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Yesterday Amy Winehouse was given a little reprieve from her ‘treatment’ duties over at The London Clinic. Amy has been in the clinic since last Monday after collapsing at her home, and it turns out she is suffering from the early stages of emphysema. However reps and doctors seem to disagree, as her reps have confirmed serious scarring on her lungs that could lead to emphysema, but other reports (from Amy’s dad) are confirming early stages of emphysema. Who knows the real deal, but we do know that this is one sick lady, even if she is just dealing with scarred lungs. And of course, one of the first things she did when she stepped out of the hospital was..you guessed it, light up a cigarette. Amy was given the reprieve so that she could get some shopping done and have a rehearsal for the upcoming Nelson Mandela birthday celebration. Amy is scheduled to perform for Nelson’s 90th birthday party, but given that the party is this Friday and her health is nowhere near 100% it is touch and go. Surprisingly though Amy was in good spirits and all reports say the rehearsal went well. Doctors are saying there is no reason that Amy won’t end up with overall good health, as long as she keeps doing the ‘right things’ and refrains from the ‘wrong things’. My guess that with scarred lungs, the ‘wrong things’ would include crack and cigarettes. Well, so far she’s at least 1 for 2, as given the gaggle of people around her, crack would probably be really hard to cover up. As for the Nelson concert this Friday, the doctors will get the final say when the time comes.

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This is just purely speculation at this point, but many a rumor out of Tinseltown has been created with less to go on. I am just curious about what is going on with the Holmes/Cruise family. We had talked a lot earlier about how Tom and Katie were first ‘talking’ about maybe having another baby. And you know how that goes, that’s generally just the prelude to the news bomb. Then we heard that Katie and Tom were seen at a fertility clinic, thus lending more credence to the fact that the couple were in fact serious about building their family. And then of course there was the infamous ‘weak spell’ that Katie had while lunching at Joans on Third not too long ago, where she needed to grip the doorframe on her way out to steady herself from falling. And now, huh, it looks like she’s dropped off the radar entirely. We haven’t seen too much of Katie for a couple of months now and I am wondering what the story is. Given that she is one of Hollywood’s biggest A-listers, and has always managed to find the light when it comes to the paparazzi, how is it that she’s just dropped off the radar? Perhaps she has been put on Cruise control and isn’t allowed to talk to the paps too much anymore…orr…. Hmmm….I’m wondering if their wishes to build a family have started to materialize. What do you all think?

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Well it has been no surprise that Amy Winehouse’s body finally decided to shut down on her, or at least begin the process. She’s never been exactly known as the type to lead a model lifestyle in terms of taking care of her health. And her many years of chronic cigarette and crack smoking have started to catch up to her. After having been hospitalized for collapsing at her home, Amy has now been in the London Clinic for a full week and there have been a lot of rumors circulating as to why she may or may not be in at all. Amy has been diagnosed with a weak heart, but her lungs are not doing well at all. Her doctors have rule out tuberculosis, but it looks like the formal diagnosis at this point is emphysema. Amy is in the early stages of emphysema, and her crack habit and cigarettes are to blame. Her lungs are quite a mess and doctors are seeing several nodules around her chest as well as dark marks showing up on her lungs. Right now it appears that she is operating with 70% lung capacity as well. Prior to Amy’s hospitalization, she had had a few days that were typical Amy style, having stayed up for as much as 48 hours straight with little to eat, and a lot to smoke, and she slept for the first three days while in hospital. And it sounds like she’s got the wakeup call she needed, as she has promised her dad that the drugs will stop once and for all. Yes, sadly sometimes it takes a serious diagnosis and health scare to do that, but for many it’s a lot worse. Her chances of performing for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party this coming Friday are 50/50, but my hunch is the way things are looking, slim to none. Let’s hope that Amy does get the treatment she needs and begins to take things seriously, as talent is definitely one thing she does have going for her and this could be just what she needed to get her life back on track.

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Here is Jamie Lynn back in her first days of pregnancy, and since little Maddie has already entered the world, it is safe to assume that Jamie Lynn is gearing closer to the shape she was here. Reports on Jamie Lynn’s little bundle are that Maddie Briann is the cutest thing in the world. She was born with a full head of hair, and apparently, daddy’s toes. She’s described as a long and tall baby and was born at 7 lbs. 11 oz. Jamie Lynn seems to be settling into motherhood just fine, and why shouldn’t she be with a gaggle of people on hand to help her out. Following Maddie’s birth on Thursday, Jamie spent a lot of time catching up on some rest until she was discharged on Friday evening. And along with her discharge came Maddie Briann’s first true Spears family experience, as the entire Spears family had the pleasure of a police escort home. Uh, naturally. A Spears family trip just wouldn’t be the same without a police escort now, would it? And it appears that Jamie Lynn has in fact reconsidered the wedding situation. She has recently steamed over at baby daddy Casey Aldridge and called the wedding off, however now it sounds like wedding plans have resumed. Jamie Lynn, Casey, and Baby Maddie are now living in their new home together in Liberty, Mississippi and it sounds like one big dysfunctional yet happy family.

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Sounds like someone had a little too much of the happy juice. Matthew McConaughey recently had a little solo vacay in the Pacific Coast city of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua recently, and by all reports, he made a tool of himself. Perhaps he is blowing off some baby jitter steam since his fiancé Camila Alves is about to pop any day now, or perhaps, he just had too much to drink. But when it comes to playing the role of nasty drunk, Matthew certainly pulled it off with a bang in Nicaragua. Matthew went to Nicaragua sans Camila Alves recently, and was spotted at the Iguana Bar. Apparently he was flirting with, hitting on, or even grinding with a wide mix of women. Though we aren’t too sure how many as some reports used the phrase ‘every woman in his path’ while others merely referred to an ‘assortment’ of ladies that Matthew mixed with. He was hot and heavy in the Nicaraguan nightlife and after his first night he was spotted lying in a ditch. His second night wasn’t all that bad, until he lost one of his flip-flops, and I guess, he wasn’t too happy about that. He jumped on a table and screamed in Spanish that he needed to find his flip flop. Since then, he’s cooled off some, and makes no apologies for the weekend. He admits to being absolutely drunk and speaks accolades on the beauty that is Nicaragua. He even reports that he’s still looking for his lost flip flops, and offers a reward should anyone find them. A reward from Matthew McConaughey? I’ll take it! (I wonder what size he wears now…)