Amy Winehouse Denied Entry to U.S.
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The Grammy's will have to go on without the troubled soul singer.
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Amy Winehouse, right, the British soul singer, will perform via satellite for the 50th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday despite an unexpected reversal of the State Departmentâs rejection of her visa, her spokesman said Friday. Officials at the Department of Homeland Security issued a waiver that in effect overturned a decision by the United States Embassy in London to deny her visa request, according to an administration official. But the shift came too late for Ms. Winehouse, who recently entered a rehabilitation clinic after a video purporting to show her using drugs surfaced online, to prepare for a live performance in Los Angeles. Her spokesman, Chris Goodman, said, âUnfortunately, due to the logistics involved and timing complications, Amy will not be traveling to the U.S. to perform at the Grammys in person.â Ms. Winehouse, who is nominated in six categories, including album of the year for âBack to Black,â will join a long list of performers on the broadcast, which grew longer on Friday with the announcement that Kanye West, whose eight nominations are the most for anyone, will take the stage at the ceremony. John Mayer and Bebe Winans will also perform on the live CBS broadcast. Organizers previously announced a lineup including BeyoncÃ©, Rihanna, Kid Rock and the Foo Fighters.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Consecutive nominations a first for Sheffield band  Â· Amy Winehouse is joint favourite on 12-strong list
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Amy Winehouse was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving her husband.
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Canada has denied a visa to South African anti-apartheid leader Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who was to be the keynote speaker at a fund-raising gala in Toronto on Tuesday, because of her criminal record.
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Being freelance wine critics may sound like a sweet gig, but Ray and Eleanor Heald have soured on it. Because their home state, Michigan, blocks direct shipments from out-of-state
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Amy Winehouse went ahead and sang "Rehab." From the looks of things, she still isn't crazy about being there.
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Amy Winehouse has been nominated for the villain of the year.
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Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse was arrested on Tuesday as part of an investigation into perverting the course of justice, London police and her publicist said.
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British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was arrested in Norway for marijuana possession and held overnight, a police official said Friday.
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The former pop singer Cat Stevens,  now known as Yusuf Islam, was denied entry to the United States  and his flight from London was diverted to Maine, after his  name turned up on a watch list, a U.S. transportation security  official said.
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A record label executive used fear tactics to convince troubled singer Amy Winehouse, who is currently under psychiatric surveillance in a London hospital after she checked into rehab, that she had a drug problem.
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The U.S. government might not be a big fan of Amy Winehouse, but the troubled British pop singer will likely receive some long-distance love from the music industry when the Grammy Awards are handed out on Sunday.
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Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse almost missed her husband's court appearance on Friday as he fights charges relating to a pub brawl.
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BERGEN, Norway (Times, London) - Amy Winehouse resumed her European tour yesterday after spending the night in a Norwegian police station for possession of cannabis. The singer, whose career has been dogged by accounts of drink and drugs abuse, was arrested with her husband at an hotel room in Bergen. Police were called after staff at the Radisson SAS hotel smelt the drug coming from the room occupied by Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil. They joined a growing roll call of foreigners who have fallen victim to strong antidrug laws in Scandinavia. They were released from custody and paid a fine after spending 12 hours in jail. Winehouse and her husband paid a Â500 (Â£350) fine between them. Police said that they had found seven grams (0.25oz) of marijuana in their hotel room.
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Amy Winehouse will not attend this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa was denied, but she will perform by satellite at Sunday's ceremony in Los Angeles. Winehouse and her acclaimed "Back to Black" album are nominated for Grammys in six categories.
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Yusuf Islam, who became famous in the 1970s as the pop singer Cat Stevens, left the United States on a United Airlines flight to London yesterday after being denied entry because he was on several government watch lists, U.S. officials said.