IPhoto Media Browser Freezing

I am having some trouble with the iLife Media Browser and iPhoto. It seems that when I am using the finder to browse the photos. (To upload them to photobucket in this case) and it just gets stuck at loading. I have cleared all the caches, rest safari, run onyx, disk utility, and all that stuff. However it is still not working. The iPhoto library its self seems to be intact, but something is undoubtedly wrong. Thanks in advance, and please see the screenshot attached for further clarification. This is a screenshot of the screen that it freezes at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36585984@N02/4193586296/

Before you move 5k photos:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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