Photo Credit: Splash NewsSeems like AGES since we've had a glimpse of Amy Winehouse, and here she is, looking fresh as a daisy! It's funny how we never get photos of Amy shopping in any exclusive stores - just convenience stores and delis. Apparently shopping is not her addiction. As usual she's picking up cigarettes and snacks and a newspaper for what might be a busy weekend - two music festivals in the UK.
Photo Credit: Splash NewsAmy Winehouse today, but what we DO have is the picture of an item that was hanging on Amy's wall. She moved a bunch of her valuables out of her London flat and this was one of the things loaded into a car. Who would have guessed that Amy was a fan of Audrey Hepburn and "Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Photo Credit: Splash NewsRumors are circulating that Amy Winehouse has some competition for her incarcerated husband Blake's affections. It's been said that Blake started corresponding with another woman when he suspected Amy of cheating. This blonde German model Sophie Shandorff, 21, was present for one of his court hearings that Amy missed, and she and Blake were seen mouthing "I love you" to each other. Amy was also absent for Blake's sentencing yesterday and Sophie showed up with Blake's mother. She was photographed outside in tears. Is Blake cheating from jail? What next?
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We find the notion of Amy Winehouse shopping in a kosher Jewish deli simply irresistible. No doubt the other customers were as amused by her presence as we are. Interesting that she seems to have replaced her ballet slippers with Minnetonka moccasins. They're soft and comfortable, but a bit more substantial.
Here's another booty shot of Amy Winehouse as she struggles with somebody's front door. Apparently short shorts are her look for summer in the city. A London paper claims that her jailed husband Blake is writing sexy letters to another woman in retaliation for Amy's indiscretions with other guys. No good can come of this.
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It's hard to believe that Amy Winehouse managed to pull herself together and perform at Glastonbury this week. Nobody expected her to show up after that stint in the hospital with emphysema. And she looks great, although she did spit her gum into the audience.
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Amy Winehouse is in the isolation ward in a London hospital while doctors try to figure out what's wrong with her. She's hacking and coughing up blood and having trouble breathing, and nobody wants to catch what she's got. Tuberculosis was a possibility, but it's been ruled out. Her family is happy that she's still hospitalized because they feel at least she's temporarily safe.
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Amy Winehouse is puzzled because R Kelly is a free man and her her Blaaake has been languishing in jail for the better part of a year. There IS a similarity in the cases if you dig deep. Blake had roughed up a guy in a pub and later tried to bribe him so he wouldn't press charges. The guy was happy to take the bribe, but someone snitched to the papers and exposed the plot. Blake got locked up for bribing, not for beating the guy up. R Kelly was accused of appearing in a sex video with an underage girl. It's rumored that R Kelly bribed his young victim and members of her family so they wouldn't testify against him. Supposedly they're living high on the hog these days. So HE got away scot free. Amy's not happy.
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Usually a woman's hair tends to get BIGGER as a distraction when she gains weight. But that's not the case with Amy Winehouse. She looks downright scrawny and her hive is ballooning to alarming proportions. How long will she be able to hold her head up?
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Here's a side of Amy Winehouse we haven't seen much of: her backside! Actually her well rounded bottom seems to go very well with that beehive. On this particular day she was somewhat conservatively outfitted because she had to appear in court with Blake. Hence the grey dress. In spite of her fashion efforts, the judge reprimanded her for "squirming."
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It's nice to see an endearing photo of Amy Winehouse for a change. Although, almost everything she does seems highly photogenic to us. These two little boys just walked up and rang her doorbell and asked her to autograph their skateboard. She answered the door herself and sweetly obliged - we're consistently amazed at how accessible she seems to be.
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Amy Winehouse has found the perfect playmate in Pete Doherty. They both seem to be on the same all-night time schedule and prefer to take their meals at the corner convenience store. Not to mention the fact that both of them are recently out of jail. Pete made a successful comeback with his band Babyshambles on Wednesday night in London. Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan joined the band onstage to sing Dirty Old Town- we'd love to have been there. Afterward and the following night Amy and her new best friend were out on the town, Amy was apparently too distracted to notice that Pete's fly was open.
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It's Monday and many of us suffered through a prolonged rush hour, but we didn't have the opportunity to enjoy the spectacle of Amy Winehouse caught in a traffic jam in the UK! Amy jumped out of the car to run around and ask other suffering drivers if they knew what was holding up traffic. Minutes later she darted around to other cars looking for a light for her cigarette. At least she kept the other commuters entertained.
Poor Amy Winehouse. In her impaired condition she may not be aware that her divorced parents seem to be chatting incessantly with rival newspapers in the UK. Amy's mother Janis is hopeful about Amy's relationship with Alex Haynes (pictured here) - he works for her manager and they've been hanging out together. Janis feels Blake incarcerated is a horrible influence on Amy and she says Alex is "a lovely boy." (THAT started rumors that Amy is filing for divorce.) Amy's father Mitch is saying, however, that he hopes to get Amy committed to a mental institution. He feels she is "a danger to herself" and rehab isn't enough - he wants Amy to be locked up somewhere that she'll be safe. "It's too bad" he says "but what I think is good for her and what SHE thinks is good for her - are not the same thing."
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Amy Winehouse always had a bit of a Chola look about her and now she's got a teardrop under her eye to seal the deal. The teardrop tattoo originated in the stylish Cholo culture of Southern California. It generally signifies the loss of a loved one. In the UK, however, the teardrop might represent a loved one who's incarcerated. Amy's teardrop looks like it will wash off. If you look closely you can see Blake's photo hanging around her neck.
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Amy's beehive continues to get bigger and bigger and frankly, we're alarmed. What does it all mean? Does it indicate that she's happier or more miserable? She not plumping it up for Blake incarcerated- we all know she hasn't visited HIM in quite awhile. This photo was taken when she was out with her buddy Blake II, who is described as "the good Blake." How she keeps her balance with all that she has on her head is a mystery.
Amy's starting to accessorize. Maybe she's sorting out ideas for her upcoming fashion collection in which her trademark accessories will be prominently featured. Her wide cinch belts and door knocker earrings will surely be in the Winehouse collection - and note that she's wearing not one, but two lockets with Blake's photo inside.
Amy Winehouse overslept or something and she arrived at the prison too late to visit Blake. She tried to sneak home without being noticed, but that's hard when you have an eighteen inch beehive. We started wondering if Amy had "things" hidden in her beehive (remember when tough girls hid razorblades in their beehives?) She COULD be smuggling any of a number of items to Blake. Is her beehive subject to searches?
For those of you who are unconvinced that Amy Winehouse is rock's biggest fashion influence of this decade, take a look at this video we found at The WOW Report.
And pass the rubber gloves.
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Looks like Amy Winehouse is getting serious with those germs that seem to have attacked her face. She's pictured here on her way to visit Blake in prison and, except for the hole in her dress, she's looking good. Her beehive is perky and her skin does look better - perhaps due to those rubber gloves she's snapping on. Probably a sensible thing to wear when visiting a prison.
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We have a feeling it's not the fish and chips that Amy Winehouse is carrying out of this restaurant that's causing her frightening skin condition. We noticed her blotchy cheek awhile back, but now her whole face seems to have these blisters or eruptions. It's a shame because she used to have such creamy skin. Is it the drugs or is it really some kind of communicable disease?
Nobody is more surprised than Amy Winehouse by the fact that she's become the golden girl of the fashion industry. (Especially since she has been dubbed "worst dressed" by so many fashion pundits.) Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel, no less, has declared that Amy is his fashion muse and the inspiration for his current collection. Beehives RULE on the Chanel runway! Amy the style icon is currently negotiating to start her own clothing line. Meanwhile, Lagerfeld continues to rhapsodize about Amy as "the new Bardot"
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Somebody is coaxing Amy Winehouse into coming out with her own line of makeup and accessories. All products and items will be inspired by her own unique look. The number one item will be Amy's liquid eyeliner. Of course there will be hairspray, lipstick, maybe headscarves and jewelry. Can you imagine pre-teens everywhere with those Cleopatra eyes?
Amy Winehouse's record label is getting tough and they ordered her to get rid of all the hangers-on and drug dealers in her entourage. One reason she moved out of her home was to get away from these moochers. In cutting off these former friends, she also had the daunting task of getting rid of her longtime hairdresser Alex, and that was not easy. They've been pals for years and he's partly responsible for her famous beehive, but insiders say he was a negative influence drug-wise. Amy is still reporting for daily sessions at the clinic, but her Blake Incarcerated is giving her a hard time. He doesn't like her socializing and tried to protest by cutting out her name tattooed on his skin. The drama never ends.
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Amy Winehouse is scheduled to perform at the BRIT Music Awards tonight and it's still an iffy situation. She was upset about her incarcerated Blake's overdose and the news that he had been trading her autographed photos for heroin. She missed one rehearsal but was hustled to the final rehearsal above.
When we heard that Amy Winehouse's incarcerated Blake was trading her autographed photos for hits of heroin in jail, we were surprised by his enterprising spirit. Apparently the photos end up for sale on the internet. But when Blake OD'd on a bad batch of heroin mixed with another substance, we wondered if her photos were bringing in the bucks. They ARE. Right now, you can find the THIS 8X10 Amy photo on eBay,and with six days left, there are already 7 bids. The price is up to $41.19 and sky's the limit! Blake had better start negotiating better deals.
There's nothing like a gay best friend to help you get through a rough patch in your life. Kelly Osbourne pushed her friend Blake Wood into Amy Winehouse's life because she thought this Blake would be good for Amy. Apparently they clicked. Kelly insists that "Blake II" is clean and sober and a good influence because Amy obviously needs new friends. Blake Wood is an American photographer who happens to specialize in shooting punks and rockstars not unlike Amy. (He really LOOKS like a vegeterian, doesn't he?) Amy and her new Blake have been going to parties (where he obediently holds her handbag) and shopping during the day. She's having so much fun that we figure this Blake must indeed be gay like Kelly says.
Amy Winehouse MUST be getting sober because she did something surprisingly thoughtful. She, like others in the UK, know how puritanical Americans can be. (Especially after her visa experience.) Keeping this in mind, she drew a little black bikini top on the large topless female tattoo on her arm so it wouldn't offend anyone watching her appearance on the Grammys! After the show, the makeshift top was washed off.
We had to squirm through almost THREE hours of somnambulistic Alicia Keys and the like before Amy Winehouse finally appeared on the Grammys via satellite, but it was worth it. Best of all was her excitement when she realized she had won song of the year.
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Notice anything different about Amy Winehouse? Here's a hint: she just walked out of the dentist's office. You guessed it. That awful missing tooth has been replaced. Hopefully she's fine-tuning her smile so she can appear on the Grammys Sunday night by satellite.
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Amy Winehouse took a break from rehab to personally put in her application for a US visa. A rehab employee and her father Mitch accompanied her on the mission. THAT means she is seriously considering coming to the Grammys - after all, she has around six nominations. Her advisors don't think it's a good idea and her drug history might present a problem, but it looks like Amy really WANTS to go. That changes everything, we'll definitely tune in if she's there.
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Not to mention the fact that Amy Winehouse has gone back to her dark hair and beehive would be remiss, considering how important hair is in the rock world. Could it be Amy wants to disassociate herself from that awful video of her looking skanky with uncombed bleached blonde hair and smoking crack? After the humiliating video scandal, her father Mitch came to give her a stern talking-to and she showed up with her original hairstyle.
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Splash's intrepid photographers managed to sneak a shot INSIDE Amy Winehouse's handbag on the day she visited Blake in prison. Very intrusive, but ultimately fascinating also. Contents were surprisingly pedestrian- a piece of mail, a handwritten letter, drugstore painkillers, a camera, eyeliner, and age defying makeup. What did you EXPECT to find in Amy's bag?
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Amy Winehouse rushed over to the prison where her husband Blake is incarcerated because he 's been threatening to file for divorce. Blake doesn't like the fact that Amy has been fooling around - she vacationed with an exboyfriend and spent quality time with music producer Mark Ronson. What we really love about this photo is her anti-establishment handbag, No fancy labels here.
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Amy Winehouse considers herself an ordinary girl and proves it by shopping at discount stores. Here she is in line to pay at Superdrug and she can't wait to bust open her new mascara and try it out. No Chanel cosmetics for her. It's also amusing to note that as skinny as she is, she doesn't feel the need to wear a coat when everyone else is bundled up. To top off her weekend, Amy had an all-nighter with good looking record producer Mark Ronson. Sure, they spent time in the studio, but they also spent hours at a hotel, and she looks like she's making passes at him. Her jealous imprisoned husband Blake won't be happy about that.
Stop the presses! At least stop the fashion presses! This is major news. Overnight Amy Winehouse has banished her trademark beehive and bleached her black hair platinum blonde! Her jailed husband Blake is in for a sweet surprise. Although we miss the beehive, we love the new look, AND her Johnny Depp "Cry Baby" t shirt. And we don't agree with UK papers that call her new style "washerwoman chic!"
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Granted, we predicted that thanks to Amy Winehouse, beehives would be the "next big thing" in hipster hair but frankly it never occurred to us that Britney Spears would jump on the band wagon. As usual it appears that she has declined help from experts and opted to do it herself. Maybe Amy should give her some tips.
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How cute is Amy Winehouse at the Barbados airport signing autographs? We're happy to see that she looks reasonably relaxed and not too unhealthy after her vacation. Frankly, we're surprised that her husband Blake has been in Jail for this long. What will happen to him?
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Amy Winehouse might be drugged up and out of it a lot of the time but she's still got some smarts. She noticed a girl on the street wearing a red string bracelet she liked and asked her where she got it. The girl told her it was a Kabbalah bracelet and advised her to go to a Kabbalah center and talk to a rabbi. She offered a pamphlet on the group and Amy backed away 'No thanks." She liked the bracelet but not the "spiritual" strings attached.
We're worried sick about our little Amy Winehouse. She's not adapting to life without her husband Blake, who's still in jail. She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London. "She was distraught- looking up and down the street as if she was expecting somebody, but nobody showed up." a witness told The Daily Mail. It was cold out and she only had a bra on top. Eventually she wandered back inside but there's no more talk of rehab.
Amy Winehouse is down in the dumps because her husband Blake was denied bail and will remain in jail through Christmas. After the hearing, she walked out of the courtroom sobbing but she was cheered up by this group of fans with Amy masks, waiting for her outside. How cute is that! We'd rather see teenagers dressing up like Amy than dressing up like Britney, that's for sure.
Just as we predicted, Amy Winehouse's beehive is starting to influence the world of fashion. Her fans are cultivating their own beehives and Amy gets a huge kick out of it. After a UK show, delighted Amy hugged a beehived teenager she spotted in the audience and brought her backstage for a personal chat. We won't be the least bit surprised if Jean Paul Gaultier or maybe John Galliano features gigantically beehived models in his next collection extravaganza.
We never thought about it before but Amy Winehouse's beehive could be used to smuggle all sorts of contraband. When she visited her husband Blake in jail, apparently she was subjected to an embarrassing beehive search. The warden ran his fingers through her hair and instructed her to let her hair down so he could examine her beehive. (We would have LOVED to witness this!) Amy cooperated, but the visit didn't do much to improve her mood. That same night was opening night of her British tour and she stumbled onstage late, slurred a few songs, and babbled on about Blake, causing the audience to BOO her. She told the agitated crowd: "To those booing- just wait till my husband gets out of jail!"
Amy Winehouse finally got to visit her husband Blake in prison and they were both reportedly in tears. Blake is locked up because he allegedly attempted to bribe a man that he beat up outside a pub, into not pressing charges. (Isn't that what's called a "settlement" in the US?) Ironically, the victim is ALSO charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and HE was arrested also. Amy stopped at a store near the jail to buy Blake a carton of cigarettes and some snacks.
Amy Winehouse is distraught over her husband Blake's arrest - she's seeking advice and solace from her father Mitch. Police raided her home and hauled Blake off in handcuffs, along with boxes of "evidence." Blake has been accused of tampering with justice - trying to BRIBE witnesses at a bar brawl he was involved in. Cops claim several hundred thousand dollars was offered to witnesses NOT to testify. This is a serious crime in the UK. At least they were civilized - in the US, witnesses would have been THREATENED or done away with altogether! Anyway, the BIG question is: Why didn't the police report finding any drugs or paraphernalia at Amy's house?
Amy Winehouse and Blake looking HAPPY together? No way. That's the dead giveaway that this is just another Halloween costume. Cute though, huh?
You just know something AWFUL is happening when Amy Winehouse goes out without her beehive. The last time she did it was when she was hospitalized after her close call with drugs. She's been touring in Europe and constantly arguing backstage with her husband Blake, whom she says she cannot live without. Concert promoters wish he would butt out because he gets Amy so worked up. Here she was photographed wandering around Munich alone looking distraught. Will she show up for her next gig?
Amy Winehouse says it's her insecurities that made her what she is today. She's currently on tour in Europe and actually showing up for some performances. During an interview she remarked that she's insecure about the way she looks -"I'm a musician, not a model." The more insecure Amy gets, the more she drinks. Even more important, Amy takes it out on her hair. "The more insecure I feel, the BIGGER my hair has to be! I tell my hairdresser Tracey Trash, make it bigger! Bigger! Bigger!" This is particularly interesting because usually it's chubby girls who feel they need big hair. Anyway Amy - we LOVE the way you look, so don't be so hard on yourself! And we're betting there will be a plethora of "Amy Winehouses" this Halloween!
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are in London to introduce their clothing line at Harvey Nichols. They had a party at a restaurant to celebrate the occasion and GUESS WHO showed up - everybody's favorite Amy Winehouse. Amy is known for NOT attending even important events where she might get an award. But she and husband Blake were happy to get all dressed up to welcome Mary-Kate and Ashley. Do you suppose they talked about fashion? This picture makes us wonder what they were all thinking at that moment.
Amy Winehouse is preparing to record a new album and she can hardly wait. She and Mark Ronson, the producer of her monster hit album Back To Black, have patched things up and he's full of ideas for her. Mark says Amy's next effort won't be like the first - not the same 60's or Motown vibe. Ronson is thinking about using what he says is an even earlier musical inspiration -the "WALL OF SOUND." And you know who developed THAT! Phil Spector. It all ties together. Amy bears a striking resemblance to Phil's bee-hived and eye-linered wife Ronnie "Be My Baby" Spector. Certainly the mistrialed Phil Spector would jump at the chance to inject himself into Amy's career, but we're counting on Mark Ronson to keep Phil at a safe distance.
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Once in awhile it's nice to see Amy Winehouse doing normal everyday things like drinking a milkshake at McDonald's. Usually we see her escaping from rehab or walking around bruised and bleeding in public. And here's her husband Blake doing something normal too - taking the garbage out.
Wouldn't you love to walk into your corner drugstore and bump into Amy Winehouse? Here she is stocking up on pharmaceuticals, looking cute in her high heels. There's something special about this outing because she never takes those ballet slippers off.
There's kind of an awful Amy Winehouse rumor circulating in the UK and we hope it's not true, but time will tell. Anyway, supposedly a friend of Amy says she wants to HAVE A BABY! In fact, according to the friend, Amy thinks she MIGHT already be pregnant! Amy says she and her druggy husband Blake spent many hours of their recent Caribbean vacation TRYING to make a baby. Amy wants a child and thinks maybe it will "straighten her out. " We know what you're thinking: NOT A GOOD IDEA! We love Amy, but a baby now would only compound the tragedy that is her life.