ennis Hopper has been released from a New York hospital after checking in with flu-like symptoms and being treated for dehydration, his manager said on Thursday.

Hopper, 73, checked into the hospital on Wednesday when he felt ill during a trip to New York.

"He was treated for dehydration, and is now back in his hotel room and feeling much better," Hopper's manager, Sam Maydew, said in a statement.

Hopper starred and directed 1969 movie "Easy Rider," and currently he appears in the television adaptation of the 2004 film "Crash."

Britney Spears had quite the busy week. After wrapping up the North American leg of her tour with two concerts in Las Vegas over the weekend, the singer debuted her new single, "3," on radio station Z100 Tuesday morning. But that wasn't enough excitement for her: On Wednesday, Spears purchased a pet parakeet.

During a trip to the California Pet Center near Calabasas, Calif., the singer decided to procure a pet. "Britney had just picked up some dog food when she spotted the parakeets and decided to buy one," an eyewitness tells PEOPLEPets.com. "She settled on a yellow parakeet and bought a big, white cage and several toys for the bird." Though she didn't reveal an intended name for her new feathered friend, the source says she "seemed excited about her new family addition." Most recently, Spears was known to own a Yorkie named London, as well as another perky parakeet.

Parakeets, which mainly eat seeds and fruit, are popular as family pets. Though they stay small in size, they're related to parrots, and in some cases, can mimic the words of their owners. Perhaps Spears's bird soon will be singing along with Mom's greatest hits?

Looks like Padma Lakshmi will be eating for two on "Top Chef."

The actress and host of the hit Bravo reality show -- currently taking place in Las Vegas -- announced today that she is pregnant with her first child. Lakshmi, who was recently seen looking voluptuous on the red carpet at the Primetime Emmys, did not identify who the father is.

The pregnancy is especially sweet for Lakshmi, 39, who suffers from endometriosis -- a medical condition in which uterine tissue grows outside the uterus, causing scarring and often making it difficult or impossible to conceive. She was previously married to writer Salman Rushdie for three years until the pair split in 2007.

Lindsay Lohan is apparently too big to appear on "Celebrity Big Brother," but she's not above modeling ripped leggings.

The scandal-plagued starlet currently appears in ads for her line of leggings, 6126 – named for Marilyn Monroe's birth date (June 1, 1926.)

Lohan lustily poses in the leggings, clutching a stripper pole in one shot and wearing a ripped pair that reveals much of her leg. The garments will run between $60 and $132.

While the 23-year-old New York City native has no problem modeling the pricey pairs, don't expect to see her on next year's season of the hit UK show, "Celebrity Big Brother."

There were rumors that Lohan was considering taking part in the show, but her spokesperson told the Daily Mail, "Producers have been calling and emailing her whole team and it has been a pass. This is a tacky way to get cheap publicity."

Considering the "Mean Girls" and "Herbie: Fully Loaded" star hasn't had a hit movie in years, the reality TV gameshow may not have been a bad choice.

Kanye West and Lady Gaga's highly anticipated tour is over before it even began.

Just days after announcing dates for an ambitious joint show that was to kick off next month, the tour was canceled.

Live Nation announced the news in a brief statement Thursday that did not offer any explanation. Refunds are available for those who brought tickets for the tour. It was to kick off Nov. 10 in Phoenix and was scheduled to run through at least January.

The name of the tour was to be "Fame Kills" — a sentiment West may have been feeling in recent weeks. The Grammy-winning rapper has endured a firestorm of negative publicity since he hijacked the award-winning moment of country-pop sweetheart Taylor Swift at last month's MTV Video Music Awards.

Swift had made history as the first country act to win at the VMAs, and was giving her acceptance speech after nabbing a trophy for best female video. West — who has a long history of awards-show meltdowns — grabbed the microphone and declared that Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" was one of the "best videos of all time."

A crushed Swift did not finish her speech then but did later when Beyonce brought her back on stage after winning video of the year.

West endured boos from the celebrity crowd that night, and the negative reaction kept growing — even President Barack Obama was caught calling him a "jackass" during remarks to reporters that the White House believed were off-the-record.

An almost tearful West gave one of three apologies for his behavior during the premiere of "The Jay Leno Show" last month. He said that hadn't fully taken time to grieve for his mother, who died suddenly in November 2007, and hinted that a break would be coming.

"So many celebrities, they never take the time off," he said. "I've never taken the time off to really — you know, just music after music and tour after tour. I'm just ashamed that my hurt caused someone else's hurt. My dream of what awards shows are supposed to be, 'cause, and I don't try to justify it because I was just in the wrong. That's period. But I need to, after this, take some time off and just analyze how I'm going to make it through the rest of this life, how I'm going to improve."

But shortly after that, the "Fame Kills" tour — which had been in the works for months — was announced.

Publicists for both West and Lady Gaga did not immediately return requests for comment. A representative for Live Nation said there was no further information.