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Amy Winehouse admits it went beyond seasonal spirit.

The soul diva pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting a theater manager who asked her to leave a family Christmas show starring Mickey Rooney because she had too much to drink.

The singer, whose scrapes with the law often overshadow her music, was given a fine and a warning to stay out of trouble by a judge who praised her for trying to clean up her act.

District Judge Peter Crabtree ordered Winehouse to pay her victim 185 pounds ($300) in costs and compensation, and handed down a conditional discharge, meaning the singer will avoid further punishment as long as she does not commit any more offenses for two years.

“(That) may be harder than a fine, because you have now got to stay on the straight and narrow for the next two years,” the judge said.

“If you commit another offense you’ll be hit hard and you’ll be hit twice,” he said.

A scrum of photographers met media-magnet Winehouse as she arrived at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court, 50 miles north of London, dressed in a white shirt and dark skirt with her beehive hair piled high.

The 26-year-old singer admitted charges of disorder and common assault during a Dec. 19 performance of the pantomime “Cinderella,” in which 89-year-old Rooney played the heroine’s father, Baron Hardup. The petite singer had earlier admitted drinking five vodka and cola drinks before the show.

Audiences at British pantomimes — a popular form of seasonal variety show incorporating fairy-tale plots, slapstick humor, cross-dressing and music — are traditionally rambunctious and are encouraged to shout at the stage and join in with the songs. But prosecutors said Winehouse’s behavior went beyond the usual audience participation.

Prosecution lawyer Julian Vickery said Winehouse had been “raising her voice in the spirit of the pantomime” during the show at Milton Keynes Theater. She “accepted in interview that some members of the audience may have found her disorderly,” and one had asked her to be quiet, he said.

The attorney said Winehouse was moved to a private box for the second half of the show, but later left the auditorium to go to the toilet and, passing the bar, asked manager Richard Pound for a double vodka and Coke. Vickery said Winehouse felt “hurt, embarrassed and patronized” when Pound suggested she have a glass of water instead and then asked her to leave because she had had too much to drink.

He said Winehouse “with no premeditation, grabbed his hair and pulled.” She also was overheard muttering obscenities.

The judge said it was “obvious that alcohol played its part” in the incident. He said a medical report showed the singer had since tried to curb her drinking.

“You clearly have taken effort from this report to address your alcohol problems and any other problems you may have, so you get credit for that,” the judge said.

Defense lawyer Paul Morris said Winehouse had made “huge changes” to her lifestyle.

Winehouse had been charged under her married name, Amy Civil, after reporting to a police station Dec. 23.

The singer shot to stardom with the Grammy-winning album “Back to Black” in 2006, but her music has been overshadowed by drug use, legal run-ins and a tempestuous marriage that ended in divorce last year.

Since her divorce from Blake Fielder-Civil in July, Winehouse has kept a lower profile, spending several months in St. Lucia and then moving from London’s nightlife hub of Camden to the quiet suburb of Barnet.

She recently has been back in the recording studio, raising fan hopes of a follow-up to “Back to Black.”

Last July she was acquitted of assaulting a fan who asked to take her picture after a charity ball. The judge said he could not be sure the blow had been deliberate.

After Wednesday’s hearing, local police superintendent Simon Eatwell warned that celebrity disorder would not be allowed in Milton Keynes, a busy “new town” of 200,000 people, largely developed since the 1960s.

“Milton Keynes has a very safe nighttime economy,” he said. “We will not tolerate incidents of public disorder and will always deal with them robustly.”

Amy Winehouse pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting a theater manager at a family Christmas show.

The 26-year-old soul diva admitted charges of disorder and common assault during a Dec. 19 performance of the pantomime, or variety show, “Cinderella.”

Winehouse appeared under her married name, Amy Civil, at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court, 50 miles north of London.

The singer shot to stardom with the Grammy-winning album “Back to Black” in 2006, but her music has been overshadowed by drug use, legal run-ins and a tempestuous marriage that ended in divorce last year.

The troubled singer escaped to the Caribbean paradise early last year in a bid to rid herself of her drug and drink demons.

During her stint on the island, Winehouse was spotted cavorting with several unknown men, which reportedly prompted Fielder-Civil to file for divorce.

The union officially ended in July 2009 after the Rehab star admitted adultery in court papers.

But the pair enjoyed a reunion in September 2009, and rumours have been rife that the couple is now planning to remarry.

And the Grammy-winner is eager to return to St Lucia to prove her commitment to her ex-husband – by marrying him for a second time at the luxury resort she frequented during her stay, according to Britain’s Sunday Mirror.

A source tells the publication, “Everything feels right with Blake now. As soon as he’s cleared to leave the country and his drug rehab is done it will happen.”

Fielder-Civil is currently completing a drug addiction treatment program in Sheffield, England following his release from prison last year after serving a sentence for charges relating to a 2007 attack on a pub landlord.

The troubled ‘Back to Black’ singer was treated at home by a doctor over the Christmas period as a chest infection coupled with the stress of her recent arrest on suspicion of assault both took their toll.

A source close to Amy, 26, told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “She’s been told to keep a low profile and fully recuperate. She has been feeling very ill of late and had a funny turn at home. She is quite unwell and exhausted over recent events but is soldiering on.”

The singer’s friends have been keen to stress Amy is not back on drugs and isn’t drinking heavily, although work on her comeback album will suffer setbacks as she recuperates.

The source added: “Her new songs are amazing but will be on the back burner until she feels better.”

Amy’s recent arrest – for allegedly attacking a theatre manager at a performance of ‘Cinderella’ in Milton Keynes, England, on December 19 – has led to her being charged with a public order offence and common assault.

She will appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court to answer to the charges on January 20.

The source said: “The last week has been a massive setback for Amy, who was really turning a corner. Everyone in her camp is shocked by what has happened.
“The New Year doesn’t look set to get off to a good start, but Amy is determined and she’ll keep looking forward.”

Amy Winehouse spent £35,000 on a breast enlargement but she clearly doesn’t think enough people have noticed.

Emerging last night from her favourite Camden haunt, the Hawley Arms, the singer allowed her pink bra to burst out from beneath her tight white vest.

While exposed lingerie is usually considered something of a faux pas, the undone buttons suggested a very deliberate move by Amy to ensure all eyes were on her.

The star recently boosted her bust from a 32B to a 32D, which sources say has given her a fresh air of confidence.

But she’s is now said to be hooked on surgery and planning another breast enlargement and even bum implants.

‘Amy loves her boobs,’ a source told the Sun. ‘She can’t stop showing them off to friends.

‘She says she feels womanly again and wants to be more curvy like she used to be.

‘She thinks by having another operation and bum implants that she will achieve her dream pin-up look.’

Amy has also become obsessed with exercise and keeping her body in shape.

‘One of Amy’s positive addictions is she’s got her own gym,’ her father Mitch revealed.

‘She’s in the gym three or four hours a day. I mean boy is she fit – really, really fit. So that’s a really positive addiction.’

But Mitch is more concerned about his daughter reconnecting with her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

He said that a reunion between the pair would take place ‘over my dead body’ and branded his former son-in-law a ‘vampire’.
Amy is currently working on her third album which is expected to be released next year.

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She’s said to be offering help and guidance to 13-year-old Dionne Bromfield in her role as a godmother.

So presumably this is Amy Winehouse’s way of showing the teenage singer how to get yourself noticed.

Winehouse wore the skimpiest of cocktail dresses to display her recent breast enlargement when she turned up with Dionne for the Q Awards yesterday.

By 8pm, having earlier made a change into a corset top, the singer’s asset had popped entirely out of the ensemble.

It was a predictable turn of events, with her clothes seemingly slipping further down her body as the night went on.

Thankfully, Dionne had gone home at the point of exposition leaving her amy to disgrace herself in front of her manager and waiting photographers.

Despite her father’s insistence that she has overcome her troubles, many were left wondering if he was being a tad optimistic.

Winehouse single-handedly brought the Q Awards to a halt in front of stunned guests as she failed to arrive on time for her presenting duties.

The troubled star was due to hand over the prize for the most inspirational artist alongside reggae singer Don Letts.

But Letts was forced back into his seat while embarrassed host Al Murray frantically tried to fill time and organisers searched for the singer.

After several minutes Letts was called back to the stage to present the award to band The Specials with no sign of Winehouse.

Midway through The Specials’ acceptance speech, Winehouse finally arrived, picking her way through the audience and clambering on stage – only to be given a furious talking to by an angry Letts.

Clearly hoping to make a show stopping entrance in the skimpiest of cocktail dresses which showed off her £5,000 breast enlargement surgery, she succeeded for all the wrong reasons.

As the group left the stage she grabbed a microphone shouting down to a hushed crowd: ‘I know you’ve been to these awards a million times but give it up for The Specials,’ which brought muted applause from the crowd.

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Amy Winehouse is clearly still over the moon with her new assets.

The 26-year-old singer seems like a new woman since splashing out £35,000 on a breast enlargement.

But with reports that her ex-husband is dating a stripper, perhaps Amy is keen to show him what he is missing.

Last night she confidently showed off her cleavage and posed for the cameras as she went for dinner with friend and former flame Tyler James.

The couple were at her favourite haunt, Cottons Rhum Shack And Restaurant.

Despite the cold weather, she wore an open-necked minidress with ballet shoes.

Perhaps she was making a point by dating an ex as her former husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has reportedly started a relationship with a lap dancer.

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Amy Winehouse allegedly stole cocaine from Kate Moss’s handbag, her ex-husband has claimed.

Blake Fielder-Civil said they were partying with the supermodel in New York when Winehouse went into her purse and pocketed two grammes of the drug.

They were mingling with other models and Hollywood stars in a private suite at the city’s Gramercy Park Hotel.

He said: ‘Kate had told Amy to get a $10 note out of her handbag to snort lines with.

‘But Amy told me she found two grammes of cocaine in there – so she nicked them.

‘We did some in the toilets and had sex, but we did the rest in front of everyone.’

And he added that Moss, 35, was ’so drunk she never noticed it was missing’.

Fielder-Civil, 27, who married Winehouse, 25, in May 2007 but divorced her 11 days ago, also said his ex got addicted to heroin immediately after her first hit of the drug.

He said she first tried the Class A drug during one of their ‘mad nights’ in an east London hotel room in 2006 after watching him take it.

‘We had a bottle of pink champagne and had sex and were lying on the bed talking. I’d been smoking heroin on my own before that but never in front of her,’ he said.

‘I got a bit for myself and she looked at me and said, “can I have some?” I was out of my mind on drugs and I said, “of course”.
‘She inhaled the heroin and then just sat back, smiled, and her eyes went a bit funny.

She said, “I can see why you take this”. Amy took to heroin like a duck to water.’

But Fielder-Civil, who claimed they spent up to £7,000 a week on drugs, said within a matter of weeks, she was begging him to buy more, before she allegedly moved on to crack cocaine.

Kate Moss was unavailable for comment.

Fielder-Civil was today reported to have been sent back to rehab after failing another drugs test. Failing a test is a breach of his parole terms.

He left prison in February after serving time for assault and trial-fixing.

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Amy Winehouse has arrived at a London courthouse to face trial for assault.

Winehouse is accused of attacking another guest at a charity ball last September.

Dancer Sherene Flash alleges she was hit in the eye by the 25-year-old “Back to Black” singer after asking to take her picture.

Winehouse arrived at London’s City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court Thursday dressed in a sober gray suit.

The singer shot to stardom with the Grammy-winning album “Back to Black” in 2006. But her music has been overshadowed by reports of drug use, run-ins with the law and a tempestuous marriage.

Winehouse recently returned from an extended break on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Last week a judge granted her a divorce from her husband of two years, Blake Fielder-Civil.