Brittany Murphy’s death certificate spells out no cause of death
Brittany Murphy’s death certificate was released on Tuesday but the document does little to reveal the cause of the actress’ untimely death.
The paper says the manner of Murphy’s death is still ‘pending investigation’ and the reason for death has been ‘deferred’.
The Los Angeles Coroner’s office is still waiting for toxicology tests before pointing out the exact cause of Murphy’s death.
The ‘Clueless’ star, 32, died of a cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home.
She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve.
A source in the coroner’s office revealed that the prescription drugs found in Murphy’s bedroom included: Klonopin (anxiety med), Carbamazepine (treats Diabetic symptoms and is also a bipolar med), Ativan (anxiety med), Vicoprofen (pain reliever), Hydrocodone (pain med) , Topamax (anti-seizure med also to prevent migraines), Propranolol (hypertension, used to prevent heart attacks), Biaxin (antibiotic), Methylprednisolone (anti-inflammatory), Fluoxetine (depression med) and miscellaneous vitamins. Some of the bottles were full while some were empty, the source also revealed.
Dr. Bruce Goldberger, College Professor and Director of Toxicology at the University Of Florida of Medicine, believes a mixture of these drugs could have caused the actress death.
“At the moment it is pointing towards an overdose or at least that will have to be ruled out by the autopsy or toxicology results,” RadarOnline.com quoted him, as saying.
Murphy’s toxicology test reports will not be out for another few weeks.
‘The Tyra Banks Show’ employees spill the beans
Just a few days after it was announced that ‘The Tyra Banks Show’ would be ending, the employees have begun to reveal what it was really like to work with the diva.
The employees have dished about how it was ‘pretty difficult’ to work with the supermodel.
“There had been high turnover of employees for years,” the New York Daily News quoted a past crewmember as saying.
The crewmember revealed that many people quit after just a few months because it was ‘pretty difficult to work for Tyra.’
“She and the higher-ups on the production staff could be extremely brutal. She really is a diva,” the source added.
An industry source, who has worked on the show agreed, adding, “Everything had to be done Tyra’’s way.”
However, another staffer who worked closely with Banks says she indeed knows how to make good TV.
“Honestly, I don”t know how it would be to work under her. But for me, it was a good experience. Tyra just knows how she likes things done. And as for her ‘diva-ness,” well, it sells,” the staffer, who served in a high-level position, said.
Kim Kardashian getting $10k for salad tweet!
Kim Kardashian is cashing on her tweets, as the socialite’s being paid as much as 10,000 dollars to spread the word about products on her Twitter page.
With apparently 2.7 million followers, the reality TV star seems to have become a prime candidate for endorsing the hottest new thing – even if it’’s a salad.
Her recent Twitter post reads: “The Carl’’s Jr grilled chicken salads came out yesterday!! I”m on my way to Carl’’s Jr for lunch now . . . have you tried them yet?”
The 29-year-old reality TV star has inked a deal with the “in-stream advertising” company Ad.ly to endorse the fast food chain’’s salads, reports the New York Post.
Ad.ly co-founder Derek Rey told PRNewser, Carl’’s Jr. isn”t an Ad.ly campaign client and Kardashian has merely signed on the dotted line to endorse the fast food chain’’s salads, for which she has commanded 10,000 dollars per tweet.
Rey says Karsashian and the other celebs on his roster are limited to one paid tweet per day to avoid turning her audience off with obvious product placements.
“We”re not a polluter,” Rey said, adding that if she’’s tweeting-for-cash, she has to disclose it.
Paris Hilton talks about Hugh Hefner’s “pole” love
American socialite Paris Hilton has revealed that chief creative officer of Playboy, Hugh Hefner, can never get enough of the dancer’s pole she installed at her nightclub.
Hilton, 28, also spoke about 83-year-old Hefner’s agility and stamina while performing on the pole.
“That sees a lot of action at my parties,” the Mirror quoted her as telling Hello! magazine.
“You can’t get Hugh Hefner off it when he comes round – he has the endurance of someone in his twenties,” she added.
Paris Hilton says ‘no’ to Sydney New Year
Paris Hilton has no plans to return to Sydney for seeing in the New Year.
The hotel heiress had spent last New Year’s in Australia.
And sources have said that the reason behind Hilton not opting for Sydney this year is her waning celebrity status.
It is believed that after years of over-exposure and ventures into reality TV, books, bags, perfume, hamburger commercials, etc., the 28-year-old starlet is “hyped out”.
“She’’s over – no one cares anymore,” News.com.au quoted an insider as saying.
A Sydney spokeswoman for Hilton yesterday told Confidential there was “plenty” of interest in the socialite but she set her sights on some other soiree on a distant shore.
“As far as I know there were a lot of offers, not just in Sydney but Brisbane and Melbourne but they [camp Hilton] have looked globally,” she said.
Brangelina spread Christmas charity cheer with $100k donation
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated 100,000 dollars to a charity to help spread some Christmas cheer.
The Hollywood couple gave the staggering amount to two American SOS Children’’s Villages, according to People magazine.
“We have seen first-hand the remarkable job SOS does to raise orphaned and abandoned children and keep families together,” the Mirror quoted the actress as saying.
“No one ”ages out” of an SOS Village: vocational training, advanced education, living assistance and moral support are there forever,” she added.
Pitt further said: “In this season, many of us take for granted that we are surrounded by loving family members.
“The poor outcomes for foster children indicate that we must do a much better job of supporting them.”
Malawi orphanage blames Madonna for lack of funds
Pop queen Madonna has been blamed for a downturn in donations to the Malawi orphanage from where she adopted daughter Mercy James.
According to Daily Mirror, organisers claim they are struggling to raise funds as people wrongly assume the pop superstar has donated thousands of pounds.
They are adamant it’’s because of the Material Girl that potential benefactors are failing to offer their help.
They insist she did not offer a huge donation.
“We find it a day-to-day struggle to survive. Some days we don”t even know if there will be enough food to feed the babies. Donors are not giving because they are under the impression Madonna paid us vast amounts of money,” the Daily Star quoted a source as saying.
Head of the orphanage, Annie Chikhwaza, adds: “I was never offered a penny. I did not expect any either.”
Cookie crisis for Kim Kardashian
Socialite Kim Kardashian has been slapped with defamation lawsuit by the man behind ‘Dr. Siegel’’s Cookie Diet’.
Dr. Sanford Siegel has claimed that the reality star defamed him by calling the Cookie Diet ‘unhealthy’ on her Twitter page, reports TMZ.
In the suit, he has alleged that Kim had “commercial motive” for the attack because she’’s a spokesperson for a rival weight-loss program, QuickTrim.
The Cookie Doc is suing Kardashian for unspecified damages.
Lindsay’s dad says ‘he’s no vagina hitter’
indsay Lohan’s dad Michael has rubbished ex-fiancée Erin Muller”’’s claims that he abused her for two years.
Lohan senior said the accusations were “patently untrue.”
His lawyer said Erin made up the story after Lohan “terminated” their engagement, reports TMZ.com.
In legal papers filed in NY, Erin has accused Lohan of kicking her in the vagina and requested the court to drop his harassment lawsuit against her.
Lohan says Erin’s story is a “desperate attempt to dismiss the allegations against her.”
Kate Moss scraps New Year trip over ‘£20K hangover’
Kate Moss was reportedly forced to scrap her trip to Thailand after several hours of drinking that left her with hangover from hell over Christmas.
The supermodel was said to have cancelled her 20,000-pound New Year plans after over-indulging in alcohol and Christmas pudding that left her ill for the remaining day.
“Kate goes away every New Year and booked this year’s trip over four months ago,” the Mirror quoted a source as saying.
“Unfortunately she rather over-indulged during the festive period, stuffing herself with turkey and all the trimmings, booze and Christmas pud.
“After drinking champagne from 10am onwards, she felt really ill all afternoon. Her rocker boyfriend Jamie Hince told Kate in no uncertain terms that she would not be flying anywhere,” the source added.
The source continued: “Kate was devastated and only perked up when Jamie promised they’d still go away, but would have to re-book the flights.
“Annoyingly she can’t get a refund so, after forking out for more flights, she has been joking that it’s the 20,000 pound hangover! All things considered, she has taken it really well.”
