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Hollywood star Uma Thurman won''t be stringing up lights or doing any heavy lifting this Christmas, after breaking her wrist on the set of her new movie ''The Accidental Husband'', UPI reported.
A source revealed that the ''Kill Bill'' star had the accident when she fell on her hand after trying to reach something by jumping up to get it.
"She was jumping to reach something and fell on her hand," the New York Daily News quoted the source, as saying.
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Lucy Liu Interview, CodeName The Cleaner
We had a chance to talk to the very lovely Lucy Liu about her upcoming role in CodeName The Cleaners. A native New Yorker, Lucy Liu attended NYU and later received a Bachelor of Science degree in Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of Michigan. During her senior year at Michigan, she auditioned for a student theater production of Andre Gregory's adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland." Hoping to be cast in a supporting role, Liu was instead cast as the lead. Her acting career was born. Liu's blossoming film career was thrust into over-drive when she starred with Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore in Columbia Tri-Star's blockbuster hit, Charlie's Angels, and its sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Liu's career was further solidified when she starred opposite Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's critically acclaimed film for Miramax, Kill Bill: Volume I and in the second installment, Kill Bill: Volume II.
Uma Thurman breaks wrist; shooting delayed
The cast and crew of Uma Thurman's new film will have an extra week off after the star broke her wrist on the set in Connecticut. Sources told the New York Daily News that Thurman fell on her hand recently and woke up the next day with a badly swollen wrist that required surgery. Doctors put the wrist in a cast. Thurman is filming "The Accidental Husband," but production will be shut down for an extra week, the sources said. .
Church 'most popular carol singer'
She has put her recording career on hold - but Charlotte Church is still the celebrity that people want to hear sing a Christmas carol, according to a survey. The Welsh star, who is concentrating on her TV career following the launch of her own Channel 4 show, is more popular than Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue. Chocolatier Thorntons asked 2,000 Britons which celebrities they would like to see perform a Christmas carol especially for them. Only 6% wanted reformed Take That star Gary Barlow to relight their fire. Married couple Katie Price and Peter Andre, who have released a Christmas single, fared even worse with 3.4%. Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was last with just 3.3% of the vote. .
Venus And Serena Williams Win Promoter Battle
Tennis superstar sisters Serena and Venus Williams have been cleared of violating a contract with two promoters by not appearing at an exhibition match in 2001. The promoters claim they lost millions of dollars when the siblings failed to play at the Battle of the Sexes tournament, in which the pair would face male opposition. .
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