This picture of the actress in a wide-brimmed, cloche-type hat and sunglasses was taken just hours before she fell ill and sparked a mini mid-air emergency yesterday.
The 37-year-old Girl, Interrupted star was rushed to hospital on arrival at Heathrow and an accidental overdose of tranquillizers was today believed to be the reason.
She was taken to Hillingdon hospital, in West London, soon after arriving in England just after noon.
The waif-like American, who made her name in Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp with whom she also had a relationship, is known to hate flying.
And she is thought to have collapsed twice on Flight 282 after taking too many Xantax pills, which are used to combat anxiety.
Although her publicist refused to confirm the nature of the star’s illness last night, she said her client was discharged an hour later ‘in good health’.
Mara Buxbaum said: ‘She did fall ill on a plane and as a precautionary measure they took her to hospital.
‘She was there for an hour. She’s in good health. There’s no drama.’
I feel that their spokespeople should be held accountable, always ignoring potential drug issues — pretending the problem doesn’t exist.
10. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
You didn’t think we’d write a list of our favorite movie couples without mentioning these two, did you? Tender, passionate, and deeply romantic, McAdams and Gosling in “The Notebook” simultaneously break our hearts and give us reason to believe in love. We’d be thrilled to see them together again on-screen and in real life.
9. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal
Sadly, we know this is a coupling we won’t ever get to see again, but since this is a fantasy list after all, we couldn’t pass up the chance to gush about these two together. Watching Heath and Jake roll around in the hay in “Brokeback Mountain” proved to us that guy-on-guy action? So effing hot.
8. Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
They weren’t a romantic couple, but in “Thelma and Louise,” the mother of all chick flicks, Davis and Sarandon reignited Girl Power and proved that sometimes the deepest love is platonic in nature.
7. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
On their own — or with other people — neither of these two thespians are the most likable on our list, but together, as they were in the 1996 remake of “Romeo and Juliet,” they’re totally captivating. Gone are all signs of the pretensiousness we’ve come to expect from Danes in her more recent movies, and DiCaprio’s over-acting is diluted to tolerable measure with his co-star’s sweet subtlety.
6. Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman
Sure, they played a couple in the middle of a divorce and nasty custody battle in the 1979 film, “Kramer vs. Kramer,” but the tenderness between them — not to mention the amazing Academy Award-winning acting — is something we need more of today. Plus, they’ve both had such impressive careers in the nearly 30 years since, we think there’s a great chance to catch lightning in a jar again if these two were to ever reunite on-screen.
5. Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray
Le sigh! Has there been a more bittersweet love story in recent cinematic history than between these two in “Lost in Translation”? While we love Bill Murray is nearly anything in which he appears, Scarlett Johansson’s luster just isn’t as shiny without him by her side. Together, they have a chemistry that is more kindred spirit than hot passion, a connection we yearn to see more of in this day of gratuitous sex overload.
4. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
So iconic as a couple, they don’t even need last names, but as Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the 2005 movie of the same name, the sexiest couple alive proved to viewers exactly why they belong together. The chemistry between them is palpable, and watching them together, most of us don’t know whom to envy more — her for getting to kiss him, or him for kissing her.
3. Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne
They steamed things up together in the 1993 Tina Turner biography, “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”, earning Bassett an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and Fishburne his first Oscar nomination. Fishburne has stated about Bassett: “An electrifying thing happens when the two of us work together. I haven’t experienced it with anyone else.” We experience it, too, Laurence. And we want more.
2. Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp
Surely there’s enough water under the bridge for these two, who broke their engagement in the early ’90s, to reunite on the big screen again. They were perfectly sweet and enchanting together in the 1990 movie “Edward Scissorhands” and the sight of those big, soulful eyes they both share is enough to elicit a deep sigh from even the most stoic.
1. Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey
Forget Kate and Leo; we want to see Kate and Jim together again. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is one of the few movies we’ve seen Jim Carrey in that hasn’t made us want to claw our eyes out. In fact, Carrey was downright charming, something we’re pretty sure he needs Winslet to pull off. So, what are they waiting for?
It looks like Winona Ryder may be up to her old tricks again. According to the National Enquirer, Ryder was recently stopped outside of a CVS Pharmacy when she set off the alarm while walking out of the store.
The store has officially confirmed the report saying,
“Winona had a bag of stuff, but she set off the theft alarm when she left the store.
When a security guard stopped her, he found make-up she had not paid for.
We took unpaid items back and she left the store.”
When asked about the makeup, Ryder claimed,
“I don’t know how that happened.”
The store decided not to press charges or cause a big scene and let the actress go without incident.
Ryder’s publicist first denied that the incident happened, but after being told that a store employee confirmed it, she said she needed to check with her client again.
The actress was busted back in 2002 for shoplifting $5,000 worth of clothing from a Beverly Hills store. She claimed she was getting into character for an upcoming role. She was sentenced to 480 hours of community service.
I guess old habits die hard. Or maybe she is just preparing for another role.
source: ‘Sticky fingers’ Winona Ryder in new shoplifting scandal, claims magazine [daily mail]
The 25-year-old actor was found dead at his Los Angeles home this morning. The cause of death has not been determined, however, Renfro had a history of drug abuse.
Sources tell us Renfro, who had starring roles in “The Client” and “Apt Pupil” had been working valiantly to stay clean, especially since this summer. Renfro had been convicted of several drug offenses, including attempted heroin possession.
Renfro had been filming a movie with Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton. The movie, “The Informers,” just wrapped.
Renfro has had a rough time personally since moving from Tennessee to Los Angeles. His parents split, and we’re told he did not have real guidance from adults as he tried navigating the treacherous movie industry.
Brad Renfro Biography:
Renfro was ten when he was discovered by Mali Finn, a casting director for Joel Schumacher, director of The Client. He played the title role in the film, adapted from a best-selling John Grisham novel, opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. The suspense/drama was one of the top-grossing films of 1994. Renfro went on to act in other films including 2001’s Ghost World and Bully and 2005’s The Jacket with Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody. He also played Huck Finn in Tom and Huck with Jonathan Taylor Thomas. In 1995, he won Hollywood Reporter’s “Young Star” award and was nominated as one of People magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30″. Renfro also appeared in “Watch”, an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Recently he completed filming his role in the upcoming film The Informers.
Okay, busted, this isn’t actually a Winona Ryder sex tape, but a promo clip for Winona’s latest movie, The Ten. What’s funny about this one, though, is that it was posted on YouTube as a reply to the original Winona Ryder sex scene from the movie. Now that’s some clever marketing.
Winona Ryder strips down nude for her role in, ‘Sex and Death 101‘. Yeah, I’ve never heard of the movie either. I dunno, she looks like she’s about to eat the guy, not have sex with him.
For us curious minds, here’s a Sex and Death 101 synopsis:
Upon receiving an e-mail containing the names of every woman he has ever slept with and every women he will ever sleep with, a man set to be married in just one week eschews his wedding plans in favor of seeking out the truth behind the perplexing message in a black comedy written and directed by Heathers screenwriter Daniel Waters.
Roderick Blank (Simon Baker) was prepared for a future of predictable, domesticated bliss — but fate has a funny way of shaking things up when we least expect it. When a mysterious message appears in his inbox and he sets out to discover the origins of the strange communication, he soon finds himself falling for a dangerous black widow named Death Nell (Winona Ryder), who isn’t on the list.
“Winona had a bag of stuff, but she set off the theft alarm when she left the store. 
Sources tell us Renfro, who had starring roles in “The Client” and “Apt Pupil” had been working valiantly to stay clean, especially since this summer. Renfro had been convicted of several drug offenses, including attempted heroin possession.
Upon receiving an e-mail containing the names of every woman he has ever slept with and every women he will ever sleep with, a man set to be married in just one week eschews his wedding plans in favor of seeking out the truth behind the perplexing message in a black comedy written and directed by Heathers screenwriter Daniel Waters. 
