Actress Mischa Barton was hospitalized last week under California code 5150, “involuntary psychiatric hold,” says the New York Post. Friends of the actress said they’d called police because they feared Barton had become suicidal after a three-day drug and alcohol binge. “She is on a downward spiral. She is a mess,” a source told the Post. Barton’s publicist said she has a “medical issue” and called reports of drug abuse “completely preposterous.”
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talking pointsA leadership power vacuum may await Republicans
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QUOTE OF THE DAY‘What kind of culture looks at sexual violence and sees an opportunity for profit? This is rape culture. And it should disturb every single one of us.’
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today’s big questionHow long can US consumers continue their spending spree?
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