Anna Nicole Smith

It’s been nearly 10 years since model Anna Nicole Smith died, leaving behind her five-month-old daughter Dannielynn. In the years since her mother’s tragic death Dannielynn has been living quietly with her father Larry Birkhead in Kentucky, but the memory of Anna Nicole is still being kept very much alive for her daughter.

Larry Birkhead and daughter Dannielynn, pictured in 2013

Speaking on the ‘Today’ show, just days after Dannielynn celebrated her 10th birthday, Birkhead opened up about raising his daughter as a single parent. “I'm not the best dad, I have my faults, but I do the best I can with what the situation is,'' he said.

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Anna Nicole (nee) Smith died tragically, while fighting a legal battle for her late husband’s millions, but Nicole Smith’s daughter from another relationship, Dannielynn Birkhead, has seen the case resolved and in her favor. Anna Nicole famously married millionaire J. Howard Marshall, who was 62 years her senior, in 1994. He died one year later, kicking off a chain of tragic events, which included the death by drug overdose of Smith’s son Daniel in 2006 and her own overdose on prescription drugs just five months later.

When Anna Nicole died, she was still engaged in the battle with Marshall’s family over his estate, estimated to be somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion. Anna Nicole never saw the payout, but now, thanks to the ruling of a California judge, her 6-year-old daughter will, according to TMZ’s report on the case. The website states that the payout will be for the grand total of $49 million, despite despite a 2011 Supreme Court ruling against Smith's estate that overturned a previous $475 million.

Hopefully now the whole thing can be left behind in the past, so that Dannielynn might have a chance at a normal childhood – or as normal as possible, under the circumstances. Dannielynn currently lives with her father, Larry Birkhead and does modelling work for Guess Jeans’ children’s division.

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The highlight of this week’s movie releases is, unarguable. This is the time of year that many major releases come smothered in a blanket of ‘will it / won’t it’ chatter, with regards to Oscar nominations. The run-up to the release of the Brad Pitt-starring Killing Them Softly has been muted, though and it looks as though the Academy might be glossing over this particular mob tale.

Of course, gangster stories, in themselves, are nothing new in Hollywood but Killing Them Softly is showing signs of being one of the better ones. The perfect mix of dark drama and dark humour, Pitt leads a stellar cast, including James Gandolfini, and Ray Liotta (gangster movie essentials, no?) and director Andrew Domink has wooed the critics, thus far, causing Andrew O’Hehir of Salon.com to comment “It has a weird, buzzing, intense quality that has burrowed its way deep into my brain like some invasive sci-fi organism.” It remains to be seen, though, whether the folk over at the Academy decide it’s worthy of a nod.

Watch the trailer for Killing Them Softly

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Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn Birkhead, 6, has stepped in front of the camera to model for Guess - the U.S. clothing brand that her late mother modelled for in 1992-1993, reports Reuters.

Photos of Dannielynn modelling for the brand's spring 2013 kid's line emerged this week, showing the six-year-old wearing a denim skirt, yellow belt and fedora hat. Another shot sees the youngster leaning against a piece of driftwood on a beach, gazing out wistfully across the ocean. The company's creative director Paul Marciano suggested Dannielynn is a natural, just like her mother who died of an accidental overdose in 2007. He told US Weekly magazine, "Dannielynn has the same playful spirit that her mother had on a set. She is a second-generation Guess girl, which makes this campaign a first for us." Anne Nicole - best known for marrying the oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall when he was 89 and she was 26 - modelled for Guess shortly after appearing on the cover of Playboy magazine. She died in Florida at the age of 39. 

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Former Playboy bunny Anna Nicole Smith has died aged 39.

Ms Smith was found to be unresponsive in her hotel room in Florida overnight at and was pronounced dead just one hour later in hospital.

The blonde bombshell, born Vickie Lynn Hogan, was once called the "next Marilyn Monroe" for her voluptuous figure and styling herself on the troubled actress for the cover of Playboy magazine.

The actress and model rose to notoriety after her marriage to billionaire J. Howard Marshall in 1994 when she was 26 and the oil giant was aged 89. Mr Marshall died just over one year later and began a legal battle for Ms Smith for a portion of his fortune which ended in 2006.

On 10th September last year Ms Smith's 20-year-old son from her first marriage, Daniel, died just three days after giving birth to her daughter Dannielynn in the Bahamas.

It is believed that a post-mortem examination will be carried out today to determine the cause of death.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has expressed his sadness at the news of Ms Smith's death saying: "I am very saddened to learn about Anna Nicole's passing. She was a dear friend who meant a great deal to the Playboy family and to me personally."

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