Brittany Murphy's dad, who thinks his daughter's moldy home killed her in 2009, is suing the coroner's office over its investigation of her death. Murphy's father Angelo Bertolotti is claiming in a lawsuit that the coroner's office inadequately investigated his daughter's death before coming to the conclusion that her untimely death was an accident and the result of drug intoxication. more ›

Actress Brittany Murphy's death rocked Hollywood and the headlines in December 2009, and just five months later, her husband Simon Monjack also died suddenly. Now Murphy's mother is claiming toxic mold found in the couple's home is what really killed them. more ›

Five months after his wife died in the same house, paramedics were called to Simon Monjack's home last night, finding him dead, possibly after a drug overdose. At 9:24 p.m. on Sunday, a 911 medical call summoned paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department to Monjack's home. Upon arrival, he was pronounced dead. more ›

Actress Brittany Murphy was taking hundreds of prescription pills a month prior to her death, and was even using an alias to obtain additional and often duplicate scrips, according to TMZ. The gossip site notes: "Pharmacy records show Murphy was getting regular scrips for hydrocodone (Vicodin), clonazepam and Klonopin (anti-anxiety), and Vicoprofen (a Vicodin/ibuprofen combo) -- doubling up on some prescriptions on certain months," in quantities sometimes as much as 100-300 of each drug. Murphy used the name "Lola Manilow Murphy -- at Eddie's Pharmacy in Los Angeles for nearly two years ... before the pharmacy finally cut her off 4 months before her death." The 32-year-old actress died on December 20th. more ›

The causes of death were diabetic ketoacidosis for Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson and pneumonia for actor Brittany Murphy, according to reports released by the Los Angeles County Coroner this morning. While Johnson's death, which occurred on January 5th, was listed as natural, Murphy's was a little more involved. more ›

Yesterday the Los Angeles Fire Department released the audio recording of the 911 call made by Brittany Murphy's mother when she found the actress collapsed in her home last month, reports LA Now. more ›

Investigation notes and a list of prescription drugs allegedly used by Brittany Murphy and now being speculated as to why the actor suffered a cardiac arrest was leaked to TMZ, angering Los Angeles County Coroner officials. more ›

Autopsy results have been deferred as toxicology reports and tissue studies are in process, but some details of the days leading up to Brittany Murphy's Sunday morning death have been revealed. Husband Simon Monjack told Access Hollywood that Murphy has been treated for laryngitis days before her death and her condition did not seem that serious, according to the New York Daily News. Sunday was just "a regular day," he said. more ›

Authorities revealed yesterday that they did not suspect foul play in the sudden death of actress Brittany Murphy, 32, who appears to have died inside her Hollywood Hills home early Sunday morning. However, Los Angeles coroner's officials have scheduled an autopsy for tomorrow and the police are conducting an investigation, according to LA Now. more ›

In a story labeled "developing" celebrity gossip website TMZ reports that 32-year-old actress Brittany Murphy has died. The star of Clueless and 8 Mile allegedly "died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived." TMZ adds that the Los Angeles City Fire Department confirmed that a "911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack," and that Murphy "was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival." [UPDATE: 1:09 PM] A Cedars-Sinai Spokesperson confirms that Murphy was pronounced dead at their facility at 10:04 this morning, reports KTLA. more ›

Large swaths of red-blooded American males have been waiting for this moment since March of 2000 (NSFW) and today that moment finally arrives -- Jessica Biel is nekkid in a movie (unbelievably NSFW)! Of course, by all accounts Powder Blue is a terrible film, but why let something like that stop you from buying it, right? It surely can't be any worse than the week's "big" release, New in Town. What has happened to Renee Zellweger? Not every notable 70s movie was actually good. Zabriskie Point will make you laugh but not in a good way. Forever Strong has two things going for it: it's about rugby and it stars the amazing Gary Cole. more ›

Photo by imacri via Flickr You're still running to Eye of the Tiger? Then it's time to download some new tunes for your run. Most of these songs are much more aggressive than Eye of the Tiger -- Hard Metal Rock, Techno and Industrial. For people like myself, it's difficult to find good songs to run to. Everybody likes Coldplay but you can't really run to it. Here at LAist we like to encourage... more ›

Is this some sort of twisted, inside-Hollywood game? Celebs getting drunk somewhere together then and they all go out and drive around sloshed until one of them gets busted - and then the game is over for the night? more ›

Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley were married today in Montecito. The diminutive Canadian couple claimed it's still too damn hot to get hitched in Great White North. kidding. more ›

Technically the actor/director will be at the Grove's Apple Store Sunday at 5pm to explain how he made the recently released "The Groomsmen" on a Mac using Final Cut Pro. But any of those geniuses at the Apple Store could tell you that crap. more ›