Archive for October 16, 2009

Larry Birkhead: Anna Nicole Smith ‘Took More Medications Than I’ve Ever Seen Anyone Take’

Update: Larry Birkhead reportedly made explosive allegations on the stand in a preliminary hearing regarding his late ex-girlfriend Anna Nicole Smith, who was also the mother of his young daughter. Three people, Howard K. Stern, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, are being investigated for allegedly illegally supplying Smith with drugs before her 2007 drug-related death. According to the Associated Press, Birkhead said on the stand of Smith, "I don't think I would call her a pill popper," continuing, "But she took more medications than I've ever seen anyone take." Read More »

‘Ugly Betty”s Becki Newton Takes a Desk Job!

Becki Newton plays Mode magazine's tart-tongued receptionist Amanda on "Ugly Betty," and now she's dishing to ET about assisting Self magazine's Editor-in-Chief Lucy Danziger for a day. "I have to say I really enjoy it," Becki tells ET's Kevin Frazier about being Lucy's very temporary assistant. "I mastered the phones. I haven't spilled any nail polish on the desk. I've gotten to try out a couple of different hair sprays. So overall, a very sucessful day." That's what the actress tells Kevin over the phone -- before she unceremoniously hangs up on him, proving she's full of secretarial hijinks! Read More »

Larry Birkhead Testifies in Anna Nicole Smith Case

Larry Birkhead, the former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith and the father of her daughter, has taken the stand in a preliminary hearing. Three people, Howard K. Stern, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, are being investigated for allegedly illegally supplying Smith with drugs before her 2007 drug-related death. Birkhead said on the stand Friday that he often saw Smith take drugs such as Methadone and also told the judge that he'd seen Valium and other drugs at her home, according to the Associated Press. He then identified Dr. Kapoor as being Smith's doctor at the time. Read More »

One-on-One with Anna Nicole’s Ex Larry Birkhead

  Our Kevin Frazier goes one-on-one with Larry Birkhead, who tells ET his hopes for resolution in the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial. The father of Anna Nicole's little girl, Dannielynn, says it is hard to revisit the past now that the trial has begun. "It is tough when you're trying to be a dad," he says. "I think Anna would be proud of the way she's growing up and that she's just kinda like, there's no replacement for Anna, but if you look at her some days, she is Anna -- she's the closest you can get to that, and it's tough." When asked about prescription drugs, he admits that he was aware she was taking more than advised. "Sometimes if one said take two pills three times a day, she'd take four pills six times a day," he says. Read More »

Jennifer Aniston Book Project Hopes to Inspire Kids to ‘Make a Difference’

A new book, performed on CD by Jennifer Aniston, hopes to inspire kids to make a difference. Loukoumi's Gift, the follow-up to Loukoumi's Good Deeds, will be released on October 24, National Make a Difference Day, and in the days leading up to the release, schoolchildren will participate in an activity demonstrating how they hope to "make a difference." Both books were performed on CD by Jennifer and her father John Aniston. In addition to inspiring schoolchildren to do good deeds, the sale of the book itself will be a good deed -- $2 from every book purchased will be donated to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, which provides care to children with cancer. Read More »