Valentine’s Day has passed and while we hope all our readers got plenty of smooches from their loved ones, we’re going to ask that you keep any photographic evidence private. Paris Hilton, Speidi, Jon Gosselin, and Snooki of “Jersey Shore” have all been captured mid-makeout and trust us - it’s not cute. Roaming eyes, waving tongues, and off-target chin kisses cannot escape the snap of a lens. Allow these ten repulsive shots of celebrities sucking face to demonstrate the downside of PDA while paparazzi is present. [Photos: Getty Images and Splash News Online]
Amy Winehouse now has a legal reason to put her bad behavior behind her. The Back To Black singer has been given a conditional release after pleading guilty to assaulting a guard who 86′ed her at a performance of Cinderella last month (Wino had been heckling—and drinking—in the back of the theater). She’ll serve no jail time, assuming she keeps her nose clean for two years, but she will have to pay $300 in damages as well as court costs. If she does get in trouble again, the judge promised she’ll be “hit hard.” Too bad he didn’t demand she release an album by 2012, too.
Amy Winehouse reportedly collapsed at her London home over Christmas weekend, capping what was already shaping up to be a rough holiday season. The Back To Black singer was arrested on suspicion of assault Wednesday, turning herself over to authorities after she was accused of fighting with theater staff at a performance of Cinderella she heckled the weekend before. Winehouse’s health scare is being blamed on an ongoing chest infection (we’ve noticed the swelling) and the stress surrounding her scuffle. “She’s been told to keep a low profile and fully recuperate,” a source toldThe Mirror. “She has been feeling very ill of late and had a funny turn at home. She is quite unwell and exhausted after recent events but is soldiering on.”
Despite the usual celebrity meaning of “nervous exhaustion,” the source swears Amy’s weakened state has nothing to do with drugs or alcohol. “She’s doing her best to concentrate on her music and not become embroiled in drugs again.” Good thing, considering the kind of trouble she can apparently get in sober.
OMG! In a huge “scandal,” Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has allegedly been revealed as a totally normal young adult a drug-taking heathen. The Mirror claims that Daniel was at a party at a high-rise flat in Camden (how very Amy Winehouse) when he was spotted smoking spliffs and going around saying “I love weed.” Aww.
“He looked spaced out and didn’t look like he knew what was going on,” guest Wadia Tazi told the paper, as Daniel had a “comedy” mustache drawn on his face. Double awww. Hardly the dark drug stuff of Amy legend, but maybe we should introduce him to Joss Stone in the meanwhile? They’ve obviously got quite a lot in common. [Photo: WENN]
That Katie Price, no shame at all! Only that’s Amy Winehouse letting her bra burst out of her tank-top after a night at the The Hawley Arms in London. If The Daily Mail can be believed, Wino’s make-over isn’t even finished: “She thinks by having another operation and bum implants that she will achieve her dream pin-up look.” Guess if you’re going to spend more time in the tabloids than performing music, you might as well look the part. It’s not like Dad’s going to have a problem with it.
Joss Stone has opinions, people, and don’t we know it. The singer opened fire onLily Allen last week and has now made that ill-advised dis look tame. In a journalist’s dream interview - it’s stuffed full of fantastic quotes - Joss holds forth on just about everything. Including Amy Winehouse (as if she doesn’t want to make any more friends, thanks).
On avoiding the drugs trap: “You’ve got to have a lack of intelligence to do that to yourself. I think it’s stupid. Amy’s music is beautiful, her lyrics are f**king great, but she has to start loving the music more than she loves herself and the drugs.”
On, er, taking drugs herself: “I smoke weed, but I don’t think it’s really a drug. It’s more of a herb. I don’t regret saying that at all. I think everyone smokes weed and people who say they don’t are lying! Weed has been given this evil stamp, but how is it dangerous? It’s going to make you laugh your arse off? You might go to sleep? I think alcohol is much more harmful.”
On her ex-boyfriend, Beau Dozier: “He was a bad choice. I was 16, just a kid. It makes me angry because he wasn’t a kid, he was 25. It strikes me as weird that a 25-year-old man would even find a 16 year old attractive. I was a child.”
On her public persona: “[People] say: ‘Joss Stone - isn’t she that horrible diva bitch?’ Kenny, my guitar player, goes around and does surveys about me and people say: ‘Isn’t she crazy?’ But when he asks them why, they don’t really know.”
Actually, whatever we think of Joss’s pronouncements (where do we even start?), it’s sort of refreshing to see another star refuse to join the media-trained-into-oblivion ranks of certain other celebs. Long may she talk herself into trouble! [Photo: WENN]
Ye gads, has a dose of Sharon Osbourne-itis claimed its latest victim in Amy Winehouse? Hot on the heels of her much-publicised boob job, the rehabbed singer stepped out from a London doctors’ looking more than a little plump in the lip area. Amy’s already blessed with a full, sexy smacker, so we’re not sure whether this photo shows a dodgy bit of extra filler, an overdone pout for the photogs, or just a really bad shade of lipstick. What do you think - has Amy become a little too fond of the surgeon’s needle or not? [Photo: WENN]
Flipping heck! Only a couple of days after his back-of-a-taxi chat show was announced, Amy Winehouse’s dad Mitch says he’s to record an album. “It’s a [Frank] Sinatra-ish album. There will be six covers of Sinatra,” he says of the project
First online, now music - what next? The Mitch Winehouse News At Ten? Mitch Winehouse to win an Oscar? Mitch Winehouse apps on your iPhone? You know it’s just a matter of time…[Photo: WENN]
Joss Stone fell out of favor in the UK a few years back when she appeared on stage at the Brit awards with a ludicrous American accent and tried to upstage Amy Winehouse by singing “Rehab.” And now about to relaunch herself with a new album, she’s doing no further favors by slating Lily Allen’s recent attempts to clamp down on illegal file-sharing. By condescendingly stating it’s because Lily’s not a real singer. Riiiight.
“She needs to sell records because she’s not a singer, and that’s not an offence to her because I think that she knows that too… I think it’s probably harder for an artist like Lily and any other pop acts. It’s really about the track and about their personality and their celebrity and that’s how they make their money is selling those records,” she said. Lily’s not known for taking things lying down, and although she’s abandoned Twitter, we can soon see foolhardy Joss at the end of a verbal smackdown. Round two! [Photos: WENN]
Amy Winehouse’s cabbie father Mitch is starring in an online chat show, it’s been announced. The singer’s dad - who’s become a famous face in his own right through Amy’s very public drug addiction - is set to host a fairly random-sounding segment on new web channel Liv where he interviews stars in his very own black cab. Budget-tastic!
The show, called “Mitch Winehouse’s Showbiz Rant,” sees Pop Winehouse interview another crazy mess, David Hasselhoff, in the first episode. Brilliant flash of post-modern genius or total barrell-scraping cheapo nonsense? Watch the first ep and decide for yourself… personally, we’re a fan of old Mr W, but think his talents deserve better than the £4.27 this “show” clearly cost to make. [Video: Living TV]
