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Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-destructive habits overshadowed a distinctive musical talent, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.
Winehouse shot to fame with the album “Back to Black,” whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit. It won five Grammys and made Winehouse — with her black beehive hairdo and old-fashioned sailor tattoos — one of music’s most recognizable stars.
Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London; the cause of death was not immediately known. London Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews it sent arrived at the scene.
“I didn’t go out looking to be famous,” Winehouse told the Associated Press when “Back to Black” was released. “I’m just a musician.”
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wed by fame, and by Winehouse’s demons. Tabloids lapped up the erratic stage appearances, drunken fights, stints in hospital and rehab clinics. Performances became shambling, stumbling train wrecks, watched around the world on the Internet.
Born in 1983 to taxi driver Mitch Winehouse and his pharmacist wife Janis, Winehouse grew up in the north London suburbs, and was set on a showbiz career from an early age. When she was 10, she and a friend formed a rap group, Sweet ‘n’ Sour — Winehouse was Sour — that she later described as “the little white Jewish Salt ‘n’ Pepa.
Is Fantasia pregnant? She sure looks very pregnant. She recently turned 27 and she has been very quiet. Is Fantasia pregnant? Will she reveal all? She is still with her married boyfriend, and sources say she is due by the end of the year. Fantasia has been through a lot with Antwaun Cook, who has two children by his wife.Fantasia had signed on for the Mahalia Jackson movie, but that may be put on hold if she’s pregnant.
‘Lady Marmalade’ singer and R&B queen Patti LaBelle has been accused of ordering the beating of a West Point cadet at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on March 11. According to the Houston Chronicle, Richard King, 23, was talking to his brother on his cell phone while approaching the airport’s passenger pickup area where Labelle’s limousine happened to be parked.
In security-camera footage of the incident, King is suddenly struck and thrown against a concrete pillar by LaBelle’s body guards and an unidentified woman. King subsequently tries to get up and leave the area but he falls continuously.
“Apparently, defendant LaBelle believed King was standing too close to her (no doubt expensive) luggage, even though he was oblivious to her presence and the danger he was in,” King’s attorney John Raley said in the lawsuit filing. “LaBelle lowered the window of her limousine and gave a command to her bodyguards. They sprang into action.”
SIDEBAR: If you get a chance watch the video, Patti’s bodyguards where a bit to zealous
in their job of protection.
Janet Jackson’s new book, True You, a journey to finding and loving yourself arrives in bookstores on the 15th. The book is part self help-part autobiography, and it’s very revealing. In the book, Jackson talks about her body issues. She says she didn’t feel attractive and that she would bang her head against the wall. She recalls how her brothers would tease her calling her names like horse, pig and cow. She also opened up about her relationship with her father. She says growing up the Jackson children could not call their father Joe Jackson “dad.” They had to address him as “Joe.” She says he had a different way of showing love.
Did Teena Marie have to die? The 54-year old Ivory Queen Of Soul passed away in her sleep the day after Christmas. Over the past few months, Teena Marie had been having health issues in the form of seizures. A couple of months ago, she suffered a seizure that forced her onto medication. Sources say she hated the way the medicine made her feel. She had a few concerts coming up, and she wanted her energy back. Did she stop taking her medicine to try herbal remedies? Marie’s 19-year old daughter, Alia Rose, found her body, and Marie’s death sent the music world in shock. There will never be another Teena Marie. Her voice was amazing, and she was an incredible writer and producer. She was also a great mother to her daughter. Teena always gave her all in concerts. We had so much fun with her last year in Atlantic City and at the Dell East. Marie was looking forward to getting a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and releasing a new album. She will be missed, but her music will never be forgotten.
I had a chance to catch up with Ray J earlier this week. He was really cool. I asked him about Whitney Houston, and he swore to me they were just friends. It’s a shame his sister Brandy got screwed on Dancing With The Stars. I stopped watching the show weeks ago when I realized people were on the show who couldn’t dance and were still competing. A sister can’t catch a break on that show (Mya, Vivica Fox, Mel B, and Laila Ali, to name a few)!
Don’t look for Singer Mariah Carey to talk about her pregnancy. Carey is four months pregnant, and she’s very superstitious. This will be the first child for her and hubby Nick Cannon.
Gurlfriend how more obvious can you possibily be? At this point don’t announce anything we
already know, like everybody that see’s you knows. Grow the hell up!
When will Mariah Carey fess up? She’s pregnant, but Carey is very superstitious, and she will tell all when the time is right. Hubby Nick Cannon has been besieged with calls, but he is keeping her secret.
Yes, Mariah like me and everybody else can only tell?!?
President Barack Obama calls Lena Horne one of America’s “most cherished” entertainers in a statement released Monday to mark her passing. The legendary singer-actress died Sunday in New York at age 92.
Below is the president’s release in its entirety:
Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Lena Horne – one of our nation’s most cherished entertainers. Over the years, she warmed the hearts of countless Americans with her beautiful voice and dramatic performances on screen.
From the time her grandmother signed her up for an NAACP membership as a child, she worked tirelessly to further the cause of justice and equality. In 1940, she became the first African American performer to tour with an all white band. And while entertaining soldiers during World War II, she refused to perform for segregated audiences – a principled struggle she continued well after the troops returned home.
Michelle and I offer our condolences to all those who knew and loved Lena , and we join all Americans in appreciating the joy she brought to our lives and the progress she forged for our country.
Speaking of Rihanna, the U.S. leg of her tour is not doing well. Poor tickets sales are doing her in. This goes to prove you can have a hit song on the radio, but you must have talent to back it up! Sing! Dance! Something!!!
SIDEBAR – You shouldn’t have psst off Donald Trump!