Tatum O’Neal was arrested on drug charges in her Manhattan apartment Sunday night. New York City Police said they had found bags of cocaine and crack cocaine in the 44 year old actress’s possession at the time of the arrest. Police Reports indicate O’Neal initiallly told NYPD Officers that she was doing research for an upcoming film part. Also arrested was 33 year old Allen Garcia who is believed possibly to be O’Neal’s dealer.

Tatum O’Neal was the youngest actress in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Oscar, having taken home the prize for Best Supporting Actress for “Paper Moon” in which she co-starred with her father Ryan O’Neal when she was 10 years old. Since then she has appeared in such films as “The Bad News Bears”, “International Velvet” and “Basquiat” along with numerous television appearances including “Sex and the City”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “Rescue Me”.

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Yves Saint-Laurent, the legendary fashion designer, has passed away at the age of 71. The reclusive French couture giant was one of the most dominant forces in 20th Century fashion along with Christian Dior and Coco Chanel. Saint-Laurent had retired form haute couture in 2002 and had been of poor health for a long time at his passing.

After winning several Parisian design contests as a young man, Saint-Laurent was hired to design for Christian Dior. After Dior abruptly passed away three years later, YSL took over the revered fashion house. However in 1960 Saint-Laurent was drafted to fight in the French-Algerian War. He was granted an exemption three weeks later, but by that time had already been replaced at Dior. It was then that Saint-Laurent with the help and business management of his longtime partner and lover Pierre Berge ventured out to form his own label, which would revolutionize the fashion of the second half of the 20th Century. You can see a film from one of Saint-Laurent’s early fashion shows with his own label after the jump.

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