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NASSAU, Bahamas — Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, was on prescription anti-depression medication when he died in the hospital room of the former reality TV star, a pathologist who did a second autopsy said Monday. Forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht said Daniel Smith, 20, was being treated for depression that began about four to six weeks earlier but that he does not know whether the medication played any role in his death, which came three days after his celebrity mother gave birth to a daughter in the Bahamas. Wecht, speaking by phone from the Miami airport a day after conducting the autopsy in the Bahamas, said he's awaiting toxicology tests to determine the cause of death. He said that both he and the Bahamian coroner who did the first autopsy said there is no evidence that Daniel Smith died from a "suicidal overdose."

'Bella' wins top TIFF prize

TORONTO — Mexican-born director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's feature film debut, the unheralded "Bella," took the top audience prize at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival. International critics gave an award to the controversial British TV movie "Death of a President," which centers on a fictionalized assassination of President Bush. The romantic film "Bella" tells the story of a former Mexican soccer star turned chef (Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui) and a troubled waitress (American stage actress Tammy Blanchard) whose lives converge and turn upside down during a single day in New York. It was the surprise winner of the People's Choice Award voted on by festival audiences.

Today's birthdays

Author Roger Angell is 86. Actor Adam West is 76. Singer-songwriter Paul Williams is 66. Golfer Jane Blalock is 61. Actor Randolph Mantooth is 61. Actress Twiggy Lawson is 57. TV personality Joan Lunden is 56. Country singer Trisha Yearwood is 42. Actress-comedian Cheri Oteri is 41. News anchor Soledad O'Brien is 40. Comedian Jimmy Fallon is 32. Rapper Eamon is 23.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Smith autopsy is done

NASSAU, Bahamas — Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, was on prescription anti-depression medication when he died in the hospital room of the former reality TV star, a pathologist who did a second autopsy said Monday. Forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht said Daniel Smith, 20, was being treated for depression that began about four to six weeks earlier but that he does not know whether the medication played any role in his death, which came three days after his celebrity mother gave birth to a daughter in the Bahamas. Wecht, speaking by phone from the Miami airport a day after conducting the autopsy in the Bahamas, said he's awaiting toxicology tests to determine the cause of death. He said that both he and the Bahamian coroner who did the first autopsy said there is no evidence that Daniel Smith died from a "suicidal overdose."

'Bella' wins top TIFF prize

TORONTO — Mexican-born director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde's feature film debut, the unheralded "Bella," took the top audience prize at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival. International critics gave an award to the controversial British TV movie "Death of a President," which centers on a fictionalized assassination of President Bush. The romantic film "Bella" tells the story of a former Mexican soccer star turned chef (Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui) and a troubled waitress (American stage actress Tammy Blanchard) whose lives converge and turn upside down during a single day in New York. It was the surprise winner of the People's Choice Award voted on by festival audiences.

Today's birthdays

Author Roger Angell is 86. Actor Adam West is 76. Singer-songwriter Paul Williams is 66. Golfer Jane Blalock is 61. Actor Randolph Mantooth is 61. Actress Twiggy Lawson is 57. TV personality Joan Lunden is 56. Country singer Trisha Yearwood is 42. Actress-comedian Cheri Oteri is 41. News anchor Soledad O'Brien is 40. Comedian Jimmy Fallon is 32. Rapper Eamon is 23.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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