Leif Garrett charged with heroin
possession in LA
The Associated
Press
Posted: Sunday, Feb. 07, 2010
LOS ANGELES
Former 1970s teen idol Leif (LAFE) Garrett
has been charged with felony possession of
heroin after his arrest in a Los Angeles
subway station.
The 48-year-old singer and actor was charged
Friday and is free on bond. He is scheduled
to be arraigned Feb. 24.
Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve
Whitmore says deputies confronted Garrett at
the downtown Metro Red Line station Monday.
They say he admitted having black tar heroin
in his shoe.
Garrett was also arrested for heroin
possession at an LA subway station in 2006.
A phone message left for publicist Barbara
Papageorge was not immediately returned, and
it was not clear if Garrett had an attorney.
Garrett had a handful of hit songs and was a
constant cover boy on teen magazines in the
1970s.
Updated
May 18, 2007
...
Confirmed venues for
Original Idols Summer Tour.
More dates to come
We'll keep you posted as soon as we hear anything more.
Silverton
Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, Nevada
Sept 01, 2007 8:00P
Sept 02, 2007 8:00P
Alameda County Fair Pleasanton, California
Jun 22, 2007 6:00P
Jun 22, 2007 8:00P
More Information
Waukesha Expo -
A Taste Of
Summer
Waukesha, WI
Jun 06, 2007 - Listed as 5:30P
More Information
CANCELLED The Original Idols
will be performing on April, 30 2007 at the
Northern
Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alberta
Leif is NOT scheduled
to perform at this show
Casino Aztar Evansville, Indiana
Cost :
$25-$35 - Call the 800 number regarding
accommodations
Apr 27, 2007 7:30P & 10P
Apr 28, 2007 7:30P & 10P
Las Vegas, NV,
Polly
Esther's (Stratosphere)
**-
Leif and Bay City Rollers only -**
April 7, 2007
10:00pm
March 14,
2007
Due to electrical
problems, Polly Esther's Vegas opening night of
March 15th has been pushed to Friday, March 16th.
Leif and the Bay City Rollers scheduled to perform
Thursday night are being rescheduled, hopefully in a
few weeks.
March 6,
2007
REMEMBER WHEN?
by Robin Leach - Luxe
Life
A host of yesteryear's primo pop names are in
the loop for next week's opening of the new Polly Esther's nightclub at the
Stratosphere. Leif Garrett and the Bay City Rollers shout out loud on night one,
Remember Deborah Gibson being dubbed the original pop princess way before we
heard word one from a Spears named Brittney -- does the honors night two and
Tiffany surfaces as star of night three for the gala weekend starting Thursday
March 15!
LUXE LIFE has learned the multi-themed, four-room
casino-level club
promises four decades of music throughout the giant 26,000-square- foot
facility.
Two
confirmed venues for Original Idols Summer Tour. More dates to
come - visit www.myspace.com/originalidols
Casino Aztar Evansville, Indiana
Apr 27 2007 7:30P
Apr 27 2007 10:00P
Apr 28 2007 7:30P
Apr 28 2007 10:00P
Alameda County Fair Pleasanton, California
Jun 29 2007 6:00P
Jun 29 2007 8:00P
We'll keep you posted as soon as we hear anything more.
December 18, 2006
Leif recently recorded an appearance on the
Dr. Keith Ablow Show. Leif talks to Dr. Keith about his turbulent
childhood in Hollywood and his severe battle with drug addiction. Then, Dustin
Diamond, best known as Screech on "Saved by the Bell ," opens up about life
after child stardom and his self-produced sex tape.
The episode is scheduled to air on Thursday Dec.
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December 12, 2006
E! Travels Boulevard
of Broken Dreams
Read the full article
December 11, 2006
E! slates 8 episodes of 'Broken Dreams'
By
Denise
Martin
…E!
Entertainment TV has slated eight episodes
of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," a new
series from the team behind the network's
"True Hollywood Story."
E!'s "Boulevard"
will delve into the lives of ill-fated
celebs. Among the subjects on tap are Nikki
and Krissy Taylor, Chris Penn,
Leif Garrett,
James Frey and Jonathan Brandis. E!
Studios-produced series
premieres Jan. 22.
December 10, 2006
December 2006 Concert Photos from Las Vegas
Spend New Year's Eve with The Original Idols Live.
They've sold over 150 million records,
had over 20 Top 40 hits, and they're in Vegas for one totally
awesome show only!
$59 Balcony, $79 Main Floor, $99 Golden Circle
Reservations 800-221-7299 or
www.flamingolasvegas.com
September
1, 2006
CELEBRITY
FEAR FACTOR - 2006
Tempestt
Bledsoe ("The Cosby Show"), 70's sensation,
Leif
Garrett
Arianne Zuker ("Days of our Lives"), John
Melendez ("The Tonight Show," "The Howard
Stern Show"), Traci Bingham ("Baywatch"),
Todd Bridges (Diff'rent Strokes"), and model
Brande Roderick will go head-to-head in a
competition fit for the stars and the chance
to win $50,000. For the first stunt, the
stars will be hung upside down and dunked
repeatedly in the water while trying to
remove flags from their vests. Then, each
team is sealed into a small isolation pod
where they will have to endure
claustrophobia, nasty smells, heat, maggots
and even electric shocks! In the final
stunt, each contestant will be have to
navigate through a complex driving course
that ends with crashing through an exploding
shed that will flip their truck and send it
careening down a hill.
Leif was released from Los Angeles County
jail on June 29, 2006 after serving 90 days.
November 20, 2005
Celebrity
Fear Factor - 2006 Airdate TBD
Check out Leif
on a future
episode of Celebrity Fear Factor!
His competition includes G Gordon Liddy,
Traci Bingham, John
Melendez, Tempestt Bledsoe and Brande
Roderick. They are going to be
playing for 50K and doing some of the most
outrageous stunts Fear
Factor's team has ever devised!
November
14, 2005
Leif
filmed
an episode of Elimidate which initially aired
November 14th.
It airs at
different times on the WB network.
October
1, 2005
October
2005 Concert Photos from La Cave
Original F8
members Chuck Billings & Karl D'Amico
reunite with Leif for one night and perform live at
La
Cave on
Friday, October 21st.
September
21, 2005
The Dayton
(Ohio) Daily News reported
- writer, producer and
Dayton native Michael Chapa (far right) of Columbus
was in Dayton (in June) shooting promotional trailers for a movie he's producing called, "Circumstances of Fate."
The film is described as a gangster/mafia drama set in 1969 where a boy is relocated to a Dayton orphanage by the witness protection
plan after witnessing the murder of his parents in New York.
From Leilani
Munter,com
"....I was in Dublin, Ohio filming a movie called "Circumstances of Fate" with 70's teen idol
Leif
Garrett --
he shoots me dead in the film, thanks Leif! This picture is Leif and I on the set and that's fake blood (corn syrup and food coloring) on my police uniform...."
September
17, 2005
Reminders of some recent Leif
projects:
Leif makes a guest appearance on a
CD by Frankenstein 3000
titled "America's Hit Remakers"
available at Main
Man Records.com
| The Outsiders - The Complete Novel
- Two-Disc DVD set
- available at various retail stores and
WarnerVideo.com |
 |
Available
November 8:
 |
Popstar
DVD starring Aaron Carter - will be available at various retail stores.
Visit
PopStar-the-movie.com
 Soundtrack
available October 18
more coming soon.... |
Thanks
for your continued interest and support of
Leif
July
17, 2005
How
many times have you looked at a photo from
your past and wondered aloud... "I
can't believe I wore that?" WE: Women's
Entertainment invites everyone to embrace
their former fashion faux pas with the aptly
titled I Can't Believe I Wore That, airing
December 5-8 at 10:00pm ET.
The four-part series, hosted by Hollywood
beauty icon, Bo Derek and actor/comedian,
Dave Coulier, will gather celebrities and
fashionistas of the 70s, 80s, 90s and today
to discuss the fashions they helped to make
famous and are now infamous for being bad.
I Can't Believe I Wore That In The 70s
Hip huggers, bell-bottoms, polyester leisure
suits and Valerie Bertinelli's hair-wings,
there's plenty about the 70s we would like
to forget. The decade that brought us Studio
54 and Saturday Night Fever also brought
satin jackets, platform shoes and super
short track shorts. Trendsetters like Barry
Williams and Leif
Garrett
join comedians and designers to dish on the
70s fashion and the people that made them
dyn-o-mite!
July
12, 2005
FUSE
TV Station ID
Leif
appears
in a Fuse promo currently running on FUSE TV
July
12, 2005
Leif
adds
commentary to re-release of "The
Outsiders" DVD Francis Ford Coppola is
set to re-release his movie "The
Outsiders" 22 years after it's debut.
Coppola has gathered original cast members to
record audio commentaries. "The
Outsiders: The Complete Novel" will be
re-released in selected US cinemas beginning
September 9th before being
released on a two-disc DVD on September 20th.
June
25, 2005
MTV has
announced the premiere of "MTV's
The '70s House,"
a new reality competition series where 12 young
people kick their modern, 2005 coolness to the
curb to live in a groovy 1970s-era house, in the
hopes of winning cash and fabulous prizes.
The series premieres on Tuesday, July 5, at
10:30 pm, and will feature guest appearances by
some of the biggest names from the ‘70s,
including Erik Estrada, Deney Terrio, Jimmy
Walker, Leif
Garrett,
and others. The show is co-hosted by “Bert and
Dawn,” played by stand-up comics Bil Dwyer and
Natasha Leggero, who lead the housemates on this
far-out journey back in time.
June
25, 2005
From
Frankenstein3000.com
We've
settled on a title and a tracklist for the
covers CD. "America's Hit Remakers"
1. Welcome To
The Monkey House
(originally
recorded by The Dandy Warhols)
2. Good Morning, Good Morning
(originally
recorded by The Beatles)
3. Sheer Heart Attack
(originally recorded by
Queen)
4. American Nights w/Cherie Currie
(originally
recorded by The Runaways)
5. Bop 'Til You Drop w/Cheetah Chrome
(originally recorded by The Ramones)
6. Blockbuster
(originally recorded by Sweet)
7. Lookout
(originally recorded by Cheap Trick)
8. Shonen Knife
(originally recorded by Redd
Kross)
9. 20th Century Boy w/ Shawn Mars, Steve Conte
and Leif Garrett
(originally recorded by T Rex)
10. It's Only Love
(originally recorded by The
Wildhearts)
11. Can't Stand It
(originally recorded by
Velvet Underground)
12. Pussy And Money
(originally recorded by The
Dictators)
13. Rockaway Beach w/"Handsome" Dick
Manitoba
(originally recorded by The Ramones)
14. Babylon w/David Johansen
(originally
recorded by The New York Dolls)
15. I'm The Man w/Derwood Andrews
(originally
recorded by Joe Jackson)
16. Mystery Achievement
(originally recorded by
The Pretenders)
17. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(Reprise)/The End
(originally recorded by The
Beatles)
plus a few surprises and bonus tracks!
www.MySpace.com/Frankenstein3000
June
7, 2005
Wonder Woman
- The Complete Third Season
DVD release date June 7, 2005
My Teenage Idol
Is Missing - Singer Leif
Garrett guest
stars as a teen singer who is kidnapped for
extortion. His agent finds a double to stand
in for the missing singer's concert while
Wonder Woman tries to track him and his
kidnappers down. BONUS: Lynda Carter
commentary
June
7, 2005
05/16/05
- NEW YORK DOLLS, RUNAWAYS, DEAD BOYS Members To
Guest On FRANKENSTEIN 3000 Covers CD - East
Coast hard rockers FRANKENSTEIN 3000 are getting
a little help from their friends on a covers CD
to be released this summer on Main Man Records.
Inspired by their recent collaboration with NEW
YORK DOLLS frontman David Johansen on the DOLLS
classic "Babylon", FRANKENSTEIN 3000
decided to record a CD of some of their favorite
classic punk/'70s tunes and invite some of their
heroes to contribute.
In addition to the NEW YORK DOLLS frontman, the
as-yet-untitled disc will include guest
apperances by RUNAWAYS singer Cherie Currie,
DEAD BOYS guitarist Cheetah Chrome, GENERATION X
guitarist "Derwood" Andrews, DICTATORS
vocalist "Handsome" Dick Manitoba,
former teen heartthrob/F8 leader
Leif Garrett
and current NEW YORK DOLLS guitarist Steve
Conte.
Complete
Story @
Blabbermouth.net
and Frankenstein3000.com
March
10, 2005
American
Black Beauty 2005 TV film -
now
available on DVD.
Visit amazon.com to purchase the DVD
American Black Beauty is a modern day classic remake, set in the mid-west and inspired by the 19th Century English book written by Anna Sewell. Cheryl Birtwick, an emotionally unavailable teenager, arrives at the Lane Horse Ranch for the summer. The ranch is in danger of being bought by the town mayor and Lane family enemy, Bart Williams. Cheryl discovers romance, adventure, and even danger through her encounters with Carey, the grandson of the ranch's owner, and Black Beauty, a temperamental, spirited horse. Finally she has to test her love for Carey, the Lane Ranch and her trust in Black Beauty, as she races against the Mayor's star horse for the fate of the Lane Farm.
March
2, 2005
TAG Entertainment, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of TAG Entertainment Corp. in association with Downtown The Movie LLC, announced today that the world premiere of "Popstar" is set for March 3, 2005. Houston, Texas will play host to this star-studded event to be held at the Cinemark Tinseltown 17 Theater (located at 1600 Lake Robbins, The Woodlands, TX 77380.) The Red Carpet Pre-Show will be followed by a VIP Reception at the Marriott Waterway Hotel & Convention Center. Aaron Carter will perform three songs live at the VIP
DVD
Release Date = TBD
Reception
Invited guests include the two stars of the movie, Aaron Carter and Alana Austin(Motocrossed, Hansel & Gretel, The Retrievers) as well as the film's director Richard Gabai (Moto X Kids, The Bike Squad, Kickboxing Academy.)
Additional key participants to the Popstar production include writer Timothy J. Barton (Out To Lunch) and stars Kimberly Kevon Williams (Joan of Arcadia, Boston Public, Phil of the Future), David Cassidy (The Partridge Family, VH1's 8-Track Falshback, The Spirit of 76),
Leif Garrett
(Suddenly Susan, The Outsiders, Longshot, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), Rick Overton (Edtv, Mrs. Doubtfire, Groundhog Day, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures) and Tom Bosley (Happy Days, Love Boat, Father Dowling Mysteries, Port Charles).
Film Synopsis
This teen romantic comedy is set in Orlando, Florida. Heartthrob and internationally renowned recording artist JD McQueen (Aaron Carter) 17, has a big problem. Despite numerous private teachers, JD's scholastic test scores are miserable (especially math.) His parents send him back to public school with an ultimatum; pass high school or no summer tour with the band. Faced with the prospect of losing his celebrity status, JD returns to Boone High School only to find that making the grade is much harder than he originally thought.
February
26, 2005
Liberty N' Justice publishes an
Interview
with Leif
Download "Sight
Unseen"
a song Leif recorded with Liberty N' Justice-available for a limited time.
January
30, 2005
Radio
Interview - Sunday, January 30th - 10pm
WRAT
95.9 FM (New Jersey)
The Electric Ballroom with Keith & Aimee
January
27, 2005
Tsunami
Charity Show - Camp
Freddy with special guests
Leif will be performing a song
with Camp Freddy at The Key Club on Thursday,
January 27. Tickets are now on sale at The Key
Club Box Office. All proceeds from the show will
be donated to the American Red Cross for the
South East Asia Relief Fund.
The
Key Club
9039 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Doors open at 8pm Tickets - $10
January
25, 2005
LOS
ANGELES, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Sherman Oaks,
California-born Brad Elterman's first
photography exhibition, "Like It Was
Yesterday," commenced with a star-studded
opening night party on Wednesday, January 19th,
2005, at the Don O'Melveny Gallery, 9009 Melrose
Avenue in West Hollywood, California, telephone
(310) 273-7868. The exhibition will now remain
on display, by popular demand, during normal
gallery hours through Saturday, January 29th.
Attending the opening night reception was Leif
Garrett,
Kenny G and wife Lydnie, Steve Jones of The Sex
Pistols, Michael Des Barres, Cherie Curie of The
Runaways and The Mayor Of The Sunset Strip,
Rodney Bingheimer. Former Teen Idol, Leif
Garrett was the first boyfriend of Nicolette
Sheridan of the hit TV show, Desperate
Housewives. "I was the first one to take
her photo," says Elterman. The photo is an
iconic image with Sheridan in a string bikini at
the age of 17.
January
20, 2005
A
Benefit for the Raven's
Heart Foundation
The Many Different Faces Of The
Entertainment Industry All Come Together
Hosted By: Happenin'
Harry
The
Hard Rock Cafe
8600
Beverly Blvd. (The cross street is San Vincente)
Los Angeles, California 90048
18 AND OVER SHOW !!
HAPPENIN' HARRY & THE HAPTONES ALL STAR
BAND (11:00pm)
Featuring dozens of musicians including
Leif
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