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Andy Dick is opening up about an apparent overdose he suffered in December.

Key Points

• Dick revealed on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast that his heart stopped during the ordeal, that he was "not breathing," and a CAT scan showed he has "5 to 7 holes" in his brain.

• The comedian was eventually admitted to rehab after video of the apparent overdose that troubled fans showed him slumped over and unresponsive on a Los Angeles sidewalk.

Andy Dickis opening up about anapparent overdosehe suffered in December.

The comedian andNewsRadiostar has not spoken much about the incident, which was captured on video originally published byTMZ. That video showed Dick slumped over and unresponsive in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Dec. 9 with his glasses fallen from his face, while others at the scene called an ambulance and attempted to help him gain consciousness.

Dick appeared on theHowie Mandel Does Stuffpodcast on Tuesday, where Mandel pressed him for more details on what happened, how it happened, and what his health looks like now.

"You were dead. Were you dead?" theAmerica's Got Talentjudge asked. "Yeah," Dick responded, but before he could elaborate, Mandel wanted to know more.

"Did your heart stop, like legitimately, clinically dead?" Mandel insisted. Dick responded that his heart did stop, saying he went "purple" and was "not breathing."

"As everyone knows, Andy has been battling his addictions for years.  There was an incident this past December, but I am happy to report that Andy is healthy, sober and doing great!" a representative for Dick toldEntertainment Weeklyon Tuesday.

On the podcast, Dick said he has no memory of the experience.

"There were no bright lights — I wish, I'd go back," he joked. His first recollection of the day came when he was "waking up in the ambulance."

He explained that the man who can be seen in the video helping him sit up and calling emergency services is Adam Carbone, the director of a documentary chronicling his rocky journey to sobriety. Though Dick said he didn't know who gave him the drug that caused such an intense reaction, nor does he know what the drug is, Carbone, who also joined Dick in Mandel's studio, explained that "the guy who he got the drug from had NARCAN."

NARCAN is an over-the-counter nasal spray designed to counteract the onset of an opioid overdose.

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Dick now resides in a sober living community, he revealed, where you're "not allowed to" use substances, and where "they drug test you."

Still, Mandel asked him if he was high because he seemed "out of it a little." Dick explained that both his energy levels and his memory have been impacted by years of substance use: "They did a CAT scan thing, or whatever they call it in your brain, and I have all these — there's about five to seven holes."

In his statement toEntertainment Weekly, Dick's representative clarified, "The issue with his brain is from the 2019 attack that almost killed Andy when an unprovoked attacker cold cocked Andy while he was outside of the club he and Paris Dylan had just performed.  We are assured that his brain will heal."

A separate representative for Dick used the same language to describe the incident to NBC New Orleans affiliateKPLC 7in 2019, that Dick was standing in front of French Quarter club One Eyed Jack's after a show "when the guy cold cocked him while he was talking to someone... Andy's head fell into the wall, then fell into the motorcycle, then cracked on the cement."

Footagecapturing the incident was eventually released and a suspect was apprehended, but thecase was eventually dropped.

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When repeatedly pushed to answer why he turns to substances like drugs and alcohol, Dick said, "Boredom. I get bored easily, and and it sounds dumb and it's just an excuse... But it's a problem."

A representative for Dicktold PEOPLEin late January that the comedian was "out of rehab," "sober," and has a lot to look forward to. Dick's daughter Meg with ex Lena Sved is pregnant, which means he's expecting his first grandchild.

Watch Dick's full appearance onHowie Mandel Does Stuffabove.

Updated: This article has been edited to include a statement from Dick's representative and information on injuries Dick sustained from a 2019 attack.

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Annabel Schofield, model and actress, died after being diagnosed with brain cancer on Feb. 28 in Los Angeles

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• The 62-year-old model was best known for her work as a model in the 1980s and collaboration with fashion photographer David Bailey

• At the height of her modeling career, she appeared as a recurring character on Dallas

Supermodel and actress Annabel Schofield has died after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

Schofield died at age 62 on Feb. 28 in Los Angeles, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. Following her diagnosis, theDallasactress posted updates about her health to aGoFundMeaccount created to help her with expenses following the diagnosis, with her final update on Jan. 18. In the update, Schofield shared that she had recently undergone emergency surgery to remove a mass from her nasal cavity.

Schofield was born on September 4, 1963, in Llanelli, Wales. Her father was British movie production executive John D. Schofield, who was involved in the production of numerous films, includingJerry MaguireandAs Good As It Gets.

Schofield later moved to London, where she began her modeling career. She would go on to appear on the covers of "hundreds" of fashion magazines, includingVogueGermany andItalianVogue,per the outlet.

Melissa Richardson, the owner of London's Take Two Agency, which began representing Schofield early in her career, reflected on the late model's life, describing her work as essential to the agency's success.

"She was the forerunner of Take Two — without her, we could never have made it as we did. We loved her because she was funny and real and beautiful and down to earth," Richardson said, perTHR. "She never changed from the sweet little 17-year-old Welsh girl I first met. She was directly loyal, caring, and above all, a raging beauty. She knew her craft. She was the best."

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She would also work as a model for designer and beauty campaigns, including Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, Rimmel, and Revlon. Her appearance in a late 1980s Bugle Boy Jeans commercial, in which she said "Excuse me, are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?" while driving a sports car, was especially memorable.

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In the midst of her successful modeling career, she relocated to Los Angeles and was cast in a recurring role on the hit primetime soap,Dallas. For 12 episodes, she would star as Laurel Ellis, performing opposite Larry Hagman's J.R. Ewing, in the series' 11th season.

Annabel would go on to appear in feature films, includingEye of the Widow.She also worked behind the camera, serving as a crew member onThe Brothers Grimm, DoomandCity of Ember.

Later in life, she founded her own production company, Bella Bene Productions, for which she produced commercials and fashion projects. Then in 2013, she wrote a novel calledThe Cherry Alignment, inspired by her time as a model and actress in the 1980s.

She is survived by her mother and was predeceased by her father and her sister, Amanda Schofield.

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BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - Two senior Chinese officials were absent on Wednesday from the ranks of China's highest tier of power at the opening of the country's two largest political events of the year, with ‌top Communist Party cadres ensnared in a wave of purges.

Zhang Youxia, China's highest-ranking general, was not among the ‌party's 23-member Politburo at the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), according to a Reuters witness. Neither was Ma Xingrui, formerly the party's ​top official in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang.

Thousands of delegates have arrived in Beijing this week for the annual meetings of the CPPCC and the National People's Congress, where officials will unveil this year's economic targets and map out key policy goals for the next five years.

Zhang, who is also a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), was put under investigation in January. ‌Ma has not been in the public eye ⁠since late October.

Also in October, He Weidong, who was the co-vice chair of China's military leadership body with Zhang, was expelled from the Communist Party for corruption, reducing the 24-member Politburo to ⁠23.

The downfalls of Zhang and He have cut China's CMC to two members - President Xi Jinping, the chairman, and newly promoted Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin.

Their downfalls point to Xi's willingness to remove senior political figures - including sitting Politburo members - even if they create temporary uncertainty ​about ​governance.

Beijing's intensified anti-graft drive in recent years has also touched sectors ​linked to the military, including aerospace. Zhou Xinmin, the ‌former head of state-owned conglomerate Aviation Industry Corp of China, was among three lawmakers ousted from Parliament last month. No explanation was provided.

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The purges of sitting Politburo members are a reminder of similar incidents over 10 years ago when Xi was first coming to power.

Bo Xilai, the former Chongqing party chief who fell from grace following a major political scandal involving his wife, was jailed for life in 2013 for corruption and abuse of power.

In the years that followed, other serving Politburo members ‌also fell from power, including Zhou Yongkang, a former security chief, ​and Sun Zhengcai, also a former Chongqing party chief.

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Ma Xingrui was removed from ​his position as Xinjiang party chief in July "to be ​appointed to another position," according to an official announcement. It is not clear if he was ‌ever transferred to a new role.

His most recent ​known public appearance was at the ​Communist Party Central Committee's Fourth Plenum in late October. Since then, Ma has been absent from the state broadcaster's footage of several key events, including a Politburo study session in November and the annual Central Economic Work Conference ​in December.

Before entering regional politics in southern ‌China's Guangdong province and later in Xinjiang, he served as the director of the China National Space ​Administration and was vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

(Reporting by Ryan Woo, Xiuhao Chen ​and Ethan Wang; Editing by Tom Hogue and Thomas Derpinghaus)

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba said Wednesday it has filed terrorism charges against six suspects it claims were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that is alleged to haveopened fire on soldiersin waters off the island's north coast.

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The Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that the suspects of Cuban origin remain in pretrial detention, adding that it will ensure "due process" as it continues to act "in defense of our people and the country's institutions."

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The government has said 10 heavily armed Cubans from the U.S. who were on board the boat opened fire as theytried to infiltrate the islandto commit acts of terrorism. It said that Cuban soldiers returned fire, killing four suspects.

The governmentunveiled itemssaid to have been found on the boat, including a dozen high-powered weapons, more than 12,800 pieces of ammunition and 11 pistols.

Chief prosecutor Edward Robert Campbell has told The Associated Press that terrorism charges carry a possible sentence of up to 30 years in prison or even the death penalty, although Cuba has maintained a moratorium on the latter since 2003.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jaylon Tyson scored 22 points, James Harden added 18 and the Cleveland Cavaliers avenged a recent loss in Detroit by beating the East-leading Pistons 113-109 on Tuesday night despite playing without injured star Donovan Mitchell.

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Evan Mobley also had 18 points and Dennis Schroder 15 for the Cavs, who split their four regular-season games with Detroit.

Mitchell sat out his fourth straight game with a nagging groin strain. Coach Kenny Atkinson said the seven-time All-Star is "trending better" but doesn't know when he'll be back to build chemistry for the postseason with Harden, who was acquired at the trade deadline.

Jalen Duren added 24 points and 14 rebounds and Tobias Harris scored 19 points — all after halftime — for the Pistons, who had their road winning streak stopped at six games. Cade Cunningham dished out 14 assists but scored only 10 on 4-of-16 shooting for Detroit.

The Pistons cut an 11-point deficit to one in the fourth, but Sam Merrill hit a big 3-pointer to help the Cavs hang on.

While it was the last meeting between Detroit and Cleveland before the playoffs, their rivalry has been reborn with both teams in Eastern Conference title contention.

Following the Cavs' overtime road loss last week, an unnamed Cleveland player chirped the Pistons "are not in our class."

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Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff, who was fired by the Cavs in 2024, dismissed the bravado before Tuesday's game.

"If you mean it," he said, "you don't say it anonymously."

Cleveland center Jarrett Allen, who has been having one of the best stretches of his career, suffered a knee injury in the third quarter and didn't return. When asked about his condition on his way out of Rocket Arena, Allen said: "I'll be all right."

Detroit's Isaiah Stewart returned from a seven-game league suspension and played 22 minutes.

Up next

Pistons: At San Antonio on Thursday.

Cavaliers: Host Boston on Sunday.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored after being honored for helping theU.S. win an Olympic gold medal in hockey, and the Buffalo Sabres won their fourth straight game by beating the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 on Tuesday night.

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Owen Power and Jason Zucker also scored for the surging Sabres. Buffalo improved to 25-5-2 in its past 32, and its 35 wins through 61 games are the team's most since having 41 over the same span in 2006-07.

Alex Lyon made 29 saves to improve to 13-2 in his past 15 starts.

Pavel Dorofeyev, with his team-leading 29th goal, and Ivan Barbashev scored and Vegas matched a season-low by losing three straight in regulation. The slumping Golden Knights also dropped to 4-8-2 in their past 14.

Akira Schmid stopped 25 shots.

The Sabres appeared in control by opening a 3-0 lead on Thompson's goal 5:44 into the second period. Thompson scored his team-leading 33rd goal by accepting Alex Tuch's no-look pass and beating Schmid high on the far side with a shot from the right circle.

The Golden Knights, however, responded with Barbashev and Dorofeyev scoring 1:37 apart to cut the lead to 3-2 by the 8:27 mark of the period.

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Thompson was honored during a pre-game ceremony in Buffalo's first home game since returning from theOlympicbreak last week.

Thompson drew loud cheers in taking a ceremonial opening faceoff with fellow Olympian and Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel, who even attracted applause in facing his former team.

The Golden Knights played without captain Mark Stone, who sustained an undisclosed injury in a 5-0 loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday. Coach Bruce Cassidy said Stone is with the team getting treatment and listed him as day to day.

Up next

Golden Knights: Close five-game trip at Detroit on Wednesday.

Sabres: At Pittsburgh on Thursday.

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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Top-ranked tennis playerAryna Sabalenkahas announced her engagement to Brazilian businessman Georgios Frangulis.

Sabalenka posted a video of the proposal on Instagram, accompanied with the words "You & me, forever" along with a ring and heart emoji.

The news quickly drew congratulations from fellow tennis players, including Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, and Amanda Anisimova, a possible opponent for Sabalenka in the quarterfinals at the forthcoming Indian Wells tournament in the Southern California desert.

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The tournament that opens on Wednesday will be Sabalenka's first since she reached the final at the Australian Open, whereshe lost to Elena Rybakina6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Jan 31.

AP tennis:https://apnews.com/hub/tennis