AFP - Sex, drugs and French politics: Carla Bruni's 1960s-influenced new album has sparked a sensation ahead of its release this week, but the work neatly sidesteps her love life with President Nicolas Sarkozy.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - They'd like to thank the Academy for letting them in. We'd like to thank the Academy for making Oscar voting a little more interesting.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71.[Read] [Archive]

Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital Sunday, a spokesman said. He was was 71.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Look who's expressing himself.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy sings of 30 lovers and hard drugs on a new album that she insists was not inspired by her whirlwind romance and marriage to President Nicolas Sarkozy.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Paul Newman, responding to unconfirmed reports that he is ill with lung cancer, has issued a statement that he is "doing nicely."[Read] [Archive]

AP - Tatum O'Neal swore she was done with drugs. The Oscar-winning former child actress proclaimed she was sober as she promoted her 2004 tell-all memoir, cobbled her acting career back together and even offered advice to misbehaving pop star Britney Spears.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Actress Kirsten Dunst, who co-starred in the "Spider-Man" movies, says she checked into rehab earlier this year because she was suffering from depression, not battling drugs or alcohol.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Yannick Noah, who is marking the 25th anniversary of his French Open title, sprang to the defence of his son Joakim on Tuesday after the basketball star was arrested for possession of marijuana.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - He's married. He's a father. So is it any wonder R&B star Usher Raymond sounds a little more mellow on his fifth album, Here I Stand?[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Talk about service with a smile, on both sides of the counter.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Cindy Margolis has ventured into singledom.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Here are some happy thoughts:[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Here's a city that knows what's cool.[Read] [Archive]

Martin Sheen became “fanatic” when his son Charlie was using drugs. “When a life is at stake and it’s your child, you become fearless in a lot of ways. I mean, you just become fanatic,” the 67-year-old actor says.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Frank Sinatra competed against 50,000 others — and won.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - How long do you think Nick and Mariah will stay married?[Read] [Archive]

Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse will not face charges in connection with video footage that seemed to show her taking drugs, a police source said on Wednesday.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse will not face charges in connection with video footage that seemed to show her taking drugs, a police source said on Wednesday.[Read] [Archive]

AP - DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Rap star DMX was arrested on Friday on suspicion of drug possession and animal cruelty after two searches of his home allegedly turned up weapons, drugs, dog carcasses and abused pit bulls.[Read] [Archive]

AP - The queen of hip-hop soul is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers and gain self-confidence.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing drugs, police and her spokesman said, after footage appeared of her apparently smoking crack cocaine.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Britain's Prince William is to join a Royal Navy operation patrolling for drug runners in the Caribbean, a media report said Wednesday.[Read] [Archive]

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) —"CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan was arrested Monday for possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs, police said. The 41-year-old actor was found asleep in his car by the Palm Springs Police Department, authorities said.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Authorities decided against prosecuting Vanilla Ice for a domestic battery charge since his wife recanted her original statement.[Read] [Archive]

AP - He spent 44 days suspended from a glass box by the River Thames in London. He was buried alive for a week in a see-through coffin in New York.[Read] [Archive]

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) —"CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan was arrested Monday for possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs, police said. The 41-year-old actor was found asleep in his car by the Palm Springs Police Department, authorities said.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Bill Cosby says apathy among some black Americans about violence, drugs, profanity and teenage sex has sunk to a level of asking someone to "pass the salt."[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Forget rehab, the London Metropolitan police may try to make Amy Winehouse go to jail, jail, jail.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Blondes might have more fun, but not the kind of fun Amanda Bynes is into.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - It was only a matter of time before a Lindsay Lohan flick earned an award that wasn't a Razzie.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - A New York judge ordered CNN reporter Richard Quest to undergo six months of counseling on Friday after Quest was arrested in Central Park for possession of a controlled substance, his lawyer said.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - A New York judge ordered CNN reporter Richard Quest to undergo six months of counseling on Friday after Quest was arrested in Central Park for possession of a controlled substance, his lawyer said.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - A lawsuit filed on Friday against a Hollywood photo agency says two of its paparazzi supplied actor Heath Ledger with cocaine so they could secretly videotape him snorting the drug in a hotel room two years ago.[Read] [Archive]

AP - A lawsuit against the photo agency and two paparazzi who allegedly filmed Heath Ledger in a hotel room where drugs were being taken claims that the late actor was also using cocaine that night.[Read] [Archive]

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office says Christian Brando died of pneumonia.[Read] [Archive]

AP - The Los Angeles County Coroner's office says Christian Brando died of pneumonia.[Read] [Archive]

AP - A lawsuit against the photo agency and two paparazzi who allegedly filmed Heath Ledger in a hotel room where drugs were being taken claims that the late actor was also using cocaine that night.[Read] [Archive]

A lawsuit against the photo agency and two paparazzi who allegedly filmed Heath Ledger in a hotel room where drugs were being taken claims that the late actor was also using cocaine that night.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - The inquest into the death of Corinne Bailey Rae's husband kicked off in British court Thursday with officials testifying that drugs were likely to blame.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - The husband of British soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae was found dead and another man was arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs, police said on Sunday.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - The Beatles have come together to block distribution of an early bootleg.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - U.S. immigration officials denied British author Sebastian Horsley entrance to the United States on Wednesday on the grounds of "moral turpitude," Horsley told Reuters on Thursday.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - The United Nations' anti-drugs chief attacked celebrities like singer Amy Winehouse and supermodel Kate Moss, saying they fuel problems in Africa by allegedly taking drugs in an interview Sunday.[Read] [Archive]

Rapper was charged with one count each of possession of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the indictment.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday on charges of illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence, authorities said.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - "Dawson's Creek" veteran Joshua Jackson is returning to television as the male lead in[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - It's not that you can't go home again -- it's that you do so at the risk of grievous bodily harm.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday on charges of illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence, authorities said.[Read] [Archive]

Former Hollywood madam was arrested and charged with possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence on Thursday morning outside Las Vegas.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested and charged with possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence on Thursday morning outside Las Vegas.[Read] [Archive]

Heath Ledger's death by accidental overdose should serve as a warning to others not to mix prescription drugs, his father said, calling the loss an enduring agony for his family.[Read] [Archive]

AP - The actor Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of six different drugs — painkillers and sedatives — the medical examiner said Wednesday, leading doctors to warn of the dangers of mixing prescription drugs.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Actor Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of six prescription drugs, with a mix of painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping aids found in his system, officials said on Wednesday.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Britney Spears was released from a hospital psychiatric ward Wednesday, six days after being admitted amid concerns for her mental health.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Paris Hilton found herself somewhere she never thought she'd be: Harvard.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Hindsight is 20-20 for Lindsay Lohan.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -Australian actor Heath Ledger's death was an accident caused by the abuse of prescription drugs, six of which were found in his body, the New York City medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Influential Southern rapper Pimp C died of an accidental overdose of a combination of drugs he had name-checked in his lyrics — codeine and promethazine, the county coroner's office ruled Monday.[Read] [Archive]

Paul McCartney says recent media reports that he had heart procedure last year are “entirely untrue.”[Read] [Archive]

“Entertainment Tonight” says it won’t air a video it has acquired that shows the late Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were apparently being taken.[Read] [Archive]

AP - "Entertainment Tonight" says it won't air a video it has acquired that shows the late Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were apparently being taken.[Read] [Archive]

The 25-year-old rapper was charged with one count each of possession of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Entertainment highlights during the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2:[Read] [Archive]

AP - Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2:[Read] [Archive]

AP - Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs, including cocaine, on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Six different types of prescription drugs were found in Heath Ledger's apartment — including anti-anxiety medications and sleeping pills — though the cause of his death won't be known for several days after a preliminary autopsy Wednesday was inconclusi...[Read] [Archive]

Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs including cocaine on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs including cocaine on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.[Read] [Archive]

AP - A rolled-up $20 bill was found near Heath Ledger's body, though no illegal drugs were found in his apartment, police said Wednesday — the same day an autopsy on the "Brokeback Mountain" actor came back inconclusive.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Oscar loves a British accent — and a Brit who can pass for American is even better.[Read] [Archive]

Rapper Foxy Brown, serving a year-long prison term stemming from an assault charge, has asked a judge for early release to treat an ear condition.[Read] [Archive]

Sean Penn’s days of writing for the San Francisco Chronicle may be over: The actor now calls the publication an “increasingly lamebrain paper.”[Read] [Archive]

The actor and his girlfriend, Brazilian model Camila Alves, are expecting a baby, publicist Alan Nierob said Tuesday.[Read] [Archive]

Actor Brad Renfro, whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in “The Client” but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead Tuesday in his home.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Actor Brad Renfro, whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in "The Client" but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead Tuesday in his home. He was 25.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Award-winning film director Zhang Yuan, a member of China's acclaimed "sixth generation" of movie-makers, has been detained for taking drugs, police and state media reports said Friday.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Award-winning Chinese film director Zhang Yuan has been arrested after being found taking drugs at his Beijing home, official media said on Thursday.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Donda West's death will remain a mystery.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - There's one Hollywood Square Gary Collins won't be occupying—at least for now.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Teen idol Mischa Barton has become the latest Hollywood starlet to be arrested for driving and drugs offenses, Los Angeles police confirmed Thursday.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - They're trying to make Amy Winehouse go to Norway, and she might not be able to say no.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Rocker Scott Weiland was charged Wednesday with driving under the influence of drugs in a car crash last month, prosecutors said. The 40-year-old rocker was arrested Nov. 21 after crashing his car on a highway. He refused to take a blood or urine test as ...[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson checked into an Arizona jail on Tuesday to serve a 24-hour prison term for drugs and driving under the influence charges, officials confirmed.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Actor Josh Brolin says it is good to grow old and he looks forward to turning 40.[Read] [Archive]

Pete Doherty apologized Wednesday for suffering a relapse in his bid to kick drugs. A video of the Babyshambles frontman allegedly injecting himself with heroin was posted this week on a newspaper Web site. Doherty’s drug use has frequently landed him in cou...[Read] [Archive]

AFP - British rocker Pete Doherty was on Friday handed a suspended jail sentence for a string of drug and motoring offences, just two days after vowing to turn over a new leaf.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are ready to get it on.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Singer Pete Doherty vowed on Wednesday to stay off drugs after a magistrate revoked the remaining months of his compulsory supervision order.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Troubled British rocker Pete Doherty vowed Wednesday to turn over a new leaf as a judge freed him from conditions imposed to curb his drug problems.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Former TV fixture Gary Collins has a new hit on his hands. And we're not talking about a show.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - For Diddy, the answer is clear.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - If the name is any indication, Gretchen Mol is more serious than most about establishing her child into the pantheon of Hollywood babes.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - On a night that saw an inordinate amount of thrills and spills, Mark Cuban should have concentrated harder on his three wishes.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Robert Goulet's legendary singing voice needs some help. From a new pair of lungs.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - With friends—or, at least, alleged accomplices—like these, who needs enemies?[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Singer Pete Doherty vowed on Wednesday to stay off drugs after a magistrate revoked the remaining months of his compulsory supervision order.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Norwegian police briefly arrested and then fined British soul singer Amy Winehouse for possessing and using marijuana, a lawyer working with the police in Bergen said Friday.[Read] [Archive]

AP - It wasn't a reckless obsession with liquor, drugs and gunplay that made the late Hunter S. Thompson the undisputed king of Gonzo journalism, his wife says. Instead, it was old-fashioned principles such as working hard and telling the truth, enlivened by t...[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Police carried out a series of raids across California on Friday as part of a probe into the drugs overdose death of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, justice officials said.[Read] [Archive]

Tom Sizemore says he’s done with drugs. “I’m not trading my whole life for some powder,” the 45-year-old actor told The Bakersfield Californian in a jailhouse interview published Friday.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Tom Sizemore says he's done with drugs. "I'm not trading my whole life for some powder," the actor said in a jailhouse interview published Friday.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson could be facing jail again after admitting charges of drug possession and driving under the influence, court officials said Monday.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - If Dane Cook's description of himself proves true -- he doesn't drink, doesn't do drugs and prefers hanging out at home over club hopping -- he won't be going to the slammer any time soon like other young Hollywood stars did this ...[Read] [Archive]

AP - Denise Richards has asked a court to stop allowing ex-husband Charlie Sheen to have overnight stays with their two young daughters.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - A former bodyguard for Britney Spears offered on Monday to testify at a custody hearing about nudity and drug use at her home and his fears for the safety of her two young sons.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Sometimes, crime does pay. At least, it might for the survivors of one bygone victim.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - A former bodyguard for Britney Spears offered on Monday to testify at a custody hearing about nudity and drug use at her home and his fears for the safety of her two young sons.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - A former bodyguard for Britney Spears offered on Monday to testify at a custody hearing about nudity and drug use at her home and his fears for the safety of her two young sons.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Pablo Montero was arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine and driving recklessly, according to police reports. The Mexican singer and actor, whose legal name is Oscar Hernandez, was stopped by police about 1:30 p.m. Friday for allegedly running a red ...[Read] [Archive]

AP - Kevin Federline's lawyer wants Britney Spears to pay some of her ex-husband's legal expenses in their divorce case, court documents show.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Actress Nicole Richie surrendered to authorities on Thursday to begin serving a four-day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs, but spent a little more than one hour in jail, an official said.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Actress Lindsay Lohan was on Thursday charged with seven misdemeanor counts following her twin drink-driving arrests but escaped more serious charges of felony cocaine possession.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - Rock star Pete Doherty has been arrested again for suspected drugs offences, police sources said Monday, just weeks after he was warned by a judge to kick the habit or face jail.[Read] [Archive]

Pete Doherty was arrested early on Monday on suspicion of drugs possession, a police source said. Doherty, 28, was arrested with two others, a man and a woman, after being stopped in a car in Tower Hamlets in east London.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - That's one down.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - The world is not enough for James Bond. Or Ryan Seacrest.[Read] [Archive]

Method Man is going back to school. As part of a plea deal reached following a marijuana arrest earlier this year, the hip-hop star was ordered to visit 15 city high schools to warn students about the dangers of drugs.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Indonesian prosecutors sought on Tuesday a 14-month jail sentence for the brother of British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay in a trial over heroin possession in the resort island of Bali.[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Celebrity socialite and mother-to-be Nicole Richie has opted to serve her jail time for driving under the influence of drugs at the same detention center that TV sidekick Paris Hilton called home for about three weeks.[Read] [Archive]

AP - Malawian rights organizations say their government needs help monitoring Madonna's planned adoption of David Banda.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - The son of former vice president Al Gore was ordered on Monday to participate in a drug detoxification program, four weeks after being caught with drugs.[Read] [Archive]

AP - WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Lindsay Lohan's father withdrew a request to have his estranged wife tested for drugs as the pair were in divorce court on Monday.[Read] [Archive]

Entrepreneur Richard Branson has revealed how he tried drugs with his son.The 57-year-old Virgin tycoon says he enjoyed a smoke with young Sam, now 21...[Read] [Archive]

Steve Martin married girlfriend Anne Stringfield during a ceremony at his Los Angeles home, his publicist said.[Read] [Archive]

Music legend Ike Turner said he holds nothing against St. Louis’ mayor for a decision not to issue a City Hall proclamation in his honor.[Read] [Archive]

Twice-married Paula Hamilton has had a turbulent life.The TV presenter has been in and out of rehab to kick alcohol and drugs, has suffered from anore...[Read] [Archive]

Tom Chaplin has had a well-publicised battled with booze and drugs. And though he's now winning that fight, the Keane frontman still constantly tackle...[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Celebrity socialite Nicole Richie pleaded guilty on Friday to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to four days in jail, a month after TV co-star Paris Hilton completed a three-week stint behind bars.[Read] [Archive]

Nicole Richie pleaded guilty Friday to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to 90 hours in jail and fined $2,048 by a judge who said she was lucky nobody was killed when she drove the wrong way on a freeway.[Read] [Archive]

AFP - British-Australian actor and "King Kong" star Naomi Watts has given birth to a baby boy, her publicist said.[Read] [Archive]

Kate Moss is standing by Pete Doherty – but only in his bid to kick drugs.The supermodel, 33, is to fund Pete's latest anti-heroin implant, despite d...[Read] [Archive]

Reuters - Celebrity socialite Nicole Richie's trial on charges of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol was postponed on Wednesday to August 16 so an expert defense witness can attend.[Read] [Archive]

E! Online - Kick off your Sunday shoes—Footloose is making a comeback.[Read] [Archive]

Pregnant Myleene Klass has revealed her partner was technically on the run from a drugs charge when they first met.Graham Quinn, 33, was arrested for ...[Read] [Archive]

Big Brother contestant Jonathan Durden has confessed that he's addicted to drugs and hookers.'I'm admitting I have addictions because that's the first...[Read] [Archive]

Courtney Love has revealed that Sting was the inspiration for her new slim figure.The 44-year-old star says the singer suggested she try out a new loo...[Read] [Archive]

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has revealed that Pete Doherty helped him beat his own heroin addiction.The 27-year-old was once a junkie but the B...[Read] [Archive]