Superstar Jon Bon Jovi, 51, sat down with Katie Couric, 56, to discuss his daughter Stephanie Bongiovi’s, 19, November 2012 heroin overdose. He told Katie about that terrifying phone call he had to get and the bigger picture of it all.

Jon Bon Jovi On His Daughter’s Overdose

“Worst phone call ever,” Jon tells Katie about the call he got regarding his daughter’s drug overdose in her college dorm room.

Jon Bon Jovi: Kids Have A ‘Lot Of Pressure’

A few months have passed, and Jon says that “she’s doing great” and that he truly “appreciates everyone’s thoughts and prayer,” but this problem is a lot larger than he thought. He sees first-hand that a lot of people are dealing with drug abuse, not just his daughter.

“In short, that problem is much more of a problem than I knew and I can’t get over how many people have said ‘My son, my daughter,’” Jon continued to tell Katie. “There is a lot of pressure on kids these days.”

Bon Jovi On Raising His Daughter, Stephanie

After Stephanie’s incident with heroin abuse, Jon spoke out to the Associated Press about trying to raise his daughter well with his wife Dorothea Hurley, 50.

“So you bring her up the best you can, you surround her with hugs and kisses and know that she may eventually fall down,” Jon told AP on Dec. 3 about the difficulties and struggles of raising a daughter.

Bon Jovi Shocked By Stephanie’s Drug Problem

With no idea what was going on, Jon was completely “shocked as much as the next parent with this situation” when he found out about Stephanie’s difficulties with heroin.

It’s been a difficult time of trying to recover for Stephanie, but Jon says the whole family is trying to push on through.

“I’m just blessed she’s healthy and whole and we’ll get through it,” Jon tells Katie in the interview.

What do YOU think HollywoodLifers? Are you proud of Jon for speaking to Katie about his daughter’s problem with heroin? Let us know in the comments below!

– Rachael Ellenbogen

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A day after Jon Bon Jovi‘s daughter Stephanie Bongiovi was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 14 for drug possession, following an alleged overdose on heroin in her dorm room at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, she had all charges dropped against her, E! News reports.

The Oneida County District Attorney’s Office announced on Nov. 15 that it was dropping the charges against Stephanie, 19, and friend Ian Grant, 21, who was at the scene and was allegedly involved in the overdose as well.

The D.A. says the charges were dropped because of a New York law, which came into effect in September 2011, that specifically prohibits prosecution of people who experience a drug overdose, as well as the people who help them seek medical care.

Stephanie was charged with heroin possession after police reported a small quantity of heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia found in her dorm room.

Are you surprised that the charges were dropped, HollywoodLifers?

– Billy Nilles

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Cops got a call that Jon Bon Jovi‘s daughter Stephanie Bongiovi overdosed on heroin, and was immediately rushed to the hospital, according to TMZ.

When the Kirland Police Department arrived at the Hamilton College dorm, Stephanie was found alive and they searched the room and found a “small quantity” of heroine, marijuana, and “drug paraphernalia”.

Stephanie was then arrested and charged for possession of a controlled substance, before being released from custody. Stephanie is the oldest of of Jon’s four children.

— Chloe Melas

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Jon Bon Jovi, 50, couldn’t be a more perfect  partner for Avon’s new scent, Unplugged. The inspiration behind the fragrance was to ‘capture the one of a kind feeling you experience while listening to your favorite song.’

“Avon, and the Avon Foundation for Women have given support and a voice to those in need for decades,” says Jon Bon Jovi. “Their philosophy of empowerment sends a strong message and I’m pleased to partner with them.”

The women’s version of the fragrance will be released in October 2012 and the men’s scent will hit in November 2012, both available through Avon representatives. Watch the behind-the-scenes video of Jon’s Avon shoot below!

HollywoodLifers, will you try Avon’s new fragrance? Sound off below!

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A slew of reports swirled around the Internet yesterday, Dec. 19, claiming that Jon Bon Jovi died from cardiac arrest. Clearly, this was totally FALSE.

The 49-year-old rocker tweeted a photo of himself at 6pm last night holding a sign that said:”Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.” It also included the date, Dec. 19th, and time, 6 pm.

What a relief! We’re so happy to hear Jon Bon Jovi is safe and home for the holidays!

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What do you think, HollywoodLifers? Was that the most awful rumor of 2011 or what? Vote and weigh in below.

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Want to be totally entertained this weekend? Then head straight to your favorite theater and settle in with Zac, Michelle, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele, Jessica Biel, Sarah Jessica Parker, Josh Duhamel and more

Yes, it’s a celebrity fest, watching New Year’s Eve will keep your head spinning, as one A-lister after another appears in hilarious or moving scene after scene.

It’s New Year’s Eve day in New York City and the countdown to the ball dropping has literally begun as Hilary Swank, who’s in charge of pulling off the celebration in Times Square, is attempting to ensure a trouble-free ball drop.  Of course, that’s not to be.

Then, Katherine Heigl is a caterer about to attempt to pull off the biggest, fanciest catering gig of her life with assistant Sofia Vergara, when in walks the star attraction of the evening – Jon Bon Jovi – and wow! Sparks and slaps fly!

Lea Michele gets stuck for hours with Ashton Kutcher…and Demi Moore does not want to see what happens.

Sarah Jessica Parker‘s a single mom;  Jessica Biel‘s about to pop out a baby; Josh Duhamel‘s a swinging bachelor — or is he?  And then there’s Halle Berry as the most gorgeous nurse you can ever imagine in those nasty blue fatigues.

But it’s adorable messenger boy Zac Efron and an unrecognizably frumpy Michelle Pfeiffer who steal the show.

There’s the most unlikely, yet engaging, couple in this film that will make you start circling New Year’s Eve in your calendar and making a plan to get to Times Square — no matter where you live.

Enjoy!

–Bonnie Fuller

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If you loved Garry Marshall‘s Valentine’s Day then just wait until you see his New Year’s Eve film! We’ve seen pictures on set but now HollywoodLife.com has read the script and we can give you a few highlights from the storylines for this highly anticipated flick. Spoiler alert!

We’ve already seen Michelle Pfeiffer and Zac Efron scooting around NYC together but Zac stayed mum when asked about their specific plotline. We can reveal that although Zac and Michelle do kiss (when the clock strikes midnight of course), it’s not a cougar relationship like you may think.

Michelle plays Ingrid, a “nondescript” secretary in her 50s who quits her job and tries to fulfill her New Year’s resolutions before midnight. She hires bike messenger Paul (Zac) to help her for the day. He ends up giving her a sweet, platonic kiss to help her complete her list of things to do before the year is over.

The cast is full of all-stars and their are the most unlikely of pairings! We don’t want to give away too many of the surprise twists in the movie that inevitably occur, just like Valentine’s Day (remember Bradley Cooper & Eric Dane‘s awesome kiss at the end?) but we’ll give you just enough to whet your appetite for the spinoff.

Highlights:

• Katherine Heigl plays Laura Carrington, a chef in charge of catering the big NYE bash. She has a romantic history with Jon Bon Jovi‘s rockstar character Jensen and when they meet up for the first time in years she slaps him in the face.
• Hilary Swank‘s Claire Morgan character is in charge of making sure the ball drops at midnight but meanwhile she has something else more important on her mind…
• A pregnant Tess (Jessica Biel) and husband Griffin (Seth Meyers) are in serious competition for having the first baby born in the new year so they can win reward money.
• Josh Duhamel‘s character Sam opens and closes the movie and has a storyline involving finding a lost love he met the year before
• Abigail Breslin plays the precocious Hailey, a girl trying to gain independence from her divorced mother Kate played by Sarah Jessica Parker.
• Ashton Kutcher and Lea Michele‘s characters Randy and Elise get stuck in an elevator together, and we are treated to a song that combines Bon Jovi and Lea Michele’s voices!

What do you think now that you’ve heard more about the movie? Any other actors or actresses connected to the film that you want to know about? Let us know in your comments!

Lorena O’Neil with reporting by Russ Weakland

Click here for what Zac had to say about working with Michelle

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On Saturday, Dec. 12, Taylor Lautner hosted SNL while his gal pal, Taylor Swift, celebrated her 20th birthday in Nashville. Unfortunately for the two lovebirds, neither could be with the other on their big nights!

Don’t you hate it when you have a really important event and your respective other can’t make it? That’s exactly what happened to Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner, who were forced to celebrate their big events this week alone!

The toothy twosome finally had a chance to catch up on all the other had missed out on Dec. 14, when they had a cute catch-up lunch at Nashville’s Pancake Pantry. Although the Twilight Saga: New Moon star couldn’t make his lady love’s 20th birthday fete the previous day due to work commitments, we still think he made up for it by romantically flying to her side!

His work commitment this week was a big one, too! Taylor L. hosted SNL, where he totally killed it as he jokingly defended his girlfriend’s honor by punching a cardboard cutout of Kanye West!

Later in the evening Saturday, Taylor still played the good boyfriend, behaving himself completely at the SNL afterparty at NYC’s swanky sushi restaurant Matsuri. He quietly tucked into a sirloin steak and kept close to his family until bedtime at 2:30 am.

His girl was never far from his mind, though. “Guests kept on bringing up Taylor’s birthday, but he just smiled knowingly and kept mum,” a party insider tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. “He was so lovely. People kept coming up to his table to congratulate him – everyone from Seth Meyers to Andy Samberg to Jon Bon Jovi – and he was just so nice and humble, hugging everyone. He was unwinding, not going crazy at all.”

We know why — he was saving the real celebrating for when he saw his lady!

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