It's none of my business but I really hope everything's okay.

http://www.laineygossip.com/Hugh_Laurie_Odds_for_SMA_2007.aspx Just found this at laineys. made me excited. I know it won't happen, but its nice to see him on the radar.

It's none of my business but I really hope everything's okay. Yep same here. I feel kinda bad for him and his family that it got picked up by the press so quick since it's obviously something private. At least there aren't any details. I just hope the Daily Mail doesn't run with it cause they'll make up their own details and include made up crappy quotes from "sources close to the actor." Hopefully he'll deal with whatever it is and it'll blowover quietly.

I don't know how Hugh endures this broadcasting of bits of his personal life. I have anxiety attacks just thinking about it. Though, on a much smaller scale :P - thanks for the photo love, everyone! Happy to share.

If he's coming back after just a couple of days then hopefully it's not something to serious.

olivia, he should be on the list. What do they pick -- the 50 sexiest? But no chance he'll be People's cover boy for that issue. And he'd hate it if he were. As to the other, oh my goodness. Hugh Laurie told his boss he needed to take 3 days off. What is the world coming to?

Buy me a souvenir! I love overpriced airport souvenirs!! Like everyone else, hopefully things will be okay for him and the fam. I really don't think this would have been reported yesterday if it weren't for, as someone mentioned, all the strike and fire news. Reporters are paying closer attention to scheduling changes and revisions and shutdowns. If it had been a more normal time it wouldn't have shown up nearly as fast, if it all.

The fact that they say the trip was "unscheduled," that the show's production schedule had to be shifted — and that this is even important enough to be a story at all, much less in both of the major trade papers — sets off my journalistic antenna in an unhealthy way. They are heading into sweeps month, and with the writers' situation so uncertain, the networks and production companies are particularly anxious to get as much in the can as possible before Nov. 1. This is the way it sounds to me too. From what I've read, their work week ends up with shooting lasting into the wee hours of the morning on the last couple of days of the week. If Hugh is not there, there's not much they can do, and I'm sure there are studio beancounters somewhere wringing their hands over the cost of this delay. Also, just the fact that it is being considered 'news' makes it sound serious to me, or is that perverse, that I think it's news because its news?

bailey - don't forget your astronaut diapers.

From what I've read, their work week ends up with shooting lasting into the wee hours of the morning on the last couple of days of the week. If Hugh is not there, there's not much they can do, and I'm sure there are studio beancounters somewhere wringing their hands over the cost of this delay. Also, just the fact that it is being considered 'news' makes it sound serious to me, or is that perverse, that I think it's news because its news? Changing the schedule around probably does cost some money...I have no idea how it works...but I think it's like amysusanne and sasmom and a bunch of people have said...it's probably just news cause the industry itself is big news right now. I thought it was weird that some of the reports said there was at first speculation that Hugh had a problem with the scripts or producers and decided to go home. Given how public Hugh has been with his love of the scripts AND the producers I wondered why any reporter would even think to include something so obviously unlikely...but maybe all those reporters don't read and re-read every last Hugh Laurie interview and press blurb like I do. *g* Bailey...can you get me one of those big ass Toblerone bars??? Sorry..."Friends" flashback.

Changing the schedule around probably does cost some money...I have no idea how it works...but I think it's like amysusanne and sasmom and a bunch of people have said...it's probably just news cause the industry itself is big news right now. I'm sorry to say I have to disagree. First off, changing the production schedule is a complicated, time-consuming and expensive proposition. It's not done unless there's a really major reason for it. In order to accommodate HL's trip, some poor assistant director probably spent all night rearranging the schedule, calling in cast and crew who normally wouldn't have worked, and coordinating with makeup, lighting, camera, set and prop people, etc. Plus the script pages would have to be re-worked so the scenes without HL could be shot all at once. It's a big mess. In addition, the industry publications have plenty to keep them occupied, especially right now, without reporting on one actor who takes a couple of days off. (Not to mention the fact that no one is taking time off right now — it's too close to the possible writers' strike — every studio in town is working overtime to get as much finished as possible while they still can.) If Variety or the Hollywood Reporter had a hole to fill and a reporter stumbled on the fact that HL had abruptly left town, I could see a story in one of the trades filling space. But not both trades. That's what set off my antenna. Something odd is happening, and somebody leaked it. I just hope whatever it is is easily solved and that everything turns out okay.

I'm sorry to say I have to disagree. I'm not entirely sure what you're disagreeing with. No one implied that it wasn't a big deal at all. I am well aware of what a big deal it is to reschedule two entire days of shooting at the very last minute. I am absolutely aware that it's a big deal to a *lot* of people. In addition, the industry publications have plenty to keep them occupied, especially right now, without reporting on one actor who takes a couple of days off. Again, that wasn't the implication at all. The idea is that, were the trade reporters not already so incredibly in tune with the various scheduling changes this may not have registered and, therefore, not been reported in the same twelve hours that it happened in. Because it's actually *not* news. (Not to mention the fact that no one is taking time off right now — it's too close to the possible writers' strike — every studio in town is working overtime to get as much finished as possible while they still can.) Again, that was sort of the point. It's relevant to the goings on right now. If Variety or the Hollywood Reporter had a hole to fill and a reporter stumbled on the fact that HL had abruptly left town, I could see a story in one of the trades filling space. But not both trades. That's what set off my antenna. Something odd is happening, and somebody leaked it. Or, you know, someone *died* or Hugh had something very personal going on that he'd rather we not know about, but which we will no doubt eventually hear about because, A) those people who know like for other people to know they know and B) if it's something along the lines of a death in the family or a personal family tragedy of some sort it's tabloid worthy. Were it work related, there's very little chance that he'd fly all the way to London which, I'm assuming, isn't just spin given that it's pointless to spin something so easily verifiable.