British singer consults lawyers hours after hubby's release from prison
Showbiz Spy Nov 10, 08 10:46 AM CST
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With the aid of her family, Amy Winehouse consulted lawyers about divorcing ex-con husband Blake Fielder-Civil hours after his release from prison last week. “Amy fears Blake's just after her money,” a source told the News of the World , adding Winehouse “smelt the roses” when he tried to get her to pay his $60,000 rehab bill.
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Singer hit photographer, flashed chest before passing out
Daily Mail (UK) Nov 6, 08 11:22 AM CST
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Hours after her husband was freed from jail, Amy Winehouse went on a rampage reminiscent of darker days, the Sun reports. With makeup smeared across her face, Winehouse, 25, stormed from her London home and hit a photographer, asking, “Who wants some?” The singer flashed the group and sucked on a friend’s knuckle before passing out in a cab, adds the Daily Mail .
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Crooner to release first US album in 15 years
Associated Press Sep 17, 08 1:31 PM CDT
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Amy Winehouse's retro stylings have inspired an old pussycat to make a new album. Tom Jones, 68, is releasing his first new album in the US in November. It was listening to his fellow Brit's Back to Black that gave him ideas for the right sound for his famous voice, he tells AP.
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Docs fear permanent harm from ODs
Sun (UK) Sep 3, 08 9:19 AM CDT
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Amy Winehouse may have brain damage as a result of two overdoses in the past year where she binged on crystal meth, heroin, and cocaine, reports the Sun. In addition, the "Rehab" singer convulsed “like a scene from The Exorcist" and displayed “multiple personality traits” after consuming an “inhuman” amount of hash in July, a friend says.
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After another boozy weekend, singer enters facility near incarcerated husband
Sun (UK) Aug 20, 08 10:35 AM CDT
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Amy Winehouse has checked herself into another rehab clinic, this one just a quick drive from the English countryside prison where husband Blake Fielder-Civil is serving out the remainder of a 27-month sentence, the Sun reports. “If she can get clean and still see Blake it can only be good,” the 24-year-old singer’s dad said.
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Critic, 85, fell at his home last week
Reuters Aug 7, 08 10:17 PM CDT
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Mr. Blackwell, the former fashion designer whose scathing "Worst-Dressed List" is the bane of taste-challenged Hollywood, appears to emerging from a coma after collapsing at home earlier this week, Reuters reports. The 85-year-old Richard Blackwell was unconscious when hospitalized Tuesday, the AP notes, but today he began moving his hands and blinking. He is being treated for an unspecifed infection.
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Duo replaces Amy Winehouse to record 'Another Way to Die'
Associated Press Jul 30, 08 10:35 AM CDT
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It's a double-O duet. Alicia Keys and White Stripes frontman Jack White have recorded the theme song for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, producers said today. White wrote and produced the song, dubbed "Another Way to Die," and also plays drums and provides vocals with 11-time Grammy winner Keys.
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Discharged after spending a night under observation for reaction to medication
Daily Telegraph (UK) Jul 29, 08 8:58 AM CDT
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After spending a “comfortable night” under observation for a reaction to medication, Amy Winehouse was discharged from a London hospital this morning, a spokesman confirmed to the Daily Telegraph . When asked about his 24-year-old daughter’s condition last night, her father Mitch held up a bag of Kentucky Fried Chicken and said: “This is how serious it is.”
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Troubled singer to be released tomorrow after ambulance trip
Associated Press Jul 28, 08 6:00 PM CDT
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Amy Winehouse was hospitalized this evening for a reaction to medication and was expected to be released in the morning, representatives for the Grammy-winning singer said. An ambulance took Winehouse from her north London home to University College Hospital, spokesman Chris Goodman said. "Amy Winehouse suffered a reaction to medication at home this evening and was taken to the hospital. Doctors have advised that she will be kept under observation overnight and is likely to be released tomorrow," read a statement released by Goodman and Tracey Miller, the 24-year-old's US-based publicist.
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Blake gets 27 months for assault, bribery;
may be out by holidays
Daily Mail (UK) Jul 21, 08 3:32 PM CDT
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Amy Winehouse was nowhere to be seen as a London judge handed husband Blake Fielder-Civil a 27-month prison sentence for beating up a bar owner, then trying to bribe the man to keep quiet, the Daily Mail reports. Fielder-Civil has already spent 9 months in the slammer, and with good behavior could be released in 4½ more.
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Mutters between songs at first UK performance in months
Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 29, 08 8:12 AM CDT
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Whacked out singer Amy Winehouse appeared to lunge for an audience member in the pit yesterday in her first British gig in 7 months, reports the Daily Telegraph. She also blasted headliner Jay-Z, saying he’s “got some front to come here with tunes you don’t even remember," mumbled between songs and said her husband would be “out of jail” soon. In other words, pretty much par for the Winehouse course.
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Singer talks music, drugs, 'Blake, Blake, Blake'
Rolling Stone Jun 27, 08 3:01 PM CDT
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In the wake of another scandal—singing racist ditties on video—Amy Winehouse invites Claire Hoffman of Rolling Stone into her trashed home in London to witness the train wreck firsthand. Over tea and beer, a groggy Winehouse talks drugs, her next album, and her jailed husband, flitting outside now and then to toy with the paparazzi.
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Dad fears emphysema-stricken singer will be 'dead in three months'
Daily Mail (UK) Jun 24, 08 9:37 AM CDT
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Amy Winehouse was released from the hospital today, but her emphysema scare doesn’t seem to have left much of an impression on the singer. As she emerged from the facility, Winehouse was seen lighting a cigarette, the Daily Mail reports. Though Winehouse has only early-stage lung disease, odds are that was against doctor's orders. But doctors have cleared the singer to perform for Nelson Mandela this weekend.
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Frail singer vows to enter rehab to battle fatal disease
Sunday Mirror (UK) Jun 22, 08 11:23 AM CDT
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Amy Winehouse has emphysema and may soon be crippled if she keeps smoking crack, her father told the Sunday Mirror yesterday. Winehouse, 24, was diagnosed with the fatal disease after fainting in her London home this week. A terrified Winehouse, who faces the prospect of a permanent oxygen mask, has vowed to go into rehab.
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