A final report released Thursday by the Los Angeles Coroner stated that the late actress Brittany Murphy was not dangerously thin and had not abused drugs or alcohol, People.com reports. The report says Murphy had “elevated levels” of Vicodin and over-the-counter cold medications, but no illegal substances. Earlier this month, the coroner stated that pneumonia was the primary cause of death, with drug intoxication and iron-deficiency anemia considered as contributing factors. The 32-year-old 8 Mile actress was found dead last December in her Hollywood Hills home.
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Feb 25
2010
06:39 PM ET
Feb 25
2010
05:42 PM ET
Actor and 'Robot Chicken' creator Seth Green gets engaged
Actor Seth Green is engaged to model and actress Clare Grant, according to People.com. Green is known for his role as Dr. Evil’s son in the Austin Powers movies, and for voicing Family Guy‘s Chris Griffin. He’s also the co-creator and executive producer of Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken, for which Grant has recorded character voices.
Feb 25
2010
05:12 PM ET
New 'Doctor Who' travels to BBC America in April
BBC America announced today that the network will premiere its new Doctor Who season on April 17. The sci-fi show now stars 27-year-old Matt Smith as the 11th incarnation of the time-traveling Doctor. Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat has attracted the likes of Coraline author Neil Gaiman, Love Actually director Richard Curtis, and Torchwood scribes Chris Chibnall and Toby Whithouse to write future episodes for the series, which will be set in 16th-century Venice, 1890s France, and a distant-future United Kingdom (with the entire nation floating in space).
Feb 25
2010
05:11 PM ET
John Grisham writing two books for young adults
Author John Grisham plans to write two young-adult novels for the Penguin Young Readers Group, the AP reports. The first novel will be titled Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer and will follow a “13-year-old amateur attorney who unwittingly becomes involved in a high-profile murder trial.” The book is due out in May, with a second novel also featuring the character planned for next year.
Feb 25
2010
03:26 PM ET
Andrew Koenig's parents explain their 'Larry King' walkout
The parents of Andrew Koenig, the missing actor best known for his role as Boner on Growing Pains, have spoken to TMZ about walking off the set of Larry King Live last night without explanation.
Andrew’s father Walter Koenig (who played Chekov in multiple Star Trek projects and also appeared in a recurring role on Babylon 5) told the website that they felt it was “disrespectful” to repeatedly push back their interview in order to cover yesterday’s tragedy at SeaWorld, and that King did not give them “enough time to do credit to what we had to say.”
Feb 25
2010
01:14 PM ET
EMI to fight Men at Work plagiarism ruling
Record company EMI filed a formal appeal today protesting a court ruling that the Australian band Men at Work copied a flute melody from the traditional children’s nursery rhyme “Kookaburra” in the 1982 no. 1 hit “Down Under,” according to Variety.
EMI’s claim states that similarities to two bars of the original song, whose publishing company is seeking millions of dollars in royalties from EMI, might be detected by “the highly sensitized or educated musical ear” but not by most ordinary listeners.
For a side-by-side comparison of the two melodies, click here.
Feb 25
2010
01:07 PM ET
Kevin Costner set to star in spy comedy 'Learning Italian'
Variety reports that Kevin Costner will team with director Kevin Reynolds on the spy comedy Learning Italian, set to begin shooting in southern Germany. Costner and Reynolds previously paired on the films Fandango, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Waterworld.
Feb 25
2010
01:02 PM ET
Anthony Hopkins to star in supernatural thriller 'The Rite'
According to Variety, Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins has been tapped to headline the fact-based supernatural thriller The Rite; he will star as a priest and exorcism expert.
The script is adapted from a book by Matt Baglio and follows what have been dubbed the true events of an American seminary student who travels to the Vatican to attend an exorcism school, and rediscovers his faith there through encounters with demonic forces.
Feb 25
2010
05:52 AM ET
Natalie Portman to produce and star in stoner comedy
Natalie Portman is set to produce and star in the stoner road trip comedy Best Buds, according to Variety. The actress will play a bride-to-be who blows off her wedding for a marijuana-fueled drive to San Diego with two of her best friends. Other upcoming projects for Portman include this fall’s fantasy comedy Your Highness, the upcoming Darren Aronofsky thriller Black Swan, and Kenneth Branagh’s comic book adaptation Thor.
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