I have always wondered what happens when you are filming a movie in a hospital and you get sick. Thanks to Ashley Judd’s sudden bout of appendicitis, I now know what happens.

The actress was shooting new movie Helen in Vancouver, Canada when an acute attack of the illness led to a collapse on set at Ridge Meadows Hospital on 25 November (07).

Judd was immediately admitted to the same medical centre and underwent emergency surgery to remove her diseased appendix.

A source tells the National Enquirer, “Luckily, the cast and crew were filming at a real hospital, so when paramedics arrived, they simply put Ashley on a stretcher and wheeled her into an operating room nearby.” While Judd recovers, production on Helen has been halted.

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But when you film at a real hospital, what happens to the real patients? I guess they just get moved out of the way into other wards.

Ashley is the latest celebrity to release an el cheapo clothing range, for U.S. department store Goody’s.

Ashley says: “At first, I wasn’t interested. In my view there is already enough stuff in the world, but when they told me it would raise funds for schools, I changed my mind. “Our schools are in dire need. With my eco-friendly, moderately priced clothes, Goody’s will give away a half a million dollars to schools in need. And that’s just the first year.”

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Isn’t Ashley Judd almost the least likely candidate to design a clothing line? Her only real connection to fashion is that yes, she wears clothes. I’d hardly call her a style icon in the same vein as Sarah Jessica Parker or Kate Moss. Just about anyone can put out a range of clothes now, so I’m getting hopeful maybe I could put out my own range. Probably not unless I sew it myself.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Ashley Judd is shown with Padma Lakshi at the YouthAIDS Gala: Faces of India benefit on 11/2/07, thanks to WENN. Her face looks really pinched to me.