16 month-old Zahara Jolie-Pitt suffers from rickets, a bone disorder that she developed while in an Ethopian orphanage. When she came down with a cold, Brad learned that rickets makes her more susceptible to all sorts of diseases that are common in Africa, including malaria and yellow fever. He became concerned for her health and brought her back to the states for medical care. Babies get sick a lot and Zahara will probably be fine, but this reopens the conflict between Angelina and Brad as to where Angelina will give birth:

You know Angelina will do whatever she decides, and won’t let someone else tell her where to have her baby. She is said to be planning to use a birthing tub in a Namibian hospital for a water birth. I had most of my labor in a birthing tub and found it to be very relaxing. It’s a nice alternative to medication and is said to be as effective as an epidural.

Update: Angelina Jolie’s Dateline interview:

Here are pictures from People Magazine online of the world’s most beautiful family. You may have seen most of them already, but some are new.

Eminem is having a rough month. His second marriage to Kim Mathers broke up admit allegations of his drug abuse, his best friend the rapper Proof was shot and killed, and his mother is dying of stage four breast canncer. Eminem must have learned something from tragedy, because he’s decided to put aside the long-standing feud with his mom and has spoken to her for the first time in years. He’s even paid some of her massive medical bills:

It’s nice that Eminem is making an effort, but what the hell is wrong with him that he hasn’t visited his mom in the hospital?

Meanwhile 50 Cent says that Eminem is going to be ok and that hip hop reflects the state of violence in African-American culture and is not the cause:

Maybe Eminem will actually see his mom before she dies. It might help him realize how important family and friends are, and how you shouldn’t hold a grudge.

Four month-old Violet Affleck, the baby daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, was rushed to hospital when she had trouble breathing on April 8th. She is fine now, but the new family had quite a scare:

That must be when the recent pictures of Violet were taken. It’s scary to have a baby with a medical problem, and we hope that Violet is completely recovered.

Jennifer Garner has admitted that she’s scared of filming the scene in Alias where her character gives birth:

David Beckham has revealed his battle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, from which he has suffered in silence for years:

We hope Beckham gets treatment and can overcome his OCD. It’s brave of him to reveal a mental disorder and we won’t make fun of him for it. His wife is fair game, though.

Here’s his skinny, greasy-faced wife outside of a restaurant in London on April 1st. She looks like she’s on something and she’s wearing fur!

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Britney has denied that she’s pregnant, but is said to have gone to a UCLA hospital this weekend for severe stomach cramps. It’s always possible that she had food poisoning or something, but the hospital representative makes it sound as if it was Britney and that she’s pregnant!

Would the hospital representative mess with us like that?

The Britney Spears pregnancy rumors are not going to be put to rest with these latest pictures, which show the new mom in a skintight white dress with a pudge or a bump depending on if you squint hard enough.

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So The NY Daily News has evidence that Star Jones downplayed the health scare she suffered after her breast lift and tummy tuck two weeks ago. The people at the plastic surgeon’s office made an unprecedented call to 911, which suggests that there was something seriously wrong:

Jones should have admitted that she was really in danger. Maybe then Joy Behar wouldn’t have been so rude and the rest of us would have laid off ripping on her for a day or two. I’m glad she’s better, but I still hope she loses her job on The View and has to become a spokesperson for something embarassing.

Ashlee Simpson is talking about her bout with the exhaustion virus that claims countless young pop starlets each year. In mid-December, 2005 after a busy US tour, she went to Japan where she had to be hospitalized in less than ideal quarters:

Despite Ashlee’s impression, Japan’s health care system is much better than that of the United States. In a 2000 report by the World Health Organization, Japan ranked 10th overall in health care while the US came in at 37th – below most other industrialized nations. The US also has a higher infant mortality rate than Japan.

Here are pictures of Ashlee in April’s Jane magazine.

Sheryl Crow made a public appearance yesterday at the Rock & Republic Fashion Show in LA. She looks to be recovering well from her breast cancer scare last month and we wish her all the best.

Crow has surprised her fans with an announcement that she will be touring this Summer:

Here she is at the Rock and Republic fashion show and with Patricia Arquette.

Ok, the latest news is that US Weekly claims that Britney is not pregnant, she’s just all puffed up from a bad C-section scar infection and is drinking a lot to ease her pain.

She also stepped on a needle while barefoot and was rushed to hospital for the umpteenth time this month. Maybe she can call Pammy for help coping with hepatitis. We hear that a lot of drinking helps that condition, too.

The girl is a mess. We reported two weeks ago that her new perfume is called “In Control.” We’re not going to make an obvious, cheap shot. We just hope the stuff lives up to its name.

All kidding aside, the needle does not seem to have infected her with anything. Her husband also used her credit card to send her flowers.

Desperate Housewives star and Academy Award-nominated actress Felicity Huffman has revealed her battle with severe bulimia and body dysmorphic disorder. While Huffman is recovered now, she was troubled and sick up until her late 30s. Huffman’s personal experience helped her identify with her character in Transamerica:

Another article quotes Huffman as saying that she vomited up to six times a day at the height of her illness.

It takes a lot of courage to come out with that. Huffman seems to be keeping healthy now with a thin but very strong frame. Hopefully her message will help others who struggle with the pain of not being satisfied with their bodies.

Huffman, 43, has been married to renowned character actor William H. Macy, 56, since 1997. They have two daughters, Sofia and Georgia, aged five and three.