A judge on Monday ordered Lindsay Lohan to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet and refused to ease restrictions involving weekly drug and alcohol testing so the actress can film a movie in Texas.
The 23-year-old actress has been on probation since August 2007 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges.
Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel set a probation violation hearing for July 6 to address Lohan’s failure to appear in court last week for a scheduled progress report on the probation stemming from the two high-profile arrests.
Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, said Lohan’s passport was stolen while in Cannes, France, and she was unable to return to Los Angeles in time for last week’s hearing. Holley told Revel on Monday she has proof Lohan had an airplane ticket to return for the hearing.
The husband of Brittany Murphy was found dead by his mother-in-law late Sunday at the Los Angeles home he shared with the late actress, the coroner’s office said.
Simon Monjack’s death was reported as a possible heart attack and appeared to be from natural causes, Los Angeles County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. There were no signs of foul play or physical injury to his body, Winter said.
Prescription medications belonging to Monjack, 39, were found in his bedroom, but there was no immediate indication that he overdosed, Winter said.
An autopsy was planned today, but a final cause of death would await results of planned toxicology tests, Winter said.
Murphy, 32, died Dec. 20 after collapsing in the home. The coroner’s report said medications found in her system were consistent with treatment of a cold or respiratory infection.
Dolly Parton — who plays Miley Cyrus’ aunt on “Hannah Montana” — says the final season of the show mirrors Cyrus’ real life, down to the backlash against her.
Eds. note: Spoilers follow.
According to Parton, Cyrus’ character takes off her blond “Hannah Montana” wig and reveals her true identity as Miley Stewart.
Parton says the media were then saying bad things about Miley — “just the same way they’re doing now in the real press.”
Cyrus has recently stirred controversy with two videos, including one that showed the 17-year-old bumping and grinding with “So You Think You Can Dance” judge Adam Shankman.
“Hannah Montana” season four premieres in July.
A Connecticut judge dismissed a drunken-driving charge against Rip Torn after the actor completed a court-ordered alcohol education program.
Torn was arrested in December 2008.
Bantam Superior Court Judge Cara Eschuck dismissed the charge Friday because Torn completed a program that gives drunken-driving defendants a chance to clear their records.
But another case is pending against the 79-year-old: charges that he broke into a bank in January while intoxicated and armed. He returns to court today in that case.
Associated Press
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