Blogger abuser and moody rocker Jared Leto broke his nose when fans rushed him at a concert in El Paso, Texas. He went on with the show, but got checked out by a doctor afterwards. Leto sustained other minor injuries to his face and body:

True chaos ensued Thursday at the Taste of Chaos tour stop in El Paso, Texas, resulting in 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto sustaining a broken nose and other injuries.

According to a spokesperson for the band’s record label, Leto was injured when he ran into the crowd during “The Kill” and thousands of fans overpowered security and rushed toward him on the floor of County Coliseum.

Along with his nose, which was unintentionally broken, Leto suffered a foot injury and superficial injuries to his face and body.

Leto finished the show and even declared it one of the best of the tour, but eventually checked into a hospital to ensure that none of his injuries would require surgery. 30 Seconds to Mars are scheduled to perform Friday (March 2) in Dallas.

No fans were reportedly injured.

It looks like someone reads Best Week Ever and jumped on the opportunity to punch Jared Leto in the face when it presented itself. There are many stories of this guy generally acting like an asshole and threatening people. He also really hates blogs because they point out how shitty his music is and occasionally pay attention to all the arrogant abuse he heaps on others.

Brandy didn’t have drugs or alcohol in her system the day she caused a fatal car accident, but she may have been heartbroken and distraught. The National Enquirer claims that she was dumped for good that morning by her on-off boyfriend and onetime fiance, Knicks forward guard Quentin Richardson, and that she was seen crying when she left his hotel:

The morning of the accident Brandy had been visiting her on-again off-again fiance, New York Knicks basketball star Quentin Richardson, who was in town for a game.

“The tried to reconcile one more time when Quentin finally told Brandy it just wasn’t going to work. She left his hotel in tears,” said the source.

Later that morning Brandy was going 65 mph when she slammed her 2007 Land Rover in a 2005 Toyota driven by 38-year0old Awatef Aboudihaj, who was married with one child… Aboudihaj’s car hit another vehicle then slid sideways before striking the center divider. Brandy was not injured, but witnesses at the scene claim she was hysterical.

[From The National Enquirer print edition, February 12, 2006]

Brandy and Quentin announced their engagement in June, 2004, with Brandy sporting a $1 million custom-designed engagement ring. Right around that time the news came out that Brandy was never really married to the father of her daughter, producer Robert Smith. She claimed Smith was her husband when the two starred in a short MTV reality show about the birth of her child in mid 2002.

Brandy was so crazy about Quentin that she had his face tattooed on her left shoulder blade. She changed the tattoo of Quentin’s face to a cat when they ended their engagement in October, 2005.

I have been in one of those relationships where you love the person but it’s never going to work no matter how hard you try. It drives you crazy, but you have to just end it and move on. It was probably eating at Brandy for a while, and if this is true she must have been incredibly upset that morning.

Brandy is being sued for $50 million by the family of the woman killed in the accident she caused. The California Highway Patrol is recommending that she be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, but she has not been officiallly charged yet. The case is under review by the city’s attorney’s office.

There’s plenty of news lately about celebrities causing fatal car accidents. Prison Break star Lane Garrison went with some teen fans to a party in December and attempted to drive them home. He then rammed his SUV into a tree, killing a 17 year-old boy he just met that night. He was driving drunk, and now there’s evidence that he was doing cocaine before the crash:

Blood tests have revealed that Lane Garrison had “more than twice the legal limit” of alcohol in his system and was under the influence of cocaine during the fatal crash that killed a 17-year-old boy in December, this according to police.

A spokesman for the Beverly Hills Police Department announced today that his department has recommend that the L.A. County District Attorney file a felony charge of gross vehicular manslaughter against the “Prison Break” star….

TMZ spoke exclusively with several witnesses who claim they watched Lane Garrison snort lines of cocaine just before the fatal crash.

According to our sources, Garrison looked “very high” and his “eyes were glazed” at the the party, which was attended mostly by teenagers.

According to our sources, Garrison obtained the coke from another attendee in an upstairs bedroom of the Beverly Hills home where seven or eight people were partying. They report that Garrison also had six or seven shots of Grey Goose vodka at the same time.

This is Garrison’s second known accident. He rear-ended a car at a light after leaving LA celebrity club Hyde in October of last year.

Garrison could get up to ten years in jail if he’s convicted on the charge of gross vehicular manslaughter. It’s doubtful his role as the now-deceased Tweener on Prison Break has prepared him for the real experience.

I haven’t reported on this yet as I feel really sorry for Brandy and the victim and don’t want to think about it too much, but she caused an accident on an LA freeway last month which led to the death of a woman whose car she hit in a multi-car pileup.

It happened at 10:30 AM on December 30, 2006 on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Brandy was driving her 2007 Land Rover at 65 mph and did not notice that cars in front of her had slowed considerably. We’re told Brandy’s vehicle struck a 2005 Toyota. The Toyota then hit a 1989 Toyota. The 2005 Toyota then slid sideways and hit the center divider. As the 2005 Toyota came to a halt, it was struck by a 1988 Acura…

We’re told the driver of the 2005 Toyota, Awatef Aboudihaj, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in critical condition and she died the next day. Aboudihaj, a 38-year-old married mother of one, was a Los Angeles resident.

Brandy was said to be wandering around distraught afterwards on dangerous freeway saying it was her fault.

The California Highway Patrol is recommending that she be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, but she has not been officiallly charged yet. The case is under review by the city’s attorney’s office.

A source in the police department told TMZ that they believe she was driving too fast and that her negligence caused the crash. They do not believe she was grossly negligent, which I guess means she is at fault but that the case is not clear cut or something. Brandy was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

A civil rights group has chimed in, most likely to get publicity for their cause. They’re saying that Brandy is being made an example of because she’s a famous celebrity, and that it’s not fair.

Meanwhile Brandy is being sued for $50 million in a civil suit by the victim’s family. They claim she was driving recklessly when she hit Aboudihaj’s car.

This is just a sad story all around, and it must be devastating for Brandy and for the victim’s family. I wasn’t paying attention once and caused a minor car accident. I was super tired but that was no excuse. I can’t imagine causing someone’s death.

Unflattering header image of Brandy at the U.S. Open is from BrandyFan.com.

Nicole Kidman was trying to shrug off some zombies clinging to the hood of her car while filming a scene for her new movie. The car was being towed to make it look like she was really driving, but the stunt went wrong and her car hit a pole. She and her young co-star were both wearing seatbelts. Although she was taken to the hospital after the accident she was released after a couple of hours and seems to be fine.

At around midnight, the stunt driver operating the rig skidded while taking a corner at roughly 45 mph, causing Kidman’s car to hit a poll and knock over a garbage can.

Both the actress and her costar, 10-year-old Jackson Bond, who was riding in the front passenger seat, were wearing seat belts.

Members of the crew immediately wrapped a blanket around Kidman and paramedics arrived to check the actress for injuries.

Kidman, 39, was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in an SUV, and was released within two hours.

US Weekly also reports that Kidman’s two children, Connor and Isabella, visited her on set earlier that day but were not there at the time of the accident.

Kidman has had a rough go of it lately. Now that Keith is out of rehab he will soon be touring and it’s doubtful that he’ll have much time for her.

Picture from Us Weekly.

Simon Cowell may ridicule mentally challenged contestants on American Idol, but he’s not always that cruel offscreen. A maid cut her hand on a broken glass in his hotel room and he wrapped a towel around her gash and had a friend rush her to the hospital. The rude British reality show star even paid the injured woman’s hospital bill:

In Manhattan before jetting to LA for his smash show’s season opener, Simon was in his hotel suite… when he heard the crash of glass in his bathroom - and a woman screaming! Racing into the john, he found a hotel housekeeper writhing in pain on the floor, gushing blood where her hand had been ripped by a broken drinking glass. Grabbing a towel, Simon wrapped it around her wound and hustled her down the elevator to his waiting limo - yelling at hotel staff for help. A colleague drove with the housekeeper to the emergency room, then Simon’s driver chauffered her home after she was patched up…

Mr. Nasty-But-Nice [even] paid for her treatment - which included several stitches - and told the hotel to bill him for any pay she’d lose.

[From The National Enquirer print edition, Mike Walker’s column, January 29, 2007]

That guy Mike Walker of the Enquirer has a lot of hero stories involving TV stars, but it could be true. I would bet Cowell was motivated by a desire not to get sued rather than humanitarian reasons, but it’s still a nice story.

In a recent interview with television-focused site MeeVee, Cowell said that he knew Jennifer Hudson would make it big the first time he saw her, and said “When that girl came into the room, I went, ‘Oscar.’” Yeah, right.

Simon also said that he couldn’t make American Idol without his fellow judges wacky Paula and yes-man Randy. He said that without Paula’s colorful behavior, the show would be boring.

Paris Hilton’s wonky left eye, which she is adept at hiding through a combination of hairstyles and sideways glances on the red carpet, may be the result of botched eye lift surgery. What’s more, the colored contact lenses she wears are said to be making the condition worse:

WHEN Paris Hilton decided to turn her brown eyes blue with tinted contacts, she might have hurt her already suffering eye lids. According to a Beverly Hills source, Hilton stopped by a plastic surgeon’s office with sis ter Nicky earlier this week, seeking to “fix her drooping left eyelid.” Our insider says Paris had hush- hush surgery six years ago to lift her lids. The muscles of her left eye were supposedly damaged as a result, “causing it to droop more than the right” - a look that was once parodied on “South Park.” Hilton, who is filming “The Hot tie and the Nottie,” has made things worse by wearing blue- tinted contact lenses over her naturally brown irises. “They have been drying out lately,” dished the tipster. “She is ignor ing doctors’ orders to not wear her tinted contacts.” Paris’ rep Elliot Mintz told Page Six, “To the best of my knowledge, Paris has never had any kind of cosmetic surgery and has not mentioned any medical procedures having to do with her eyes.”

Wow, and I just thought she was born that way. There goes my only reason to ever feel sorry for Paris.

Hilton is currently filming the crappy new film The Hottie and the Nottie with Christine Lakin. She has been praised for her work ethic on set, and was seen filming for 10 hours on Wednesday.

Header image is from March, 2006.

Update: Here are some pictures of Paris on set, thanks to FlyNet Online.

Salma Hayek’s dog saved her from what could have been a tragedy. She was sleeping on the couch after coming down and woke up to her dog frantically tugging at her arm. It turns out the gas was on, which may have explained her headache. If her pooch didn’t wake her up she could have died:

Salma Hayek’s dog saved her life on the day of the Golden Globe Awards, The Insider’s Pat O’Brien reports.

The Ugly Betty creator explains that she “had a headache and went to lie down” and was awakened from her nap by her dog, Diva, grabbing at her sleeve and trying to pull her out of the house. The 40-year-old actress then realized that the gas was on in her house.

Hayek credits Diva as being the reason she was there to celebrate with the rest of the Ugly Betty cast later that night. The ABC series won two Golden Globes on Monday, including best television comedy and best actress in a TV comedy for its breakout star, America Ferrera.

My dad has a similar story from his childhood about a dog pulling him out of an old truck he was sleeping in to save him from a fire in a field. Us is asking people if they’ve ever had a pet save them, so I’ll be unoriginal and ask you guys if something similar has happened to you.

Here’s a clip of Salma taking off her top on Ugly Betty, which you’ve probably already seen.

This just seems like a recipe for disaster. Terri Irwin received the original copy of the video of her husband dying at the unlikely end of an aggresive stingray. All of copies of the graphic incident have been reportedly destroyed. Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was filming a show called Ocean’s Deadliest when one of the ocean’s most gentle creatures got agitated and whipped it’s tail up into his chest.

Terri was said to be devastated by a cartoon parody of her deceased husband on South Park, so of course this graphic video of his death is going to be the hardest thing she’s ever watched. I personally could not stand to see the video of Saddam Hussein’s execution, and cannot imagine having to watch a video of a loved one’s death. The video seems like the type of thing that would haunt you if you had it in your possession. If you didn’t watch it, you would think about it all the time and wonder if you should take the leap to see it. If you did watch it the images would play over and over again in your mind. If someone gave me a video of my husband dying I don’t think I would watch it and would give it to a trusted friend or put it in a safe deposit box.

A colleague said of the video near the time of Irwin’s death that “I would never want that to get out. It should be destroyed … It’s awful. I saw it but I never want to see it again.”

For his part, Steve Irwin said that if he ever died while filming he would want the public to see the footage.

The rest of us may not be able to see the video of poor Steve Irwin’s death, but the other footage he filmed during his ill-fated ocean stint will be aired shortly. Ocean’s Deadliest premieres on Animal Planet on January 21st at 8:00 PM.

Depending on who you believe, Britney either passed out or fell asleep at a nightclub to welcome in 2007.

The Associated Press reports that Britney fell asleep at the hot Vegas nightclub, PURE. It has been reported that Brit passed out at Ceasars Palace’s PURE nightclub on New Year’s Eve. Britney was hired to host the New Year’s Eve festivities for the club.

I don’t know about you but I’m not sure I buy the “asleep” story. Here is a quote from her redneck manager as he denies the report that Brit collapsed.
“By about one o’clock, she was just done, so we took her out,” Spears’ manager, Larry Rudolph, told The Associated Press Monday. “She was not drunk. She was just tired and falling asleep.”

Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that he uses the term “took her out”? I realize I am not a pop star but can’t sleepy pop divas walk?

Larry-the-manager is just one more reason Brit needs a real PR guru.

Pictures from BreatheHeavy.com