New York woman charged with stalking actor Hugh Jackman

Published April 14, 2013

Associated Press

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  FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 file photo, actor Hugh Jackman poses at the photo call of the film Les Miserables at the 63rd edition of the Berlinale, International Film Festival in Berlin. Police say 47-year-old Kathleen Thurston is charged with stalking Jackman after approaching him, crying and shouting, and throwing a razor at the Australian actor while he was working out at a gym in New York, on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer, File)The Associated Press

NEW YORK –  It was a hair-raising experience for actor Hugh Jackman at a New York City gym.

Radio station 1010 WINS says Jackman was working out in a gym Saturday morning in Manhattan's West Village neighborhood when a woman rushed in, crying and shouting that she loved him.

The "X-Men" star told the radio station on Sunday that the run-in was frightening.

Police say 47-year-old Kathleen Thurston pulled out a razor filled with hair and threw it at him, then fled and was arrested several blocks from the gym. Jackman wasn't hurt.

Thurston is charged with stalking and awaits arraignment. It's unclear whether she has a lawyer.

Police say she has gone near the victim and his family before.

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'Different World' actor Lou Myers dies at 77

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –  Actor Lou Myers, best known for his role as Mr. Gaines on the television series "A Different World," has died.

Tonia McDonald of Myers' nonprofit, Global Business Incubation Inc., says Myers died Tuesday night at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia. She said he was 77.

McDonald said Wednesday that Myers had been in-and-out of the hospital since before Christmas and collapsed recently. She says an autopsy was planned.

A native of Chesapeake, W.Va., Myers had returned to the state and lived in the Charleston area.

His TV credits included "NYPD Blue," "E.R.," "The Cosby Show," "Touched by an Angel," and more. He also appeared in a number of films, including "Tin Cup," "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," "Wedding Planner" and more.

"A Different World" ran from 1987-93 and originally starred Lisa Bonet from "Cosby" fame.

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