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February 2008
- Winehouse Dressed Up Tattoo for Grammys
  
  New York Post | Feb 15, 08 1:36 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Los Angeles Times | Feb 11, 08 4:18 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Daily Mirror (UK) | Feb 8, 08 4:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - 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
  
  Associated Press | Feb 7, 08 6:22 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
January 2008
- Winehouse Go, Go, Goes to Rehab
  
  E! Online | Jan 24, 08 5:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Though her hit song may deny it, Amy Winehouse is going to rehab, E! reports. The Grammy-nominated singer today checked herself into an undisclosed drug-treatment facility a day after police began investigating a video in which she inhales from a smoking glass pipe. No word yet whether Winehouse, 24, will still perform at the Grammys in Los Angeles next month. More »
December 2007
- Winehouse Busted, Out on Bail
  
  Sky News | Dec 18, 07 3:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hard-partying singer and recent Grammy nominee Amy Winehouse added posting bail to her storied list of accomplishments today and was back on the streets only hours after London police charged her with "perverting justice," Sky News reports. The 24-year-old was arrested "by appointment" and is to return to court in March, said a Scotland Yard spokeswoman. More »
- Winehouse = Cobain?
  
  Salon | Dec 16, 07 9:47 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Amy Winehouse’s career, writes James Hannaham for Slate , is just the sort of brilliant train wreck you’d think would get cut short by tragic rock 'n' roll death: With her considerable talent and public penchant for self-destruction, Winehouse evokes other music casualties such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix or Ian Curtis. More »
- Winehouse's Mom Pleads: Please Come Home, Amy!
  
  New York Post | Dec 10, 07 3:04 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Troubled singer Amy Winehouse's mother has written an open letter to her hot mess of a daughter begging her to come home and get well. The letter, which appears in the London tabloid News of the World , was written shortly after Winehouse was photographed recently wandering the streets before dawn in jeans and a bra, mumbling incoherently. More »
- Grammy Nominations Revealed
  
  Associated Press | Dec 6, 07 12:44 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Kanye West and Amy Winehouse lead the field in Grammy Award nominations, announced today. West scored eight nods, but only Winehouse and the Foo Fighters landed in both the record-of-the-year and album-of-the-year categories, AP reports. It's been a tough go lately for West and Winehouse (six nominations): The rapper's mother died Nov. 10 after plastic surgery; Winehouse and her husband have had legal issues. More »
November 2007
- Winehouse Whines About Jailed Hubby, Cancels Tour
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 28, 07 12:12 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Walking disaster Amy Winehouse canceled all remaining tour dates for the rest of the year, for what her label is calling "health issues." The singer says she can't perform while husband Blake Fielder-Civil is in prison. "I can't give it my all without my Blake," she said. "I don't want to do the shows half-heartedly; I love singing." More »
- Bobbies Bag Winehouse Hubby
  
  Times (UK) | Nov 9, 07 3:52 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Blake Fielder-Civil, husband of British singer Amy Winehouse, was arrested yesterday for allegedly trying to fix the results of a forthcoming assault trial. Fielder-Civil and an other man reportedly offered $400,000 to the victim, a bartender who alleges Fielder-Civil attacked him at a pub. The maximum penalty for perverting the course of justice is life imprisonment, the London Times reports. More »
October 2007
- Norway Fines Winehouse for Pot Possession
  
  BBC | Oct 19, 07 11:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Amy Winehouse was busted with 7 grams of marijuana in her hotel room, but the Norwegian police didn't make the addled chanteuse go to rehab—they just held her overnight, fined her $714, and released her this morning, the BBC reports. "She's paid the fine, so this thing is over for us now," said the prosecutor. More »
August 2007
- Family Pleads: Don't Buy CDs
  
  Guardian (UK) | Aug 28, 07 12:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The continuing drama surrounding "Rehab" singer Amy Winehouse took a bizarre new turn this morning when her in-laws, in an plea broadcast on the BBC, begged fans not to buy her records. Her husband's parents called for a boycott to force the couple into rehab, the Guardian reports. "One of them, if not both of them, eventually will die," they said. More »
- US Tour? Winehouse Says 'No, No, No.'
  
  BBC | Aug 22, 07 2:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Another overseas import has been held up due to a high level of suspicious substances -- Amy Winehouse has canceled her U.S. tour to address her "health problems." A publicist's statement made no mention of rehab, but said the chanteuse was advised by doctors to shelve her tour, and that her affliction was caused by "the rigours involved in touring." More »