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Amy Winehouse’s father peeved over Beyoncé ‘Back to Black’ cover

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Beyoncé’s cover of Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” is featured in the new movie “The Great Gatsby,” but the deceased singer’s dad, Mitch, is not happy. Read More

Second coroner’s inquisition finds that Winehouse died of acute alcohol poisoning

After a second London autopsy, this time by a different coroner, Amy Winehouse’s death has again been officially blamed on alcohol. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “death by misadventure” is the term on the death certificate, but alcohol toxicity is the reason. Read More

Is Kim Kardashian ruining Kanye West’s career?

Kanye West used to have as much music biz clout as Jay-Z, but that was before Kim Kardashian. Read More

Alcohol and 'death by misadventure' killed Amy Winehouse

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Not that her multitudes of fans and followers, or anyone, for that matter, is surprised, official reports are in: Amy Winehouse drank herself to death.The Grammy-winning soul diva and poster girl for hard living died with empty vodka bottles in her room and lethal amounts of alcohol in her blood — more than five times the British drunken-driving limit, a British coroner ruled Wednesday. Read More

Did Amy Winehouse's ex-husband charge her for kisses?

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A new report claims Amy Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil heartlessly used her for cash — even demanding payment before he would give her a kiss. A source told the U.K.’s Sun that the “Back to Black” singer was “totally in love” with her hubby during their tumultuous relationship, but “he’d charge her £150 just to kiss him and get near him.” Read More

Of course Will and Jada aren’t splitting up

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We totally couldn’t believe the tabloid report that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were splitting up after 13 years of marriage — and it turns out it totally wasn’t credible. After In Touch magazine claimed the multitalented pair were parting ways, denials came swiftly. Whew! Read More

Amy Winehouse was planning to wed beau Reg Traviss

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 Was Amy Winehouse secretly engaged when she died? A new report claims that after two years of dating, director beau Reg Traviss had proposed, and the late singer accepted. Read More

Amy Winehouse planned to adopt girl, 10, from St. Lucia

A startling new report claims that before she died, Amy Winehouse was planning to adopt a child. The U.K.’s Mirror reported the tragic singer formed a bond with a 10-year-old girl on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where she took an extended escape from London in 2009, and had already hired lawyers to handle the process when she died suddenly in July. Read More

Amy Winehouse was happiest she’d been in years, father says

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Amy Winehouse’s father told mourners at her funeral that far from being out of control with her addiction, she was actually on an upswing in her final days.“She was trying hard to deal with her drinking and had just completed three weeks of abstinence,” Mitch Winehouse recalled in his eulogy, according to the U.K.’s Sun. “She said, ‘Dad, I’ve had enough of drinking. I can’t stand the look on your and the family’s faces any more.’ She was the happiest she has been for years.” Read More

Amy Winehouse’s death remains a mystery

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Although Monday autopsy results were inconclusive as to a cause of death, and police sources have said there were no drugs or paraphernalia found near Amy Winehouse’s body, that hasn’t stopped speculation she was felled by addiction. Read More
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