The former ‘O.C.’ actress Mischa Barton was taken to Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by police on Wednesday , after being placed under a 5150 hold - a piece of US legislation which means she poses a danger to herself or others.

Lawyers for Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were in court today in their child custody battle after the pop star was admitted to hospital in a bizarre incident that brought police and paramedics to her home.

Musician Ike Turner spent a night in jail this week after he was arrested on a 1989 drug warrant that turned out to be invalid, police said.

Cameron Diaz has filed a police report accusing a photographer of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly driving his car at her.

Acclaimed photographer Helmut Newton has been killed in a car crash in the US, police said. He was 83.