Kristin Cavallari of the MTV reality show The Hills raised eyebrows for the wrong reasons during Super Bowl weekend in Miami, according to a source quoted in the new issue of US Weekly. "She was wasted the entire time. She was going around to everyone, asking them to score her some coke."
Former teen idol Leif Garrett posted a $10,000 bond Wednesday after spending two days in a jail on a drug charge, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman said.
Garrett, 48, was arrested Monday at a downtown Los Angeles train station after police found heroin in his shoe, spokesman Steve Whitmore said. Garrett was 16 when he scored his first pop chart hit, “Surfin’ USA,” in 1977.
When deputies approached Garrett Monday morning at the Metrolink station, he was “acting in a pronounced way, shaking and sweating,” Whitmore said. Garrett told them he was “nervous around law enforcement because of other meetings with them in the past,” he said.
The singer did jail time four years ago after he was arrested with heroin while he stood on a subway platform at another Los Angeles transit station.
Troubled rocker Pete Doherty (former lead singer of the Libertines) narrowly escaped a prison sentence when he was caught “accidentally” carrying 4g of heroin into the Gloucester Magistrates’ Court. He was caught with the drugs just moments after being fined for careless driving. After the 30-year-old pled guilty to possession, he was given a £750 fine and £85 costs.
If R&B singer Charlie Wilson wins either of the awards he’s up for at this Sunday’s Grammys, his will be yet another great comeback story. "People really don’t know how I laid in the streets," Wilson said. "From that to this, I cried when they told me I had a Grammy nomination. It still doesn’t seem real to me, because so many doors have been shut on me so many times…Everything was derailed."
In a new issue of People, “The Hills” star Heidi Montag admits that she’s addicted to plastic surgery, saying Hollywood pressures drove her to undergo head-to-toe procedures and that she’s planning more.
Redmond O’Neal, son of actors Ryan O’Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, is back in jail after violating his parole with a drug-related charge last week.
Actor Stephen Baldwin, who has been on “Celebrity Rehab” and now appears on “Celebrity Big Brother,” has opened up about overcoming his cocaine addiction.
Legendary singer Sir Elton John talked to BBC Radio 5’s Danny Baker about helping rapper Eminem conquer his addiction to prescription drugs. John, who has been open about his own past drug abuse, said he has been helping Eminem get clean for more than a year, and that the rapper is doing “brilliantly.”
British singer Lily Allen, who became a star when millions discovered her tunes on MySpace, is giving up Facebook, Twitter, email, and more to beat her addiction to technology.
Actress Lindsay Lohan’s father claims the star is battling an addiction to prescription drugs. Lindsay was in Paris earlier this week to debut her fashion collection and broke down in tears while on the catwalk.
