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The father of British R’n'B singer and renowned druggie Amy Winehouse has been talking about his fears for his daughter’s health and his insistence that Amy had never touched hard drugs until she met her husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

Mitch Winehouse told the ITV1 daytime show This Morning his fears over her drug problems, health problems and the fact that she has lost so much weight over the last six months.

“It’s apparent in her music that she’s smoked dope for quite a while, probably from the age of 16 or 17, perhaps even earlier.”

“She was a complete opponent of hard drugs - in fact, she got up and said she couldn’t understand why people in the music industry took hard drugs and that changed about six months ago when she got married to Blake.”

“And I’m not saying it’s Blake’s fault, what I’m saying is Amy’s responsible for her own actions. However, it’s a fact that the hard drugs coincided with their marriage.�

I have to agree, her mental well-being, and struggles with hard drugs did seem to get a lot worse once she married Blake Fielder-Civil. He claims her battle with weight is down to bulimia, but again, I would suggest the drugs have got something major to do with that too.

If you look at pictures of her 2 years ago and now, it’s quite shocking how much weight she has lost. She has gone from being an attractive and vuluptuous woman to a skinny, almost skeletal train wreck.

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A few days ago I detailed the whole sorry Sharon Osbourne saga which blighted the show last week. For those of you too lazy to go back and read the whole post, basically Sharon threw her toys out of her pram, and threatened to leave the show. Except she didn’t, because it was probably all a big publicity stunt.

And that wasn’t the first instance of the judges egos taking precedence over the contestants singing performances this series. Right at the beginning of the season, Louis Walsh was supposedly called back from the grave (he wasn’t dead except maybe in Simon Cowell’s eyes) to replace Brian Friedman as a judge. Oh come on, it was planned all along, why was he “fired” in the first place anyway?

And last night’s show, the second of the live final episodes which will run up to near Christmas right on cue for the winner to grab the Christmas number 1 in the UK, we saw more evidence of the problem with this show.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love The X Factor, I sit there religiously tuning in every week along with millions of other sad individuals too boring to be out partying on a Saturday night. But the judges and their participation in the show is ruining the whole thing for me.

The public vote who is their favourite performer of the night, with the two who receive the least votes ending up in the bottom to and having to sing for survival. So far so good. the problem comes when you realise that it’s the judges who then have the final say on who goes and who stays to fight another day. This is obviously wrong.

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Robbie Williams seems determined to upset all and sundry. Following hot on the heels of last week’s bum sex outburst, he has now called Courtney Love fugly.

Apparently Courtney expressed a desire to sleep with the British pop star and had high hopes of getting him in to bed. Unfortunately Robbie wasn’t interested because “of the ugly thing”.

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Sharon Osbourne supposedly quit her role as an X Factor judge on Saturday night’s live show after two of her three acts were voted in to the bottom duo and had to battle for survival.

At the time it made good TV, with Sharon storming off and seeming to decide she’d rather have nothing to do with the show than be responsible for getting rid of one of her own acts in the Under 25s Girls category.

But now it has become one big soap opera with multiple appearances on chat shows and a whole host of publicity for the show.

Kimberley Southwick and Alisha Bennett received the least amount of votes out of all twelve X Factor finalists on Saturday’s first live final show.

This meant they had to perform again, and then the four judges Sharon, Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh would have to decide individually which contestant they’d rather see come back and which would go home.

Sharon then had a hissy fit and declared to show presenter Dermot O’Leary “I’m out… gone!”

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Robbie Williams is said to have upset the American public with some controversial off the cuff remarks about sex and drugs… and presumably rock and roll.

The British singer now lives in Los Angeles despite a lack of success breaking the American music scene.

He was talking outside of an LA hotel and was asked what he’d recently been up to. He told reporters he had been “wanking and shooting heroin“.

The 33 year old ex Take That band member’s comments were aired on television, even though it was before the 10pm child free watershed. There were even subtitles added to help viewers understand his English accent.

When celebrity gossip site TMZ later asked him about the comments he replied “What else have I been doing? Just being nasty and having bum sex“.

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Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have been in court today trying to thrash out a final settlement and put the whole sorry mess behind them.

The estranged couple, who had what can only be described as a tumultuous marriage are having a meeting with their respective lawyers in front of a high court judge in the hope of finally coming to terms on a deal which should see them both walk away relatively happy.

Heather would walk away with £60 million from Sir Paul’s huge fortune, which would be made up of a lump sum and an annual payment for their daughter Beatrice. Paul would finally get the woman who he reportedly came to hate out of his life.

Unfortunately it’s too late for either of them to walk away with their dignity intact as the rumours and stories of the bitter fighting which ensued during their marriage has made them both look rather pathetic at times.

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This week has been terrible for me personally as I’ve had a stinking cold, or as I like to call it ‘Man Flu’. Yes I know it’s the same thing but it makes me sound more ill than I am, and elicits more sympathy from my girlfriend.

The rest of the country has been dominated by talk of a possible general election, which now isn’t going to happen. And I really don’t care either way, as whoever gets in always turns out to be as bad as the last shower of shit who were in before. Power corrupts.

Picture Of The Week: Gordon Brown sticks his finger up at the voters

Debating: Whether Paparazzi photographers should be licensed or not

Gossiping: Pete Doherty’s alleged suicide attempt over Kate Moss

Reading: ‘Making Money’ by Discworld author Terry Pratchett

Playing: Surprise surprise it’s Halo 3 on the Xbox 360

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Led Zeppelin are reuniting for a one off gig at the 02 Arena (formerly Millennium Dome) in London on November 26th. The concert will raise money for the Ahmet Ertegun Education Fund, a fund created in honour of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun who died last year.

To deal with the massive demand for tickets for this one off chance to see a legendary British rock band, the organisers held a lottery where you applied for tickets, and the lucky ones would be chosen by a computer.

Over a million people put their name down on the website, and now the lucky few have been chosen. Remember that the venue only holds 20,000 people so it was a 1 in 50 chance to get hold of a ticket.

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Ooh look at that, we even have a picture now! 451 has changed their rules for posting and so the weekly review has been changed a bit. I hope you like the new changes, please let me know by commenting!

Picture Of The Week: Is This Madeleine McCann Or Not?

Debating: Jose Mourinho’s Sudden Departure From Chelsea

Gossiping: David And Victoria Beckham Arriving Back In London

Reading: ‘Wintersmith’ by Terry Pratchett: Part Of The Discworld Series

Playing: ‘John Woo Presents Stranglehold’ On The Xbox 360 & Ps3

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The Spice Girls long awaited reunion concert at London’s 02 Arena has sold out in just 38 seconds. Over a million people signed up for the opportunity to buy tickets for the first of the English gigs and within a minute of the online ticket sale going live, they’d all been snapped up by over eager fans.

The 15 December gig at the 02 Arena sold out so quickly that 3 more London dates were promptly added to the legendary girl group’s World tour. The new concert dates are the 16th and 18th December as well as a later one of January 2nd 2008. Tickets for all of the English concerts cost between £55 and £75.

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The British Jukebox is back again, this time with a Retro music special. I’m now writing a new blog specifically about British Music over at Brit Music Scene, so feel free to join me there for more of the same.

So, without further ado, for all those fans of British Music, take a listen to this week’s selection, which ranges in age from the 90s to present day. This week we have songs from The Stereophonics, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, The Cure and The Clash. Enjoy…

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Both David Beckham and Victoria have rushed back to the UK in the past 24 hours after David’s father had a massive and very sudden heart attack.

Ted Beckham was rushed to hospital by ambulance after complaining of chest pains. Beckham senior apparently almost died on the way to Whipps Cross hospital in East London. After being treated for a time there, he was swiftly moved to a specialist heart clinic.

Becks was told the news in LA where he is currently plying his trade as a footballer for LA Galaxy and immediately made plans to come home to be with his family. He arrived in the UK this afternoon, landing at Heathrow airport at about midday.

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Debating: The continuing saga of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance

Gossiping: Britney Spears’ continuing slide towards career oblivion

Reading: ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan ahead of seeing the film

Playing: Super Paper Mario on the Nintendo Wii

Viewing: The MOBO Awards in London on Wednesday

Watching: Still ‘Run, Fatboy, Run’ directed by David Schwimmer

Listening: The new James Blunt album ‘All The Lost Souls’

Buying: ‘Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix’ DVD

Searching: ‘International Talk Like A Pirate Day’ Information

Learning: Zsa Zsa Gabor is related to Paris Hilton

Madeleine McCann, Britney Spears, Atonement, Ian McEwan, Super Paper Mario, Nintendo Wii, MOBO Awards, Amy Winehouse, Run Fatboy Run, David Schwimmer, James Blunt, All The Lost Souls, Harry Potter, Order Of The Phoenix, Talk Like A Pirate Day, Pirate, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Paris Hilton

Debating: The Twin Towers 9/11 Attacks 6 Years Ago

Gossiping: OJ Simpson being arrested and charged over armed robbery

Reading: ‘Jamie At Home’ by Jamie Oliver

Playing: Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘08 on all formats

Viewing: The New Cadburys Advert - Phil Collins = Gorilla

Watching: Run, Fatboy, Run starring Simon Pegg

Listening: Leona Lewis’ New Single ‘Bleeding Love’

Buying: Tickets To The Led Zeppelin One Off Charity Concert

Searching: Footage Of Britney Spears Atrocious VMAs Performance

Learning: Older siblings stunt growth

9/11, Twin Towers, Terrorism, OJ Simpson, Jamie Oliver, Tiger Woods, Phil Collins, Cadburys, Simon Pegg, Run Fatboy Run, Leona Lewis, Led Zeppelin, Britney Spears

The British Jukebox is back again, this time with a British Indie special. I’m now writing a new blog specifically about the British Music Scene over at Brit Music Scene, so feel free to join me there for more of the same.

So, without further ado, for all those fans of British Music, take a listen to this week’s selection, which ranges in age from the 90s to present day. This week we have songs from Snow Patrol, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, Art Brut, Maximo Park. Enjoy…

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