This is really sad and shocking: although the LA Coroner ruled that both Brittany Murphy and her husband Simon Monjack died of natural causes, five months apart, that may not be the case. The late actress's father had hair, blood and tissue samples from both tested independently. And, according to the lab report:

Ten (10) of the heavy metals evaluated were detected at levels higher that the WHO [The World Health Organization] high levels... If we were to eliminate the possibility of a simultaneous accidental heavy metals exposure to the sample donor then the only logical explanation would be an exposure to these metals (toxins) administered by a third party perpetrator with likely criminal intent.


Apparently, both Murphy and Monjack exhibited symptoms of heavy metal poisoning — which is most commonly caused by ingesting rat poison — before their deaths. Says Murphy's father Angelo Bertolotti, "Vicious rumors, unfairly spread by tabloids, unfairly smeared Brittany's reputation. My daughter was neither anorexic nor a drug junkie, as they repeatedly implied." Ugh, this whole ordeal is so terrible. [Examiner]


On a much lighter note, I read that Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus are probably going to hook up and I got so excited because what a thing that would be (the tweens of the Internet would send so many misspelled death threats to so many people!). And then literally three seconds later I read that he's getting back together with Taylor Swift and I remembered that everything on the Internet is a cruel lie. [ONTD, ONTD again]

After being cast in Fifty Shades of Grey, professional actress Dakota Johnson must use all of her skills to pretend that the book is ok and that the movie will also be ok. She does a fine enough job (?), saying, "I think it's an incredible love story." Also: "Adding in the sex makes it perfect. Sometimes you feel a little bit naughty and that's okay." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha *dry heaves into promotional Fifty Shades of Grey silk tie* [EW, image via EW]