Mischa Barton goes brunette, looks stunning in a party

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Troubled actress Mischa Barton insists that she is getting her life back on track after her recent reported breakdown. "I had a bad few weeks.

September 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former O.C. star Mischa Barton is reportedly dating an aspiring actor, Leo Wyndham.

August 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actress Mischa Barton has assured her fans that she's 'feeling great' following a mysterious health scare. The O.C. star was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles last after reportedly suffering a meltdown and calling cops to her Hollywood home.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Mischa Barton has been released from hospital and is expected to resume work soon. Earlier this month, Barton was taken into custody under involuntary psychiatric hold in the US after cops were called by her concerned friends.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Mischa Barton developed an alcohol problem in her teens, triggering years of subsequent abuse, according to a close friend. Stacey Kives, a stylist who worked with Mischa on the set of The O.C, claims the actress began her affair with booze from the tender age of 14, reports The Sun.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Mischa Barton has been discharged from the hospital and is ready to head back to work. Barton, 23, was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center July 15.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former O.C. star Mischa Barton is making improvements and is likely to return to work in a week, says her publicist.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Mischa Barton not only struggled with break ups and health problems, she also struggled with a fluctuating weight and body image, says a friend. "She has big self-esteem issues...

July 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former The O.C. star Mischa Barton has been struggling with a fluctuating weight and body image, it has been revealed.

July 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan had offered to help Mischa Barton to clean up her act, it has emerged. Both Lohan and Barton have often partied together, however, the 'Mean Girls' star distanced herself from Barton after a last year party.

July 20th, 2009 LONDON - Mischa Barton is said to have recently collapsed at her Los Angeles home because she had allegedly snorted cocaine three days in a row. The 23-year-old actress remained in an involuntary psychiatric hold after reportedly suffering a meltdown.

July 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Friends of The O.C. star Mischa Barton insists that she has been on a destructive path for a while now.

July 17th, 2009 <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-17278" style="margin: 2px;float: left" title="Mischa Barton on suicide watch" src="http://blog.taragana.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mischa-barton1.jpg" alt="Mischa Barton on suicide watch" width="330" height="430" />LOS ANGELES - Hollywood star Mischa Barton has been hospitalized under involuntary psychiatric hold, Access Hollywood reported Thursday. The 23-year-old actress is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the report said.

July 17th, 2009 <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-17278" style="margin: 2px;float: left" title="Mischa Barton on suicide watch" src="http://blog.taragana.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mischa-barton1.jpg" alt="Mischa Barton on suicide watch" width="330" height="430" />WASHINGTON - The O.C. star Mischa Barton has reportedly been put under involuntary psychiatric hold.

July 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Mischa Barton has raised eyebrows after packing on the pounds, with her friends laying the blame on the actress' hard partying ways. The O.C. star, who left onlookers gasping with her dramatic weight loss six months ago, was said to have replaced her previously thin frame with some serious expanding curves and a bloated face.