I have iPhoto 6.0.5 on OS 10.4.8, and I have 648 items in the iPhoto trash. Whenever I try to empty the trash, I get to the "Are you sure?" message, press OK, then iPhoto crashes. Any ideas?
Weird. Maybe try rebuilding the library. If that doesn't work, then create a new folder in iPhoto and drag some of your trashed pictures to it so that iPhoto isn't deleting such a large group all at one time.