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Oct 1, 2009 12:31 PM CDT

Autopsy: Jackson Was Healthy

King of Pop had track marks, surgery scars, but organs were fine

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's arms were covered with punctures, his face and neck were scarred, and he had tattooed eyebrows and lips, but he wasn't the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids, according to his autopsy report. In fact, the Los Angeles County coroner's report shows Jackson was a fairly...

I Know What Killed Daddy: Paris

Oct 1, 2009 8:57 AM CDT

I Know What Killed Daddy: Paris

Michael Jackson's daughter and sister weigh in on King of Pop's death

(Newser) - Paris Jackson and her aunt La Toya both have theories on Michael’s death—one sad, one a little wacky. “What happened is they worked him too hard,” La Toya remembers Paris telling her. “They kept working him and Daddy didn't want that, but they worked him...

DJ AM Death Ruled Accidental

Sep 29, 2009 10:30 AM CDT

DJ AM Death Ruled Accidental

'Acute intoxication' from cocaine, oxycodone, Vicodin, Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl, Levamisole

(Newser) - The New York City Medical Examiner today closed the sad final chapter in the life of DJ AM, ruling his death accidental. Cause of death is listed as "acute intoxication" due to the combination of cocaine, oxycodone, Vicodin, Ativan, Klonopin, Xanax, Benadryl, and Levamisole.

Swayze Book:
Grey Was
Annoying
on Set of
Dancing

Sep 24, 2009 11:17 AM CDT

Swayze Book: Grey Was Annoying on Set of Dancing

Patrick recalls her 'emotional,' sometimes 'silly' antics

(Newser) - The chemistry between Patrick Swayze and Dirty Dancing co-star Jennifer Grey was definitely on-screen-only. Grey was the cause of “a few moments of friction” on set because of her tendency to be “particularly emotional, sometimes bursting into tears if someone criticized her,” Swayze wrote in his memoir,...

DWTS Offers Swayze Tribute

VIDEO

Sep 24, 2009 7:28 AM CDT

DWTS Offers Swayze Tribute

Patrick Swayze, a "friend" of the series, was honored on last night's results show

(Newser) - Patrick Swayze’s life—and moves—were celebrated by six of the pros on last night’s Dancing With the Stars. Swayze’s own “She’s Like the Wind” started off the medley, followed by “Unchained Melody” from Ghost and, of course, “Time of My Life” from...

Anna Nicole, Doc Took Nude Pix

Sep 23, 2009 8:00 AM CDT

Anna Nicole, Doc Took Nude Pix

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich is shown in several, er, compromising positions with Smith

(Newser) - Not only did Anna Nicole Smith have a lesbian tryst with her psychiatrist, but there are pictures, TMZ reports. Legal documents describe photos of Smith and Dr Khristine Eroshevich, naked and contorted in various positions, including one in a bathtub. Radar also happened upon photos of Eroshevich—accused of supplying...

Anna Nicole Had
Lesbian Affair With
Drug-Happy Shrink

Sep 22, 2009 9:07 AM CDT

Anna Nicole Had Lesbian Affair With Drug-Happy Shrink

Pharmacists refused to fill drug cocktail order for Smith doc Khristine Eroshevich

(Newser) - Newly unsealed documents in the Anna Nicole Smith investigation reveal the Playmate had a lesbian tryst with her psychiatrist, Khristine Eroshevich—the same psychiatrist who ordered a drug cocktail so dangerous that one pharmacist who refused to fill the order called it “pharmaceutical suicide,” the Los Angeles Times...

Chemo Killed Swayze: Somers

Sep 18, 2009 7:28 AM CDT

Chemo Killed Swayze: Somers

Cancer survivor Suzanne Somers believes 'poison,' 'toxins' killed Patrick Swayze

(Newser) - Suzanne Somers thinks she knows what killed Patrick Swayze, and it wasn’t cancer—it was chemotherapy, she tells the National Post. “They took this beautiful man,” says Somers, a cancer survivor who has a book about the disease coming out next month, “and they basically put...

Swayze Memoir:
Dying 'Is Okay'

Sep 17, 2009 9:54 AM CDT

Swayze Memoir: Dying 'Is Okay'

In excerpts from upcoming book, Patrick Swayze writes of marriage, cancer battle

(Newser) - Dying was “okay” with Patrick Swayze, he wrote in his upcoming memoir. Though his cancer diagnosis at first seemed like a “cruel joke,” he “began thinking to myself, I've had more lifetimes than any 10 people put together, and it's been an amazing ride.” More...

When I Miss Heath,
I Look at Matilda:
Michelle

Sep 16, 2009 11:02 AM CDT

When I Miss Heath, I Look at Matilda: Michelle

In first interview since Ledger's death, Williams opens up about grief, motherhood

(Newser) - Michelle Williams was reluctant to talk to the press after the death of Heath Ledger, because “I didn't know what my boundaries were,” she tells Vogue. She has since figured it out: “I can talk about grief, about single parenting, about trying to balance work and kids....

Patrick Swayze to Be Cremated

SWAYZE ROUNDUP

Sep 16, 2009 7:11 AM CDT

Patrick Swayze to Be Cremated

Plus, a first look at the actor's book with wife Lisa Niemi, and more tributes

(Newser) - Patrick Swayze’s ashes will be spread across his New Mexican Rancho de Días Alegres (Ranch of Happy Days), which he called his favorite place in the world, a source tells Radar. The actor’s body, currently in Los Angeles, will be cremated within 48 hours. More Swayze news:...

Grey, Demi Lead
Swayze Tributes

SLIDESHOW

Sep 15, 2009 9:12 AM CDT

Grey, Demi Lead Swayze Tributes

Dirty Dancing co-star cherishes swooning in his arms

(Newser) - Like generations who adored him, Jennifer Grey often thinks about swaying in Patrick Swayze’s arms, People reports. “When I think of him, I think of being in his arms when we were kids, dancing, practicing the lift in the freezing lake, having a blast doing this tiny little...

Jackson Movie Trailer Released

WATCH THE VIDEO

Sep 14, 2009 9:46 AM CDT

Jackson Movie Trailer Released

Plus, the King of Pop's final messages revealed—and a secret sister speaks

(Newser) - The trailer for Michael Jackson’s This Is It, a flick pieced together from more than 100 hours of rehearsal footage, has been released, the Sun reports. Watch it at left. More on Jackson:

Messages left on Post-it notes give a view into Jackson’s state of mind before he

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Jacko Crypt
Drives Up
Plot Prices

Sep 8, 2009 4:55 AM CDT

Jacko Crypt Drives Up Plot Prices

New addition to the neighborhood sending Forest Lawn prices skywards

(Newser) - Michael Jackson has sent property prices soaring for the graves surrounding his final resting place, a sales rep at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale tells TMZ. The cemetery has hiked the price of plots near the late singer's tomb as much as $3,000 from the usual $7,000 since ...

Jackson Laid to Rest

Sep 3, 2009 10:55 PM CDT

Jackson Laid to Rest

Elizabeth Taylor, ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley among invitees

(Newser) - Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the Forest Lawn mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place. On a sultry evening, amid a sea of white flowers and with a bejeweled...

Kevorkian: Blame
Jacko, Not His Doc

Sep 3, 2009 9:46 AM CDT

Kevorkian: Blame Jacko, Not His Doc

Jackson got what he wanted, doctor didn't "have forethought"

(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian begs to differ with the coroner who ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide: The original Dr. Death told Fox News that Jacko "got what he wanted," the New York Daily News reports. "He is the one who said yes or no to take a drug,...

DJ AM Left $1M, No Will

Sep 3, 2009 5:32 AM CDT

DJ AM Left $1M, No Will

Late DJ's mother asks to be named as sole heir

(Newser) - DJ AM died without leaving a will or any instructions on what should be done with his fortune, E! Online reports. The late DJ's mother has asked a court to name her as his sole heir, since he had no spouse or children. The 36-year-old DJ died with assets...

Culkin: Jacko Kid Is Not My Son

Sep 1, 2009 12:56 PM CDT

Culkin: Jacko Kid Is Not My Son

Sperm donor for Michael Jackson's youngest child remains a mystery

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin, godfather to Michael Jackson’s oldest son, is not the biological father of his youngest, the New York Daily News reports. The inquiries, brought on by a report in the Sun that the former child star could have donated the sperm that made Blanket, “are too preposterous...

DJ AM Spent
Last Day on
Crack, Pills

Sep 1, 2009 9:35 AM CDT

DJ AM Spent Last Day on Crack, Pills

Adam Goldstein's apartment littered with drugs; he promised to start rehab

(Newser) - DJ AM lit up a crack pipe in front of his recovery sponsor the day before his death, the New York Post reports in an ongoing effort to piece together his final moments. Friends told investigators Adam Goldstein’s manager and sponsor flew from the West Coast to NYC Thursday...

Jilted by JFK,
Monroe Spiraled
to Her Death: Book

Aug 31, 2009 12:22 PM CDT

Jilted by JFK, Monroe Spiraled to Her Death: Book

Even pal, lover Frank Sinatra threw her out for taking pills

(Newser) - In a new tell-all, J. Randy Taraborrelli paints a picture of Marilyn Monroe’s drug-fueled final months, her fixation with John F. Kennedy, and the shock friends like Frank Sinatra felt at her downward spiral, the Daily Mail reports. Four months before her death, the screenwriter for her last film...