Brittany Murphy died of a heart attack this morning. She was just 32 years old. The New York Daily News writes:
She went into full cardiac arrest early Sunday and could not be revived.
The Los Angeles City Fire Department got a call from the home of Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack about 8 a.m.
She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
It would be hard to describe Brittany’s behavior the past few years kindly. Increasingly odd choices took her life in a strange direction, and as far back as 2005 people were talking privately about an addiction to heroin and a sexual compulsion. It didn’t help when Ted Casablanca of E! Online wrote this thinly veiled blind item:
“If I were you, I wouldn’t invite Jordache Junky to your son’s bar mitzvah. She might lure him into a stairwell and do him. Now, don’t get me wrong, girlfriends. Most boys would be thrilled to get into J2’s prissy undies. I mean, she’s been in, like, a million movies, many of which young boys just worship.That’s why I can’t believe what she pulled at a Hollywood bash last week. Gulp. There’s no delicate way to put it, so here goes: J.J. banged a cater-waiter. And she didn’t take him home in a doggie bag. Nope, J.J. jumped this dude’s bones in the damn stairwell.”
It’s not clear yet why a seemingly healthy 32-year-old would have a heart attack (drugs), but the previous rumors may give a hint (it was drugs). The details to come in the next few days will probably not be kind (drugs), so I chose to remember how good she was in things like ‘Sin City’ and as Luann on ‘King of the Drugs’.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER - wrote a letter to the California state assembly yesterday (read it here) after they approved some new plan to give away more free money, and it was all TLDNR, but I somehow feel I got the gist of what he was trying to say anyway. (wall street journal)
OPRAH WINFREY - is a drunk and a drug addict, and her longtime boyfriend Stedman Graham has dumped her because of it. Not only that, now she’s ready to pay him 150 million dollars to keep him quiet. I would take it if I were him. This bitch is evil. In fact I heard she can throw fire from her hands. (the enquirer)
BRITTANY MURPHY - was visited by the cops this morning around 2:30am because she was on her balcony screaming and claiming she heard gun shots. No evidence of foul play was discovered, but still, Brittany did the right thing. If you ever hear gun fire, and you suspect a killer may be on the loose, go out into the open and flail around and yell at the darkness. If you have time, call 911, but first things first. (tmz)
LINDSAY LOHAN - could be dead within a year if she doesn’t get to rehab, according to her dad. Thankfully, Lindsay agrees and has decided to seek help. “I have not spoken to my father, nor have I responded to his threatening and erratic messages … he should try to be a real father.” Oh okay never mind. I was thinking of someone else. (the sun and wenn)
You have to remember that actors are fucking idiots and people kiss their ass all day so they think they’re good at stuff but usually they suck. For some reason this often leads to many of them thinking they can sing. I blame Fergie because people see that tranny mess flail around on stage like she's choking and they think, "how hard could this be?" Zoey Deschanel and her band are good if you like that kind of sound, and the Brittany Murphy song with Paul Oakenfold is actually pretty GD great, but Scarlett Johansson has set the new bar for awfulness with her Tom Waits cover of "Falling Down". The only way this experience could be any worse is if the monitor grew arms and started stabbing you.
Brittany Murphy doesn't have a particularly difficult reputation in town, but that will soon change if more stories like this one from the set of her new movie "Across the Hall" get out. Between her weird demands and her stalker husband it really makes you wonder if she's worth the trouble.
Murphy has been making outrageous demands while acting "like a diva," said one insider. "She's extremely difficult. When she gets to the set, it comes to a grinding halt. She's so hot and cold, you never know." According to our sources, Murphy insists on having diagonally cut peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crusts removed. "She needs one every hour. It's painstaking — her assistant takes about a half an hour making each one," said one crew member.
I don't mean to brag, but I should be a Hollywood assistant. I can make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in 19 minutes flat. I'm amazing.
The New York Daily News says that the weird marriage between Brittany Murphy and Simon Monjack (this handsome devil) is getting even weirder. Murphy is telling friends that she is being stalked by a powerful Hollywood figure and this mystery man may have even kidnapped Monjack for 10 days back in April. Murphy eventually had to pay a ransom for Monjacks return, although it's not clear who she paid the money too, because the time that Monjack was allegedly being kidnapped coincides with the 10 days he was in jail for overstaying his visa (he's British). The News says:
A source who used to work for the perky star says she talks darkly of "a high-powered Hollywood player" who is allegedly stalking her. And when her then-boyfriend, Simon Monjack, disappeared for 10 days in April, Murphy claimed he had been kidnapped by agents of this mysterious figure, says the source. "When he came back, he had head injuries," says the former insider. "He was pale and sometimes had trouble standing." Not only that, but the former staffer also claims Murphy said she was unable to pay him because the money had been used for ransom.
Monjack is apparently pretty shady and owes various people lots of money, but does that mean he lied to Murphy about a kidnapping to steal her money? Sure, why not.
Early last month it was confirmed that Brittany Murphy had married screenwriter Simon Monjack several weeks earlier in a private ceremony at Murphys home. Which was weird, because, as E! said at the time:
The hush-hush ceremony — and reluctant confirmation that a ceremony even took place — follows an equally quiet courtship. Murphy and Monjack didn't make any public appearances together and never announced their engagement, which, based on her dating timeline, had to have taken place within the past eight months. As recently as last summer, Murphy was eyeing a trip down the aisle with then fiancé Joe Macaluso.
And now weird gets weirder because the New York Post says:
Monjack was arrested on expired visa charges in the middle of the night on March 27 - just over a month before the couple's rushed marriage. The tabloid also hits the actress' tubby hubby with allegations of bad debts and sleazy business schemes, which sources told Page Six the "Clueless" cutie knew nothing about. Monjack's lawyer told us the charges are being made by "disgruntled ex-girlfriends".
People make fun of goofy chicks like Brittany Murphy because she's dumb and does stuff like this, but she's also the kind of girl that would let you feel her boobs in the sixth grade. So, in that sense, Brittany Murphy is one of our greatest heroes. If I were to make a list, she would come somewhere between Abraham Lincoln and Batman, and that's pretty dog-gone good.
