Celebrity Mound

The 23-year-old actress-and-designer was travelling from New York to Los Angeles with her boyfriend, ‘The Hangover’ actor Justin Bartha, when an electrical fire sparked in the cockpit, forcing the pilot to land the aircraft in Virginia.

Publicist Phil Lobel – who was a passenger on the plane – told ET Online the incident was a “harrowing experience” as the fire had caused the windscreen to crack, which “obscured the pilot’s ability to conduct a visual landing”.

Emergency crews met the plane on the runway, where they stabilised the situation before leading the passengers and crew to safety.

According to reports, the passengers – which also included ‘Californication’ actress Pamela Adlon and ‘Jersey Boys’ star Jarrod Spector – bonded and celebrated their safe landing once safely inside the airport.

The group were rebooked onto flights to complete their journey this morning.

Ashley Olsen wants to be a lot of things, but Britney Spears isn’t one of them.

The actress, who graces the cover of Marie Claire’s September issue, admits of the pressures of her childhood stardom: “I look at Britney, and I’m surprised I didn’t end up like her.”

Although she is, in fact, far more put together than the troubled pop star, Olsen did get pretty racy for the photo shoot – in one shot, she rocks nothing but a bra and panties. Between poses at her Greenwich Village townhouse, Ashley spoke about how far she’s come since her days as baby Michelle Tanner on “Full House” – days she doesn’t always remember fondly.

“[Growing up,] it was almost like I was in the Army,” she laments. “School, work, homework, fly to New York, get in at 2 in the morning, do a morning show at 5 a.m., then another one at 7, then a radio interview at 10.”

Ashley now has a more appealing schedule, focused around her clothing line, The Row, and her boyfriend, actor Justin Bartha.
She’s finally got it, dude.

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