Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 7:22 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Simon Monjack, the husband of the late actress Brittany Murphy, says that many of the prescription drugs found at Brittany's home when she died belonged to him.
Simon said in an interview with People.com, "She was on an antibiotic and was taking cough medicine." While he told People that Brittany took a medication called Vicoprofen to deal with severe menstrual cramps, but he also said she took "no [medications] that could have possibly led to her heart attack."
According to People, Simon believes that a heart murmur caused his wife's death. He refuted reports that Brittany suffered from seizures, saying that she only battled laryngitis and flu-like symptoms when she died.
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Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 7:15 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
A judge has granted Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller's request to modify a restraining order so that Charlie can visit Brooke in the ICU of the Los Angeles hospital where she's being cared for.
The court document obtained by ET says Charlie can visit his wife during her stay at the hospital, but the modification can be removed at the request of Brooke or her health care providers and ceases to apply once Brooke is discharged.
The rest of the terms of the restraining order, put in place after Charlie was arrested on domestic violence charges on Christmas Day 2009, remain in full effect.
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Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 5:25 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
As reports surface that Tiger Woods is at a sex rehab facility, Dr. Drew Pinsky offers an inside look into that world.
"In recovery, you're as sick as your secrets, and Tiger is going to have to get honest about everything," the "Celebrity Rehab" doctor explains, reacting to the reports. "Ultimately Tiger will have to come clean on everything."
Many are wondering if Tiger's wife Elin will visit him if it does turn out that he's in a rehab facility. Dr. Drew responds, "Absolutely, in sex rehab there is family treatment that is a critical component of care and, of course, disclosure and rebuilding trust is a key component of that. In fact, on disclosure days some people are actually put on a lie detector test. ... It's possible that Tiger Woods could be put on a lie detector test."
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Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 4:31 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Cindy McCain, the wife of former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, is taking part in the NOH8 campaign.
Mrs. McCain joins a number of celebrities -- including Isaiah Washington, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Fran Drescher and the McCains’ daughter Meghan -- who’ve lent their famous faces to the campaign in protest of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
“Although we had worked with [Cindy and John’s daughter] Meghan McCain before and were aware of her own position, we'd never really thought the cause might be something her mother would get behind,” the NOH8 campaign’s Web site says. “We have a huge amount of respect for both of these women for being brave enough to make it known they support equal marriage rights for all Americans.”
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Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 4:19 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke are asking a judge to modify a restraining order so that Charlie can visit Brooke in the ICU.
According to a motion filed by Charlie's attorney, Charlie is currently at a Los Angeles hospital where Brooke is being cared for, but has not made contact with her so as not to violate the restraining order put in place after Charlie was arrested on domestic violence charges on Christmas Day 2009.
The motion asks that Charlie be allowed to "contact and communicate with [Brooke] for so long as she is hospitalized subject to [Brooke's] right to terminate any interaction at the time of her choosing." The motion stipulates that a lawyer for Brooke has advised that she is also asking for the restraining order to be lifted.
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Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 3:08 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller was admitted to a hospital ICU suffering from an infection.
Brooke, who couldn't make it to a scheduled court date today due to an emergency oral surgery, was admitted to the ICU with a high fever and was given antibiotics. Her lawyer, Yale Galanter, tells ET that she should be released today.
The hearing regarding Charlie's Christmas Day arrest on domestic violence charges has been rescheduled for Friday, according to Yale, who told ET, "The goal is to have Brooke make it to the hearing on Friday," adding the caveat that he doesn't know "if she is in any condition to travel."
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Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 12:15 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
In the wake of the devastating earthquake last week that left Haiti in ruins, ET and The Red Cross are teaming up with the Hollywood community to lend support to the major crisis in Haiti and now best-selling singer Adam Lambert has come exclusively to the ET stage to help in the effort.
"The people of Haiti need your help," Lambert says. "The images are heartbreaking, the loss of life devastating, but tonight you can help the people of Haiti. Give whatever you can. Your contributions can help end the unimaginable suffering. Do something that will change a life, do something that will make a difference. Don't just let the images on television fade to black."
How you can help: Financial donations can be made at www.redcross.org, 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or mail your donation to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or to ...
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Posted in January 20, 2010 ¬ 10:33 amh.ETonline - Celebrities
A new reports claims to know the whereabouts of Tiger Woods.
RadarOnline.com has posted a photo purported to be the embattled golf star outside a sexual addiction clinic in Hattiesburg, MI. If the photo proves to be Woods, it is the first public spotting since crashing his car into a tree this past November.
According to the report, Tiger checked into the Gentle Path program, part of Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services. The facility reportedly houses a sexual addiction program created by Dr. Patrick Carnes, who is said to be a leader in treatment for sexually compulsive behavior.
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Posted in January 19, 2010 ¬ 7:53 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Alla Vadimirovna Kournikova, the mother of tennis great Anna Kournikova, was arrested on charges of child neglect Tuesday afternoon in Florida after police learned that her son was allegedly left alone and jumped out of a window. According to a Palm Beach Police Department probable cause affidavit obtained by ET, Kournikova knowingly left her five-year-old son by himself in excess of 50 minutes with the doors to the residence locked by deadbolt. The child later jumped out of a second-story window to get out of the house -- 15 feet down to a crushed stone walkway -- and entered the backyard pool to soothe his injured feet. His neighbors found him alone, wet and crying. According to police, the child had bruising about his feet and lower back as a result of the fall from the second floor.
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Posted in January 19, 2010 ¬ 7:45 pmh.ETonline - Celebrities
Lawyers for Roman Polanski are reportedly criticizing prosecutors of the film director's 32-year-old sex case.
The Associated Press reports that Polanski's attorneys Chad Hummell and Bart Dalton on Tuesday maintained that Polanski should be sentenced in absentia (while not present) -- and they criticized the district attorney in the case.
"Politics seems to be interfering with the just administration of the law..." the lawyers said, according to the AP.
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