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Amy Winehouse smacks fan at Glastonbury, Madonna divorce rumours 'total tosh'

12:37PM Monday June 30, 2008

Troubled Jazz singer Amy Winehouse has had a very productive weekend.

Winehouse defeated the odds and managed to drag her carcass onto the stage at London's Hyde Park on Friday, during a special concert honouring Nelson Mandela.

Her performance - which included a rendition of her hit Rehab - apparently went down well, i.e. she turned up, which is a bit of a coup considering she was diagnosed with a lung condition only days before.

"Amy sounded pretty good," a concertgoer told Usmagazine.com. "Another comeback".

Video below of her Mandela performance:

However, the diminutive diva that's big on hair, but low on moral fibre, made a right dog's dinner of her Glastonbury appearance on Saturday.

Oh beehive, Amy!

Wino tottered before 75,000 fans on Glasto's Pyramid Stage, with a beaming smile and looked foxy in a blue cocktail dress.

She even giggled about her choice of clothing, saying: "It took three women to get me into this dress.

"Girls, isn't it funny how it takes so long to get ready but no time to get undressed. What's that all about?"

But it all went south when she mentioned incarcerated hubby Blake Fielder-Civil.

She was booed from here to eternity by the jaded crowd.

Wino fought back, saying: "Don't boo. I'll find your phone and ring your mum and tell them about your bad manners. Manners cost you nothing."

The jazz pixie then launched into a tirade about Jay-Z, and told the crowd they should be thankful he was making an appearance, and not Kanye West - because "he's a c***!"

The money shot

Wino then stunned the crowd by appearing to elbow a devotee after she jumped down into the security pit directly in front of the stage.

Video of the incident below:

The footage doesn't clearly show what prompted Wino to lunge, but the truth is out - the fan reportedly tried to grab the singer's crowing glory ... her prized beehive.

Wino's mouthpiece says: "The 'lashing out' was when someone tried to grab her hair and she reacted."

Genius.

The consummate professional, Wino has shrugged off the minor blip.

The feisty singer said she had "a lovely time" and celebrated backstage with Jay-Z, before being carted off to the sanctuary of a London clinic for further treatment.

Paging Angelina Jolie...

The head of gynecology at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco is desperately trying to get in touch with pregnant Angelina Jolie - so he can talk to her about the birthing of her twins.

Professor Alain Treisser tells Star magazine that he hasn't spoken to Jolie at all, and is keen to know how the star is coping.

He tells the tab: "It is about time I examined her medically. I would like to go through the options available and plan the delivery. I was expecting to hear from her this week but this has not happened."

Jolie is about to pop, and reportedly has a helicopter on stand by ready to cart her off to hospital.

The prof allegedly met Jolie last month and poo-pooed her demands that the maternity wing of the local hospital be closed - for her security, and so she could birth in private.

Little man

I brought you news of Mini Me's sex tape on Friday. Well, there's more...

For some strange reason Mini Me (real name Verne Troyer) has taken umbrage to celebrity goss site TMZ.com's broadcast of his sex tape.

The website published a 25-second clip of the stomach-churning tape on Wednesday, but had to yank it down after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order requested by Troyer's attorneys.

Troyer is seeking US$20 million in damages and the return of all copies of the tape.

Troyer's attorney, Tracy Rane, said: "Mr Troyer is extremely distraught by the recent exploitation of his private life."

Meanwhile, the damsel that was seen cavorting with the randy devil in the tape has broken her silence.

A radio station in the US broadcast an interview with wannabe actress Ranae Shirder on Friday.

Listen to audio of her interview here.

Best of all is her willingness to discuss Mini Me's, erm, mini me...

Saucy.

More tackle

More steamy pics of panty boy David Beckham doing his thing for Emporio Armani have surfaced.

Gratuitous imagery here.

Meanwhile, speculation still surrounds the big fella and his crown jewels.

Holy Moly! offers this morsel on whether Becks' pants, or more precisely his tackle, were digitally enhanced for the Armani ads:

"Armani was supposed to release a behind-the-scenes 'viral' video of the recent Beckham in his knickers photoshoot, but pulled it at the last minute as someone pointed out that the size of his package was noticeably less in the video than in the Photoshopped pics."

But Becks is oblivious to the wicked whispers, and makes no mention of the scandal in his latest blog entry: "To be honest, I was amazed by the huge billboard poster outside Macy's department store, but even more amazed by the amount of people who turned up to see it!

"I'm always surprised by the amount of attention certain things create, but the attention this campaign has created is pretty incredible."

Bringing crazy back?

Britney Spears might be performing again at the MTV Music Awards.

You'll remember that the crazy one gave a hideously bad performance last year, and practically garroted her career.

But all is not lost, for Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks, told the Associated Press he's willing to give Brit Brit another chance.

"Everyone deserves a second or third chance, right?" he said.

"Who knows?"

"I'm not sure how we top Britney opening the show. We are working on it every minute of every day," he added.

Tyler the truth

Forgive us if we don't look surprised, Steven Tyler...

We all knew that you checked into rehab last month for something other than post-op care for your troubled trotters.

Tyler now admits that he went into rehab to deal with a pill addiction. Surprise! I mean, who on earth goes into rehab to have their feet massaged and rubbed with lavender oil? Piffle.

"To have your feet done, to have your leg done, you have to be on narcotics," Tyler tells AP.

"You have to be on sleep aids at night. I don't know about Joe (Perry) but I was off and running and I didn't like the me that was me ... This was a month ago, so I just put the brakes on and checked into detox and just pulled the plug on all of it."

Hogan's bluff

Space cadet Brooke Hogan just posted this gem on her MySpace page:

"Hello Everyone,

"Despite all of the difficulties I am personally going through , I can only do what I have always done, Sing!!! That is what keeps me together. I hope you can all relate...

"I Love you all,

"Brooke"

Are you going to tell her, or shall I?

Coldplay perform for you

Coldplay gave a stellar performance of new song Lost on the Today show last week.

We like.

Quote of the day

"Oh I'm not married, no. I mean I was married. I was married, seriously.

"I was married a year ago to Anna and I don't know what happened. We're not married anymore but we are kind of still in contact."

- Singer Enrique Iglesias on his confusing marriage to tennis star Anna Kournikova.

Madge 'n' Guy

It's the $64,000 question on everyone's lips: Is the high-profile union that is Madonna and Guy Ritchie about to flatline?

Depends who you choose to believe.

TMI

Granted, the rumour mill is currently in overdrive, and wading through the idle gossip is enough to render even the die-hard scandal mongers cross-eyed.

But, there's no smoke without fire, as the old adage goes - and I'm inclined to believe this tired old cliché on this occasion.

The split rumours are persistent and, most importantly (in gossip terms) consistent.

Madonnagate: the story so far

Rumours of trouble in Ritchie paradise surfaced months ago - as far back as 2006, to be exact.

Several denials and public displays of affection later, and all seemed to be calm on the western front, until...

Those pesky split rumours re-surfaced last month - only this time with a vengeance.

'Madonna 'ready to divorce, hires McCartney's lawyer' proclaimed one sardonic gossip blogger. Tsk. Honestly, no shame.

Then there's the latest news that her Madgesty has been snapped in New York - sans wedding ring.

The case for the prosecution is overwhelming.

However, Guy Ritchie's mother has recently piped up and announced that speculation that Madge wants to divorce her boy is "total tosh".

Lady Amber Leighton spoke to Britain's Daily Mail, and said there was "no conversation about divorce because there is no divorce" and added that allegations that the couple were consulting lawyers are "works of fiction".

She added: "It is absolute rubbish, worse than that. Guy will be furious at me talking to you but I feel I can't just let these reports go unanswered as they make me so angry and they are hurtful intrusions into their private lives.

"They are no different to most other couples and we all know that being together can be hard sometimes and marriages are not always a bed of roses.

"That is not a couple splitting up. I'll say it one more time, they are not getting divorced; the speculation is TT - that's total tosh."

And then...

Guy Richie has a moment of clarity/an epiphany, jumps on a plane to New York, and realises that his marriage is worth fighting for.

Madge, on the other hand, has closed ranks and is in no mood to discuss her nuptials.

The Daily Mail reports that two pals visited The Material One last weekend at her New York pad, and, over a spot of tea, brought up the subject of marriage.

"So, how are things going with Guy?" one quizzed.

"Fine," replied Madge, tersely.

"But there have been so many news reports..." the pal added.

Madge's face turned to thunder as she barked: "If you think I'm going to discuss this with you now, you're very wrong."

"Well, what they're saying is..." continued the pal.

"Stop right there," she fumed. "This subject is off limits. I'm serious."

Confused? Me too.

Stay tuned...

Fast gossip

Get it while it's hot...

Miley Cyrus does Billboard magazine, still sulking: CS

Mary-Kate Olsen dishes the dirt on Spencer Pratt: Pink is the New Blog

Kate Winslet is an old woman: Celebrity Dirt

Celebrity body makeovers: Hollywood Backwash

Ryan Seacrest is a lonely emperor: Pacific Coast News Online

Get over yourself, Liz Hurley: Bauer-Griffin Online

Jim Carrey, moneybags: Celebslam

Hugh Jackman is chest-tastic: Cityrag

Hugh Hefner has pain: IDLYITW

Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake go walkies: DS

Is Cameron Diaz engaged? YH

Guy Ritchie burned out on Kabbalah: ASL

Jamie Lynn Spears did none of this: IDLYITW

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong kiss in public: Popsugar

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