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Reality TV star, actress and former model ANNA NICOLE SMITH has died after collapsing in Hollywood, Florida.
The 39-year-old was found unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this afternoon (08FEB07).
According to hotel officials, Smith was "unresponsive" and emergency crews performed CPR at the scene and a breathing apparatus was inserted in her throat.
Paramedics were seen pumping her chest as she was taken from the hotel and transported to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood just after 2pm EST today. She died at 3.45pm EST.
Local streets were closed off to rush Smith to the hospital, three miles away.
Her five-month-old daughter, DANNIELYNN, was not with her mother, sources say. The baby is being cared for by a family friend in The Bahamas, where Smith has been living since last summer (06).
Anna Nicole was fighting eviction and paternity lawsuits at the time of her death.
Ex-boyfriends LARRY BIRKHEAD and G BEN THOMPSON had both filed lawsuits against the actress/model.
Photojournalist Birkhead claimed filed a paternity suit last year (06) claiming he was the biological father of Smith’s baby daughter DANNIELYNN, while developer Thompson has been fighting to evict her from the home he helped secure for her in The Bahamas last summer (06).
On Wednesday (07FEB07), a California judge demanded Smith submit her baby daughter for a DNA test by 21 February (07) - in an effort to end the battle over who the biological father of the baby is.
At the time of her death, Smith was also fighting the estate of her late husband, oil tycoon J HOWARD MARSHALL, for a share of his estate. Marshall died in 1995.
In 2002, she was awarded $88 million (GBP45.1 million) from the estate of her late husband, but was denied claim that she was also owed interest on that money.
Smith’s life has been rocked with the bizarre and the tragic with moments of happiness and success.
Born VICKY LYNN HOGAN in Houston, Texas, she started her career as a waitress in a fried chicken restaurant but tasted success as a Playboy model, actress and star of her own self-titled, bizarre reality TV show.
Smith was named Playboy Playmate of the Month in May 1992 and Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1993.
She shocked the world when she married J Howard Marshall II in 1994 when she was 26 and the oil tycoon was almost 90.
Last September (06) was a joyful and terrible month for the actress - she gave birth to baby daughter Dannielynn just three days before her 20-year-old son DANIEL died from a lethal overdose of methadone and anti-depressants in his mother’s hospital room in The Bahamas.
Best known as a socialite, public figure and diet product spokesmodel, Smith also appeared in a handful of movies, including THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT and her final movie ILLEGAL ALIENS, which was released last year (06). (SS&KL/WN) WENN - SPECIAL NEWS ALERT - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 08 FEBRUARY 2007 ————————————————————————

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The British model-and-actress, who will marry Indian businessman Arun Nayar in March, is determined for son Damian to have a sister after she ties the knot.
A source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: ‘Liz wants to start trying for a baby as soon as they’re married.
‘She really loves being a mum and Damian’s started school so she’s really keen to have another baby.
‘With her passion for fashion she’d really love a little girl.’ Damian, four, is from her relationship with US film producer Steve Bing.
Liz, 41, is due to marry Arun in Mumbai on March 3.
The Indian event will be proceeded by a traditional English ceremony in Gloucestershire.
Celebrities expected to attend the nuptials include Liz’s close friend Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish and designer Donatella Versace.

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The ‘Hot Fuzz’ actor worked with Tom on ‘Mission: Impossible III’ and insists the controversial Hollywood star is not obsessed with Scientology and is a great guy.
Simon told Britain’s FHM magazine: ‘He never mentioned it. I spent a lot of time with Tom and it wasn’t spoken about once.
‘Everything you hear about people, that isn’t from first hand experience, is invariably wrong. And my first hand experience of Tom Cruise was very positive.’ Tom was said to have spoken to several guests at his November wedding to Katie Holmes, including Jennifer Lopez, about joining the Church of Scientology.
David and Victoria Beckham, both close friends of Tom and Katie, were rumoured to be planning to join the church when they move to the US in the summer. However, Victoria denied the rumours, referring to them as ‘nonsense’.

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The actress - who recently split from Justin Timberlake - was spotted boasting about new lover Kelly Slater’s impressive appendage.
Cameron, who was dining with friends at Cut in Beverly Hill’s Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Monday night (05.02.07), was more than happy to spill the beans when someone asked her about the champion surfer’s manhood.
A source revealed to the New York Daily News newspaper: ‘Cameron was with a girlfriend drinking wine for more than three hours. The friend asked a pointed question about her new lover Kelly. Cameron grabbed a breadstick to demonstrate. She was in great spirits and kept twirling her hair. The breadstick was nine inches long!’ Justin also seems to be moving on after the break-up.
He was seen holding hands and dancing sexily with Scarlett Johansson at Miami’s Mokai club after watching the Super Bowl.
A source revealed: ‘They were talking, dancing, holding hands all night. As they left Justin was leaning against the wall and Scarlett came up, leaned into him and did a sexy little dance, grinding into his body.’ The pair became close after the ‘Lost in Translation’ actress starred in Justin’s latest video. They were seen in a New York nightclub shortly after Justin split from Cameron.

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The singer-turned-actress - who enjoyed pop success as a teenager with ‘Because We Want To’ - says being a ‘vain’ washed-up pop star proved almost too much to live with.
She told Stella magazine: ‘I used to cry myself to sleep every night - crying about the mess I’d made of my life. I also realised that I’d become what I most despised. I was vain and controlling and I had this terrible eating disorder. It all made me feel like s**t.
‘I couldn’t take care of myself.’ Billie says she constantly battled with self-confidence and never felt good enough to achieve chart success.
She revealed: ‘I was a jumped-up young girl, full of neuroses and a bit mad.
And all the time I had these voices of self-doubt niggling away in my head telling me that I couldn’t hack it, that I didn’t have the voice of Mariah Carey and that I had no business pretending to be a musician.’ Billie admits she has only recently built up her self-esteem.
She said: ‘For a long time I felt like I was a pawn in other people’s games, everything was plotted out for me and basically I just did what I was told.
‘It’s only recently that I’ve stopped feeling like a complete charlatan and sorted myself out and found my self-esteem again.’

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Tequila, 25, has written a furious blog about her relationship with ‘an actor’ - claimed to be Leto - who kept their relationship secret and ignored her afterwards.
Tequila writes: ‘A few months go by and all of a sudden I hear from this ‘actor’ person once again.
‘You won’t believe this but he was actually looking for an ‘apology’ from me! ‘Are you f***ing out of your f***ing mind, a**-h**e? Why do I need to apologise for you being a f***ing a**-h**e?’ Tequila built her fame on networking website MySpace by gaining 1.5 million friends.
Of her alleged relationship with Leto she said: ‘He is sweet to me when nobody is around, but when we are around other people, he acts like a different person.’ A source claims bisexual Tequila regularly met Leto at the rehearsal studio of his band 30 Seconds to Mars.
Leto’s spokeswoman Robin Baum said: ‘All of this is completely false. The only truth is that Jared does know who she is.’ Leto, who was once engaged to Cameron Diaz, was dating Lindsay Lohan during the time Tequila says they were involved.
Tequila appears in Adam Sandler’s latest movie ‘I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry’.
She is also set to release a pop single.

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LATEST: BRITNEY SPEARS and model ISAAC COHEN’s short romance fizzled out because of their competing work schedules.
The couple began dating in mid-December (06) after they were introduced by Spears’ choreographer.
Cohen’s agent, BRANDI LORD, insists the split was "very amicable" and came about because of their work commitments.
She tells American publication People, "They’re both busy with their careers.
"She just got out of her marriage and she has two kids to take care of. Her plate is full, and the same with him." Still, Lord says there are no hard feelings and predicts the pair may remain friends adding, "They were never getting married. They were having fun together."

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Troubled star LINDSAY LOHAN has purchased the Los Angeles apartment that movie legend MARILYN MONROE once called home.
The 20-year-old, who is currently in rehab at the Wonderland Center in the Hollywood Hills, is expected to move into Monroe’s former two-bedroom apartment after her treatment is completed.
A neighbour at the El Palacio building, where the apartment is located, says, "We were all amazed to see Lindsay moving in." Lohan has been a longtime fan of the iconic and tragic actress, admitting in one recent interview she tries to emulate Monroe whenever she can - even when it came to entertaining the troops.
The actress said, "I wanted to do what Marilyn Monroe did (during the Korean War), when she went and just set up a stage and did a concert for the troops all by herself.
"It’s so amazing seeing that one woman just going somewhere, this beautiful sex kitten, who’s basically a pinup, which is what I’ve always aspired to be."

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Blonde bombshell JESSICA SIMPSON has gone red after playing around with hairstyles.
The singer enlisted the help of good friend and hair stylist KEN PAVES to create a new red-head look for her after deciding on a major makeover.
The stylist to the stars explains, "We were just having fun and playing with her hairdo… and Jessica just loved it. (Jessica) calls it an ‘auburn ginger.’ "It was just what she wanted. She wore that colour as extensions and just loved it so much that she decided she wanted to have her (real) hair coloured." Paves said the look was inspired by old Hollywood glamour adding, "It’s a throw back to NORMA JEAN (MARILYN MONROE). It has a very Marilyn Monroe feel.
"Jessica likes it because it’s not as produced and it’s a little natural and organic. She has gorgeous hair.
"She even looks gorgeous without hair! This look is natural and looks great on her."

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LATEST: Attorneys for PARIS HILTON’s best pal KIM KARDASHIAN plan to file a lawsuit to stop the release of an X-rated tape featuring Kardashian and her former boyfriend, singer RAY J, making love.
The tape, which is already posted on the Internet, features the Hollywood stylist performing sex acts on BRANDY’s little brother, who is now dating WHITNEY HOUSTON.
The 26-year-old insists she had "nothing to do" with the tape being made public and admits she is "hurt and embarrassed" about the tape falling into the hands of bosses at DVD porn firm Vivid Entertainment, who hope to release it as a DVD.
Yesterday (07FEB07) website TMZ.com obtained a sample of the sex tape and posted it in cyberspace.
Kardashian, the daughter of OJ SIMPSON’s former attorney ROBERT KARDASHIAN, insists she will be issuing a statement about developments to prevent a planned DVD release and plans to take legal action immediately.

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BEYONCE KNOWLES has stunned music experts in the US by scoring a 10th week at number one on the singles chart.
The singer’s IRREPLACEABLE has been just that since it hit the top of the Billboard chart in early December (06), and now the hit song is fighting off major challenges from NELLY FURTADO and FALL OUT BOY.
Furtado’s SAY IT RIGHT climbs to number two, switching places with Fall Out Boy’s THIS AIN’T A SCENE, IT’S AN ARMS RACE, which became the highest debut in the chart for nine years when it crashed in at number two last month (JAN07).
The new chart’s highest debut belongs to THE JONAS BROTHERS’ YEAR 3000, which claims the number 40 spot.

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LIZ TYLER was thrilled when she found out AEROSMITH rocker STEVEN TYLER was her biological father, but was determined to make sure her relationship with adopted father TODD RUNDGREN didn’t fall apart.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS star grew up thinking rocker Rundgren was her father because her mother, BEBE BUELL, was dating him when she was born - and asked him to sign her birth certificate.
But the actress discovered Tyler was her father when she was nine-years-old, and claims the bombshell left it awkward to try and balance a relationship with both rockers.
She explains, "I did go through a lot of internal struggle when all that happened, and I still do. On one hand, I was overjoyed to meet my real dad and family. "But it was always incredibly important to me that I not forget about Todd.
He knew I probably wasn’t his child when I was born, but he felt I needed a father, so he stepped up to the plate to be that man.
"Though Todd and my mother broke up when I was about a week old, he supported me financially and sent me to amazing private schools. "So now I have two lovely fathers who are very different, and I get so much form both of them."

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Disgraced Miss USA TARA CONNER is already back in favour with pageant boss DONALD TRUMP after her stint in rehab - he’s hired the blonde beauty to promote his new banquet hall venture.
The tycoon gave Conner a second chance to live up to her beauty queen title in December (06) after confronting her about her wild partying antics and cocaine use. He then insisted she seek counselling before returning to her Miss USA duties.
Conner complied, checked herself into rehab and completed her counselling last month (JAN07), and now Trump is honouring his word by hiring the beauty queen to model in a wedding gown for print ads for his new Trump On The Ocean facility in Long Island, New York.

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LATEST: US chat show host JIMMY KIMMEL has spoken out about his decision to carry unruly guest ANDY DICK off his show on Friday night (02FEB07), confessing the wacky funnyman always makes him "uncomfortable." Kimmel called security and helped them physically remove Dick from his chat show sofa after the comic started making unwanted advances toward fellow guest IVANKA TRUMP.
The host says, "Andy did a segment, he was a little out of it. (When) she (Ivanka) came out, he wanted a big, wet kiss. It was time for Andy to go, so I escorted him out by his feet." But Kimmel has spoken to Dick since the JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE incident, and he insists the comic is far from upset about his rude exit.
Kimmel adds, "He’s Andy. He’s not upset. He’s not apologetic. He’s just nutty.
"He always makes me a little uncomfortable, you have no idea what he’s going to do next."

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LATEST: MISCHA BARTON has confirmed her relationship with rocker CISCO ADLER is officially over after 18 months.
A representative from Adler’s record label insisted yesterday (07FEB07) the couple were still together, but Barton claims that is not the case.
A representative for Barton tells American publication Us Weekly, "Mischa and Cisco have decided to part ways. Mischa is moving soon and they both have very demanding schedules." The former THE OC star was reportedly furious after a nude photo of Adler appeared on the Internet last month (JAN07).
The photo was discovered when items belonging to PARIS HILTON were left in a storage locker and later auctioned off and posted online.
Adler has since confirmed his girlfriend was unhappy about the image that appeared on ParisHiltonExposed.com saying, "Mischa wasn’t too excited, to say the least… I think it’s actually worse for her than for me, in some ways. I think it’s pretty rock ‘n’ roll."

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LATEST: RYAN O’NEAL lashed out at his son GRIFFIN on Saturday night (03FEB07) after discovering the 42 year old had chained his brother REDMOND to a staircase - like a dog.
According to Los Angeles law enforcement officials, the discovery triggered the volatile family fight, which ended with Ryan’s arrest after he allegedly fired a gun shot.
Ryan returned from a dinner celebrating FARRAH FAWCETT’s birthday and found Redmond tethered to a staircase with handcuffs on his ankles.
According to website TMZ.com, Griffin had taken the extreme steps after finding his brother unconscious from an apparent drug overdose.
After calling paramedics to the home, Redmond became responsive and claimed he had just been sleeping. Griffin believed his brother had overdosed and chained him to the staircase to prevent him from leaving and buying more drugs.
When Ryan returned home, he apparently became enraged when he tripped over the chain tied to Redmond.
Police officials tell TMZ.com they believe it was Ryan, not Griffin, who initially began swinging a fireplace poker that struck Griffin’s pregnant girlfriend JOANNA BERRY, who called the authorities to the O’Neal home and was later treated in hospital for a cut above her eye.
Reports suggest the altercation escalated and Ryan fired a warning shot into the staircase to scare Griffin.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they found Redmond still tethered and shot video as evidence to document the situation. They also shot video of Ryan’s injuries.
Ryan was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm after the fight and his case has been forwarded to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. The District Attorney will decide whether or not to file charges against the star.

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LATEST: ANNA NICOLE SMITH has been dealt another blow as she fights eviction and paternity lawsuits - two witnesses claim they believe her attorney and partner disposed of methadone pills after her son’s death last September (07).
Speaking on US TV news show THE INSIDER and ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT last night (07FEB07), HOWARD K STERN responded to US tabloid reports he was involved in DANIEL SMITH’s overdose death - insisting he’s being set up.
But now developer G BEN THOMPSON and his son-in-law, FORD SHELLY, have gone public with the claims they made to the National Enquirer - stating they believe Stern flushed drugs he found in Daniel’s pocket down a toilet.
Thompson, a former friend and lover of Anna Nicole Smith, has fallen out with the busty blonde and her partner after accusing them of failing to pay him back for the house he helped them secure in The Bahamas last summer (06).
Neither Ben nor Ford, who were at the house in The Bahamas on the day Daniel died, say they saw Stern dispose of methadone, but they’re convinced something was strange about the attorney’s actions after the 20 year old died from a lethal combination of methadone and anti-depression medication.
Ford tells Entertainment Tonight, "Howard was going through (Daniel’s jeans) and when he reached in the pocket, two white tablets fell out. I don’t know what they were.
"I, at the time, questioned him: `What is that? Put them back in the pocket; just leave them alone,’ and Howard then went to the bathroom." Ford reveals he heard the toilet flush and he never saw the pills again, but adds, "I didn’t (actually) see him flush anything down the toilet." Stern remains adamant he had nothing to do with Daniel’s death, stating, "I never gave Daniel methadone, I never told anybody I gave Daniel methadone; and I never flushed methadone down the toilet."

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Soul great AL GREEN has taken AHMIR `?UESTLOVE’ THOMPSON up on his word after the ROOTS star criticised his hero for releasing below-par albums.
Thompson offered to produce Green’s new album after telling their record label boss he could do a better job than producers on recent releases from the LET’S STAY TOGETHER singer.
Thompson tells Billboard.com, "I ran my big mouth: `You want a real Al Green record? Come see me.’ So now I’ve got to live up to that." (KL/BB) WENN - SIXTH - HOLLYWOOD, SHOWBIZ & PEOPLE NEWS - 08 FEBRUARY 2007

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