Eighties teen idol Corey Haim died Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, according to Los Angeles police.

The Canadian-born actor, who starred in “The Lost Boys” but was probably best known for his roles with fellow actor Corey Feldman, was 38.

He was found unresponsive at his Oakwood apartment around 3:30 a.m.,according to KTLA-TV. His mother was at the apartment at the time of his death.

The actor, who has struggled with drug addiction, was pronounced dead at Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank.

Police were called to the hospital just before 4 a.m. to investigate his death.

Police sources told CBS Haim’s death appeared accidental. Haim has been in and out of rehab and starred in a reality show with Feldman in 2007 called “The Two Coreys.”

He talked about his struggle with drugs - specificially prescription drugs.

“I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much,” he told a reporter in 2007.

“And that was just the Valium - I’m not talking about the other pills I went through.”

Haim’s official website was last updated on Jan. 18 and promotes his upcoming film, a thriller titled “American Sunset.”

Redmond O’Neal, appearing in court Wednesday for a status hearing on his judge-ordered drug rehab, tells People that his late mother Farrah Fawcett is on his mind as he fights addiction.

“I’m doing great. I am focused on my recovery and plan not to let anything get in the way,” O’Neal, 25, says. “I am doing my best to make my mother proud.”

As part of the evaluation, L.A. Superior Court Judge Michael Tynan eliminated all home visits for O’Neal, who is in a one-year residential facility, telling him, “Right now, pal, you are still in trouble. You need to take a good look inside or nothing will ever change.”

A Swedish hip-hop artist who ran down and killed a man at a Hollywood crosswalk has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

David Moses Jassy, who also uses the name Dave Monopoly, was sentenced Thursday for second-degree murder and other crimes.

Prosecutors say the 35-year-old rapper killed John Osnes in November 2008 after the pedestrian activist banged on the hood of his rented SUV when it stopped in a crosswalk.

Authorities say the rapper punched the 55-year-old Osnes in the face, kicked him in the head and ran him over him as he drove away.

Jassy testified that he never intended to hurt Osnes.

Jassy claims to have sung with and written several songs for “High School Musical” star Ashley Tisdale.

Police say they have arrested a man suspected of stalking TV and radio therapist Dr. Drew Pinsky and his family.

Police say they arrested 33-year-old Charles Pearson on Wednesday after Pinsky notified them of threats received by him and his family.

Jail records show Pearson is being held on $150,000 bail.

The driver who accused supermodel Naomi Campbell of assaulting him said Thursday through his lawyer that he “got angry and overreacted” and regrets involving the police.

“This whole thing has been blown out of proportion and I apologize to Ms. Campbell for causing that to happen,” driver Miodrag Mejdina said.

Mejdina told police Tuesday that Campbell hit him from behind and his head struck the steering wheel of the car, causing bruising under his right eye. He pulled over in midtown Manhattan and got out to speak to a traffic agent, who alerted police. Campbell was not at the scene when officers arrived, police said.

Sarah Palin showed up at a celebrity gift suite with two daughters, her brother and a small entourage in tow and loaded up with free promotional cosmetic and fashion items being given away in connection with Oscar-week festivities.

Lorna Khoo of Cardstore.com and various other vendors exhibiting their wares at the Silver Spoon gift suite said the former vice presidential candidate visited the suite on Wednesday morning and snapped up organic soaps from Wembe, personalized stationery from Cardstore.com, leopard-print wedge sandals from Bandals, and a slinky robe from Jenna Leigh lingerie.

“I gave the same robe to Jennifer Aniston,” said Jenna Leigh, the designer whose label bears her name.

Gift suites spring up all over town during Hollywood’s awards season, offering free merchandise to any celebrities who happen to drop by in exchange for the promotional value their star power brings.

Kim Kardashian was driving in LA when the cops decided she should probably have a license plate on her car. Duh! Kim’s co-passenger thought it was funny too!

Ms. Kardashian seems to get pulled over a lot, for stupid little infractions. She doesn’t drive drunk – thank God – or speed, but she forgets things. Like licenses.

According to Zimbio: The reality star was driving with Jonathan Cheban, her co-star on the new reality show SPINdustry, who posted a picture from the incident on Twitter.

Cheban wrote: “Haha @kimkardashian and I just got pulled over!” Kim wrote back: “For no license plate! Annoying.”

No word on why exactly Kim was driving around without a license plate, but she should know that’s a quick way to get a cop’s attention!

Former “Family Ties” actor Brian Bonsall has been arrested again in Colorado, this time on a charge of using marijuana in violation of the terms of his release.

Deputies handcuffed and led the 28-year-old from a Boulder courtroom Friday after he pleaded not guilty to an assault charge and a failure to report charge involving another case. Bail was set at $10,000.

Bonsall’s defense attorney says the actor needs marijuana for headaches and has applied for a medical marijuana card through the state.

He is accused of repeatedly hitting a friend the head with a broken wooden stool in December and of missing a court hearing in 2007 in another assault case.

Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has been charged with misdemeanour battery and vandalism after allegedly attacking a photographer in Los Angeles last year.

The charges relate to an incident in Brentwood in October 2009, during which a paparazzi member was injured in the leg.

Apparent video footage of the conflict was shown on US website TMZ.com.

The actor - who was sentenced to 60 days in jail in 1987 after attacking a photographer - faces a maximum of 18 months in jail if convicted.

The 49-year-old will be arraigned on 22 March, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office said on Friday.

In an interview with a US magazine, Sir Elton John has revealed his opinion on Jesus.

“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems,” says the singer.

“On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.”

A spokesperson for the Church of England has commented on Elton’s comments;

“Sir Elton’s reflection that Jesus calls us all to love and forgive is one shared by all Christians.”

“But insights into aspects of the historic person of Jesus are perhaps best left to the academics,” he added.

It’s over between actress Abbie Cornish and boyfriend Ryan Phillippe, her spokesperson confirms.

“Abbie ended the relationship with Ryan and she moved out of their home,” the rep tells. On Sunday, the actress was spotted removing her belongings from the house she shared with Phillippe while he visited a friend with children Ava and Deacon.

The split follows months of tabloid speculation that Phillippe has been unfaithful to Cornish — regularly hitting the nightclubs and being linked to other women. When asked about the cause of the break-up and whether Phillippe cheated on Cornish, her rep replied, “No comment.”

Hulk Hogan has settled a lawsuit with the family of a young man critically injured in a car crash caused by the celebrity wrestler’s son.

An attorney for the family of  John Graziano held a news conference Friday to announce the settlement. Lawyer George Tragos did not disclose the terms of the settlement.

The 25-year-old Graziano was riding without a seat belt in Nick Bollea’s speeding Toyota Supra when it crashed in downtown Clearwater in August 2007.

Graziano suffered brain injuries and spent two years in a hospital before his release in September. The Iraq war veteran’s family says his care will cost millions.

Nick Bollea pleaded no contest to reckless driving and spent more than five months in jail.

Police on Friday arrested a man prohibited from contacting Audrina Patridge outside the reality star’s Los Angeles home.

Zachary Loring, 24, was arrested around 8 a.m. after was seen knocking on the door of “The Hills” star’s home, Los Angeles police Sgt. Kyle Kirkman said.

Officers responded after receiving a 911 call and Loring was arrested without incident, Kirkman said. Loring was not carrying a weapon, he said.

Loring was being held Friday afternoon on $160,000 bail on suspicion of stalking and violating a court order. It was his second arrest outside Patridge’s home.

Patridge, 24, obtained a three-year restraining order against Loring in September. She testified at a hearing that she was afraid after Loring repeatedly came to her house and gave her disturbing drawings.

An emotional Tiger Woods haws apologized for his “irresponsible and selfish behavior” as the golf superstar broke his silence on the sex scandal that engulfed him last year.

In a brutally honest self-assessment broadcast live around the world Friday, the 34-year-old admitted to a string of infidelities and confirmed he had been undergoing treatment in a rehabilitation center for 45 days.

However after repeatedly apologizing to family, friends and fans during his 13-minute address, Woods did not confirm when he would return to golf, saying only that it would be “one day,” possibly this year.

“I want to say to each of you simply and directly: I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in,” Woods told a hand-picked audience of friends and journalists at the USPGA Tour Headquarters in Florida.

“I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did is not acceptable, and I am the only person to blame,” a humbled Woods said, at times staring directly into the camera during his blunt admissions of wrongdoing and apology to his fans and associates.

“For all that I have done, I am so sorry. I have a lot to atone for.”

Woods’s squeaky-clean image was left in tatters last year after a mysterious late-night car crash outside his home in Florida was followed by a string of lurid revelations about his personal life.

More than a dozen women were linked to the billionaire sports star in the weeks following the car crash. Woods later admitted “transgressions” but had not been seen or spoken in public until this week.

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating actor Andrew Koenig, who had a recurring role on the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains.”

Vancouver police say Koenig was visiting friends in West Vancouver when he went missing. He was last seen on Feb. 14.

A statement released by the police department says Koenig “has recently been despondent and his family and friends are concerned for his well-being.”

Koenig, 41, lives in Venice, Calif., but at one time lived in Vancouver. He is the son of  Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on the “Star Trek” television series and movies.

On “Growing Pains” Koenig played Boner, a pal of star Kirk Cameron’s character Mike.

A woman who accused British punk rocker Johnny Rotten of assault has reached a deal with the former Sex Pistols frontman and will withdraw a legal complaint against him, a legal source said Wednesday.Lawyers for Roxane Davis informed the Los Angeles Superior Court of the deal at the end of January, but details of the agreement have not yet been revealed.

Davis accused the singer, whose real name is John Lydon, of attacked her in January 2007 because he was unsatisfied with the hotel room she had reserved for him.

Davis was working as a production assistant on a reality television show starring the former singer, now 54.

She filed the complaint in June 2008, seeking damages from Rotten and alleged he was both violent and had sexually harassed her.

The Sex Pistols, famed for their 1976 punk anthem “Anarchy in the UK,” broke up in 1978 but have gotten back together for occasional

The LA Sheriff’s Department arrested former teen idol Leif Garrett at a downtown Metrolink station midday on Monday for possessing a controlled substance.

Garrett, 48, who was reportedly taken into custody and put behind bars was expecting his release on Wednesday morning. His next court date is set for Feb. 24.

Garrett’s has a long history of doing drugs that dates back to the ’90s. He entered a California treatment facility for violating his probation after a 2004 arrest.

Besides releasing 10 music albums in his heyday of the 1970s and ’80s, Garrett has appeared in numerous TV shows and some three-dozen films.

Garrett was arrested earlier on the Metro Red Line back in 2006, when he was caught for allegedly riding without a ticket. Heroin and Quaaludes were also found in his possession. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail for the incident.

Between the box office success of “The Blind Side” and Sandra Bullock’s spate of awards and recognition, the Oscar-nominated actress would seem to be having a great couple months.

Privately, though, Bullock and her husband, former “Monster Garage” host Jesse James, are still in the midst of a custody battle over James’ daughter, Sunny. The two are taking steps to formally adopt the 6-year-old.

“Sandra and Jesse have custody of Sunny, but now they want to take it a step further so that Sandra can become her legal mother,” a source told In Touch Weekly.

Sunny’s mother, adult-film star Janine Lindemulder, was recently granted the right to make daily phone calls to the 6-year-old, but she still does not have overnight visitation. According to court papers, James has said that he doesn’t want Lindemulder to have custody of their daughter because he fears she could be exposed to “pornographers, drug addicts, guns and firearms, felons and other unsafe environments.”

As for Bullock, she’s talked in the past about how much she enjoys being a stepmom to Sunny. “I may never hear that word ‘mom,’ but being a parent is not about breeding. It’s about caring,” Bullock told a CBS affiliate last fall.

Prosecutors investigating Michael Jackson’s death plan to file a criminal complaint charging the singer’s doctor with involuntary manslaughter rather than seek a grand jury indictment, The Associated Press learned Tuesday, a strategy shift that will give an eager public an earlier look at evidence.

While there is no public timetable for charges to be filed against Dr. Conrad Murray, there are strong indications the move is imminent. Murray and lawyer Edward Chernoff have traveled to Los Angeles from Houston, where Murray practices, and the attorney said his client is prepared to turn himself in.

“If they tell him to surrender in 10 minutes, he’ll go surrender,” said Chernoff, who spent several hours meeting with other members of Murray’s defense team Tuesday. “He’s never hidden, he’s always been available.”

Jersey Shore star Snooki may be notorious for throwing herself at every man who came her way on the hit MTV show — but when it comes to rumors of a sex tape featuring the starlet, she took to her Twitter page to say that’s anything but a reality.

“Like i said before about my supposed ‘sex tape’…There are no nude pictures nor will there ever be. the tabloids just love snook gossip,” she wrote on her Twitter page on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Radar Online reported that Snooki — whose real name is Nicole Polizzi — was featured in nude photos and video, which were being shopped around to various media outlets.