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Talented actress and singer Brittany Murphy was pronounced dead in California after she was discovered unconscious in her home.  Brittany Murphy went into cardiac arrest on Sunday morning and could not be revived.  A  drug overdose may be a possible cause of death until an autopsy is completed. Brittany was 32 years old. This is so tragic. R.I.P. According to TMZ Murphy’s husband does not want an autopsy.

We send our condolences to Brittany’s family and friends during their time of mourning.

Actress Brittany Murphy Dead at 32

Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit “Clueless” and rose to stardom in “8 Mile,” died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 32.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Spokeswoman Sally Stewart said Murphy died at 10:04 a.m. She would not provide a cause of death or any other information.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call at 8 a.m. Sunday at the home Murphy shared with her husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, in West Hollywood hills. Murphy was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Los Angeles police have opened an investigation into Murphy’s death, Officer Norma Eisenman said. Detectives and coroner’s officials were at Murphy and Monjack’s home Sunday afternoon but did not talk to reporters. Paparazzi were camped outside.

Messages left for Murphy’s manager, agent and publicist by The Associated Press weren’t immediately returned.

Neighbor Clare Staples said she saw firefighters working to resuscitate the actress Sunday morning. She said Murphy was on a stretcher and “looked as though she was dead at the scene.”

Murphy’s husband, wearing pajama bottoms and no shoes, appeared “dazed” as firefighters tried to save her, Staples said.

“It’s just tragic,” she said.

TMZ.com first reported Murphy’s death Sunday morning.

Murphy’s father, Angelo Bertolotti, said he learned of her death from his son, the actress’s brother, and was stunned.

“She was just an absolute doll since she was born,” Bertolotti said from his Branford, Fla., home. “Her personality was always outward. Everybody loved her — people that made movies with her, people on a cruise — they all loved her. She was just a regular gal.”

He said he hadn’t heard much about the circumstances of Murphy’s death. Bertolotti divorced her mother when Murphy was young and hadn’t seen Murphy in the past few years.

“She was just talented,” he said. “And I loved her very much.”

Bertolotti was in the mob and served prison time on federal drug charges.

Born Nov. 10, 1977, in Atlanta, Murphy grew up in New Jersey and later moved with her mother to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

Her career started in the early 1990s with small roles in television series, commercials and movies. She is best known for parts in “Girl, Interrupted,” “Clueless” and “8 Mile.”

Her on-screen roles declined in recent years, but Murphy’s voice gave life to numerous animated characters, including Luanne Platter on more than 200 episodes of Fox’s “King of the Hill” and Gloria the penguin in the 2006 feature “Happy Feet.”

She is due to appear in Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming film, “The Expendables,” set for release next year.

Her role in “8 Mile” led to more recognition, Murphy said told AP in 2003. “That changed a lot,” she said. “That was the difference between people knowing my first and last name as opposed to not.”

Murphy credited her mother, Sharon, with being a key to her success.

“When I asked my mom to move to California, she sold everything and moved out here for me,” Murphy said. “I was really grateful to have grown up in an environment that was conducive to creating and didn’t stifle any of that. She always believed in me.”

She dated Ashton Kutcher, who costarred with Murphy in 2003’s romantic comedy “Just Married.”

Kutcher sent a message on Twitter Sunday morning about Murphy’s death: “2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine,” Kutcher wrote. “My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany’s family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon. Followed by a second tweet: “see you on the other side kid.”"

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• Tiger Woods’ mother in law was rushed to the hospital and released.  There were rumors that his wife Elin Nodegren moved out as the list of his sexual escapades with female lovers keeps growing every day.  A photo showing Tiger Woods kissing a woman is providing further proof of his “transgressions”.  There is also news that Tiger Woods was checked into the hospital for a possible OD after the crash under the alias “Will Smith”. 1. Rachel Uchitel. The club hostess was the first of the women to be linked to Woods after the National Enquirer reported that she traveled to Australia to be with Woods during a golf tournament there. So far, she has denied the affair.
  2. Jamie Grubbs. The 24-year-old reality show contestant and cocktail waitress claims she carried on a 31-month-long affair with Woods until his crash last month. She offered a Woods voicemail to prove it.
  3. Kalika Moquin. The 27-year-old club manager from Las Vegas is reported to have had a brief sexual relationship with Woods. She would neither confirm nor deny the report.
  4. Cori Rist. The 31-year-old swimsuit model reportedly met Woods at a Manhattan club last year before they began a sexual relationship that led to Woods flying her out to various secret locations for hook-ups, and her introducing the golfer to her 7-year-old son.
  5. Jamie Jungers. The 26-year-old, who sold her story to a British newspaper, is a former employee of Trashy Girls Lingerie. She said she met Woods in Las Vegas.
  6. Mindy Lawton. The 33-year-old pancake house waitress from Orlando claims she was dumped by Woods in 2007. According to the Post, it was her affair with Woods that was caught on camera by the National Enquirer, when he was snapped dropping her off at her trailer park. The threatening news later led to a Woods Men’s Fitness cover in exchange for the magazine’s silence about the alleged affair,the New York Post reports.
  7. Holly Sampson. The 36-year-old from Los Angeles is a former porn star, who has starred in such films as OMG, Stop Tickling Me and Flying Solo 2. According to the Sun, she has neither confirmed nor denied her affair with Woods.
  8. Unidentified Alleged Mistress No. 8. A former cocktail waitress from Orlando, Florida does want to reveal her identity yet, according to her attorney Michael O’Quinn. But this she has said: at the time the affair allegedly began, she was 20 years old and met Woods at the Roxy in Orlando, where she was a VIP server.
  9. Unidentified Alleged Mistress No. 9 is reported to be a “sexy” British TV presenter who was single at the time, but is now married.
  10. Unidentified Alleged Mistress No. 10. is reported in a UK paper to be a “sex-addicted cougar.
• Bryant Gumbel shocked everyone including his co-host Kelly Ripa when he announced that he had undergone surgery for lung cancer treatment.  We hope Bryant Gumbel make a full  recovery and will keep him in our prayers that he gets a clean bill of health.
• Lindsay Lohan is attempting to make a career comeback in between acting gigs.  The once promising Mean Girls actress posed for some naked menage trois photos inspired by Kate Moss and Johnny Depp. Unfortunately, Lilo looks like she is auditioning for her next stint in rehab which is far from sexy despite the nipple & bare booty flashing photos.
• Lindsay Lohan will probably shock her fans in a raunchy new ménage à trois magazine photo shoot inspired by Kate Moss and Johnny Depp’s fiery relationship.
  The starlet posed in bed with handsome male model Petey Wright, and then invited sultry dancer Sofia Boutella to join the party during the shoot at LA’s Chateau Marmont. Lohan poses as Moss, who dated Depp for four years until 1998, in the provocative, 18-page shoot for Milan-based Muse magazine.  Other shots show Lohan, who’s been linked with a string of men after splitting with gal pal Samantha Ronson, flashing a breast and romping naked in bed with Wright. Photographer Yu Tsai told Page Six: “I was always fascinated by Johnny Depp and Kate Moss, and when I asked Lindsay to do a shoot, she jumped at the chance. It was all about her being sexy, channeling Kate from the ’90s. When I suggested adding another girl, Lindsay invited Sofia, who is a friend and a dancer for Madonna. “The three of them were very sensual and provocative, but Lindsay understands this piece was created not for any sensational value other than artistic integrity,” Tsai said. “There was never a discussion about pushing the boundaries. She was totally comfortable with the nudity as long as it had artistic integrity.

  “When you see her nipple, it just happened in the moment. She was playing the role of Kate Moss — you’re at a party and you are with a guy you really love and another girl.

  “She is stunning and radiates in the pictures. Lindsay is incredibly focused where it comes to her career and fashion is her passion. It’s raw, it’s exposed, this is her at her best. She told me: ‘I want to make this iconic.’ ” The magazine is out tomorrow.

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We are happy to report that poet laureate Maya Angelou is alive and well. A false TMZ report stated that the respected 80 something writer had been rushed to the hospital after a speaking engagement.  TMZ posted an update that they were told the wrong information. We send our best wishes to Ms. Angelou. We are glad to hear she is safe at home.
Octogenarian poet Maya Angelou was alive and well on Sunday, despite the dire overnight reports of online gossip site TMZ and a panicked army of Twitter followers.

TMZ reported on Saturday night that the prolific writer was hospitalized earlier in the evening ahead of a scheduled appearance at an awards show in Los Angeles.maya2 The report spread like wildfire through cyberspace, and Angelou became the top trending topic on Twitter as anguished members of the microblogging site passed around the news. Some morbid scribes added an “R.I.P.” for good measure.

The only problem is that 81-year-old Angelou was not ill, and was nowhere near Los Angeles. She was about 1,800 miles away in her hometown of St. Louis.

TMZ updated its story on Sunday to say that Angelou was never scheduled to appear at the event. It blamed the erroneous report on event organizers, saying that someone had told one of its cameramen that Angelou was a no-show because she had been hospitalized.

The online gossip community has had a mixed track record with recent deaths and mishaps. The emergence of Twitter means that such reports now get amplified. TMZ got the worldwide scoop on the death of Michael Jackson in June, but wrongly reported the following month that former UFC superstar Kimo Leopoldo had died. Last month, gossip columnist Perez Hilton claimed that former Charlie’s Angels star Jaclyn Smith had tried to commit suicide. It appeared to be a case of mistaken identity. Hilton also suggested in 2007 that Fidel Castro had died.

We were shocked and saddened to hear the news that celebrity DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) was found dead in his New York City apartment from an apparent drug overdose. DJ AM narrowly escaped from death last year when he and his best friend Travis Barker survived a Learjet plane crash.  Goldstein, a DJ at Vegas clubs Pure and Rain, collaborated with such pop and rap stars as Jay-Z, Madonna and Will Smith.

This is so sad. DJ AM was 36.  We send our prayers and condolences to his friends and family members. You will be missed AM. DJ AM looked healthy when he made his last big outing on August 23rd when he threw the first pitch at Citi Field. DJ Am’s celebrity friends took to Twitter to send their condolences on his untimely passing. R.I.P

Travis Barker’s ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, took to her Twitter page: “My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.” Katy Perry, who performed with AM and Barker at the VMAs last year when the duo acted as the night’s house band, tweeted, “Rest in peace friend.”

“I can’t believe this,” Lindsay Lohan wrote on her Twitter page. “I’m in shock. why? why? r.i.p. adam.” Perez Hilton recalled talking to DJ AM about his planned substance-abuse intervention show on MTV, “Gone Too Far,” noting that he was “so excited” for it. “I’m tempted to feel angry at the world/God right now, but I can’t. I won’t. I choose to believe Adam is free of his demons now and at peace.”

Other stars, like Heidi Montag, kept their tweets simple: “My thoughts and prayers are with DJ AM’s family and friends.” John Mayer wrote, “In complete shock. I really want to use words right now but I can’t get em. F***.”

Emmy Rossum wrote, “RIP AM … You were loved and respected and will be missed.” “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest had kind words about AM. “So sad to hear about Adam,” he wrote. “A very kind and generous guy.”

tweeted, “Love to my boy AM.” Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz wrote, “R.I.P… I’m sorry to loved ones. So unexpected. Tell the people around u that u love them. Randomly.”

“I don’t even kno wut to say right now,” Kid Cudi wrote on Twitter. “A true talent and supporter of mine since day 1. RIP to the big homie forever, DJ AM.” Producer Jermaine Dupri wrote, “RIP MY MAN DJ AM I CANT BELIEVE THIS.”

In DJ AM’s last Twitter post written Tuesday, he recalled a line from a Grandmaster Flash song: “New York, New York. Big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain’t always what it seems.”

Just a month before DJ AM’s unexpected death, reportedly linked to drugs, he spoke candidly with MTV News about his struggles with addiction.

During the July 29 interview, AM said he hoped to help other addicts on his MTV substance-abuse intervention show “Gone Too Far.”

“The inspiration for the show is that I am a recovering drug addict. I have 11 years sober,” he said. “Something I have always done since the beginning of my sobriety is work with other addicts in recovery. So when the question came up : ‘Hey, we should work something out.’ It’s like, ‘What do you like to do?’ And other than DJ, that’s kind of what I’ve always done.

“Part of me feels like, ‘Who am I?’ I’m a DJ. This is my one chance. I owe it as a human who’s sober to say something to them. So that’s my job. That’s what I’m there for.”

He recalled the times before he got treatment and how hard it was for him to stay focused on what he wanted to accomplish. “I got so lost in my disease. I was gone,” he said. “I had forgotten, I would have these little moments where I would say, ‘Wow, I had goals. There was things that I wanted to do.’ ”

AM pointed out in the interview that “sobriety is for those who want, not those who need it.” While shooting the show, he easily related to the people seeking his help. “I speak addict. I am one, and they, for the first time, they see someone who’s sober, who made it out,” he said. “I see myself in every single addict that I’ve done an episode on, and we can completely relate to another.”

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Britney Spears working hard at her comeback career but there are some things in her past that don’t change. Poor Britney is getting sued again for her lack of driving skills after she ran over a TMZ photographer. The pap didn’t make much of a fuss after the Britney incident happened and auctioned off his tire marked shoes.

Britney Spears runs over photographer, photographer sues (TMZ)

A former TMZ photographer is suing Britney Spears over an incident in which his foot was run over.

Ricardo Mendoza filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles on Friday against the singer. The lawsuit claims that Spears negligently operated her car and committed assault and battery when she ran over his foot in Beverly Hills in October 2007.

Several media outlets picked up footage of the incident, including celebrity gossip site TMZ, where Mendoza worked at the time.

TMZ, which first reported the lawsuit, auctioned off his tire-stained sock and donated the proceeds to charity.

The incident happened during a turbulent period for Spears, who hours earlier had lost custody of her two sons. She has since regained visitation rights.

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Donald Trump made his decision to allow Miss California to keep her crown after her topless photo scandal rocked the internet so Shanna Moakler decided to quit.
Just one day after learning that Carrie Prejean will keep her Miss California crown, state pageant director Shanna Moakler resigned. Internet star Lisa Nova has already made a parody of the beauty queen which has already become a viral hit.

According to a report in Us magazine, the co-pageant director and former Miss USA said it was “in her best interest to resign.”

“I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the Miss Universe Organization when I no longer believe in it, or the contracts I signed committing myself as a youth,” she said. “I want to be a role model for young with high hopes of pageantry, but now feel it more important to be a role model for my children. I am sorry and hope I have not let any young supporters down but wish them the best of luck in fulfilling their dreams.”

Prejean was named first runner-up at the April 19 pageant, during which she cause a firestorm by responding to a judge’s question by saying she favored limiting marriage to a man and a woman.