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Bret Easton Ellis, two decades beyond 'Zero'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn his 1985 breakout novel, "Less Than Zero," Bret Easton Ellis, then all of 21 years old, created young, jaded Angelenos who just didn't care about anything: They recounted cocaine scores and semi-anonymous sex in the same tone with which they lamented...Tags: Vermont, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Crimes, Edmund Wilson, Literature
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Shocking death
Brad Renfro, the troubled young actor whose film career began at age 12 with "The Client," has died. He was 25. His body was found in his L.A. home early Tuesday, his lawyer Richard Kaplan said. Renfro served 10 days in jail in May 2006 after pleading... -
Funeral set
A funeral service for child star actor Brad Renfro is scheduled for Monday in his native Tennessee, Us Weekly magazine reports on its Web site. Renfro, who co-starred in "The Client" with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones, was found dead in his home last...Tags: Susan Sarandon, Tennessee, Tommy Lee Jones
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NAME DROPPING
*Remembered: Anna Nicole Smith, one year after her death by drug overdose in Florida. Companion Howard K. Stern recalled her in worshipful terms at Friday's memorial in the Bahamas, also attended by ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead and their daughter,...Tags: Scott Weiland, Anna Nicole Smith, Florida
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Brad Renfro's Oscar Snub an 'Editing Decision'
Zap2It.comEvery year, an Oscar montage honors those in the movie world that died in the past year. The 80th Academy Awards montage, however, conspicuously left out one of the deceased: Brad Renfro. A spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...Tags: Heath Ledger, Movies, Academy Awards, Los Angeles, Film Festivals
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'No Country' tops SAGs
"No Country for Old Men" won top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, taking home a statuette for best ensemble in a motion picture.
Earlier in the evening, Javier Bardem won best supporting actor for his role in the gritty western...Tags: Tony Soprano, Sally Field, Edie Falco, Ethan Coen, Alzheimer's Disease
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Brad Renfro Found Dead at Home
Brad Renfro, a Hollywood actor best known for his roles in "The Client" and "Ghost World" and for his off-screen history of drug abuse, was found dead this morning, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was 25. Authorities said Renfro's body was...Tags: Celebrity, Susan Sarandon, Tennessee, Stephen King, John Grisham
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WHOVILLE
Renfro snub? The Motion Picture Academy denied Monday that it snubbed Brad Renfro by not including his death in the in memoriam segment of the Oscars. Renfro, who starred as a child in "The Client," died of an accidental drug overdose in January. "In any...Tags: Beverly Hills, Valerie Bertinelli, Oprah Winfrey, Justice System, Academy Awards
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Actor Brad Renfro died from heroin overdose
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterActor Brad Renfro, who rose to stardom as a child star but was dogged by troubles with drugs, died last month from an accidental overdose of heroin, coroner's officials said today. Renfro had injection marks on his hands when he was found dead Jan. 15 at...Tags: Celebrity, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Tennessee, Addiction, Los Angeles
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Ledger's death is a shock to Hollywood, fans
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe death of 28-year-old Heath Ledger, hailed as one of the great hopes among his generation of actors, was a brutal shock for Hollywood on Tuesday and grimly ended any hope that the day would be a simple celebration of this year's Oscar nominations. ---...Tags: Terry Gilliam, Euthanasia, Emily Bronte, Batman, Suicide
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Dead at 28
"I like to do something I fear. I like to set up obstacles and defeat them. I like to be afraid of the project. I always am. When I get cast in something, I always believe I shouldn't have been cast. I fooled them again. I can't do it. I don't know how...Tags: Celebrity, Freddie Prinze Jr., Heath Ledger, River Phoenix, Brandon Lee
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Drug Offenders to Be Banned From Skid Row
Times Staff WriterFrustrated by their inability to curtail skid row's burgeoning drug trade, Los Angeles law enforcement leaders on Tuesday unveiled a new but untested weapon: prohibiting people convicted of drug offenses from returning to the area while on probation. The...Tags: Civil Rights, Crimes, Gang Activity, Computer Crime, Security
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