Los Angeles - Actress Lindsay Lohan is stoking fresh fears about her wellbeing after posing for a nude photo spread in a New York magazine. The presentation has Lohan, 21, recreating the final photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe before the Hollywood legend died from a drug overdose in 1962.
Lohan has been in rehab three times over the past year, raising concerns about her befalling a similar fate to the famous blonde bombsell. Actor Heath Ledger also died recently from an overdose of prescription medication, but Lohan insisted she would not share their fate.
"They are both prime examples of what this industry can do to someone," Lohan said. "I don't know. I'm not them. But I sure as hell wouldn't let it happen to me."
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Protestors hope to stop demolition of Carpenters' home
Los Angeles - A group of devoted fans of the 1970's pop sensations The Carpenters are trying to prevent the demolition of the siblings' home that featured in their 1973 hit Now & Then, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The five bedroom house in Downey, California was where Richard and Karen Carpenter fine-tuned their greatest hits and was where an anorexic Karen Carpenter collapsed in 1983 before dying.
The pair's parents remained in the residence until Harold Carpenter's death in 1988 and Agnes Carpenter's in 1996. Richard Carpenter sold the place in mid-1997 but the new owner has decided to raze the old place partly to put a stop to fans coming there to pay homage to the group.
"This house is our version of Graceland," Carpenters fan Jon Konjoyan told the Los Angeles Times. "They were such a huge American act in the 70s," added Konjoyan, who is leading the campaign to save the house.
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Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell to replace Heath Ledger
Los Angeles - Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell are to move into Heath Ledger's final role in the unfinished movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, according to movie website Ain't It Cool News, Monday.
The three superstars will play different versions of Ledger's character, Tony, who uses a paranormal mirror to move between three difference dimensions in Terry Gilliam's fantasy movie.
The film was shooting in London when Ledger died from an accidental overdose on January 22. Other cast members include Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield and Verne Troyer.
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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder going solo
Los Angeles - Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is launching a solo tour to help promote his acclaimed soundtrack for Sean Penn's movie Into The Wild.
Vedder won a Golden Globe for the track Guaranteed, but was a surprise omission when Oscar nominations were announced last month. He will attempt to overcome the disappointment with an April Fools tour of west coast locations in Canada and the US, which will see him play just seven gigs in Vancouver and along the California coast.
