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Amanda Bynes arrested after hurling bong from window

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:44:00 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.

It happened at an apartment building on West 47th Street at about 7:40 p.m. Thursday.

Police say a building official called police to complain that Bynes was smoking marijuana and rolling a joint in the building's lobby.

The officers went to Bynes' apartment where they saw heavy smoke and a bong, which Bynes then threw out the window in front of the officers.

Bynes was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence, and criminal possession of marijuana. It wasn't clear if she had a lawyer.

Bynes rose to fame starring in Nickelodeon's "All That" and has also starred in several films, including 2010's "Easy A."

Chasing Amanda Bynes: Is it ethical for outlets to pursue interviews with a damaged star?

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:24:00 +0000

A Britney Spears-size vacuum in our culture demands to be filled.

Britney Spears, in 2007 and early 2008, was notable not merely for a particular sort of aimless wandering through Los Angeles but for an alternately hostile and coddling relationship with the press. She'd alternately romance a paparazzo and scream at the cameras who followed her around. An Allure magazine cover from the period, for which Spears consented to be photographed but not interviewed, said it all: "Britney Spears Tells Us Nothing -- and Everything."

Spears and the paparazzi, as documented in Rolling Stone and the Atlantic, had a symbiotic relationship. She rejected and sought their attention, all at once, on days-long, caffeinated drives to nowhere. But by now, with a return to apparent health and two albums and a season of TV under her belt, Spears is no longer the object of prurient interest she'd once been.

Could anything have saved Johnny Lewis?

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:44:00 +0000

When former "Sons of Anarchy" actor Johnny Lewis died on Wednesday, it initially seemed like a shocking end to a young life. But as the details of the case have emerged, one of the most harrowing aspects of the story is how many warning signs there were all along the way. A sudden disaster is a special kind of tragedy; one that was building for a long time, a wreck in slow motion.

The 28-year-old Lewis fell to his death from the roof of his Los Angeles apartment after allegedly slaying his 81-year-old landlady Catherine Davis with "blunt-force trauma and manual strangulation." He is also presumed to be responsible for fatally dismembering her cat. His autopsy results are scheduled to be released within the next two weeks. But the chain of incidents that led up to his death was unfolding long before Wednesday.