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HEATH LEDGER - SIX PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOUND
NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say they found six different types of prescription drugs in Heath Ledger's apartment. It was a mix of anti-anxiety medications, sleeping pills and an antihistamine. They say three of the drugs were prescribed in Europe. Ledger had recently been filming in London. Also, the rolled up $20 bill that authorities found near his body came back clean. Lab tests didn't find any trace of drugs on it. Authorities say the cause of death won't be known for several days. <HEATH LEDGER - TIMELINE NEW YORK (AP) -- The timeline of Heath Ledger's death is now a little more clear. A housekeeper heard Ledger snoring when she went into his bedroom on the afternoon he died. A little over an hour and a half later, a massage therapist arrived. No one answered when she knocked on the door to Ledger's bedroom, so she went in and set up her massage table. The masseuse told police that Ledger was cold to the touch when she tried to wake him up, and she thought he was unconscious. The next thing she did was grab his cell phone and call Mary-Kate Olsen, knowing they were friends. Olsen was in California but said she would send over her private security guards. The masseuse then realized Ledger might be dead, so she called 911. Paramedics showed up minutes later, about the same time Olsen's guards arrived.
HEATH LEDGER - FOOTPRINTS
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a concrete impression of Heath Ledger's daughter in Brooklyn. A neighbor tells People.com that Ledger put Matilda's foot in wet cement and engraved her name on a patch of sidewalk outside their old house. The man says Ledger did that about two years ago when he and Michelle Williams were living there.
"AMERICAN IDOL" - CHARLESTON AUDITIONS SEND 23 THROUGH TO HOLLYWOOD
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Everyone tries to stand out at "American Idol" auditions. For Oliver Highman, his pregnant wife helped out. He was supposed to be the first to audition in Charleston, but his wife went into labor. Highman got another chance to try out, but the judges thought he was too warbly. Other people who were sent home included the guy who called himself "the black Clay Aiken," the angry waitress from Kellie Pickler's hometown, the woman named after Aretha Franklin and the couple who met on the "Idol" message boards. But out of 10,000 contestants, there were 23 sent to Hollywood. Simon Cowell said he couldn't split up the brother-sister duo, so they both received golden tickets. A high school dance team captain who preaches abstinence is moving on, even though Cowell told her, "a lot of people are going to find you annoying." "American Idol" heads to Omaha, Nebrasaka, next week. <"AMERICAN IDOL" - SINGLE DAD CONTESTANT HAS POLICE RECORD UNDATED (AP) -- It didn't take too long to find some dirt on one "American Idol" contestant. A police report on TMZ.com shows that Perrie Cataldo was arrested in 2006 for carrying a concealed weapon into a bar. He pleaded no contest and paid a fine. Cataldo was the single dad who said the mother of his child was killed for being "at the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong people, doing the wrong thing." He made it through to Hollywood at the San Diego auditions.
ROGER EBERT UNDERGOING SURGERY AGAIN
UNDATED (AP) -- Roger Ebert says he's going to have more surgery this week. A statement in The Chicago Sun-Times says this one is to deal with complications from previous cancer operations. One surgery left him unable to speak -- so he hasn't been able to appear on "At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper." But he says he's written several advance reviews and other columns that'll appear while he recovers.
TOM CRUISE TO PRESENT AT SAG AWARDS
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tom Cruise is going to be a presenter at the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on Sunday. He presented at the Oscars last year, but this'll be the first time he presents at the SAG Awards. Other stars are handing out awards, including Steve Carell, Russell Crowe, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker and John Travolta.
'THERE WILL BE BLOOD' MUSICAL SCORE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR OSCAR NOMINATION
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It turns out, "There Will Be Blood" wasn't snubbed after all. Jonny Greenwood's music for the movie isn't among the five Academy Award nominees for best original score, but that's because it wasn't entirely original. The chairman of the Academy's music branch says the Oscar is given for music that's written specifically for the picture. Some of the score came from a performance Greenwood did for the BBC, and other parts came from a Brahms violin concerto.
Last Update: January 24, 2008 03:06 EST
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