Jeremy Piven is fighting back at a grievance filed against him by the producers of the Broadway play he withdrew from last month. "The claims made by the producers of Speed-the-Plow are absurd and outrageous," Piven's rep tells "The Insider." "Mr. Piven's serious medical condition has been well documented by multiple physicians. He withdrew from the play due to medical necessity on the advice of his doctors, after he was hospitalized and warned by his physicians that enforced rest was necessary in order to avoid serious medical problems, including a heart attack. "His symptoms included extreme fatigue, spacial problems, difficulty remembering his lines, difficulty maintaining his balance, and an alarmingly low resting heart rate. Mr. Piven followed his doctors' advice, although his forced withdrawal from the show was an enormous personal disappointment since it was a life-long dream to perform on Broadway. "Although the producers had an opportunity to have Mr. Piven examined by their own physician, they never did so. The results of such an examination would have undoubtedly corroborated the conclusions of Mr. Piven's treating physicians and would have confirmed the medical necessity of his departure from the show. "It is ironic that the producers have filed a Grievance against Mr. Piven, since if anyone has legal claims relating to this matter, it is Mr. Piven. Among other things, the production failed to pay his required compensation and he has been defamed in the media by their false accusations." Speed-the-Plow producers filed a grievance with the Actors' Equity Association against Piven for leaving the play less two months after it premiered, says the Associated Press. William H. Macy of 'Fargo' fame has taken over Piven's starring role.

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Patrick Swayze is out of the hospital after a week-long stay. "I am happy to announce that Patrick Swayze is home after a brief hospitalization for pneumonia," the star's rep tells People.com Swayze checked into the hospital for pneumonia last Friday.

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"Brothers & Sisters" star Rachel Griffiths is pregnant! Rachel, 40, and hubby Andrew Taylor are expecting their third child, says People.com. The couple have a 5-year-old son, Banjo Patrick, and a three-year-old daughter, Adelaide Rose, says the mag.

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"The Insider"'s special correspondent Kris Jenner is on the scene in the beautiful Canadian Rockies, getting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s thoughts on the presidential inauguration and Thursday's U.S. Air plane crash. Of Barack’s big day next week, RFK Jr. tells us: “I think there’s four million people who are going to be in Washington this weekend, and probably around half of them are Kennedys!” Kris chatted with members of the Kennedy clan at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Sports Invitational. The event benefited the Waterkeeper Alliance, the largest water protection group in the world, according to Chairman Bobby Jr. The organization is committed to cleaning and protecting more than 180 waterways around the globe.

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"The Insider" brings you the harrowing account of one passenger who was aboard US Air Flight 1549, which crash-landed in the Hudson River Thursday. Plus, CNN's Allan Chernoff tells us the latest about the investigation into the accident. “I thought: ‘Oh my god, we are going down,’” passenger Eric Stevenson tells us. As the plane made its emergency descent, he says he was “thinking first about family,” and was feeling “a lot of emotions in a very short amount of time.” The twist to Eric's riveting account? He says he wasn't even supposed to be on the flight!

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