Amy Winehouse

Designer collaborations: Real team players

2013-01-18 13:24:00

It has been more than a decade since Target launched its first designer collaboration, sparking a seemingly endless number of imitators. The pairings lure customers with the promise of designer looks at mass market prices, while the designers and...

Runway news: Such eye-catchers

2012-12-30 00:00:00

Designer merry go round Stefano Pilati was out at Yves Saint Laurent and in at Ermenegildo Zegna. Versus, Azzaro and Vionnet lost their designers, and Jil Sander was back in at Jil Sander, after Raf Simons left that label for Dior. Nicolas Ghesqui�re...

Shadow Morton, '60s pop wizard, reportedly dead at 71

2013-02-16 10:27:00

Shadow Morton, the songwriter and producer behind such 1960s pop classics as "Remember (Walking in the Sand)" and "Leader of the Pack" -- both recorded by the Shangri-Las -- is dead. According to the New York Times, Morton died Thursday in Laguna Beach;...

Grammys 2013: Fun. wins song of the year for 'We Are Young'

2013-02-10 00:00:00

New York City group Fun. has won the song of the year trophy for “We Are Young,” its ubiquitous celebration of youth and desire at the 55th Grammy Awards in downtown Los Angeles. The ditty, which became a singalong anthem after it was released...

Grammys 2013: Fun. wins for best new artist

2013-02-10 19:28:00

Fun., the quirky New York City band with a hip-hop-inspired approach to classic pop songwriting, was named best new artist at the 55th Grammy Awards Sunday, capping a whirlwind year in which its song "We Are Young" became an inescapable No. 1 smash. The...

Hollywood executives predict technology-fueled changes

2013-02-08 14:35:00

During Grammy week, when musicians take center stage, Universal Music Group Chairman Lucian Grainge is attracting a fair amount of attention as well. Billboard magazine placed Grainge at the top its Power 100 list -- thanks in part to his...

Hugh Hefner gives Crystal Harris new engagement ring

2012-12-13 08:24:00

Crystal Harris is showing off another engagement ring from Hugh Hefner -- the man she famously left just days before they were supposed to marry last year. Now they are engaged again. Is it true love or is it a publicity stunt? [Los Angeles Times]...

Los Angeles bands swing into an old-school music revival

2012-12-09 06:00:00

A nine-piece band replete with tuba, washboard, accordion, fiddle, mandolin, trumpet and guitar joyously pumped out early 20th century standards such as "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," Muddy Waters' deep blues and original tunes that would...

Amy Winehouse play canceled following father's objections

2012-11-26 11:57:00

A play about Amy Winehouse has been abruptly canceled after her father reportedly withheld permission for the production to use the late singer's music and photographs of her. "Amy" was scheduled to start performances Jan. 30 at the Royal Danish Theatre...

Thanks to 'Mad Men' and Liz Taylor, the cat-eye is back

2012-07-15 16:32:10

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2012-05-29 16:37:07

IMAGE Wanton Ways

2012-04-01 16:39:30

, came into play at her July trial on charges of punching a fan in the face. Winehouse said she was only 5-foot-3 -- too short to lay a serious blow on her 5-foot-7 accuser -- and argued that her beehive made her seem taller. She was acquitted.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

At one point in this new Black Ensemble show, one of the characters says something along these lines: "We're not the same color. But we're all brothers. The proof is in the music." That's pretty much the ubertext of the night.

2013-02-26 00:00:00

If Amy Winehouse is lucky, she'll end up looking like fellow songstress Nina Hagen.

2013-02-01 17:51:00