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Murphy was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m. PT Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Sally Stewart told CNN Radio.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the death, and robbery and homicide detectives will be at her home, LAPD spokeswoman Norma Eisenman said. No other details were immediately available.

"In this time of sadness, the family thanks you for your love and support," Murphy's publicist, Nicole Perna, said in a statement. "It is their wish that you respect their privacy."

Murphy starred in several movies, including "Just Married," "Don't Say a Word" and "Riding in Cars with Boys." She also voiced the character Luanne on the animated TV series "King of the Hill."

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She is survived by her husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, whom she married in 2007.

Fans took to Murphy's official Facebook page Sunday to issue their condolences.

"She was a great actress and was going to go far in her career! She will be greatly missed!" read one post.

Murphy's former boyfriend and "Just Married" co-star Ashton Kutcher posted his reaction to the news via Twitter.

"2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany's family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon," Kutcher posted.

He added later: "see you on the other side kid."

Singer-actress Jessica Simpson tweeted: "Brittany Murphy was an incredible ray of Light to so many people. Her smile was contagious. My prayers are with her family and loved ones."

Actress Alyssa Milano, who did a USO tour with Murphy in 2003, wrote on Twitter: "She was a sweet soul, with a lot of talent and heart."

Murphy was best known for her work in a string of romantic comedies in the early 2000s, including lead roles in "Uptown Girls" alongside fellow Georgia native Dakota Fanning, and "Little Black Book" with Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates.

In addition to her "King of the Hill" role, she lent her voice to a number of animated works including the TV series "Futurama" and the 2006 hit movie "Happy Feet."

Her work as troubled teenagers in "Don't Say a Word" and "Girl, Interrupted" also gained her critical acclaim.

Murphy was the subject of tabloid gossip after she transformed from a pudgy brunette in 1995's "Clueless" to a petite, lithe blonde who graced the cover of such magazines as Cosmopolitan in 2005. She frequently denied rumors of an eating disorder and plastic surgery.

Her love life also was fodder for gossip sites as she broke two engagements in 2004 and 2006, then married Monjack after only four months of dating.

"All these ridiculous people came out and said all this nonsense when we got married, [but] thank God we had the substance and the history within that to [say], 'Yeah, whatever!' " Monjack told People magazine in a 2008 interview. "We still don't understand what happened. It's made us laugh, it's made us cry, but it's made us stronger."

Update From TMZ

Brittany Murphy died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, multiple sources tell TMZ.

A 911 call was made at 8:00 AM from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack, the Los Angeles City Fire Department tells TMZ.

We're told Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Her time of death was listed as 10:04 AM.

Murphy starred in such films as "Clueless," "8 Mile," and "Don't Say a Word." Murphy was reportedly fired from last film, "The Caller," after reports she was problematic on set.

UPDATE 3:11 PM ET -- Sources tell TMZ Brittany Murphy's mom discovered her unconscious in the shower. We're told when paramedics arrived, they quickly determined Murphy was in full cardiac arrest and immediately administered CPR. They continued CPR in route to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center -- several miles away -- and Murphy was unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

We're told the LA County Coroner's is picking up Murphy's body from Cedars later today and will launch a death investigation.

UPDATE 4:00 PM ET -- We're also told the LAPD has launched a death investigation.

UPDATE 4:07 PM ET -- A rep for Murphy tells TMZ, "In this time of sadness, the family thanks you for your love and support. It is their wish that you respect their privacy."

UPDATE 5:21 PM ET -- Two LAPD officers were just spotted going into Murphy's home.

UPDATE 5:34 PM ET -- A neighbor of Brittany's tells TMZ she saw Brittany getting taken out on a stretcher with paramedics performing CPR. The neighbor said Brittany "looked dead."

嵐がオリコン４冠メドレーで紅白席巻！！Kouhaku News [2009.12.21]

This morning with more details of Kouhaku of song list announced on the 20th with total 50 songs and theme 「歌の力∞無限大」Infinite ∞power songs. Arashi will sing special medley with 4 songs including Believe and A.RA.SHI and performance lasting for 4 minutes. They also showed the recent Oricon Press Release held last Friday in the newsclips. Full song list of each artist can be found [HERE].

According to [Nikkansports], Arashi's 4 minute medley is unusual for a first timer on Kouhaku.The first time participant Arashi will be on stage for an unconventional lenght of 4 minutes. Apparently newcomers are normally given 1'40 to 2 mins. Even veteran singers are given 3 minutes. NHK is giving Arashi 4 minutes as they consider them a national group and will be treated as the highlight of Kohaku. Chief producer Inoue said "Since this year Arashi's 10th anniversary year they will include their debut song A.R.ASHI to Believe and will include a wide song selection Their hit songs have sold over 950k and Believe has been Oricon No. 1 song this year. According to sources, this medley will include these two songs plus 2 more songs, total of 4 songs.

Kouhaku NewsReport 20091221

紅白 News [2009.12.21] Clip 1

紅白 News [2009.12.21] Clip 2

紅白 News [2009.12.21] Clip 3

source - nasfeel, [Sanspo], [Sponichi], [Nikkansports], [Hochi]

 「特上カバチ!!」CM

Toku Jyo Kabachi CM aired last night. Can't wait for the drama to air on 17th Jan~!^^

source - nasfeel

Hey ... I've decided to help out a friend 'cause I'm in the manager mood to be promoting people so ... I don't suppose you could check out a friend of mine?

He's called Jun Min is a musician. He's fun :D

Please visit him on YouTube

www.youtube.com/xJunMin

Watch his amusing vids

Listen to some good music

Help me out :] (pretty please^^)

I hope this post will be productive^^

Merry Christmas~ Seasons Greetings <3

Okay ... well ... I love singing (and music~ I know a violin, recorder, a bit of piano) ... I've loved it since I was young ... I was in choir in my Primary School and was made to go to so many competitions and so many solos hehe :] Those were the days~

But ... ever since I've arrived at Secondary School ... I've been bombarded with work, I need to PAY? for singing lessons if I were to take any at my school (and it's quite a lot of moolah for this) that I don't really sing anymore ... even though my parents wanted me to but like ... all that money? ... I think singalongs are serving me well right now hehe^^

Well ... I'm thinking of e-mail auditioning for SM and JYP (though I must say I would love to join JYP more (if I got accepted) 'cause of the whole fair contracts thingy but ... for me education comes first (in England, London!! btw! not schooling anywhere else haha) But ... these are just thoughts and imaginings for if I do actually get in ... though this is very doubtful so it's just daydreams atm~ haha (sorry about my rambles)

Anywho ... my friends have been pressuring me to start singing again (though I do sing a lot at home ... just not at school lol) and recently, with the snow and stuff, the school day schedule was kinda weird cause of the snow and 'cause it was the last day of school ... some of my friends didn't come so I decided to chillax with the friends that were there and a person I was close with before asked me to go join them so I couldn't really say no eh~

And then we went to the mini recording studio thingy in my school (it sounds so posh but it's really not) and were just playing round... then I was all in the singing mood 'cause come on ... I'm surrounded by instruments and whatnot in that room and my friend was like "Oh, if I learn the piano part to a song, will you sing to it?" and I don't know why but I foolishly agreed to it ... and can't back out .... and she emailed me later on telling me that she's trying her best to learn Utada Hikaru's - Come Back To Me piano part ... (she knows I listen to KPop, JPop, CPop and all that :D) and .... honestly ... I'm kinda nervous ... singing at home is different to singing in front of people but I love that rush ... haha ... but now I'm thinking that ... if this goes well.... I may record it and .... POSSIBLY post it up here to see what people think? (Though I'm MIGHTY SCARED TO DO THAT!!!! haha) well this was just me ranting about ... er .... me lol so .... I applaud you if you got down to reading this far

Love you guys lots

Happy holidays
 Merry Christmas :]

It's getting seriously cold what with snow and that~

Try not to catch colds okay?^^

x  

Here the press conference about the domination of the Oricon Rankings for 2009!
They are so happy ne! Omedetou <3

Popolo February 2010 issue is out too!
Many Arashi pages^^

( Enjoy! )