Stiller breaks hand snowboarding

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Ben Stiller's publicist confirmed the Hollywood actor has broken his hand in a snowboarding mishap.

Contactmusic.com said the "Tropic Thunder" and "Night at the Museum" star went to New York's Mount Sinai Hospital Sunday where he was treated for the injury, but released from the facility later that day.

"One of the hospital's top hand specialists was called in to treat him," the New York Daily News quoted a source as saying.

Stiller's publicist told Contactmusic.com, "I can confirm that he broke his hand snowboarding."