LOS ANGELES (AP) – Star Jones Reynolds is recovering from a breast-lift procedure performed last week at a Santa Monica hospital, her publicist said.

“Star is recovering wonderfully,” publicist Brad Zeifman said Wednesday in a statement to The Associated Press.

The co-host of ABC’s daytime talk show “The View” underwent surgery Friday. That day, husband Al Reynolds slipped at a gym and was taken to the emergency room with two cuts to the head.

“He is recovering and in good spirits,” Zeifman said.

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NEW YORK (AP) – The one big interview Mike Wallace regrets never landing was with Pat Nixon.

Wallace, who was given a lifetime achievement award by the New York Press Club on Tuesday night, said he learned while traveling with the Nixons in 1968 that she was a brave, smart woman – not the “plastic Pat” as she was sometimes portrayed.

“She was a genuine, lovely, fine woman who was bruised by what happened to her husband,” he said. “(She was) intelligent, loyal and raised wonderful kids.”

Wallace, who said last week he was retiring from CBS News’ “60 Minutes” this spring, also said he turned down an offer to become Nixon’s press secretary at the White House.

Asked who was the best president he had seen in his years as a reporter, Wallace – who considers Nancy Reagan a close friend – said it was her husband.

“Ronald Reagan knew who the hell he was,” he said. “He had his convictions. He was comfortable in his skin. I thought he was a superb president.”

Some of Wallace’s “60 Minutes” colleagues were on hand to watch the 87-year-old newsman receive the award. Lesley Stahl even tried to put him on the spot, asking whether there was any question he was embarrassed to have asked. He said no.

“There is no such thing as an indiscreet question,” he said.

Leave it to Andy Rooney to get – as he does on “60 Minutes” – the last word.

“Do you think there’s any possibility you could get CBS management to split your salary up amongst the rest of us?” Rooney said.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Fred Savage, perhaps best known for his role on ABC’s “The Wonder Years,” is going to be a father.

Jennifer Stone Savage is expecting the couple’s first child in August, his agent, Brian Swardstrom, confirmed Wednesday.

Savage, 29, portrayed wide-eyed Kevin Arnold on “The Wonder Years” from 1988-1993. He starred in the 2004 film “Welcome to Mooseport” and the ABC sitcom “Crumbs.”

In recent years, he has also worked behind the camera, including producing and directing “Phil of the Future” on the Disney Channel and directing Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh.”

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NEW YORK (AP) – Julianne Moore will return to the New York stage in the world premiere of “The Vertical Hour” by British playwright David Hare.

Moore will portray a former American war correspondent turned college professor who meets an older man while on vacation in Wales. The play will open Nov. 30 at a Broadway theater to be announced.

It will be directed by Sam Mendes, whose stage work includes the long-running Broadway revival of “Cabaret,” “The Blue Room” starring Nicole Kidman, and the Bernadette Peters revival of “Gypsy.” The announcement was made Wednesday.

Moore’s screen credits include roles in “Far From Heaven,” “The End of the Affair,” “Boogie Nights” and “The Hours,” which has a screenplay by Hare. Her last New York stage appearance was in “Vanya on 42nd Street” in 1992.

Mendes won the best-director Oscar for “American Beauty.”

“The Vertical Hour” will be the first time Hare, who also wrote “Plenty,” “Amy’s View,” “The Blue Room,” “Skylight” and “The Judas Kiss,” has premiered a play in the United States.

“Stuff Happens,” Hare’s Iraq-war drama, is now in previews at off-Broadway’s Public Theater.

It opens April 13.

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