
In a grainy video that circulated online Tuesday Amy Winehouse, 24, left, appears to smoke crack and claims to have taken “about six Valium.” It was posted on the Web site for The Sun, a British tabloid (thesun.co.uk), and an accompanying article, inset, said the video was taken early Friday morning at Ms. Winehouse’s London home, and that the two-minute clip follows “a 19-minute binge in which she snorted powdered ecstasy and cocaine.” Her record label, Universal, said in a statement: “We are deeply disappointed and upset by these latest revelations and are doing everything we can to offer Amy our full support in dealing with her problems.” Contradictory reports circulated online on Tuesday about whether Ms. Winehouse had been taken to a rehab clinic. (She had a hit with “Rehab,” in which she sings about refusing treatment.) A spokeswoman for her label declined to comment on that issue.


Todd Lazarski - Celebrity News Service News WriterNew York, NY (CNS) - Experimental and controversial album-release tactics from Radiohead didn’t impede a phoenix-like rise up the standard sales charts this week.”In Rainbows,” previously released by the band on a choose-your-price package online, skyrocketed to #1 on Billboard’s Hot 200 album chart in just the second week of widespread release. The attached ‘Greatest Gainer’ label was an obvious understatement, as the album debuted last week at a very modest #156.Only time will tell as to how Radiohead’s monumental success with both a self-release and a standard issue will come to effect the much-maligned record industry.Meanwhile Alicia Keys took #2 on both the singles and album charts for the second straight week with “As I Am,” while Mary J. Blige’s “Growing Pains” showed first signs of adolescent regression, falling from the top spot to #3 in it’s third week.”Juno”’s wave of critical acclaim landed the film’s soundtrack, featuring an organic mix of classic and indie Rock, at the #8 spot in its debut week, which was also worthy of Billboard’s ‘Hot Shot’ distincti
