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Weird Winehouse

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no' " - Amy Winehouse lyric from Rehab

Over the top? The new Janice Joplin? Who knows but Amy Winehouse seems to have some addiction issues.

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July 2008
- Winehouse MIA at Hubby's Sentencing
  
  newser | Daily Mail (UK) | Jul 21, 08 3:32 PM CDT
  
  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. More »
June 2008
- Back on Stage, Wacky Winehouse Lurches Into Fan
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jun 29, 08 8:12 AM CDT
  
  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. More »
- At Home With Woozy Winehouse
  
  newser | Rolling Stone | Jun 27, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  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. More »
- Winehouse Leaves Hospital... Smoking
  
  newser | Daily Mail (UK) | Jun 24, 08 9:37 AM CDT
  
  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. More »
- Amy Winehouse Struck with Emphysema
  
  newser | Sunday Mirror (UK) | Jun 22, 08 11:23 AM CDT
  
  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. More »
- Winehouse Hospitalized After Fainting
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 16, 08 2:34 PM CDT
  
  Amy Winehouse was hospitalized today after fainting at her London home, the BBC reports. Winehouse's assistant caught her before she fell, and, though she "quickly recovered," the singer's father took her to hospital "as a precaution," says her spokesman. Doctors aren't sure what caused the fainting, and may keep her overnight for further observation. More »
- Winehouse's Hubby Cops to Assault
  
  newser | Sun (UK) | Jun 9, 08 12:03 PM CDT
  
  Amy Winehouse’s husband pleaded guilty to assaulting a pub owner and perverting the course of justice, the Sun reports. Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, who’s been in prison since his November arrest, hammered out the pleas with his three cohorts during court proceedings last week. His troubled better half made two appearances to support him, mouthing I-love-you’s. More »
May 2008
- Cambridge Poetry Students Analyze This
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | May 27, 08 2:49 PM CDT
  
  Stodgy? Never! Cambridge University surprised its English students with an exam requesting literary analysis of Amy Winehouse lyrics last week. Students compared a poem by 16th century poet and ne’er-do-well adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh with Winehouse’s “Love is a Losing Game,” and songs by Bob Dylan and Billie Holiday, reported the Telegraph . More »
- Winehouse Busted Again
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 8, 08 2:30 AM CDT
  
  Addled singer Amy Winehouse is out on bail after being arrested again for suspected drug offenses yesterday, the Guardian reports. London police questioned her after a video surfaced that allegedly shows her taking drugs. Winehouse's last arrest was less than two weeks ago, when she was cautioned about an assault. More »
- Winehouse Too Messed Up for 007 Tune?
  
  newser | Sun (UK) | May 3, 08 4:01 PM CDT
  
  Drug-addled Amy Winehouse won’t be crooning James Bond's next theme song because, her producer says, she is too troubled to make music. Mark Ronson said they started work on the track but he grew tired of her erratic behavior, the Sun reports. A Winehouse spokesman blames a creative spat for the song stoppage. More »
April 2008
- Winehouse 'Cautioned' After Night in Cell
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Apr 26, 08 8:01 AM CDT
  
  Amy Winehouse spent the night behind bars after showing up 3 hours late for questioning yesterday on Tuesday's head-butting and punching assault on two men outside a London bar, the Times reports. The visibly distressed singer was arrested and held overnight because a doctor deemed her “unfit to be interviewed.” This morning she was questioned and released with a "caution." More »
- So That's What's Under the Beehive
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Apr 25, 08 3:50 PM CDT
  
  Amy Winehouse may not always look like $20 million, but that’s how much she’s worth, according to the Times of London. The 24-year-old singer has had a troubled year—today, for example, she was arrested for assault after an alleged rampage Wednesday night—but she’s together enough financially to crack the Times’ Young Music Millionaires list for the first time. More »
- Winehouse Faces Jail After Violent Bender
  
  newser | Sun (UK) | Apr 24, 08 11:49 AM CDT
  
  Amy Winehouse will be arrested, sources tell the Sun , after assaulting two men during a booze- and drug-induced rampage last night in London. The 24-year-old singer allegedly headbutted a man who was trying to hail a cab for her, and earlier punched a man for refusing to give up his pool table. More »
March 2008
- Winehouse More Than a 'Genius Junkie'
  
  newser | New Yorker | Mar 2, 08 5:09 AM CST
  
  It's tempting to chalk up the popularity of singer Amy Winehouse to her headline-grabbing bent for self-destruction, writes Sasha Frere-Jones in the New Yorker . But that would be a mistake. He takes a closer look at Back to Black , with its "perfect" single "Rehab," and finds much to treasure. What might initially come off as mere imitation of classic soul and R&B is actually a novel evolution, he argues. More »
February 2008
- Winehouse to Launch Clothing, Makeup Line
  
  newser | Sun (UK) | Feb 26, 08 1:40 PM CST
  
  Amy Winehouse is about to release a line of clothing and makeup for the many, many people who want to look like her, the Sun reports. Prepare for Winehouse-brand leopard-print headscarves, hairspray, and, of course, liquid eyeliner. “I think this stuff would sell very well,” said a fashion industry source. “She has become a fashion icon despite not always looking too fresh.” More »
- Wild Girls Rate, Bad Boys Skate
  
  newser | New York Times | Feb 17, 08 8:39 AM CST
  
  There's a clear gender disparity in the obsessive media coverage of celebrity meltdowns, writes the New York Times. Just compare the relative restraint Entertainment Tonight exercised in holding back a video of Heath Ledger doing drugs with the news outlet gusto that greets the latest Amy Winehouse or Lindsay Lohan misbehavior. Or compare Kiefer Sutherland's jail stint to Paris Hilton's. More »
- Winehouse Dressed Up Tattoo for Grammys
  
  newser | New York Post | Feb 15, 08 1:36 PM CST
  
  When they tried to make her tone down her body art for the Grammys, Amy Winehouse, for once, didn't say no, no, no. The British pop star played it prudent in her satellite performance, covering the usually bare chest of a pinup tattoo on her arm with black eyeliner to give it a makeshift strapless bra, Page Six reports. More »
- Winehouse Sweeps Grammys
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Feb 11, 08 4:18 AM CST
  
  Troubled Brit Amy Winehouse was the big winner at last night's Grammys, taking five awards for her album Rehab and beaming in to perform via satellite from Britain, where she's in rehab. The upset of the night was 67-year-old Herbie Hancock's win for best album. More »
- Winehouse's New Hosts: the Osbournes
  
  newser | Daily Mirror (UK) | Feb 8, 08 4:10 PM CST
  
  If Amy Winehouse wanted peace and quiet after her rehab stint, she may have miscalculated. The troubled diva will move into a guest cottage at the Osbournes' mansion, home to the famously quirky Black Sabbath rocker and his reality-TV-star family, the Daily Mirror reports. Kelly Osbourne is well qualified to help her troubled friend, says a source: "She has been there before with her dad." More »
- Amy Will Be at Grammys— via Satellite
  
  newser | Associated Press | Feb 7, 08 6:22 PM CST
  
  A recent trip to rehab hasn't made the US government a bigger fan of singer Amy Winehouse. Her bid for a visa to perform at the Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles has been denied by the American embassy in London, the AP reports. She won't be a total no-show, however—producers have finagled a live performance via satellite. More »

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Amy Winehouse performs at Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007. The three-day festival, headlined by Pearl Jam, includes 130 bands. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) (Associated Press)

Fans of British singer Amy Winehouse hold up cut-outs of her face waiting for her arrival at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London for the hearing of her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Friday, Nov. 23, 2007.... (Associated Press)

British singer Amy Winehouse performs at Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago in this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007 file photo. Winehouse was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 on suspicion of attempting to interfere... (Associated Press)

British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs at a studio in north London, in this Feb. 16, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file) (Associated Press)

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Background

Wikipedia Entry: Amy Jade Winehouse
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Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter, primarily in the genres of jazz and soul.Winehouse's debut album, Frank (released in 2003) was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 album Back to Black led to six Grammy Award nominations including the "Big Four": Best New...

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AMY WINEHOUSE Official Web Site
amywinehouse.co.uk

While the girl-groups of the sixties to which she had become enthralled contained their vocals, Amy can break loose with Aretha-style vocal stylings on “Just Friends” or by turning the whole idea of drying out into a gospel spiritual on the stunning opener “Rehab”. “Love is a Losing Game” is pure classic...

» Read more about AMY WINEHOUSE Official Web Site at amywinehouse.co.uk

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