joan hyler

Help a Critically Injured Insider Catch Up on Three Months Of Hollywood Gossip!

5:01AM STV | We like to keep up with news regarding Joan Hyler, the nails-tough producer/manager who was nearly killed in Malibu last August when a car struck her on the Pacific Coast Highway. A little more than three months later, we’re told in the latest update to her blog, Hyler is doing more than just standing up, “gustily eating chicken,” and making a generally miraculous recovery: She’s playing Hollywood Catch-Up in the hospital! Help us bring her up to speed after the jump.

5:30AM STV | Joyce Hyler Update: After spending the weekend hospitalized in critical condition when a car struck her on the Pacific Coast Highway, the inveterate, influential agent/manager/producer has reportedly stabilized in the last 24 hours. “[T]he doctors will likely proceed to obtain another CAT scan with a view to determining what needs to be addressed next,” says her family’s latest update online. “All of the above is neither good nor bad. What is good is that we avoided emergencies for the last 24 hours and are seeking to build upon that.” Meanwhile, Endeavor has organized a blood drive to take place in its screening room tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Hyler required a major transfusion following the accident), marking perhaps the first time out of thousands that agency blood has been shed in the name of good. The Hollywood Reporter has the details. [CarePages] More »

Manager/Producer Joan Hyler Recovering After Car Hits, Throws Her on PCH

2:20AM STV | What should have been a festive weekend for Joan Hyler took a gravely downbeat turn late Friday when the veteran talent manager/agent/producer was struck by a car in Malibu while parking her own on the Pacific Coast Highway. Hyler was hospitalized in critical condition the night before her client Portia de Rossi’s marriage to Ellen DeGeneres; she remains listed as such in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s intensive-care unit. More »