Hey Kate - has all of Amy's shenanigans of late changed your opinion of her? Not saying it should - just curious.
Not at all, really. I knew who she was before she got famous so all I feel is concern for her. I just hope she can work something out and get fixed soon!
The singer Amy Winehouse has checked into a rehab clinic days after the release of a video apparently showing her smoking crack cocaine, her record company announced last night.
The 24-year-old, who has been the subject of near-constant media speculation about drug-taking in recent months, made the decision after holding meetings with her producers at Universal. The label, which expressed its desire to do "anything" it could to help her, said in a statement yesterday: "After talks... she has decided to go into rehab."
The development came after Winehouse's father, Mitch, revealed that he had attempted to get his daughter sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The request was turned down because it could not be proved that she would harm herself.
In a statement, Universal said: "She has come to understand that she requires specialist treatment to continue her ongoing recovery from drug addiction and prepare for her planned appearance at the Grammy Awards [next month]. Amy entered the facility by mutual agreement and continues to receive the full support of all concerned."
The controversial singer has cancelled a scheduled appearance at the NRJ awards ceremony in Paris tomorrow.
Asked yesterday about the question of his daughter being sectioned, Mr Winehouse told Vanessa Feltz's BBC Radio programme: "Obviously this is something that we have looked at. What you have got to understand is that Amy is nowhere near being in a position to be sectioned. She really has to be a danger to herself. You might consider taking drugs is a danger to herself, but unfortunately the authorities don't."
He added: "Part of the problem is she doesn't think she's got a problem. She thinks she can do what she does recreationally and get on with the rest of her life."
Mr Winehouse described the most recent drugs revelations about the singer as "horrible". The Back To Black star – who released the song "Rehab" in 2006 – was shown on Tuesday in a 13-minute video released by The Sun apparently smoking the class-A drug before a night out.
The singer, who is loved for her undoubted talent but is often booed for her antics, was given a confidence boost last month when she was nominated for six prestigious Grammy Awards in the US. It was reported last night that she is still planning to attend the awards – in Los Angeles on 10 February – though she must first obtain a visa. Her chances of doing so have been thrown into doubt by the video and her arrest in Norway last October for possessing cannabis.
that does not look like a crack pipe to me ......I would of said weed ..... But who am I to know for sure ??
That's what I'm starting to think, too. I've been looking at the comments all over YouTube and a lot of people are like "There's no way that's crack, the burn is too long and the smoke is too thick". I think it might just be the media hyping it up - probably was just weed.
hmmmmm ... maybe more of a concern is her statement "I just took 6 valium" that and the disastrous choice of blonde hair. Who was filming? Seems pretty sketchy to me.
Record of the Year (Rehab, Back to Black)
Song of the Year (Rehab, Back to Black)
Best new Artist
Best Pop Vocal Album
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
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By Wesley Johnson, PA, in Washington DC (The Independent)
Monday, 11 February 2008
The troubled British singing sensation Amy Winehouse won five Grammy awards last night, including record and song of the year for her autobiographical hit Rehab.
The jazz star, whose personal life is in turmoil, also picked up best new artist, best pop vocal album for Back To Black and best female pop vocal.
Visa problems prevented the 24-year-old from attending the ceremony in person, but she performed You Know I'm No Good and Rehab in front of a small audience in a London studio and took part via satellite.
The beehived-singer has seen her career soar to new heights with critical acclaim and chart success for her second album Back to Black and has also won both Brit and Mobo awards.
After a standing ovation at the Grammys, she said: "Thank you very much, it's an honour to be here. Thank you very, very much."
Winehouse looked stunned as she won record of the year and stared straight ahead for several seconds as the television feed cut to her.
Her performance was a rarity given the star's recent health problems. She ended up cancelling her UK tour after several shambolic performances, citing husband Blake Fielder-Civil - who is being held in custody - as the reason she could not go on.
But after winning the five awards, she hugged several people, including her mother Janis, as the crowd chanted: "Amy, Amy, Amy."
The singer put her arm around her mother and added: "To my mum and dad. To my Blake, my Blake incarcerated."
Referring to this weekend's blaze which ravaged Camden Market and celebrity hangout The Hawley Arms pub - a favourite of the troubled singer - she went on: "And for London, this is for London, because Camden Town is burning down."
But Winehouse missed out on album of the year at the 50th annual US awards, which recognise the cream of the music industry, to Herbie Hancock who won for River: The Joni Letters.
Her appearance via satellite, rather than in person at the ceremony, followed a wrangle over her application for a US visa, which was denied but then granted.
On Friday she checked out of the Capio Nightingale clinic in north London, where she had been since January 24, to rehearse for her performance.
The Grammy nominations came after what has been a fantastic year professionally for Winehouse, but amid considerable uncertainty about her wellbeing.
Her bizarre behaviour has been a concern to fans for some time but her husband's recent arrest and the couple's enforced separation appears to have pushed her to a new low.
She has since struck up a friendship with ex-drug addict Pete Doherty and has been seen in floods of tears after visiting Fielder-Civil in jail.
He was arrested after allegedly trying to bribe a pub barman he is accused of attacking and is in Pentonville Prison on remand.
Winehouse, the daughter of a north London taxi driver, was the only performer represented in the album, record, song and best new artist categories at the Grammys.
Cracking the US market is notoriously difficult for British acts and the nominations are the latest demonstration of her potential to enjoy worldwide and long-lasting success.
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