Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole, an opera about the late blonde bombshell Anna Nicole Smith, will make a controversial debut in London on Thursday.
Described as "a celebrity story of our times that includes extreme language, drug abuse and sexual content," the opera will run for six sold-out shows beginning Feb. 17 at the prestigious Royal Opera House, according to the venue's official site. Mark-Anthony Turnage, the man behind 2003's Jerry Springer: The Opera, also composed Anna Nicole.
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Howard K. Stern
A judge dismissed the two conspiracy felony charges against Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern on Thursday, ruling that there was no evidence he intended fraud when he got drugs for the late star under fake names, The Associated Press reports.
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry also dismissed the two conspiracy charges against Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, Smith's psychiatrist, and reduced a charge against her of unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance to a misdemeanor. Citing Eroshevich's long career and her concern for Smith, Perry sentenced her to no more than one year of probation and a $100 fine for obtaining one Vicodin prescription under a false name.
"The evidence is that Howard Stern did not have an intent to break the law," Perry said, adding that without Stern's participation, there was no conspiracy ...
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Anna Nicole Smith
A jury on Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith's old boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, and her psychiatrist of conspiring to use false names to obtain prescription drugs for the late reality star, according to The Associated Press.
Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in...
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Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith
Howard K. Stern, the lawyer and companion of Anna Nicole Smith, was charged Wednesday with five felony counts in relation to the late reality star's drug use and February 2007 death.
Stern has pleaded not guilty to all five charges, which include four counts of obtaining fraudulent prescriptions and one count of prescribing, administering or dispensing controlled substances to an addict.
The tragic life and death of Anna Nicole Smith
The charges follow a March 2009 charge against Stern, Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. They were accused of...
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Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith may have had sexual contact with two of her doctors, and a Los Angeles pharmacist rejected a prescription for the reality star five months before her 2007 death, calling it "pharmaceutical suicide," the Los Angeles Times reports.
Newly unsealed affidavits revealed these details, including a description of the prescription in question, which called for 300 tablets ...
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Anna Nicole Smith
Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-boyfriend, and two doctors were charged with conspiring to furnish drugs to Smith prior to her death in February 2007.
The charges include conspiracy, unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance and prescribing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance to an addict, The Associated Press reports. Stern and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor were booked and released late Thursday on ...
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In separate petitions filed on Monday, Howard K. Stern is asking the court to recognize Anna Nicole Smith's 6-year-old will as a binding document, while Larry Birkhead has asked to be appointed the guardian of his and Smith's daughter Dannielynn's estate.If Smith's will is declared legal, the document tendered by Stern left an estimated $710,000 to Smith's (now-deceased) son, Daniel, and gave Stern custody of the then-minor. A probate proceeding will sort through Smith's assets and debts and establish a trust for Dannielynn, who could possibly inherit the $500 million estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall III. A hearing slated for June 19 will consider the will as well as Birkhead's petition, which claims that Dannielynn's dad "is in the best position to protect and safeguard the interests of the child... including her interests in the estate of her deceased mother."
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Although the late Playboy pinup's non-babydaddy Howard K. Stern is claming that two diaries being sold to the highest bidder(s) this Saturday are stolen property and as such should be returned to him (though he, um, didn't write them), Dallas' Heritage Auction Galleries says, "In the absence of a judge stopping this auction, this auction will go forward." Also on the block: a $16,954.66 receipt from a shopping spree Smith went on in 1992, a signed bank check (probably no longer any good, just a hunch), and the dimbulb bombshell's 1994 Texas driver's ID (the first of its kind to denote bust size as opposed to eye color).
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After months of speculation, photographer Larry Birkhead has been declared the biological father of Anna Nicole Smith's now 7-month-old daughter, Dannielynn, a court in the Bahamas ruled on Tuesday. The ruling was determined through DNA evidence submitted by Smith and fellow claimants Howard K. Stern and Prince Fredric Von Anhalt. Smith and Birkhead had a contentious relationship by the time Dannielynn was born, and it was only exacerbated when Smith identified Stern, her lawyer and live-in companion, as the baby's father (and even listed him as such on Dannielynn's birth certificate). Though everyone involved has been issued a gag order by the court — the case is still in progress — Birkhead, speaking briefly to reporters after the decision came down, said he believed Smith "would be proud that I fought [for custody]." Stern, in turn, said the months-long process has been "difficult, very difficult," due in part to media coverage that he deemed "beyond irresponsible" and ...
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This is no way to get the tabloids off your back. Although Court TV has reported that a swab test already has been performed on Anna Nicole Smith's 6-month-old, Dannielynn, the deceased's lawyer and the supposed father of the baby, Howard K. Stern, is trying to block the ruling that ordered the test in the first place. Dude, if you're the dad, chill; if you're not, give it up already. In other parenting news, Angelina Jolie left Hanoi yesterday with more than a lousy T-shirt: She took home her new son, Pax Thien Jolie (né Pham Quang Sang), whom she renamed with the Latin word for "peace" and the Vietnamese word for "sky" or "heaven." 'Cause Bob just didn't have the same ring to it.
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