AMY WINEHOUSE was relieved when
MARK RONSON walked out of a recent recording session - because the superproducer was too
"uptight". Ronson produced most of Winehouse's Grammy-winning album Back To Black and has recently been working on material for her forthcoming third LP. But the music maker failed to connect with the Rehab star during a week of recording in Oxford, England last month (May08) and stormed off after a bust-up. Ronson subsequently hit out at Winehouse, referring to the singer's recent drug and alcohol problems, saying, "I'm not sure Amy is ready to work on music yet." But Winehouse insists she was happy that Ronson left - as she was able to work on her music in peace.
She tells Rolling Stone magazine, "We are close enough that I thought we could be like, 'Hello, darling, it's me,' "I played him tracks I liked, just getting the vibe, and he was like, 'Amy, come, let's work.' He was really just uptight. "He left after three days, and I was like, 'Breathe a sigh of relief, I'm in the country and I can write.'" Meanwhile, she has hit out at rumours she is suffering from an eating disorder - putting her skeletal figure down to stress. The star has endured a variety of health problems so far this year (08), including a trip to rehab to kick her drink and drug addictions and a bout of highly contagious skin condition impetigo.
And last week the Back To Black hitmaker was hospitalised after collapsing at her London home. She was subsequently diagnosed with traces of deadly lung disease emphysema. But it is her super-skinny frame that has sparked major fears for her health - and led to rumours she is suffering from anorexia. However, Winehouse has dismissed the speculation surrounding her size, insisting she is eating normally and actually trying to put on weight.She tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I'm on a strict pizza diet. I'm on a strict put-weight-on diet. I love food. I'm just stressed out."
I heard that Amy also has reportedly turned down a lucrative book deal - because she feels she is too young to write her life story. The Back To Black hitmaker has struggled with a variety of personal problems throughout her career, including drug and alcohol addiction and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil being incarcerated on charges of assault and perverting the course of justice. But the 24-year-old star is adamant that she won't be documenting her troubles any time soon - and the lure of a multi-million dollar fee will not change her mind.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "Amy's been battling off book deals for over a year, but the latest offer would have earned her millions.
"But she thought the idea was ludicrous and turned it down outright. Firstly, she feels she's far too young at 24 and secondly, when she does get round to publishing her life story, she wants to write it herself. She doesn't need a ghost writer." She insists her problems with drugs and alcohol stem from "boredom" and feeling like she has "nothing to live for". In a rare interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the Back To Black hitmaker reveals that after her husband Blake Fielder-Civil was jailed on charges of assault and perverting the course of justice in November 2007, she felt like her life wasn't worth living.
Emphysema, Anorexia, Tuberculosis, Impetigo? Seems like everyone's Amy's Doctor. Boy, did ma gurl look good at the Mandela concert yesterday in the above picture!!! LONG LIVE AMY !
The woman behind R&B sensation NE-YO's pained love songs knows she's helping to make her ex millions - because he keeps telling her. The singer/songwriter admits new song Stop the World and hits So Sick and Do You are all inspired from one broken romance - and he still speaks to the ex-girlfriend who broke his heart when he was a teenager. He says, "I talk to her from time to time. She knows she's responsible. Her man knows, her daughter knows, and they're flattered. "She makes for great song lyrics, but she better not ask for 10 per cent."
