Anna Nicole Smith Dies At 39

Anna Nicole Smith
Feb. 8, 2007
(CBS/AP) Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy playmate whose bizarre life careened from marriage to an octogenarian billionaire to the untimely death of her son, died Thursday after collapsing at a Florida hotel, one of her lawyers said.

Smith, 39, collapsed and was unresponsive while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, said the attorney, Ron Rale. She was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla.

Charlie Tiger of the Seminole police said at a news conference that a private female nurse discovered Smith's body at the hotel and that a bodyguard administered CPR at 1:45 p.m.

Tiger said police received confirmation of her death at 2:49 p.m., and that the cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.

"She checked in Monday at 8 p.m. as a guest. She was due to check out tomorrow," said Danielle Giordano, a spokeswoman for the hotel.





The past year has been a turbulent one for Smith. She was facing a paternity suit filed by her ex-boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, who claimed to be the father of her infant daughter, Dannielynn. The baby was born on Sept. 7 in the Bahamas, days before her son Daniel, 20, died suddenly of a drug overdose.

Smith had been a tabloid staple even before she became Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993. Readers were fascinated by her bombshell good looks, her marriage to an elderly billionaire and subsequent court fight over his estate, her weight fluctuations and the sudden death last year of her 20-year-old son.

A former topless dancer, she made her name squeezing into Guess jeans. She resembled the late actress Marilyn Monroe, a similarity played up in her magazine ads, billboards and department store displays.

In 1994, she married 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II, the head of oil-based Koch Industries, which is part of a family fortune worth at least $400 million.

Marshall died in 1995, setting off a feud with her former stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, over whether she had a right to his estate.



A federal court in California awarded Smith $474 million in a complicated legal twist that began after she declared bankruptcy. That was later overturned.

But last May, the U.S. Supreme Court revived her case. The justices said only that federal courts in California could deal with her case, despite a Texas state court ruling that Marshall was the estate's sole heir.

The stepson then died in June at age 67. But the family said the court fight would continue.

In the following years, Smith had her own reality show, "The Anna Nicole Smith" show on the E! cable network.

Daniel Smith died Sept. 10 in his mother's hospital room in the Bahamas, just days after she gave birth to a daughter. A medical examiner hired by the family said he had methadone and two antidepressants in his system when he died.

Meanwhile, the paternity of her now 5-month-old daughter remained a matter of dispute.

Smith was born Vickie Lynn Hogan on Nov. 28, 1967, in Houston, one of six children of Donald Eugene and Virgie Hart Hogan.

She married Bill Smith in 1985, giving birth to Daniel before they divorced two years later.

PAMELA ANDERSON DIVORCED - TO SEEK REFUGE IN CHILE

PAMELA ANDERSON DIVORCE FINALIZED, TO SEEK REFUGE IN CHILE

(February 6, 2007) Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson may be planning to seek refuge in Chile after her divorce from redneck rocker Kid Rock was finalized this week. After a hush trip to the country’s southern lakes region last month, Chile’s local media reported Tuesday that the blond bombshell and former Baywatch babe purchased a one acre property in Huerquehue Park on which she plans to construct a summer house.

The property, part of the Santa María de Carburgua condominium resort, is close to the beautiful, and elite, Caburgua, a resort town near the southern city of Temuco. Nearly 800 kilometers south of Chile’s capital city, Santiago, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has a house on the nearby lake, as does her recent presidential rival and millionaire businessman Sebastián Piñera.

Anderson, who shot to fame in the 1990’s as a Playboy playmate, Baywatch star, and “unauthorized” sex-tape vixen, made the trip to the southern cone country with her father, Barry Anderson.

“They came about a month ago,” said Hugo Solís, a local driver who drove Barry Anderson to the town center of Caburgua. “She (Pamela) didn’t want to leave the resort where they were staying. Her father seemed like a very educated, friendly person, and no one here imagined that they had so much money. I felt bad that I didn’t get to see Pam though, which, like any other man, would have made me very happy,” he concluded.

Local authorities said that the Andersons had turned down police escorts and that their principle goal was to go unnoticed, find a suitable place to relax and carry out their business.

“They were not here for very long,” said the local police chief. “The father went fishing for a bit and that’s the only time I saw him.

While Pamela’s father was seen around town, the A-list star known for B-list endeavors was not spotted publicly and spent her time reading and enjoying the countryside.

Alfonso Sarabia, a Caburgua local who for 16 years has transported high profile people on his boat, The Titanic, said that the town was very happy for their new neighbor. “The father first passed himself as an ordinary tourist, but when we found out who he was, we felt very happy that they had decided to come and buy a house in this part of the world,” he said. “Imagine that we will all be “Pamilita’s” neighbors! All of Chile will envy us.”

Sarabia told Chile’s Las Ultimas Noticias tabloid that he had helped Pamela onto his boat. “She’s precious, but simple, just like any other woman,” he added.

Sarabia said that Anderson was just one of many famous people to grace The Titanic with their presence. “The other day President Michelle Bachelet was on the boat transporting material to fix up her house here. Piñera has been on the boat several times too,” he said. “I can’t tell you all the names of the people that ride my boat. I remember a lot of gringo actors and singers, but I prefer the Chilean artists…I also like the Frei family members (referring to the family of two former Chilean presidents).”

While Anderson’s new digs were dubbed in Chile’s press as “exclusive,” a similar one-acre lot can be had for as little as US$50,000 according to an executive at Río Baker Investments, the company in-charge of the project. The executive added that they had offices in California and boasted many other exclusive clients.

Chile’s south, known for its beauty as well as its isolation, is frequently visited by many international celebrities who seek to escape the limelight by traveling to the end of the world. Visitors to Chile’s south can head to the famed town of Pucón, visit thermal spas and beaches, climb volcanoes, ski, and visit the Patagonia.

A US mag has revealed that Britney Spears might be gay.

Is Britney gay?



In Touch Weekly claims Britney has been secretly having sex with women long before her split from Hubby Kevin Federline in November.

Rap music producer Omar "Iceman" Sharif, a friend of K Fed, revealed:

"Britney was into threesomes and girls."

An unnamed insider, close to the couple while they were married the insider, backed up this story, saying:

"I heard about her being with girls at least 20 times while they were married."

Another friend told the mag that Kevin planned to use tales of her hard partying and sexual activity in the couple’s custody battle.

"She has told Kevin more than once that she is sexually attracted to women and men equally," they said. "He wants to show that she's not such an angel after all."

We just hope Brit gets judged on whether or not she's a good mum, and not her sexual orientation.

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Heidi from 'The Hills' shows her stuff

She's not old enough to appear on the cover, but Heidi from The Hills gets to act slutty inside the new issue of Stuff magazine. There are eight pages of the almost-naked 20-year-old in the March issue, and thanks to Us Weekly, a brainy interview (with a TMZ-ish headline, MTV's Heidi Montag shows off her own hills) to go along with it: "I was definitely nervous about this shoot. It is my first big spread in any magazine and it was a very sexual photo shoot. I wore different swimsuits and outfits. The most provocative photos were either the ones in the pool where I am splashing around in the water, or the poses on the bearskin rug. I definitely had a lot of fun doing it. "They said they couldn't put me on the cover until I was 21. I guess advertisers don't like young girls being on the cover. I do think it is unfair that I didn't get the cover because of my age, but I understand, and it gives me something to look forward to when I turn 21." Heidi says her cheap display contains a message to teenage girls everywhere. The message... an "Inside Heidi" surprise... and more from the photo shoot... after the jump...

Tara Conner had her first interview out of rehab with the "Today" show’s Matt Lauer.

The newly rehabilitated Tara Conner, who almost lost her Miss USA title because of her wild partying, alluded to child abuse telling Lauer someone had "betrayed" her as a little girl. Conner went on to admit, "I have done cocaine, yeah."

Donald Trump had allowed Conner to keep her title, publicly offering her a "second chance." However, former Miss USA, Susie Castillo is not as forgiving as The Donald. After scandals which included heavy drinking, drug abuse and racy photos, Castillo thinks Conner should not be allowed to corrupt the pageant’s image.

"Whether you like it or not, you’re a role model. It’s not the job of Miss USA to be in rehab," Castillo told the Feb/March issue of Complex magazine. "Other girls worked hard to give [the title] a positive name, and it’s going to be tarnished for a very long time now."

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Gwen Stefani at 2007 NRJ Awards

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Gwen Stefani looked great and glam at the 2007 NRJ Awards (NRJ is a French radio station) held at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

Spears & Federline Extend Custody Agreement

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have extended their child custody agreement after agreeing a schedule for visits with their sons. Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, confirms custody terms his client and Spears agreed upon at the beginning of last month will continue. Spears has agreed to let her estranged husband have physical custody of the boys every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon at her home. Under the arrangement, the pop star will be allowed to be present for her husband's playtime with his kids - but she won't be able to prevent him from seeing the boys, aged one and four months. Spears and Federline split in November.


Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have extended their child custody agreement after agreeing a schedule for visits with their sons. Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, confirms custody terms his client and Spears agreed upon at the beginning of last month will continue. Spears has agreed to let her estranged husband have physical custody of the boys every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon at her home. Under the arrangement, the pop star will be allowed to be present for her husband's playtime with his kids - but she won't be able to prevent him from seeing the boys, aged one and four months. Spears and Federline split in November.

Miss USA Says She Dabbled in Cocaine

NEW YORK -- Miss USA Tara Conner, who nearly lost her crown for hard-partying in New York nightclubs, says in the upcoming issue of People magazine that her recent stint in rehab was a wake-up call.

"I didn't think I had an issue -- but I was willing to do anything to save my job. ... I've realized that I suffer from the disease of alcoholism and addiction," says Conner, who logged in 31 days at the Caron Foundation rehab center in Wernersville, Pa.




"I was an equality-opportunity (user) -- I would try anything once," Conner, 21, tells the magazine in its Feb. 12 issue.

At a much-publicized press conference in December, Donald Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, said the contrite Conner could hold onto her crown if she changed her ways. She then entered rehab.

In her interview in People magazine, her first since leaving treatment, Conner admits that she's dabbled in cocaine.

"Cocaine was one of the drugs that I did use," she says. "It's hard to look back at that."

Alcohol, though, was her biggest vice.

"I'm an alcoholic. It was a craving thing -- once I put it in my body, I would start craving more," says Conner, who notes she drank heavily but wasn't "getting sloppy drunk and dancing on tables."

As for reports that her wild ways also included promiscuity, she says, "I would talk to more than one guy at once -- it doesn't mean that I was sexually active with every one of these people."

The Kentucky native, who has a family history of alcoholism, says her problems "didn't develop overnight." And, she adds, "It wasn't New York City's fault."

Her mother, Brenda Johnson, tells the magazine that Conner once showed up to school drunk when she was 14 -- the same year she won her first beauty pageant and her parents divorced.

Conner, who now lives with a chaperone, says she spends time reading instead of running around town. "I thought I needed to be around people, that I needed that acceptance," she says.

She's itching to return to her Miss USA duties.

"I just can't wait to get back to work -- `I'm Miss U.S.A., my name is Tara Conner, and I'm happy to meet you,' you know? Life is good."

- Drew Barrymore is glad she flashed her breasts on live TV.

The former wild child - who flashed David Letterman on a live broadcast when she was 20 - says she doesn't regret the "fun" experience.

Drew told Parade magazine: "How fun was that? I'm so glad I was so free at one point in my life."

The former child actress - who fell from grace after entering rehab for substance abuse aged just 13 - insists she was annoyed the public felt sorry for her.

The 31-year-old actress explained: "I felt really upset when people felt sad for me. Like, 'Oh, wow, washed-up child actor having to work in a coffeehouse. It must be really, really awful.'

"But I'm really glad for that time in my life having to ride the bus, struggling to pay my rent, getting heckled by people. Even Hollywood casting directors were rude and patronizing."

"They would say, 'Do you know how lucky you are to be in this room?' I would just say, 'Yes, I do.' It was humbling and humiliating."

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Former Cop Allegedly Gave Promotions For Sex

(CBS) LOS ANGELES A former Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief is under investigation for allegedly giving favorable treatment and even promotions to female officers in exchange for sexual favors, officials said Thursday.

The allegations against former Internal Affairs Deputy Chief Michael Berkow were raised in a harassment lawsuit filed in May in Los Angeles Superior Court by Sgt. Ya-May Christle of Arcadia. Berkow is now the police chief in Savannah, Ga.

"We are aware of it and yes, we are investigating," Lt. Paul Vernon of the LAPD's Media Relations Section said. "The allegations alleged in the lawsuit are under investigation. Actually, they have been under investigation for quite some time, but there is really nothing further we can comment on as this is pending litigation.

Asked if there was a relationship between Berkow's leaving the department, Vernon replied, "I don't think so."

Berkow could not be reached for comment.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, LAPD Chief William Bratton confirmed the investigation was being conducted, but he called Berkow "an outstanding police officer, hardworking, dedicated."

Christle was hired by the LAPD in February 1989 and was assigned to Internal Affairs in 2003, which was headed by Berkow, according to her lawsuit.

For the next three years, Christle was advised that some female officers who transferred into her unit were Berkow's "special friends" and to "take care of them," the lawsuit stated.

According to the lawsuit, Berkow's office in the Bradbury Building had an air mattress inside and Christle saw several female officers leave there, followed by Berkow wearing a T-shirt and pajamas.

After one female officer who was trained by Christle had sex with Berkow, she was given a pay raise and a coveted position that made her Christle's boss, the lawsuit states.

Berkow also had sexual affairs with a female sergeant and a female captain, also rewarding them with enhanced or extended positions within the department, the lawsuit alleges.

The suit claims that Berkow told Christle to stop pursuing the most serious internal charges against yet another female officer who was arrested
along with her husband for making criminal threats, resisting arrest and providing false information to a police officer.

Berkow also had an affair with the officer, whom he met while she was posing as a prostitute during an undercover police detail, the lawsuit stated.

Christle eventually filed an internal complaint stating Berkow was trying to influence the investigation involving the troubled female officer, according to the lawsuit.

In August 2005, Christle saw a note on a male officer's desk which read, "If you can get Ya-May's computer off her desk, I will give you a week of free lunches," the suit claims.

She later found her computer missing and learned that information was taken from it regarding her investigation into the 1997 fatal shooting of
rapper Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, the lawsuit states.

Wallace's family members have alleged two Los Angeles police officers conspired to kill him and Christle was unable to provide them with crucial information they needed because her computer was tampered with, according to the lawsuit.

Christle did not have sex with Berkow and so she did not receive the advancements given the other female officers, the lawsuit stated.

Christle also maintains she was discriminated against because she is Asian-American, the lawsuit stated.