DEAR STACY: Are they going to reopen the investigation into Brittany Murphy's death? — Sparta99

DEAR SPARTA99: Unlikely. Despite mysterious aspects of the 32-year-old "Clueless" star's 2009 passing, the L.A. county coroner's office stands by its determination that she died of a combination of pneumonia, anemia and medication. She had on hand an assortment of over-the-counter and prescription drugs (including hydrocodone) - all of which were legal. Noted the coroner's report, "The possible adverse physiological effects of elevated levels of these medications cannot be discounted, especially in her weakened state." Nevertheless, there has been continued questioning over the fact her screenwriter husband died of similar causes five months later in the same house. Her father's statements that her death could have been a murder, and the results of an independent toxicology report he ordered — which found metals consistent with rat poison in her hair — have been widely reported. Earlier this year, E! quoted L.A. County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter as saying, "The only thing they found was heavy metals present, but I guess either our folks or a doctor explained to them it was due to Brittany coloring her hair. ... It was determined it was from color. She wasn't poisoned."

DEAR STACY: What became of the plans to make a movie about Lena Horne? — Sandi E., Cleveland, Ohio

DEAR SANDI: Several projects about the brilliant, iconic performer, who died in 2010, have been announced, but so far, none have made it to production. There was the Janet Jackson planned TV biopic that was derailed after the pop star's breast-baring Super Bowl moment back in 2004. Lena and her daughter asked ABC not to allow Janet to portray her, and even though the network resisted, Janet willingly backed out. Then producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan left the project in solidarity with Janet. After that, Alicia Keys developed a movie about Lena with Oprah Winfrey, but it never got made. A couple of years ago, actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield ("Biker Boyz," "I Am Legend") launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a play with music called "A Lady Must Live" aimed at Broadway; she said she'd love to make a movie of it, too. That also seems to have stalled. It's too bad. With a dramatic life story that spans the heyday of Harlem's Cotton Club, Golden Era Hollywood, blacklisting, the Civil Rights Movement and on, the sensual singer-actress certainly warrants a bio-pic.

DEAR STACY: What's Mary Hart been doing lately? She used to be part of my daily life on "ET." — Rose G., Newark, New Jersey

DEAR ROSE: Hart plays a recurring character on the Freeform show "Baby Daddy," a TV hostess who is a version of herself. She returned to her old "Entertainment Tonight" stamping grounds awhile back for a special anniversary installment. She's been involved in activities on behalf of L.A.'s Children's Hospital and served as spokesperson for the Edith Sanford Breast Cancer initiative. She and husband, TV producer Burt Sugarman, own a high-rise condo in West Hollywood and a house in Palm Desert, California. They put their 160-acre Montana ranch on the market for $26.5 million a couple of years ago. Not too shabby.

DEAR STACY: The other surviving original "Ghostbusters" stars did cameos in the new movie. Why not Rick Moranis? — Jane S., Glendale, California

DEAR JANE: Moranis told The Hollywood Reporter that he was offered a walk-on, but "it just makes no sense to me. Why would I do just one day of shooting on something I did 30 years ago?" He wished the new film well just the same.

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