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1:00 PM ET, February 6, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Ledger's Death Ruled “Acute Intoxication”  —  The NYC medical examiner has finished the toxicology report following the death of Heath Ledger, and has just ruled that the actor's death was caused by “acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine.”
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Brenda Rodriguez / People.com:
Michelle Williams Arrives in Heath's Hometown  —  Michelle Williams and her two-year-old daughter arrived in Perth, Australia, Wednesday afternoon local time for Heath Ledger's funeral.  —  Williams, wearing a black dress and black sunglasses, held the striped-dress-clad Matilda in her arms …
CNN:
Ledger died of prescription overdose  —  (CNN) — Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of prescription medications including painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills, the New York City medical examiner's office said Tuesday.  —  “Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result …
People.com:
Heath Ledger's Death Was Accidental Overdose  —  Heath Ledger's death on Jan. 22 was due to an accidental mixture of prescription drugs, New York City's Chief Medical Examiner has concluded.  —  “Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of Oxycodone …
Sewell Chan / City Room:
Heath Ledger's Death Is Ruled an Accident  —  The New York City chief medical examiner's office has ruled that the actor Heath Ledger, whose body was found in a SoHo apartment on Jan. 22, died of an accidental overdose of prescription medications that included painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs.
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Heath Ledger Died of Accidental Overdose of Prescription Drugs  —  Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner's office reported Wednesday morning, the AP reports.  —  Ellen Borakave, spokesperson for Office of Chief Medical Examiner …
Discussion: X17 Online, Jezebel, Vh1 Blog and ShowHype
People.com:
Heath Ledger's Family Speaks Out On Official Cause of Death  —  Heath Ledger's father Kim (from left), mother Sally and sister Kate  —  Heath Ledger's father, Kim, has released the below statement following the news of the late actor's cause of death:
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Wendy Wayrad
TMZ.com:
M.E. Calls Ledger Death “Accident”  —  The medical examiner has ruled that Heath Ledger's death is an “accident,” resulting from the “abuse of prescription medications.”
Discussion: iVillage, Celebritology and ShowHype
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Michelle Williams and Matilda Arrive in Australia for Funeral
Discussion: The Age and X17 Online
Access Hollywood:   Heath Ledger Toxicology Results Revealed; Family Responds
Perez Hilton:
Heath's Family Responds To His Official Cause Of Death
Discussion: Jen's Juice
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Lutfi Admits He Gave Britney Spears “a Handful of Pills”  —  Sam Lutfi, who is now on the receiving end of a restraining order imposed by Britney Spears' parents, was the one person by her side as she unraveled over the past six months.  —  In the latest issue of Us Weekly …
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Rolling Stone:
The Tragedy of Britney Spears  —  She was a pop princess.  Now she's in and out of hospitals, rehab and court.  How Britney lost it all.  —  Click here to track Britney Spears' career through a guide to all twenty-four of her videos, from “... Baby One More Time” to “Piece of Me,” …
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New York Post:
BUYER'S REMORSE  —  Britney Spears had her breasts enlarged as a teenager, but later decided she was a big boob to do it and went back under the knife, the new issue of Rolling Stone reveals.  The pathetic pop tart, now locked up in a padded cell, “regretted the...
OK! Magazine:
Cover Story: Eric Dane's Fight Against Cancer  —  For actor Eric Dane, the first sign that something was wrong came right after the new year, when the Grey's Anatomy star glanced in the mirror and saw what looked like chapped lips but clearly wasn't.  —  “I went to my dermatologist,” …
Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse looks re-fab as she visits husband Blake in prison  —  Amy Winehouse left rehab today to visit her jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil.  —  The star looked healthier than ever as she emerged from the facility this morning in a figure-hugging pencil skirt and black shirt on her way to Pentonville Prison.
TMZ.com:
Delta Burke in Psychiatric Ward  —  TMZ has learned “Designing Women” star Delta Burke checked herself into a psychiatric hospital last week for depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and “hoarding.”  —  Burke, 51, has done an interview with TMZ TV, in which she describes how hoarding …
Daily Mail:
Motherhood leaves Christina Aguilera looking swell  —  New mother Christina Aguilera has unveiled her slimmed-down post-baby body just three weeks after giving birth to her son Max.  —  The pop star made her first public appearance since welcoming her first child to promote the release …
New York Post:
FAMILY FEUD IN TOM'S CHURCH  —  SCIENTOLOGISTS are at war with a member of their own family - the outspoken niece of the church's powerful leader, David Miscavige.  —  Jenna Hill Miscavige, 24, the daughter of David's older brother Ron, recently came out in support of Andrew Morton's …
Discussion: MollyGood and Gawker
People.com:
Confirmed: Jennifer Lopez Expecting Twins  —  The rumors are true, confirmed by no less a source than her father: Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins.  —  And it isn't even a Lopez family first.  —  “Yes, twins,” her dad David Lopez said in an interview on the Spanish-language show Escándalo TV …
Daily Mail:
Revealed: Mischa Barton's secret romance with director of her new film  —  Mischa Barton is in a secret romance with the young director of her latest film.  —  Mail Online has leared that Mischa has been very quietly dating Brett Simon, the director of her new movie, “The Assassination …
NY Daily News:
New York Minute: Hulk Hogan's Super Tuesday  —  Hulk Hogan reigned in New Orleans over the weekend as the king of Bacchus, one of Mardi Gras' renowned “Super Krewes.”  “It was insanity.  They said to expect ‘the wildest ride of your life,’ and it was,” he told us Monday.
 
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