Saturday, July 25, 2009

Amy Winehouse unfurnished of beating


LONDON - Amy Winehouse was found not culpable on Friday of assaulting a dancer at a charity ball in London last year.
The ruling came at the end of a two-day trial at the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, according to the Press Association. Winehouse, 25, had been accused on punching dancer Sherene Flash in the face. The singer denied the charge, saying she had been intimidated when Flash put her arm around her and so pushed her away.
"Five foot seven in burlesque heels places you at quite an advantage over five foot two in ballet pumps," Winehouse's lawyer Patrick Gibbs told Flash in court on Friday, explaining why the singer had felt threatened.
Winehouse won five Grammy awards in 2008 and her album "Back to Black" earned widespread critical acclaim. But her troubled private life, including a battle against drug addiction, has overshadowed her recording success.
In March, Winehouse was unable to get a U.S. work visa to perform at April's Coachella festival in California because of the assault charge. Earlier this month, she ended her two-year marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil.
(Writing by Mike Collett-White; Editing by Steve Addison)

You Can't Do That on Television' Star Dies


Canadian actor Les Lye, well-known to millions of North Americans in their 20's and 30's as the omnipresent adult on 'You Can't Do That on Television,' has died at 84. According to his CTV obituary, the veteran comic passed away on Tuesday. The cause is unheard of.

Carrie Prejean off to the take parts, pro a Song


Carrie Prejean warmed up her choral talents in her hometown of San Diego on Wednesday, the stage 'Where the Turf Meets the Surf' at the 70th anniversary of the Del Mar Racetrack. The former Miss California, who announced this week she was writing a book, got off to a pitchy start but cleared things up by the end of her rendition of the Bing Crosby classic, written for the racing track in 1937. Will the major labels be a-calling?

Did Jackson have a mash on Beyoncé?


It seems that, Michael Jackson had the hots for mega-diva Beyoncé. Diddy told David Letterman that the King of Pop explained up unexpected to one of the rapper's annual white parties asking for Beyoncé specifically, and the pair danced the night away. Well, how about that?

Klein did surgical procedure on Jackson in Gyno headquarters


Dr. Arnold Klein formerly took Michael Jackson to the staff next door to his -- sprint by a gynecologist focusing in vaginal innovation to achieve a slight acne treatment on the singer under full anesthesia.
When we spoke with Dr. Harvey Richmond who told us ... around 2003, Dr. Klein asked him if he could use Richmond's surgery center in his office to perform a procedure on Jackson.
Dr. Richmond says, per Klein's request, he got an anesthesiologist and a scrub tech who worked on Jackson.
Dr. Richmond says he found it "odd" that Dr. Klein performed "some sort of acne treatment" with full anesthesia. Dr. Richmond says he believes the anesthesia used was Propofol, the same drug that may have killed Jackson.
Dr. Richmond says the 2003 procedure was the only time Dr. Klein used his office for Jackson.
And there's this -- Dr. Richmond says Jackson stiffed him on the bill, eventually only paying half after Richmond threatened to take the singer to Beverly Hills small claims court.