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Amy Winehouse punched a female dancer in the eye

Posted: September 27th, 2008, 4:20pm CDT by JayBird

Tags: Addictions

Boy Amy Winehouse sure is running towards rock bottom at a sprint. The singer was widely reported to have ruined her 12-year-old goddaughter’s singing debut at the End of Summer Ball in London on Thursday night. She also tried to headbutt the event’s official photographer (according to another source she did manage to punch him). She looked absolutely wasted and out of it in all the pictures from the night – though something tells me that photographer wasn’t inclined to take the most flattering pictures after all that. Now the Sun has a report saying that Amy punched a female dancer in the eye at the ball. Because otherwise she wouldn’t have brought enough drama to the evening.

AMY WINEHOUSE faces arrest after allegedly whacking a woman dancer in the face. Sherene Flash, 30, said junkie Amy punched her in the eye after she asked to take the star’s picture. Amy then ran off, crying out: “Life can’t go on. I can’t do this any more.”

Cops were called to the £700-a-ticket End Of Summer Ball in central London, where Amy performed, and took a statement from Sherene. They are expected to quiz Back To Black and Rehab singer Amy, 25, later.

A pal said: “Sherene asked Amy if she could take a photo. Amy was OK at first, but when Sherene asked if a friend could get in the shot, Amy lashed out.” A source said: “She was getting distressed. There was a lot of grabbing and flashbulbs were going off. She was startled.”

[From the Sun]

Earlier this month it was reported that Winehouse has such severe brain damage from all of her drug and alcohol abuse that it’s brought on symptoms normally associated with schizophrenia. That – combined with the decent possibility that she was on drugs that night – could certainly explain Amy’s behavior. It sounds like she was in a real state of agitation.

Amy’s clearly at a point where she’s not just a danger to herself but to others. At what point does someone step in and do something? I seriously doubt the police will do anything besides giving her another caution. However she has racked up several of those for other assaults and drug infractions, so maybe she’ll actually get in a little bit of trouble. Nothing that’ll actually force her to change her behavior, I’m sure, but some token gesture to the public that says, “We’re sorry that Amy Winehouse is out and about, roaming around, and may lunge from a bush at any moment and attack you. And get away with it.”

Here’s Amy with Dionne last night in London. Photographer: Gabor Scott. Images thanks to WENN.
Posh still gets ‘the feeling’ in her stomach when she sees Becks

Posted: September 27th, 2008, 3:13pm CDT by JayBird

Tags: Angelina Jolie

Victoria and David Beckham still have the magic, at least if her interview with Kelly Ripa is to be believed. Which it probably is – the most intimate thing Posh revealed is that she still thinks David is hot. Which means her eyesight is fine, so that’s good to know.

But Victoria admitted that after “all this time” her stomach still flips when she sees him. Which – even though he’s unbearably attractive – is still really cute. You’d think it’d be hard for any woman’s stomach not to turn into a ball of butterflies seeing that man, but marriage can kill a lot of good feelings, so I’m told. So I think it’s pretty sweet that Victoria seems to still be smitten with David.

VICTORIA BECKHAM says she warns husband DAVID that his good looks will fade. POSH said on a US talk show: “We really complement each other. Everyone says, ‘God, David is so good looking’ and I’m funny. It’s cool to be funny. I tell David that looks will fade.”

Host Kelly Ripa asked Victoria, 34, if she still gets “that feeling” in the pit of her stomach when she sees David, 33. She replied: “Yeah, I do. We spend a lot of time together, we go on date nights, we go away together, we love our kids and everything we do revolves around the children.”

She added: “I love him more now than I did when I first met him all those years ago.”

[From the Sun]

The Beckhams have dealt with several rumors involving David’s supposed infidelity. No one exactly came out looking like roses in that situation, but it seems like their marriage is okay now. Of course it’s always hard to even guess what’s going on in a couples’ relationship. But they seem pretty content and happy, and their lives really do seem to be focused on their kids. Posh noted that all three of her sons are getting American accents, which she thinks is cute. It looks like they’ve all adjusted to their move to the U.S. pretty well. Overall they’re darn lucky: hot husband, hot wife, and cute kids with parents that still seem to be into each other.

Here’s David and Victoria launching their “Beckham Signature” fragrance collection at Macy’s in New York yesterday. Images thanks to PR Photos.
More photos, videos and tributes to Paul Newman

Posted: September 27th, 2008, 3:03pm CDT by Celebitchy

Tags: Deaths

Note: I wrote the article below before I realized that MSat had already covered Paul Newman’s death. He was an incredible actor and someone who touched so many people’s lives and we are posting this in his honor.
Hollywood legend Paul Newman passed away Friday at his home in Westport, Connecticut after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 83. Newman appeared in over 60 films in six decades and was nominated for an Oscar 10 times. He won the best actor Academy Award in 1986 for
The Color of Money under director Martin Scorsese.

A war veteran, philanthropist, devoted family man, and car racing enthusiast, Newman lived life to the fullest and will long be remembered for his impact in Hollywood and on humanitarian causes. He founded the food company Newman’s Own in 1982, which has gone on to become a multi-million dollar empire with a spinoff, Newman’s Own Organics, run by his daughter, Nell Newman. All the profits from both companies are donated to charitable and educational causes. Newmans Own has contributed over $250 million to charity to date.

Newman leaves behind a wife of 50 years, Joanne Woodward, five daughters and eight grandchildren:

Paul Newman, a screen hero for more than half a century and the head of a philanthropic food empire for the past 25 years, has died, it was announced Saturday. He was 83.

Surrounded by his family and close friends at his farmhouse near Westport, Conn., Newman succumbed Friday after a long battle with cancer, according to a statement from publicist Jeff Sanderson.

Famed for his intense blue eyes, his love of car racing and one of the coolest demeanors ever to heat up the silver screen, Newman was nominated for Oscars ten times.

But perhaps his proudest accomplishment, besides his 50-year marriage to actress Joanne Woodward, was starting Newman’s Own, which since 1982 has made popcorn, spaghetti sauce, lemonade and salad dressing and has donated more than $250 million to charities selected by Newman himself.

Career Highs
With more than 80 films and TV productions to his credit, Newman’s career spanned generations. His first Oscar nomination was in 1959 for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and his most recent was in 2003 for Road to Perdition.

The son of a sporting goods storeowner, the Ohio native enrolled in Ohio’s Kenyon College after his 1946 discharge from the Navy. He married for the first time in 1949, then moved wife Jackie and their young son Scott east, where Newman attended the Yale Drama School and, later, the New York Actors Studio.

Dramatic TV roles came his way, but it was his Broadway debut in 1953, as the sexy stranger in Picnic, that led to a Warner Bros. Hollywood contract and his first movie – the 1954 toga epic The Silver Chalice, which even he considered one of the worst movies ever made.

Still, the looker more than redeemed himself in two screen adaptations of Tennessee Williams dramas, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof costarring Elizabeth Taylor, and Sweet Bird of Youth, with a highly charged Geraldine Page.

In 1957, Newman and Jackie, with whom he also had two daughters, divorced. The next year, he married Woodward, with whom he eventually had another three daughters.

By the ’60s Newman had hit his stride with such career-defining roles as the leads in The Hustler, Hud and Cool Hand Luke. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, followed by The Sting, made him and screen partner Robert Redford the hottest male stars of the ’70s.

Newman won an Oscar for The Color of Money, in 1987. Exactly 20 years later, he announced his retirement from acting, saying, “I’m not able to work anymore … at the level that I would want to. You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention.”

Among his final roles was the voice of Doc Hudson in the 2006 animated movie Cars.

[From People.com]

Paul Newman founded the “Hole In The Wall Gang” summer camps in 1988 for seriously ill children. The camps are now running in over 12 locations worldwide. He loved to visit the children, according to his daughter, Nell, who said that he hoped they would become his legacy.

I used to live near Westport and had the pleasure of seeing Joanne Woodward speak at an event I attended there several years ago. She came across as very down to earth and earnest, and you can just imagine how much Paul meant to her. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. He was an incredible man who left a vast legacy on the screen and, more importantly, in life.

Paul Newman discusses his retirement and “Hole In The Wall” camps:

Paul Newman talks to David Letterman in January, 2007, about going out to race. (This is just a segment, here’s a link to the full interview)

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward talk about their Las Vegas wedding:

James Dean and Paul Newman screentest for East of Eden, which was out in 1955. How cute are these guys?

[Some details from Telegraph.co.uk and Money.cnn.com.]

Photos below thanks to WENN, PRPhotos, Fame Pictures, and AllMoviePhoto.
Project Runway halted by court

Posted: September 27th, 2008, 1:40pm CDT by Ceilidh

Tags: Heidi Klum

A New York Supreme Court Justice has halted intentions of Weinstein Co. production Project Runway from moving to the Lifetime Channel. In a breach of contract lawsuit filed by NBC Universal, the parent company of Bravo, against the Weinstein Co. a preliminary injunction was ordered against a $150 million deal with Lifetime to move the wildly popular reality-competition series from NBC-run Bravo where it’s aired for five seasons.

NBC Universal had aired the series on its Bravo channel. It sued Weinstein after the production company made a reported $150 million deal with Lifetime for the show.

The temporary injunction bars Weinstein from taking “Project Runway” or any spinoff to Lifetime and contended that evidence showed that Weinstein violated NBC’s “right of first refusal” for the show.

[From AP via Breitbart]

Lifetime was very disappointed by the ruling but vowed to “pursue all measures” to uphold the agreement made with Weinstein Co. to bring Emmy award nominee for Outstanding Reality or Reality Competition Host, Heidi Klum and fan favorite Tim Gunn to their network. The sixth season of Project Runway was scheduled to premier in January on Lifetime with guest judge Lindsay Lohan.

In a statement, Lifetime said: “We are disappointed with the court’s decision to grant the preliminary injunction against the Weinstein Co. It’s unfortunate that the people hurt most by this ongoing dispute are the loyal fans of ‘Project Runway.’ In the meantime, Lifetime will pursue all measures to uphold its valid and binding agreement reached with the Weinstein Co. for Season 6 of ‘Project Runway.’”

Lowe also showed concern for the viewers of the popular series in his 43-page ruling, writing “what is of concern for this court is the time ‘Project Runway’ will be off of the air during the course of this litigation.

Implementing this injunction will leave the program in limbo while the matter proceeds to trial.”

But the judge also pointed out that in the history of the show there have been hiatuses between six months and 13 months. Pursuant to court rules, Lowe ordered NBC to post a $20 million bond, which is typical in cases when plaintiffs win temporary injunctions. Court rules indicate that the bond should be paid if it is later found that the injunction was improper.

[From the Hollywood Reporter]

NBC says the reason the Weinstein Co. went to Lifetime looking for a better deal was because NBC didn’t want to bundle the show with other Weinstein Co. productions. Weinstein argued that there was no right of first refusal in their contract and that the deal was offered to NBC but Lifetime outbid them.

Weinstein Co. and Lifetime were also ordered not to promote, market or air Project Runway.

With a show that has never been on any sort of regular schedule between seasons, it looks like another year of waiting while this all gets hashed out in court. This is disappointing for fans, but imagine the disappointment of the designers competing in season six who thought they’d had gotten their big break. Production of the show will not be effected, but who knows when it will actually air.

And imagine how Heidi Klum must feel. First the Emmy co-host disaster, now this? It hasn’t been her week.

Here is Heidi Klum leaving ABC Studios after appearing on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ on July 15th. Photographer: Ray Filmano. Images thanks to WENN
Screen legend and humanitarian Paul Newman passes away

Posted: September 27th, 2008, 1:12pm CDT by MSat

Tags: cancer

Sad news: Paul Newman has lost his long battle with cancer at the age of 83. Newman was a screen icon with dozens of classic films to his credit, as well as an avid humanitarian. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, their six children and eight grandchildren.

Paul Newman has died at age 83.

He passed away after a long battle with cancer Friday at his farmhouse near Westport, Connecticut. No other details were available.

In a statement, Robert Forrester, vice-chairman of Newman’s Own Foundation, said: “Paul Newman’s craft was acting. His passion was racing. His love was his family and friends. And his heart and soul were dedicated to helping make the world a better place for all.

“Paul had an abiding belief in the role that luck plays in one’s life, and its randomness. He was quick to acknowledge the good fortune he had in his own life, beginning with being born in America, and was acutely aware of how unlucky so many others were. True to his character, he quietly devoted himself to helping offset this imbalance.”

Born in Ohio in 1925, the actor rose to fame in such roles as The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, in which he starred opposite Robert Redford.

He was nominated for 10 Oscars, winning for 1987’s The Color of Money and taking home two honorary ones.

Newman was also known for his philanthropy. He created the Newman’s Own brand of organic foods and donated the company’s profits to charity.

“What started as something of a joke in the basement of his home, turned into a highly-respected, multi-million dollar a year food company,” Forrester said in a statement. “And true to form, he shared this good fortune by donating all the profits and royalties he earned to thousands of charities around the world, a total which now exceeds $250 million.”

He also founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children with serious illnesses. Said Forrester: “Today, there are 11 Camps around the world, with additional programs in Africa and Vietnam. Through the Camps, well over 135,000 children have had the chance to experience what childhood was meant to be.”

Newman is survived by his wife, actress Joanne Woodward, 78. The couple celebrated their golden anniversary in January. He is the father of six children and eight grandchildren.

Newman never confirmed reports that he was battling cancer. In June, as rumors swirled about his illness, his pal (and neighbor) Martha Stewart wrote, “He is still full of vim and vigor, he is still Cool Hand Luke to me, and of course, my Butch Cassidy!”

Newman announced he was retiring last year.

“I’m not able to work anymore as an actor at the level I would want to,” he said on Good Morning America. “You start to lose your memory, your confidence, your invention. So that’s pretty much a closed book for me… I’ve been doing it for 50 years. That’s enough.”

Newman had said he’d like to be remembered as “a guy who tried, tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn’t complacent, who doesn’t cop out.”

[From Us Weekly]

Newman was nothing short of a class act from the very beginning of his career. His All-American good looks and bright blue eyes garnered lots of attention, but he quickly proved that he was more than just a pretty face. His acting career spanned more than 50 years, boasting such films as “The Verdict” (one of his bast, in my opinion), “Hud” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Despite the accolades and A-list status, Newman kept his personal life private. Even as he battled cancer, he worked to keep the severity of his condition from the media. His 50-year marriage to actress Joanne Woodward is a definite inspiration and an anomaly in a town where famous couples are lucky to last a couple of years.

Condolences to his family and friends.

Picture note by JayBird: Paul Newman is shown in the header image with his wife, Joanne Woodward. Here are some pictures of Newman throughout his career.