(vo)but it took anna nicole smith's death for bobby to fulfil his destiny. >>friends said, "bobby, you are the real anna nicole smith." and it was exciting that i became her, you know, i have fancy clothes to wear now diamond rings to wear, i have a nice car to drive. everything that anna embodied, i now have. (vo)this is how natural selection works in the hollywood entourage, to become the next in line, you must ultimately consume the host. (vo)in jackson's ever expanding entourage, people weren't just making moves, they all wanted a >>every time he turned around, somebody else had their hands in the cookie jar. the greed, the theft that was taking place around him was so enormous, he could not control it, he couldn't do anything about it, he never figured it out. he said to me one time, he says, "brian, i hire the people that steal from me the least. i don't want to hire people that steal from me a lot." ng short of a stalinist purge of the people around him, at all levels. jackson wanted total control over the rank and file. he culled his top level managem

i've been here the last four years for heath ledger and anna nicole smith and michael jackson.tion drugs are killing people. that's what's killing people. not illicit drugs, prescription drugs. when i heard she was tipsy and there was prescription drug bottles found in her hotel room, i just -- i deal with this 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 3 5 days a year. that's a bad, bad combo. >> we don't know what exactly was found in her hotel room yet. we're waiting on that. i want to ask you about whitney's daughter, bobbi kristina. listen to what a family friend, kim burrell, had to say. >> i had an tunlt to sha-- an opportunity to share privately. they were very close, loved each other very much. they got along like best friends. she's overwhelmed. she's hurt. but she has hope. we prayed and talked briefly. i was able to hold her and encourage her and love on her. and in time, in time she'll be okay. >> let me ask you it that. do you think she's going to be okay? not only did she just lose her mother in a high-profile death, but this is a girl who would care for her mom and try

you gave these prescriptions to anna nicole smith and weren't aware of it.pen in this case? zwl it's kind of hindsight again the 20-20. but you treat a patient with good intentions all the time and a lot of times, this nightmare occurred to me about five years ago and i hadn't seen her in about nine or ten months. so now as they look at the medical treatment that whitney houston had received, it's going to be difficult to piece together a pattern of how to figure this out. they're on two coasts and they're trying to figure out how medication ended up in her system and may have perhaps interacted with other substances like alcohol. >> you've known whitney houston for a long time and wrote a blog about it today. are you surprised, that now it's coming out that people in the hotel, people 24 hours before her death, was drinking to such an extent that she was complaining people were watering her drings down? >> i'm not surprised. i won't say i knew whitney houston well. i know people around her ultimately whitney houston gets the responsibility for what's happen

one of the defendants in the anna nicole smith played me case who died from an illegal cartel of drugs may not be needed. >> there is her prescription reporting system maintained by the department of justice so they will probably do an inquiry bear and see what have been written by what doctors. and if those appears excessive than they will continue the investigation in that direction. >> there are no evidence of illegal drugs in this case but when asked directly the chief corner told us that he can neither confirm nor deny that illegal drugs may be included in the investigation. >> it indicates that illegal drugs were included here, how does that affect things? >> the presence of illegal drugs would be too criminal prosecution of doctors or pharmacists much more difficult. >> the difficult task to try to make that decision. >> the doctors and pharmacists who provided them are not known in this case. that information can only be known when the toxicology results are all in and those are still weeks away. >> sales of whitney houston music have skyrocketed since her death. many of them w

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i think to make comparisons to michael jackson or anna nicole smith is almost irresponsible.se, of anything like that. member, michael jackson, a guy sitting the there with a needle. >> stuff that's used in hospitals. >> a coroner talking about the drugs found, they are not more drugs than most people would find in the bathroom closets. >> some reports that investigators will go back to all her doctors and ask what they were prescribing. >> think they will. because there were multiple doctors prescribes drugs, they're going to want to know what the doctors were doing, were they using reasonable care. one of the few drugs found in the room was penicillin. now we're going to ask why he's giving that? maybe for a sore throat. not that there's nothing to look at here. this was someone who was a known drug addict. by her own admission she had problems. with marijuana, cocaine. those are illegal drugs. and so the fact that whitney houston as, in the past, conceded problems with illegal drugs as well, poses all sorts of questions. that's why the toxicology report is so important. >>

anna nicole smith's boyfriend and psychiatrist were both convicted of providing her vicodin by fraud.rmer prosecutor and now tv commentator nancy grace believes there are criminal questions to ask about whitney houston's death, too. >> where's she getting all these drugs? who are all these doctors giving her all these drugs? >> reporter: the beverly hills police say there is no criminal investigation and they're not investigating any doctor. george? >> let's bring in dan abrams. you heard nancy say this could be a potential criminal investigation. >> everything is a potential criminal investigation. even though the authorities are saying this is just a death investigation, i think that's true, they're always looking at the possibility of a potential criminal case. it doesn't seem they have anything here. i think to make comparisons to the michael jackson case or anna nicole smith is almost irresponsible. because we don't have any evidence, in this case, of anything like that. remember, michael jackson, you're talking about a guy who's sitting there with a needle. >> stuff that's used

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it's one of those stories that reminds you of michael can jackson, anna nicole smith. they all have a thread, drug abuse. i know that's difficult for the family as they go into the funeral. >> they are very concerned about the tone and that's why i think they don't want this big motorcade from the funeral home to the church. there's going to be this private viewing today at the funeral home and then at some point, we don't know when, the body will be quietly moved to the church so there isn't a parade atmosphere. they want everything respectful. now, once the funeral service begins with all of the big names, that is going to be a celebration of her life. that is going to be a joyful ceremony. but the family is very concerned that the controversy for tomorrow be put aside and this is a celebration of her achievements and of whitney's place in history. >> they had to put this thing together so incredibly quickly. this is a grand scale event that would take years to plan and i was looking at this guess list, roberta flack, kevin costner, brandi, bobby brown and i heard su

the problem is as you saw with anna nicole smith and michael jackson, if doctors give too many drugs to persons that are addicted instead of withholding drugs they don't get punished for it. there is no punishment for doctors, doctors feel if i don't give them the drug they want, they will go to another doctor that will give them xanax. one of the things police will look in to, what doctors had see seen that the tmz people found out. what are the symptoms. should she have been sent to the hospital if she was does have dizzy and didn't feel well. maybe infections or myyocarditis. >> greta: it leaves the music world in shock. friends and musicians have been paying tribute to whitney houston. nathan morris is member of boys to men. good evening, nathan, i know like everybody else is shocked and in grief about this. >> yeah, it's kind of tough to deal with. we've met on several occasions throughout the years and had great and we always talk about music and perform and friendly on the charts. to have time and such an angelic voice be gone it's hard to deal with. >> greta: why was she so g

prince drugs, it would not be the first time we have seen something like this and we remember anna nicole smithr and this will not be the last time says the doctor. what do you make of it? >>guest: prescription drug overdose is now the number two cause of accidental death in the united states following motor vehicle accidents and xanax, one prescription drug mentioned here, there are 50 million prescriptions written each year and the number one psychiatric drug described. antianxiety and see sedation. i am concerned the doctors make it too available. it may not take a lot. if you have alcohol, and you also take a sedative, you can actually be knocked unconscious quickly, and it suppresses breathing in the brain, so, if -- there are a lot of "ifs," if she was in the bathwater and under the water it could be because she stopped breathing from the medication. the combination of alcohol and sedatives is not good and if it was more than one sedative, i would never prescribe more than one, xanax and valium, all mentioned, some concerns about what we call poly pharmacy, physicians that are enabling ce

singer amy white house and model anna nicole smith. deaths of prescription pain killers have more than tripled in the last decade acdorgd the nation's drug czar. >> i don't think people recognize that prescription drugs can be just as dangerous as illegal drugs. >> reporter: when prescription drugs are mixed with alcohol it can be a particularly lethal combination. >> when you put the two together again it could have devastate ug effects. that margin of error gets mauler and smaller. >> reporter: he started using marijuana as a teenager and then became hooked on crack cocaine. >> addiction doesn't discriminate. it doesn't care who you are or who you aren't. if we as people who are addictive in recovery don't take care of our recoveries we relapse. >> whitney houston spoke publicly of her battles. speak of her mother's efforts to save her. >> she said let's go. she said let's do this. i'm not losing to you the world, i'm not losing you to satan. i want my daughter back. i want you back. i want to see that glow in your eyes. that light i

to offer that to star who doesn't especially -- >> kimberly: offered it to michael jackson, anna nicole smithnehouse. >> greg: get worked up about it. >> bob: it seems to me that the tillman episode got a lot of attention because he was a famous football player. what bill o'reilly said was right. this does lead to a lot of tragedy. leads to abuse. not just child abuse, abusing everybody around you. but at a certain point you cannot help yourself. you sit back and you say to yourself why am i doing this? why am i doing this? you say i'm going to quit, i'm going to quit. the next day the person you reach for -- >> dana: there is a lot of parents throughout who are dealing with somebody who has been addicted with a loved one. sometimes a child who is addicted to drugs. there is a point you try and try and try and do everything you possibly can. free will enters into it. >> bob: no question. they do too much work to bolster them up. enabling people. you need to let them hit the rocks. that means you do not continue to such port them. as i said to a mother not too many weeks ago change the locks o

and there was anna nicole smith, sharing a conversation with director oliver stone and candacebergin. next year, oprah and steadman made their first "vanity fair" appearance. matt damon's 1998 dates were with mom and oscar, just like his buddy ben affleck. two years later, ben was with gwynneth, while he was with aniston. >>> also, whitney houston on the set of her final movie. and we have the latest on the death investigation. that and so much more is coming up later on entertainment tonight. >> and that's at 7:30, here on wjz 13. >>> no heart where you'll be this weekend, as long as the weather cooperates, you'll be able to look up in the sky and see a celeste -- celeste ial show. the dazzling encounter will be visible from around the world at twilight. >> oh, boy. >>> well, it's a beautiful afternoon. don't need planets to know that. there are big changes, however, on the way. >> bob has the update,,,,,,,,,,, >>> some clouds out there. sunshine all day long. beautiful spring-like day. this month has been unbelievable. this winter has been indescribably delicious. still mild out the

martha: we saw this with anna nicole smith and michael jackson. we have subpoenas in these high profile cases it see what happened here. where is the blame to lie? this is woman who wanted very much to harm herself. she did it time and time again throughout the course of her life. >> blame is overprescription drugs. prescription drug abuse is more common now than heroin and cocaine abuse and a lot of that has to do with doctors overprescribing. as you say, if an individual wants to take drugs are there lots of ways to get them. martha: seems most of these doctors, most doctors do not want to overprescribe. they're very careful what they give you. you get pages from the pharmacy. the pharmacy might say, i have a standard prescription and pharmacy, you're out of that already? you have to say, yes. >> right. martha: there is very careful process 99% of the time. you can, if you're one of these folks, you can find a doctor who is happy to help a celebrity get this stuff, right? >> yes. elvis presley had four different doctors in four different states

. >> what we've seen in the anna nicole smith case and the michael jackson case, there could be information discovered that leads prosecutors or the coroner to conclude that there was conduct that is illegal in the provision or prescribing of prescription medication. >> beverly hills police say so far, there is no obvious sign of criminal intent. even the website tmz is reporting that officials say houston was not doctor-shopping or using aliases to get medication. in houston's home state of new jersey, governor chris christie is defending his decision to fly flags at half-staff on saturday. >> her accomplishments in her life were a source of great pride for many people in this state. >> christie says his office has received complaints from residents who say houston doesn't deserve the honor because of past drug use. >> i think she's entitled to have that recognition. >> many who gathered at a memorial agreed. >> i love her. absolutely. >> but fans will not be part of the star's invitation-only funeral saturday. a small church where whitney houston got her start in the choir, only her close

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. >> coming up, anna nicole smith, michael jackson and now whitney houston.e focus turns to medical and drug records. what secrets do those records hold? also new political polls are in, romney has trouble in michigan. rick cline is here to look at the critical contest. @@ there's another way to help eliminate litter box dust: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right here, waiting for it. who wouldn't want more cash? [ insects chirping ] i'll take it. i'll make it rain up in here. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? sorry i'll clean this up. shouldn't have made it rain. without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that pothe w

. >> let's ask keith ledges, anna nicole smith's family. my brother died of a drug addiction.erica is going to wake up to the fact that just because a doctor tells you to take it doesn't mean it's good for you. >> you use lorazepam as an example found in the bodies of people you just rattled off. one day you're fine and the next you're not. tell us about the combination of that and alcohol. >> more qualified medical professionals could talk about it, i just know my own experience with it. addicts take the same amount of been z benzodiazepam and they don't wake up. it's a deadly disease. it was in michael jackson's system, it was in heath ledger's system, and i believe you'll see it might have been in this situation. >> we don't know. we won't know yet for another six to eight weeks with the toxicology report the official cause of death. but whatever the cause of death was, this can be used as a wake-up call. you said you lost your nephew. thousands of regular people die from abusing prescription medicine. >> prescription medicines are by far the most destructive thing in our c

(mariana) when a lot of us think of prescription drug abuse, we think anna nicole smith, heath ledger, michael jackson. but the story of the celebrity overdose overshadows a much larger issue. in the united states, more people are now abusing prescription medication than heroin, cocaine and ecstasy combined. the drug of choice for a growing number of users is oxycodone, a synthetic opioid best known by the brand name oxycontin. it's basically heroin made in a lab. >>given the choice between heroin and oxycontin, hands down they're taking the oxycontin. oxycontin is the same as heroin, except it's made by a pharmaceutical company, so you know what you're getting. (mariana) oxy was developed to treat people in severe, chronic pain like terminally ill cancer patients but it's now become a part in a booming illicit trade in prescription pills, the heart of which is right here in south florida. >>everyone tells me: you come to broward, you're gonna get your pickles. (mariana) but the source of these pills isn't some guy on the corner or a columbian drug lord, it's a growing cottage industr

. >> coming up, anna nicole smith, michael jackson and now whitney houston. once again the focus turns to medical and drug records. what secrets do those records hold? also new political polls are in, romney has trouble in michigan. rick cline is here to look at ♪ [ male announcer ] aggressive new styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the new c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. regiright from your office. you deposit checks through mercedes-benz so sitting at your desk is just like going to the bank. see? i'm at the bank. now i'm in the office. at the bank. in the office. at the bank. in the office. >>> doctors and pharmacists are in a probe of whitney houston's death. los angeles coroner has requested subpoenas for medical and pharmacy records. dr. michael baden joins us. i'm curious, if the coroner concluded that she has not died from natural causes, no stroke, it's a