LOS ANGELES — The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office said records of the prescription in the name of the former teen heartthrob were found during an investigation of the ring that illegally obtained prescription pads and used the stolen identities of doctors to fill them out.

“Corey Haim’s death is yet another tragedy linked to the growing problem of prescription drug abuse,” Brown said in a written statement. “This problem is increasingly linked to criminal organizations, like the illegal and massive prescription drug ring under investigation.”

Los Angeles County coroner’s officials, however, said they have not yet determined what killed the 38-year-old Haim on Wednesday.

State law enforcement authorities said they were investigating the drug ring and how the name of Haim, who battled addiction for years, appeared on the prescription.

Javier Salaiz, an investigator with the state attorney general’s office, said authorities have not yet confirmed that Haim actually filled the prescription or if someone was using his name to acquire the prescription.

However, a person familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing said Haim may have been doctor shopping.

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said four prescription drug bottles bearing the actor’s name were found in the apartment where he collapsed, but all those drugs had been provided by a doctor who had been treating the actor.

The coroner’s office has declined to state what medications were discovered, but said no illegal drugs were found.inter said no determination had been made about Haim’s cause of death, and toxicology tests would not be available for at least a month.

He said he had not been contacted by the attorney general’s office.

“It surprises me that Jerry Brown would come out and give a cause of death,” he said.

Brown said later in an interview that he didn’t know what killed Haim.

The illegal prescription was for the powerful painkiller OxyContin, he said.

“This is a growing and dangerous problem,” Brown said.

Christine Gasparac, a spokeswoman for Brown, said the prescription was found through the state’s computer database that tracks prescriptions that are filled.

Investigators believe the ring either sells the pads on the street to addicts or to people who then fill out the forms and obtain the drugs for illegal distribution.

Doctors whose names are on the form usually aren’t aware that their identity is being used illegally.

So far, authorities have uncovered up to 5,000 fraudulent prescriptions linked to the fraud ring in Southern California.

Haim’s agent, Mark Heaslip, said his client’s medications were prescribed by an addiction specialist who was working with the actor. He said he thinks, based on what Haim’s mother has told him, the actor may have had an adverse reaction to the medication because he was ill.

“I don’t think Corey overdosed, not at all,” Heaslip said.

Authorities have said Haim was suffering from flulike symptoms in the days before his death.

Seattle-based Heaslip has served as Haim’s agent for 18 months but first met the actor, best known for his roles in the 1980s flicks “The Lost Boys” and “Lucas,” in November. He said Haim was poised for a comeback and showed no signs of addiction.

“He’s never given me a sign of that,” Heaslip said.

Plans are being completed for a public memorial for Haim in Los Angeles. The actor is expected to be buried at a private funeral in his native Canada, Heaslip said.

Brown’s office has made prescription drug abuse a priority. It worked with the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office to bring drug conspiracy charges against two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith.

Brown also has launched a probe of doctors whose names have come up during the investigation into the death of Michael Jackson.
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Here she is in Abu Dhabi presenting a lifetime achievement award to Moroccan hurdler Nawal El Moutawakel at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES — Michael “Big Mike” Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the “American Idol” judges giddy with a moving performance of “This Woman’s Work.”

Lynche, a mountain of a guy who lives up to his nickname, performed last among the eight male semifinalists Wednesday and emerged as the star of the Fox TV show.

“You come out with an incredibly difficult song to sing, and you 100 percent nailed it,” said Simon Cowell. “Not just the best performance of the night, it was the best performance of all these live shows so far.”

The eight female semifinalists performed Tuesday, with the top six vote-getters from the men’s and women’s groups to be announced Thursday.

Lynche, 26, of Astoria, N.Y., moved impressively from a quiet falsetto start to a booming finale, but it was as much the story behind the song as his range that touched DioGuardi. Lynche’s wife had a baby girl while he was in Los Angeles making the cut for “Idol.”

“It’s amazing. You were amazing,” DioGuardi said. “It’s your life right now, it’s your respect for your wife, what you’ve gone through. … It brought me to tears.”

The other contestants, who may have been glad they didn’t have to follow Lynche, picked up a mixture of praise and criticism.

Andrew Garcia, 24, Moreno Valley, Calif., had the roughest night, with his performance of “Genie in a Bottle” deemed pitchy by Jackson and dismissed by Cowell as “a little bit desperate.”

Casey James, 27, of Fort Worth, Texas, did better with “You’ll Think of Me,” which Ellen DeGeneres and Cowell said sounded “great” but struck Jackson as a safe choice.Tim Urban scored with his version of “Hallelujah,” which is becoming an “American Idol” standard.

DeGeneres, noting she has been critical of the 20-year-old from Duncanville, Texas, jumped on the stage to give him a congratulatory hug and called his rendition “fantastic.”

“Todrick’s back!” was Jackson’s response to Todrick Hall’s performance of “Somebody to Love,” while Cowell said it was a mixed performance but may have saved Hall, 24, of Arlington, Texas, from elimination.

Alex Lambert’s version of “Trouble” drew mostly favorable critiques, including a highly creative offering from DeGeneres.

“You’re becoming a mushy banana. You’re ripening so fast,” she said. Translation: The 19-year-old from North Richland Hills, Texas, is getting better and better.

Aaron Kelley, with “I’m Already There,” showed he has the “makings of a great,” Jackson said, and Cowell lauded his emotional delivery – while dismissing DioGuardi’s contention the song about a man away from his family was too old for the 16-year-old from Sonestown, Pa.

Lee Dewyze, 23, of Mount Prospect, Ill., showed “there’s a star bubbling there” with his version of “Fireflies,” said DioGuardi, while Cowell said he was better than the performance but had a “great chance” of making the top 12.

If not, DeGeneres could set him up on a date as a consolation prize: She’s heard from several people with crushes on him, she said.

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As blind faith of people continues ,over so called spiritual babas, swamis,gurus and so their fraud activities and scams features every day. Recently series of sex scandals rocked Indian media mostly coming from fake swamis,maharaj and what not.

Meet Top Indian so called Swamis with their fraud profile status

Swami Paramhansa Nityanand : Belongs to Tamil Nadu , South India missing,since exposure of his latest sex scam with Tamil Actress,through sting operation from unknown location by Tamil news channel ,which also flooded the internet . Interestingly his former disciple Lenin Karuppan takes responsibility of shooting video to unmasked 32 year old swami’s shameful act before world ,one of the biggest sex scandal in India.

Icchadhari Bimanand alias Shiv Murti Dwivedi : Belongs to chitrakoot Uttra pradesh a Self Styled God man , was recently arrested by Delhi Police, for operating high profile sex racket involving air hostesses and students . Most interesting side ,he was famous with the names like , Ram Murat Divedi alias Rajiv Ranjan Diwedi . Who also called himself Icchadhari Sant Bimanand maharaj , one face with different names. Latest updates reveal that diwedi had strong links with dasyu samrat a dacoit king.

Kripaluji Maharaj : Ram Kripal Tripathi also known as Kripaluji Maharaj whose ashram witnessed
stampeded in Pratapgarh last week in UP killing 63 people is still missing . According to police 88 year old maharaj was also charged of rape case in Nagpur in 1991. In 2007 he was arrested , when a women from Guyanese ,Trinidad has filed similar case against him.

Kalki bhagavan fraud : Another Fraud is coming from south India, reportedly exposed by Telugu news channel in which Kalki Bhagavan Vijay Kumar Naidu and Amma Bhagawan claim to be two super natural divines or avatars . They claim that they have given intellectual or spiritual light to 64000 people around the world . Mean while One of the devotees Narayana revealed that kalki Bhagavan and Amma Bhagwan are charging heavy sums of money for their darshan.

S Nityananda Scandal Video with Ranjitha

Swami Paramhansa Nityanand published a VCD which was distributed by his lawyer to the media. Nityanand said that he had not committed any crime. In the five minute VCD, Swami Paramhansa Nityanand appeared wearing an ochre robe and turban. He started his speech with an incantation and said that “calumnies and rumors” were being spread against him. Swami Paramhansa Nityanand said that he had been receiving many emails and phone calls and letters from devotees and friends expressing their support and affection. Swami Paramhansa Nityanand said that he and his associates were looking into the matter and trying to find out the actual facts. Swami Paramhansa Nityanand appealed to his devotees to stay calm and patient and said that he would soon come out with explanation and all the answers. Swami Paramhansa Nityanand requested his supporters not to reach any conclusion hastily. Swami Paramhansa Nityanand gave his speech in Tamil but no where he talked about the sex VCD.

On March 2, 2010, the Indian media went into frenzy when a video clip of Swami Paramhansa Nityanand was shown on famous Tamil television channel, Sun TV network. Swami Paramhansa Nityanand was a very popular godman in Tamil Nadu. He had thousands of devotees. The video clip came to them as a big shock. Later, people ransacked the institutions of Swami Nityanand. The videos clip was recorded by one of Nityanand’s disciples named Nithya Dharmananda alias Lenin. He later surrendered to the police and said that he has more DVDs of Swami Paramhansa Nityanand.

“The Hills” star Audrina Patridge is on the April 2010 cover of FHM UK in a red bikini that makes the most of her curves.

But, how does she stack up against former “Hills” roommate Lauren Conrad, who was on the cover of Shape last year?
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Robert Pattinson appeared on ‘The View’ Tuesday to promote his new film ‘Remember Me,’ and the ladies asked him about his recent NSFW Details spread in which he professed an allergy to and hatred for vaginas.

“Did I make this up, or did I read that you said something about vaginas?” asked Barbara Walters.

Robert laughed then said, “I learned two things from that interview. Never try to make a joke during a print interview and never do interviews, ever.”

Then he tried to make another joke, it seems.

“I do have an actual allergy,” he said as his mom looked on from the audience. “It’s terrible. It’s a curse.”

You can see Robert posing with nude models (NSFW) here and here.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver police say “Growing Pains” actor Andrew Koenig has been found dead. At a press conference in the downtown park where his body was found, police said foul play was not suspected, but would not release a cause of death because the coroner is still investigating.

The actor’s father, Walter Koenig, said his son “took his own life.” Walter Koenig played Pavel Chekov on the original “Star Trek” TV series.

Friends found the body at around noon Thursday in a heavily wooded area about 100 feet (30 meters) from a popular foot path.

Koenig, 41, was visiting friends in Vancouver when he went missing more than a week ago.

The Venice, California, native had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom as Boner, a pal of star Kirk Cameron’s character, Mike.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The head of Taylor Swift’s record label is fired up and ready to defend his superstar from people who are criticizing her Grammy-night performance.

“She is the voice of this generation. She speaks directly to (her fans), and they speak directly back to her,” said Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta in a phone interview. “This is not `American Idol.’ This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”

Borchetta first responded to the backlash in The Tennessean. Asked by The Associated Press why he felt the need to defend Swift, he said because the criticism was “just over the top.”

“It’s that classic thing that critics do of building something up and then wanting to tear it down,” he said.

Swift rehearsed her performance and duet with Stevie Nicks two different times at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in front of a crowd of people. Critics were nicer then. Entertainment Weekly wrote of the rehearsal, “The two women’s voices complimented each other nicely on the harmonies of `Rhiannon …’”

But on Sunday night’s Grammy show, Borchetta said Swift had a technical issue that made her worry about her performance. (Attempts to reach The Recording Academy for comment went unanswered.)

“We had a volume problem in the ear. So, she was concerned that she wasn’t able to hear everything in the mix,” Borchetta said. “That’s just part of live TV. … So you’re going to have difficulties on occasion. Unfortunately, on one of the biggest stages, we did have a technical issue. She couldn’t hear herself like she had in rehearsal.”

As quickly as you could say “Fearless,” bloggers and media outlets, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, pounced on Swift’s performance. The chatter at times overshadowed the four Grammys she won – including album of the year.
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Battle of the little black leather dresses: Angelina Jolie stole the show in one at the ‘Inglourious Basterds’ premiere Monday night, but did she also steal Jennifer Aniston’s edgy moment? Jen appears on the September cover of Elle, which was shot months ago, in a similar strapless black leather bustier ensemble.

Jen cinched hers with a belt and Angelina paired hers with a chunky ring and the ultimate accessory: Brad Pitt.