Actor Brad Renfro arrested in heroin sting

Actor Brad Renfroarrested in heroin sting
LOS ANGELES -- Brad Renfro was arrested in a sting operation after he allegedly tried to buy heroin near downtown's Skid Row, police said.
The 23-year-old actor was booked for investigation of felony attempting to possess heroin, Detective Ron Hodges said.
"He was intending to buy real heroin from an undercover officer," Hodges said.
Renfro, the star of the 1994 film "The Client," was caught during a random sting operation Thursday that resulted in the arrests of 14 other suspects, Hodges said.
Renfro's lawyer did not immediately return a call for comment placed after business hours Thursday.
The actor was charged in 1998 with possession of cocaine and marijuana, but avoided jail time in a plea deal.
He was sentenced to two years' probation in January 2001 on charges of trying to steal a yacht in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
He was arrested in May 2001 and charged with underage drinking. The next year, he was charged with driving without a license and public intoxication.
Both violated terms of his probation. Renfro was ordered into an alcohol rehabilitation program in March 2002.
His movie credits include "Ghost World," "Bully" and "Apt Pupil."
Mike Myers and wifesplit after 12 years
LOS ANGELES -- "Austin Powers" star Mike Myers and his wife, Robin Ruzan, are ending their 12-year marriage, a spokeswoman said Friday.
"They remain committed and caring friends," publicist Ina Treciokas said in a statement.
The 42-year-old actor-comedian and Ruzan, a writer and actress, were married in May 1993. They have no children.
Myers, an alum of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," starred in the "Austin Powers" and "Wayne's World" films, 2003's "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat," and voiced the giant green ogre in the "Shrek" movies.
Singer Don Ho feels betterafter heart procedure
HONOLULU -- Hawaiian crooner Don Ho says he could barely walk, let alone sing, and would have been a "goner" without an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart earlier this month in Thailand.
Ho, known for his signature tune, "Tiny Bubbles," said he hopes to return to the stage soon.
"I'm feeling terrific, 100 percent better," Ho told The Associated Press in one of his first interviews since surgery Dec. 6. "I'm ready to go, but I've got to listen to the doctors.
"When they say my heart is strong enough to get excited, I'm on."
The 75-year-old singer underwent a new treatment that hasn't been approved in the United States. It involves multiplying stem cells taken from his blood and injecting them into his heart in hopes of strengthening it.
Home bought by Lovegoes to public auction
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A historic home bought by Courtney Love about eight years ago is up for public auction to satisfy debts in a foreclosure case, the Thurston County sheriff's office has announced.
The 41-year-old rocker, who was married to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, bought the gabled bungalow for Cobain's family in 1997 and now owes about $367,000, including the loan balance and legal fees, to WMC Mortgage Corp. of Los Angeles, which filed for foreclosure in Superior Court.
The house, on 13 acres at the edge of Capitol Forest near Littlerock, about 10 miles south of Olympia, was built in 1903 and is now occupied by Cobain's sister, Kim, sheriff's records show.
According to documents filed with a lawsuit in October 2004, Love quit making mortgage payments in December 2003. The lawsuit identified Love as a trustee of the Courtney Love family trust.
The home was built by Thomas Bordeaux, who owned a lumber company that cut trees in the nearby Black Hills. It is one of the last remaining structures from the town of Bordeaux, which was demolished when the logging operation was shut down in 1941, and is included in a local historical inventory, county records show.
Love can retain ownership by satisfying the debt before the property goes to auction at the county courthouse Jan. 6. Besides the purchase price, anyone who buys the house at auction is responsible for back property taxes, most recently listed at about $7,800, sheriff's Sgt. Dan McLendon said this week.
Today's birthdays
Songwriter-bandleader Dave Bartholomew is 85. Federal health administrator Anthony S. Fauci is 65. Recording company executive Mike Curb is 61. Rock singer-musician Lemmy (Motorhead) is 60. Actor Grand L. Bush is 50. Actor Clarence Gilyard is 50. Actress Stephanie Hodge is 49. Rock musician Ian Burden (The Human League) is 48. Designer Kate Spade is 43. Rock singer Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs) is 42. Actor Mark Valley is 41. Actor Diedrich Bader is 39. Singer Ricky Martin is 34. "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest is 31.