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Gael Garcia Bernal Wants Legal Drugs
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip
Gael Garcia Bernal has called for drugs to be legalized.
The Mexican actor says the trade of illegal substances is the cause of the majority of problems in his home country and believes that if they were decriminalized, it would reduce crime.
The Motorcycle Diaries star explained, “Drugs are illegal—therefore, there’s a fight. I hope drugs become legalized in Mexico. If drugs were legal, there would be nothing to fight about.”
Gael is not the only actor to call for drugs to be legalized. Earlier this year, Rhys Ifans admitted he considers marijuana a “beneficial herb” and is adamant that it should be freely available. The Welsh actor, who is currently filming Mr. Nice, a biopic of notorious cannabis smuggler Howard Marks, said,
“A lot of people like dope in Wales and Howard is its champion. The reason why he sold it is because he thinks, and I agree, that it’s a beneficial herb. I feel marijuana should be legalized. Not so that people get high all over the place, but so it can be controlled. Drugs have been legal longer than they have been illegal, and it’s just hypocrisy to be able to sell alcohol to children while marijuana is illegal.”
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Jason Bateman Considers Drug Boost
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Miramax, Satire, Comedy, Celebrity Gossip
Jason Bateman thinks that being a drug addict would land him more roles.
The Extract star admits he worries that his clean-cut image is spoiling his chances of landing edgier film roles and things he needs to find a way to sully his reputation (Beavis and Butthead will tell you otherwise).
“I’m not sure there’s a lot of money in that kind of image in Hollywood. What I need to do is generate a drug problem and cheat on my wife a little bit and get caught with some little starlet on the French Riviera.”
Despite his reputation, Jason insists his life hasn’t always been trouble free and he is glad he could make mistakes out of the public eye. He added to Parade:
“The truth is I wasn’t a guy who stayed out of trouble. I had worked so much when I was a kid that I didn’t get to go to college. My 20s were my fraternity life. I made a bunch of bad decisions, but I didn’t end up getting arrested. Fortunately, celebrity journalism was not around and I got away with it.”
Brad Renfro Autopsy Results
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Adaptation, Drama, Celeb News, Obituaries
Two days after learning Heath Ledger’s cause of death, we’re finally getting the report on another actor’s passing. Brad Renfro, who was found on Jan. 15th, died from a drug overdose.
According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, The Client star - whose death is being considered an accident - had apparently been injecting heroin into his system. Unfortunately, this was not the 25-year-old’s first encounter with the drug. Renfro’s career had been overshadowed by several substance-related brushes with the law.
Brad’s last film, The Informers, is currently in post-production.
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Heath Ledger Autopsy Results
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Obituaries, Rumors
Approximately two weeks after Heath Ledger’s passing, we now officially know the cause of death. The 28-year-old actor died from an accidental overdose.
The initial autopsy finished shortly after the Jan. 22nd event proved inconclusive. The New York City Medical Examiner needed to perform toxicology and tissue tests for a definitive answer.
“Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine. We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications.”
Although police believed the death may have been drug-related, no illegal substances were ever found in the home. Ledger only possessed bottles of prescription pills. Several of the the drugs factored in his death are used as painkillers; others were taken for sleeping and anti-anxiety.
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Heath Ledger Autopsy Offers No Answers
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Celeb News, Obituaries
Twenty-eight-year-old Heath Ledger, who was recently found dead in his New York apartment, still has no official cause of death. The autopsy has been completed, but the results are inconclusive and now hinge upon test results which won’t be available for at least another ten days. Prescription sleeping pills were found near the body, and authorities are currently labeling the death an “accidental overdose.” Investigators say there is no evidence of either suicide or foul play.
At the moment, there are no plans for a memorial service and the Ledger family has asked to be allowed to grieve in private. Fans have been flocking to Ledger’s New York apartment to leave tokens of their sorrow, and Hollywood remains stunned by the news. He was a great talent.
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BREAKING NEWS: Heath Ledger Found Dead
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Obituaries
On a day when Hollywood should be celebrating movies, actors are instead mourning the loss of one of their own.
Actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in New York by his housekeeper. The star in this year’s The Dark Knight was only 28. While no official cause of death has been released, it appears it may have been drug-related.
Ledger, a Best Actor nominee for 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter. Matilda’s mother, actress Michelle Williams, met Heath in 2004 on the set of their Oscar-nominated movie. Although it was often rumored the two were married, the couple parted ways last September. Prior to Williams, Ledger had been in an on-and-off relationship with another former co-star, Naomi Watts.
In addition to this year’s Batman sequel, Ledger’s work can currently be seen in I’m Not There (co-starring recent nominee Cate Blanchett).
Mel Gibson - Heath’s co-star in 2000’s The Patriot - just released this statement to Entertainment Tonight about the tragic news:
“I had such great hope for him. He was just taking off and to lose his life at such a young age is a tragic loss. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.”
Read More | People
Actor Brad Renfro Dead
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Celeb News, Upcoming Releases
Actor Brad Renfro, star of 1994’s The Client, was found dead today inside a Los Angeles apartment. Although a cause of death was not immediately known, drugs are being considered a possibility.
Renfro, who was discovered by director Joel Schumacher, went on to make other films after his legal thriller debut. Later roles included parts in Sleepers, Ghost World and 2005’s The Jacket. Unfortunately, the young star’s career was dotted with more notable lows than highs. Renfro’s troubled past included theft, DUIs and heroin possession.
Brad, 25, was working on a new project shortly before he died. He had just completed filming The Informers, co-starring Winona Ryder and Mickey Rourke.
Read More | People
Lindsay Lohan’s Ex Spills to Tabloid
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Celebrity Gossip
Riley Giles, who dated megastar Lindsay Lohan, talked sex, drugs, and rehab in a recent tell-all interview with News of the World, a British mag. His candid comments covered a sexually-explicit mountain retreat from rehab and her cocaine habit. The tenor of remarks - which Riley was allegedly paid for - suggests that Lohan has an addictive personality and that she craved sex with him in lieu of cocaine. (Okay, his statements don’t suggest that - they outright say that, but I’m paraphrasing.)
Giles goes on to call his ex “insatiable” and also describes the actress naked (and in loving detail). The star did bare it all (or, at least, most of it) in I Know Who Killed Me, so most of the men who have seen her movies could no doubt do the same.
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Is Hollywood Distancing Itself from Lindsay Lohan?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip
Hollywood and the media glorify scandal – the worse the celebs look in the pictures, the better. But at what point does the industry throw up its hands and say “enough is enough, already?” Insiders are already speculating that Lindsay Lohan, former Disney child actress-turned sultry party girl, has seen the last of her big screen days…at least as far as A-list movies are concerned. The poster for I Know Who Killed Me, a movie that appeared on the scene just as the news broke that Lindsay was arrested, didn’t even feature Lohan’s image. Now, another Lohan movie – Georgia Rule – is out on DVD. The commercials don’t feature much of Lohan, a clear ploy by the advertisers to distance themselves from the turbulent young star. Lindsay is currently appearing on the cover of Maxim magazine, however, wearing a bedroom expression and not much else, showing that at least some aspects of Lohan’s star continue to shine. Stars like Drew Barrymore (who struggled with her own drug problems) managed to come back from the brink of Hollywood blacklisting, while other substance-abusing stars (like Corey Haim, who disappeared into complete obscurity before reality TV saved him from complete anonymity) were kicked quickly to the curb and off the red carpet. Will Lohan manage to re-establish her screen success, or will we see her in ten years on a little-known cable TV program, struggling to find some sort of fame once more?
Read More | LA Times
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