Amy Winehouse arrested in London
London - Amy Winehouse was arrested Wednesday in connection with a January video that allegedly shows her doing drugs at a party at her north London home.
London's Metropolitan Police said the Grammy winner was released on so-called police bail following several hours of questioning at a police station in the city.
Winehouse's spokesman, Chris Goodman, confirmed that his client had been arrested Wednesday and held in police custody to answer police questions.
"Amy Winehouse voluntarily attended a London police station today by appointment. She was arrested in order to be interviewed and is cooperating fully with inquiries," Goodman said in a statement.
"The interview relates to a video handed to police earlier this year," he said.
Britain's The Sun tabloid in January published still images from a video that it claimed showed Winehouse inhaling fumes from a small pipe. The images were said to have been filmed during a party at her home.
Shortly after The Sun published still photographs of the video, Winehouse entered a London rehabilitation center.
Harry Potter author wins court appeal
London - A court ruling in favor of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has set the stage for a trial on whether publication of photos taken of her young son violates his privacy.
The Court of Appeal in London says children of famous parents have the same right to expect privacy as children of parents who aren't well-known.
The ruling Wednesday sets aside an earlier finding in favor of Express Newspapers and Big Pictures, an agency that took the photos with a long telephoto lens.
Rowling and her husband, Dr. Neil Murray, brought the case on behalf of their 5-year-old son, David. The photos in question were taken when David was 18 months old.
The judge says the case should now go to trial unless it can be settled.
'Top Mom' honor brings bad press to group
New York - The founder of an organization that honored Dina Lohan as a "Top Mom" says things "spun out of control" when the media focused all its attention on the tabloid magnet.
Mingling Moms, a networking group for Long Island mothers, celebrated Lindsay Lohan's mom and others with famous children Tuesday night at its "Girls' Night Out" party at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale, N.Y.
"It just spun out of control," Mingling Moms president Erica Logiudice told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "The press is welcome to be there - I mean, we want it to be out there. But what they did was they kept badgering me, 'Why Dina Lohan? Why Dina Lohan?"'
Logiudice said Lohan made the cut in an online survey asking voters to select Long Island's top 20 moms of celebrities. The moms of Alec Baldwin, Natalie Portman and Mariah Carey were also nominated.
Lohan was swarmed by reporters at Tuesday's event. The celebrity Web site TMZ posted video of Lohan with the headline "Dina Lohan Massacres Mother's Day." When asked what advice she's given her actress-daughter Lindsay, Lohan responded: "Just to stay yourself and just to be honest. ... And if you do something, we're all imperfect, and if you make a mistake, you'll make up for it."
Logiudice said the attention around Lohan distracted from the true purpose of the event: to bring moms together for a fun time and raise money for breast cancer research. A portion of the proceeds went to the F.A.C.T. foundation, a Long Island-based breast cancer charity.
"This is such a good thing I tried to do, and I worked for so long on it," said Loguidice, who said the organization has been getting hate mail on its Web site. "And to wake up and see all this nonsense, it's just upsetting, you know?"
Lennon's lyrics to be auctioned
New York - A document containing John Lennon's lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance," written during the legendary 1969 Bed-in protest for peace, will be auctioned in London this summer.
In the meantime, fans can see it at Christie's New York auction house through Saturday.
Christie's says he gave the handwritten lyrics to then 16-year-old Gail Renard - now a comedy writer for British television - during the eight-day Bed-in with Lennon and Yoko Ono at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
Lennon penned the lyrics and recorded the song in the hotel room with about 50 guests, who included singer Petula Clark and poet Allen Ginsberg.
The song is expected to bring $400,000 to $600,000 at the July 10 London auction.
Sonny Rollins to headline jazz festival
Newport, R.I. - Saxophonist Sonny Rollins will headline this year's jazz festival in Newport, R.I.
The JVC Jazz Festival Newport will be held Aug. 8 through Aug. 10 at Fort Adams State Park and at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
More than two dozen acts are scheduled to perform, including pianist-composer Herbie Hancock and trumpeter Chris Botti. Tickets go on sale this morning.
The first Newport Jazz Festival was held in 1954.
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