SHORT TAKES

Will & Grace star Sean Hayes is recovering after being hospitalized with a rupture of his small intestine.

Reid Perry, from the country group The Band Perry, is recovering after an emergency appendectomy in LA.

Mariah Carey’s LA home was the target of burglars who made off with $50K worth of handbags and sunglasses.

Dolly Parton recently donated $1 million to the Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital in Nashville.

Zombie auteur George A. Romero received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Oct. 25.

Jeff Glor was named anchor of the CBS Evening News on Oct. 25…over four months since Scott Pelley left.

Jane Krakowski has been tapped to play Ralphie’s teacher in Fox’s live take on A Christmas Story set for Dec. 17.

Keith Urban will be the headliner for the Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight celebration in Nashville on Dec. 31.