Baaria from cinemas over a gruesome bull slaughter scene.
ENPA leader Carla Rocchi has filed a complaint calling the scene, in which a bull has its throat slit while still alive, "senseless cruelty." The animal rights group officials also suggest the filmmaker should be prosecuted.
At the recent Venice Film Festival, where the movie premiered, Cinema Paradiso director Tornatore revealed the bull scene was shot in a slaughterhouse in Tunisia with a real animal.

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Sony bosses have vaults full of of unreleased MICHAEL JACKSON recordings, which they plan to release sparingly in the coming months and years.
At least five new tracks will appear on the soundtrack to Jackson’s new concert rehearsal movie This Is It, including the title track and a spoken word poem called Planet Earth.
And Sony chairman Rob Stringer admits there’s plenty more music where those tunes came from.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "We have a lot of music in the vaults. We will take our time with the rest of the material." And there’s more music in vaults at soul label Motown, according to Jackson’s one-time producer Samm Brown.
Shortly after the King of Pop’s death in June (09), he told WENN, "Michael was such a perfectionist and he had a lot of stuff that he didn’t use. I know, for a fact, that Motown has a deep vault and I would say there are 100 or more tracks sitting at Motown alone.
"There will be somebody in his (Jackson) camp who will want to release all of the lost tracks he recorded - dating way back to the 1960s. There’s huge money to be made off of these recordings."

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French fashion designer CHRISTIAN AUDIGIER has dismissed reports he has bought MICHAEL JACKSON’s Neverland Ranch home in Santa Barbara County, California.
The man behind the popular Ed Hardy clothing line reportedly paid $90 million (£60 million) for his friend’s former home, but he insists he would never have bought a place that only held bad memories for the King of Pop.
Jackson moved out Neverland in 2005 after the estate was raided by investigators looking for clues that would put the singer behind bars for child molestation.
Audigier tells HollyScoop.com, "He didn’t like Neverland. He didn’t want to go back there… so it’s not Neverland at all." But the fashion king has confirmed he plans to turn the Holmby Hills estate Jackson was renting when he died into a museum: "I have purchased the home Michael passed away in… I want to create a memorabilia and museum.
"So far, I’m buying a big collection of memorabilia and personal objects that he has." And he reveals Jackson’s last home was in a magical neighbourhood: "Nobody knows that two streets past his house was Elvis Presley’s house. So two kings lived in the same area."

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