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7:25 AM ET, February 11, 2008

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Daily Mail:
Amy Winehouse dedicates Grammys win to ‘Blake, my incarcerated’ after scooping FIVE awards  —  Troubled singer Amy Winehouse triumphed at the Grammys awards last night, scooping five gongs including record of the year for her track Rehab.  —  The jazz star, whose personal life is in turmoil …
Discussion: L.A. Rag Mag
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Queen (Mess) Of The Grammys  —  Amy Wino won record of the year, song of the year, best new artist and pop female vocal performance at the Grammys on Sunday.  She nearly swept the joint clean, but she lost best album.  Wino performed from London and it was nice to see her crack shake on TV.
Discussion: crunk and disorderly
Aaron Parsley / People.com:
Amy Winehouse: Near Clean Sweep at Grammys  —  The singer wins record of the year, song of the year and best new artist - but Herbie Hancock wins album of the year  —  It was Amy Winehouse's night: The British pop singer pulled off a near-clean sweep at the 50th annual Grammy Awards Sunday night …
Discussion: iVillage
omg!:
Kanye West takes early lead at Grammys  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West, the leading nominee at the Grammy Awards, won three prizes during early proceedings on Sunday, while another top contender, Amy Winehouse, won a pair of statuettes.  —  Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen …
Nhancock / PageSix.com:
And the Grammy Goes to...  Competition was fierce at the 2008 Grammy Awards.  Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West were just a few of the stars battling it out for the golden gramophone.  —  Check out our list of winners below...  Album of the Year: Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters
Discussion: omg!
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Amy Winehouse Wins Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year  —  Amy Winehouse isn't in L.A. to accept her awards, but she's already won five Grammys: Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Song of the Year for “Rehab,” Best Vocal Album and Best Pop Vocal Performance.
Discussion: CelebWarship
Dave Kehr / New York Times:
Roy Scheider, Actor in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 75  —  Roy Scheider, a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s, died on Sunday afternoon in Little Rock, Ark. He was 75 and lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Dave West / Digital Spy:
Mills ‘wants divorce battle in public’  —  Heather Mills will reportedly ask for her imminent divorce court battle with Sir Paul McCartney to be held in public.  —  The media would then be free to publish details of arguments and marriage problems raised in the hearing expected to begin today.
Discussion: omg!
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Carole Aye Maung / News of the World:
Mucca cheated on Paul McCartney  —  H EATHER Mills CHEATED on Sir Paul McCartney for SIX months with a secret lover, the News of the World can sensationally reveal today.  —  Our bombshell exposé of her secret betrayal explodes as the couple prepare for a showdown week in their bitter multi-million-pound divorce battle.
X17 Online:
X17 XCLUSIVE - Jamie Spears And The Case Of The Pink Wig!  —  It was bound to be seen again, y'all!  —  Our photogs caught up with Brit's dad Jamie the other day while he was unloading some clothes out of his car... and he accidentally took the hair piece out as well!
Daily Mail:
Frock horror!  Paris celebrates her birthday as a punk princess  —  Paris Hilton ditched her usual heiress style to celebrate her birthday as a punk princess.  —  Wearing a tiara, patterned multi-coloured tights and a mint green strapless mini-dress, the starlet, who turns 27 on February 17 …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Is He F**king For Real?  —  Paris Hilton's Birthday isn't until next week, but dumb bird bitch threw her ass a pre-Birthday party last night.  Paris had Oompa Loompas perform, so I'm hoping she made her publicist, Elliot Mintz, dress as King Oompa Loompa or something.  You can't tell me that's not some sort of costume.
New York Post:
AMY TAKES A SHOT AT MARY JO  —  THE silicone in Amy Fisher's new D-cup boobs must have gone to her head - or why else would the Long Island Lolita say she couldn't care less that Mary Jo Buttafuoco still has the bullet Fisher fired in her brain?  —  “Mary Jo is a nonentity.
Martha Groves / Los Angeles Times:
Gala opens new L.A. art museum  —  Glitzy debut of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, or BCAM, marks rebirth after difficult times at LACMA.  —  The “spider” escalator of the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum was red, the fire escapes were red, Charles Ray's 46½-foot “Firetruck” was red.
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Michael K / Dlisted:
Beyonce Needed To Sit Down  —  Beyonce and Tina Turner performed at the Grammys and I really wish it was just Tina.  It started out kind of strange with Beyonce dancing around a chair and talking about the women of music.  The weird part was that she was lip-synching the talking part.
Discussion: Allie Is Wired and ShowHype
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Britney Spears: The Grammy Awards Can “Kiss My A—”  —  Don't count on Britney Spears making a surprise appearance at tonight's Grammy Awards.  —  When asked if she was attending the Grammys tonight, the one-time winner screamed, “Kiss my a—!” at photographers following a session …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Super Sexy And Loving It
Discussion: Gone Hollywood
Sara Nelson / Daily Mail:
Bedraggled and bra-less: Britney back to her old tricks after hospital release  —  A spell in a psychiatric hospital seems to have done little to change Britney Spears' chaotic lifestyle - or her dress sense.  —  The troubled star, who checked herself out of the UCLA Medical Centre earlier this week …
 
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