Whitney Houston's official cause of death was due to accidental drowning, the Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed. The singer, 48, was also found to have cocaine in her system. Contributing factors of her death included heart disease and cocaine use, an investigation found. The report also found that Houston had marijuana, Xanax, Benadryl and other medication in her system. "There was water found in her lungs that indicated to us that she was alive when she was submerged underwater," coroner chief Craig Harvey says. "According to our tests, the level of cocaine was not necessarily a lethal level of cocaine. But her death was complicated by chronic cocaine use and heart disease."Coroner assistant chief Ed Winter says the circumstances of Houston's death come down to two likely scenarios. "She could've passed out first due to the intoxication from the cocaine, or she could've had a heart attack and then drowned," Winter also said. "It's probably one of those two scenarios." Houston was found unresponsive and underwater in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 11, a day before the Grammy Awards, and was pronounced dead at the scene soon afterward. Coroner officials previously confirmed that prescription pill bottles were found in her room, but the number of pills were "not in alarming amounts."

Hilary Duff Welcomes a Son
The actress and her husband Mike Comrie welcomed a son on Tuesday, March 20, Duff Tweets. "Welcome to the World Luca Cruz Comrie! Tuesday evening, we became proud parents of a healthy 7 pound 6 ounce beautiful boy," she writes. "We are overjoyed and feel like the luckiest parents in the world," she continues. "He is surrounded by so much love!! Mom and baby are both doing extremely well."


As the deadly stick-up man Omar Little on The Wire and the fearsome bootlegger Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, actor Michael K. Williams has played his share of tough SOBs. Now he’s going to take on a bastard. An Ol’ Dirty one. Williams, 45, will star in an upcoming film about the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper and all-around troubled soul Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose impressive mic skills and outrageous showmanship were eclipsed by his erratic offstage behavior, assorted arrests, and an early death.

Former No. 1 pick Matt Bush arrested

The Florida Highway Patrol says a Tampa Bay Rays player faces multiple charges after leaving the scene of an accident that seriously injured a man on a motorcycle. The Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Matthew Brian Bush was driving south on US 41 Thursday afternoon when he struck the motorcycle driven by 72-year-old Anthony Tufano. After the accident, troopers say Bush drove north on US 41. Multiple police agencies were notified and his 2011 Dodge SUV was located a short time later in North Port. Bush was arrested and taken to Charlotte County Jail. Bush faces multiple DUI-related charges and leaving the scene of an injury accident. The overall top pick in the 2004 MLB Draft was driving in his SUV on US 41 around 5 p.m. when he hit a motorcyclist from behind, according to the Florida Highway Patrol — allegedly driving over the man's head in the process, according to the Tampa Bay Tribune. "Literally the tire on the SUV ran over the driver's head. Without the helmet, the gentleman would have been dead instantly," a witness said.  The Rays issued a statement late Thursday, saying they would reserve comment until they learned more about the incident.
 Kim Kardashian was on the receiving end of a so-called flour bomb when an unidentified woman tossed a plastic bag of white powder at the reality star as she walked a red carpet Thursday night, according to sheriff's deputies. Paramedics were called to West Hollywood's London Hotel, but Kardashian, who got most of the powder on her jacket and hair, refused treatment, reports the Associated Press. It was later determined the substance was cooking flour.


TV NEWS
If House producers get their way, the highly anticipated series finale will be quite the Princeton-Plainsboro reunion.  Several former cast members (including the previously reported Olivia Wilde) are in talks to make appearances in the final episode of the long-running Fox medical drama. The most exciting name on the producers’ wish list: Kal Penn, whose popular character committed suicide during the show’s fifth season.


NBC has made its second scripted renewal for the 2012-13 TV season, and the honor goes to the Monday-night musical drama Smash.


Grey’s Anatomy alumna Lauren Stamile is set to reprise her role as the CIA handler for at least four episodes of Season 6 of the USA Network hit, Burn Notice.

Alyssa Milano is returning to TV this summer. The actress has been cast in ABC’s new drama Mistresses. The series tells the story of four women with turbulent romantic lives. Milano plays Savannah, a successful married attorney who spends long nights racking up billable hours alongside her attractive law partner.


NBC’s small-screen take on the Hannibal Lecter films has found its FBI profiler. Black Hawk Down and The Big C costar Hugh Dancy has been cast as Will Graham, the troubled and talented young FBI agent who tangles with the world’s most notorious serial killer.