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The actor Josh Hartnett, possibly more famous for the bevy of Hollywood beauties he’s dated (including Scarlett Johansson) as opposed to his screen roles (Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor), is headed to Ireland at the end of the month to take part in the annual Irish Film and Television Awards ceremony in Dublin.

It won’t be Hartnett’s first time on Irish soil. His father is Irish American, and Hartnett told the Sunday World he’s been to the country many times before.

“I’ve been to the south west coast a few times because that’s where my family is from originally, around the Dingle Peninsula,” he said. “My father is half Irish and I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Ireland.”

According to the World, Hartnett will mix a bit of business with pleasure during his time in Dublin, meeting with film executives about film projects possibly based in Ireland.

The awards ceremony is set for February 20. Among those nominated are the usual suspects, including Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan, and international stars such as Robert Downey Junior and Meryl Streep.

Kid Cudi recently wrapped filming on the first season of his new HBO series How to Make It in America, opened for Lady Gaga on her Monster Ball Tour and is even set to headline his own shows soon – and he’s also found time to work on the video for “The Pursuit of Happiness” with Josh Hartnett and Brody Baker.

MTV News caught up with Cudi on his final day of filming for the HBO series and he explained how he got Hartnett to produce and Baker to direct his next video. “I was actually telling Josh that I wanted to shoot the video. We were hanging out one day, and he [Hartnett] was like, ‘Aw, I know this one guy, he’s done great work. He’s really dope and refreshing.’ I was familiar with his stuff. He [Baker] did the music video for Animal Collective’s ‘My Girls,’ and I was a fan of that video.”

Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital with gastrointestinal problems, his publicist has said.

The 30-year-old was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by ambulance at 0145 local time on Monday morning.

Susan Patricola said in a statement the star was “under observation but is resting comfortably”.

Hartnett made his West End debut in a stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film Rain Man last year.

Ms Patricola said the 30 Days of Night star was “suffering from a flare-up of a gastrointestinal problem that plagued him while he was starring in the West End during the production of Rain Man”.

The actor was taken ill for a few days with the same problem last November while in London.

Hartnett is currently in the middle of production for his next film, Queen of the South, with Sir Ben Kingsley.

Source: BBC News