Amy Winehouse's alcohol addiction is "killing" her parents

Taken from The Bosh

Amy Winehouse's alcohol addiction is "killing" her parents.
Mitch and Janis Winehouse are desperate to "rescue" their 25-year-old daughter, who they claim is in "denial" about her substance abuse problem.
In an interview with ITV News due to screen in the UK tonight (17.06.09), Mitch said: “I need my daughter to be a whole person again.
"I tried it all – I said, ‘Amy you’ve got to do this, you’ve got to go to this doctor, you’ve got to do this, you’ve got to do that, you’re killing me, you’re killing your mum.’ None of it worked.” Janis added: “The need to rescue her is enormous. I just want her to be OK and I would do whatever it took to make that right.
"Amy is in denial all the time. She probably feels trapped. But I know with addiction you do not have the choice because the substance itself directs you.
"I want to say to her, ‘Amy, what are you doing? Don’t you know what you’re doing?’ But by then she has got herself on to it to help her get through and I understand that.”
Mitch goes on to blame the 'Rehab' singer's estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil for all her problems.
He explained: “The option of them being together is too horrible to contemplate. They are going to get divorced and who knows what’s going to happen down the line.
"Amy and Blake have decided that they want to get on with their lives separately, and if they get back together again in the future and they’re both clean and they still love each other, that’s up to them.”
The interview – taken from a forthcoming film by Daphne Barak - is also said to include "revelations" about Amy's time on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, and exclusive footage of her trying to play bongos while intoxicated.

Winehouse banned from taking in strays

Taken from SFGate

Amy Winehouse is banned from adopting any more stray dogs in St. Lucia after outraged hotel staff had to fumigate her home.

The troubled star has been enjoying an extended break on the Caribbean island since December.

She surprised locals by taking in dogs she finds on the beach, and housing them in the luxury Cotton Bay resort she is living in.

But managers feared the star's makeshift kennels would cause a flea outbreak, so they deep-cleaned her suite and banned any more pets.

A source tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "Management initially turned a blind eye to what Amy was doing. But she's adopted about five or six dogs now. They're all strays, without the proper vaccinations and they all have fleas.

"The management did not want the risk of any of the fleas infecting any of the other rooms. So they got a firm of fumigators in to blitz Amy's quarters and told her not to bring any more animals on site."

Amy Winehouse's mother says singer needs rescue

Taken from The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — The mother of singer Amy Winehouse says her troubled daughter needs to be rescued.

In an interview due to be broadcast Wednesday by Britain's ITV News, Janis Winehouse says "Amy is in denial all the time" and is trapped by her addictions.

The 25-year-old's drug problems have been highly publicized and the soul diva has been in and out of rehab.

In the ITV interview her father, Mitch, says Winehouse is on a drug replacement program but continues to drink.

He says he has been powerless to change her behavior.

Snippets of the interview were shown Tuesday night on ITV. It was not immediately clear when the interview was conducted.

An e-mail sent late Tuesday to Winehouse's representative was not immediately returned.

Wrapping with Amy Winehouse

Taken from kansascity.com

Amy Winehouse’s record label is releasing a line of wrapping paper and greeting cards based on the troubled singer’s music.

The cards and paper will feature images and lyrics from Winehouse’s “Back to Black” album, that “happy” one she recorded after the first time she split from her now-estranged hubby.

“The bosses at EMI are keen to keep the cash cow churning out the money. The first item in the Winehouse range will be wrapping paper with the chorus of ‘Rehab’ emblazoned all over it,” a source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper.

“The Amy-branded cards are classy too. ‘You Know I’m No Good’ is best for heartfelt apologies and ‘Back to Black,’ with an appropriate wreath, will be the respectful response to a bereavement.” (...)

Amy Winehouse's Parents Beg for Her to Stop Drinking

Taken from Hollyscoop

Amy Winehouse’s parents have taped a segment for a documentary pleading for her daughter to stop drinking. Journalist Daphne Barak created the documentary on Amy, who is now living full-time in St. Lucia.

In an interview, Amy’s mom Janis says of her daughter: “The need to rescue her is enormous. I just want her to be okay and I would do whatever it took to make that right. Amy is in denial all the time. She probably feels trapped, the body is trapping her.

"But I know with addictions you do not have the choice because the substance abuse itself directs you. I want to say to her – ‘Amy what are you doing? Don’t you know what you’re doing?’"

Her father Mitch said in his segment, “I need my daughter to be a whole person again. I tried it all – I said: ‘Amy you’ve got to do this, you’ve got to go to this doctor, you’ve got to do this, you’ve got to do that, you’re killing me, you’re killing your mum.

"For the last six months there has been a remarkable recovery, which is good, with slight backward steps – not drug backward steps, more drink backward steps if you follow my drift.”

It’s sad because Amy has just replaced her drug habit with booze. She’s obviously not healing in St. Lucia. Only a real rehab facility could get Amy back on her feet, but sadly we don’t see that happening any time soon for her!

Amy Winehouse launches record label

Taken from The Star Online

Controversial pop star Amy Winehouse has spent £1 million starting her own record company, with her goddaughter as the first signing.

The label will be called Lioness, and will be used as a platform to launch the career of Dionne Bromfield.

"I had a lot of record companies wanting to sign me but I didn't know where to go," the 13-year-old X-Factor finalist said. "So for Amy to set up this record company and make me her first signing means so much."

Amy Winehouse’s new album has a song about cooking meatballs

Taken from Entertainment and Showbiz

A track from Amy Winehouse’s latest album would certainly turn out to be a song to savour, literally so, for it is based on cooking meatballs.

While Amy’s been keen to eat healthily and put on weight since she came out of hospital last month, her new album is reportedly an attempt to recapture her childhood.

The unnamed track goes: “I can cook, chicken soup, meatballs, a good chicken - jerk and fried.”

Amy revealed that she used to pop into the kitchen of her favourite boozer The Hawley Arms, grab some frozen mince, and make meatballs for her pals after boozy nights out.

She is also known for splashing hundreds of pounds on her favourite jerk chicken, steak, rice, and peas for her posse at Mr Jerk’s in London’s West End.

“When Amy’s working she gets loads of Caribbean food delivered to the studio. It can get a bit messy sometimes. But that’s where Amy gets her soul from - good old-fashioned soul food,” revealed the source.