Friday, February 05, 2010

 

 

NASCAR driver JEFF GORDON is going to be a dad again. His wife, Belgian model Ingrid Vandebosch, is 12 weeks pregnant with their second child. They also have a 2-year-old daughter named Ella.

 

The Los Angeles Coroner's office announced yesterday that BRITTANY MURPHY'S death was caused by a combination of pneumonia and prescription drugs. --Pneumonia was the primary cause . . . while multiple-drug intoxication and iron-deficiency anemia were secondary factors. Her death was ruled accidental. --We don't know what drugs were involved . . . or whether she overdosed or just had a bad reaction to something. And we won't know until a more detailed report is issued in about two weeks. --The coroner's office has actually returned to Brittany's home to get a better handle on what drugs she was taking. --They're also questioning Brittany's mother and her husband, Simon Monjack, again. One thing they'd like to know is why there's no record of Brittany seeing a doctor in the months before her death, despite her condition. --Meanwhile, Ed Winter . . . an official with the coroner's office . . . says that Brittany could have been saved. He says, quote, "This death could've been preventable. Murphy was planning on seeing a doctor, but she unfortunately passed away before she did. --This was a case of a person with pneumonia who was anemic (having a low blood count) who was taking medication when she should've been getting medical treatment." --He added that all the drugs Brittany was taking were either prescription or over-the-counter meds. --Brittany's husband told "People" that he was, quote, "ridiculously upset" after hearing the coroner's statement . . . adding, quote, "Everything [surprised me and Brittany's mom about the report]. I expected [the cause of death] to be her heart." --He added that she didn't seem that sick the day she died, quote, "She wasn't coughing up. I've had pneumonia and coughed up handfuls of spittle. So yeah, everything surprised us."

 

 

The coroner's report on Johnson & Johnson heiress CASEY JOHNSON is in . . . and it turns out she died because she simply wasn't taking care of her diabetes. --The official cause of death was listed as "diabetic ketoacidosis" . . . which is another way of saying "lack of insulin". The condition can lead to a diabetic coma . . . and Casey had suffered a few of those before she died. --Apparently, Casey wasn't taking her insulin shots or other medications, she wasn't exercising and she wasn't following her prescribed diet.

 

TMZ says that CHARLIE SHEEN will be hit with a FELONY charge of menacing, for threatening his wife BROOKE MUELLER with a knife on Christmas Day. He'll also be charged with misdemeanor assault. --The criminal complaint will be filed either today or Monday in an Aspen, Colorado courtroom. --Meanwhile, Brooke is about to wrap up a one-week stay at a North Carolina spa . . . and she'll be heading to Aspen this weekend. --Both she and Charlie have a court date in Aspen on Monday. They're asking a judge to amend the protection order against Charlie so that the two of them can resume living together and try to fix their marriage.

 

KEVIN FEDERLINE lost a good amount of weight on VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club" . . . although he won't say how much, since the show hasn't aired yet. (--It premieres on Monday night.) --But your man K-Fed would like you to know that he had no idea how big he was getting. --He says, quote, "When I saw [a picture of myself], I did not think that I was that big. I thought it was Photoshopped, you know? And then I realized that I was just letting myself go. --I looked pregnant. When I see pictures [of me] like that and people are calling me K- Fat, I had to do something about it. At my biggest, I was over 240." --As for why he put the pounds on, K-Fed says stress was a big factor. And a lot of that came from the end of his relationship with BRITNEY SPEARS. --He says, quote, "I went through a lot of things. I definitely say that those things contributed to me gaining weight for sure." --But he adds, quote, "Me and Brit are good. I don't talk about those things anymore. It's in the past. We've come a long way, and I'm happy where we are now. Everyone knows we had a tough road."