It's official. Amy Winehouse is on lock down. Her recording label has finally put their collective foot down and hired security to keep Amy at home and sober. Has Island Records gone too far? Or are they the first people to do something right?

"Effectively, Amy’s been put under house arrest. She is being monitored by 24/7 surveillance to make sure she’s behaving herself and keeping out of harm’s way.

"There is also a security guard stationed outside her house around the clock to vet any undesirables. From now on, there’ll be no more waifs and strays (random people) coming into her place, wreaking havoc.

"Crucially, they don’t want known drug dealers coming anywhere near her. Amy has to give them names of people expected. Anyone who turns up uninvited will be sent packing. It’s for her own good."

As I was purchasing these pictures, I was assuming this was Amy Winehouse filming a video for a new song release. Then when I read the caption, I couldn't believe this set is just another day in Amy's life. She was signing autographs for fans, the paparazzi became overbearing, she started to try to outrun them and then eventually hopped in a car that she stopped from the street.

I would love to see the video of this. If anyone finds it online, please post. 

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I was really hoping that Amy Winehouse would stay in the hospital for a while and really get herself back on track but after just 10 days, she's been released. She had been leaving the facility only for performances during that time. Amy's rep, Chris Goodman said,

"She has left [the] hospital. She is continuing as an outpatient. "She will return for regular appointments for check[-up]s," said Goodman.

He adds, "There comes a time when you are ready to leave the hospital, and so she left. No one was trying to keep her there. It was completely up to her – everyone knew she would not stay there forever."

He also mentioned that she's "looking great and feeling great."

In the picture she's going for a late night walk after stopping at a "chip shop." In all the pictures she's seen carrying an inhaler and an ace of hearts from a deck of playing cards. She asked photographers to publish pictures of the ace of hearts so her husband in jail would see it.

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Police are saying that Amy Winehouse was provoked during her performance at U.K.’s Glastonbury festival therefore no arrests will be made over the incident. Even Amy's publicist claims that the fan struck first. 

"The ‘lashing out’ was when someone tried to grab her hair and she reacted."

I found the video, but you can barely see what happens before Amy takes a swing.

This isn't the first time Amy Winehouse was offered a book deal. In fact, sources say she constantly turns them down one after the other. Why? Because Amy feels she is too young to write her life story. Makes sense I suppose. I'm just fearful about how long this soulful singer has left to live. She can't seem to shake her demons... no matter how much the people around her are rooting for her to do so.

"Amy’s been battling off book deals for over a year, but the latest offer would have earned her millions. But she thought the idea was ludicrous and turned it down outright. Firstly, she feels she’s far too young at 24 and secondly, when she does get round to publishing her life story, she wants to write it herself. She doesn’t need a ghost writer."

This next quote is from her Rolling Stones interview and is quite sad. Amy says she has nothing to live for.

"To be honest, my husband’s away, I’m bored, I’m young. I felt like there was nothing to live for. It’s just been a low ebb."

"I’ve never been to rehab, I mean, done it properly. I’m young, and I’m in love, and I get my nuts off sometimes. But it’s never been like, ‘Amy, get your life together.’"

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While on her way to rehearsals for her appearance at English music festival Glastonbury at the weekend, Amy Winehouse was snapped smoking a cigarette while being driven to the venue.

Amy's father is still insisting that his daughter is doing right by her body.

"Amy really hasn’t got emphysema. There’s traces of emphysema. Obviously, if she doesn’t quit smoking it’s gonna get worse - as with everybody else. She’s smothered in nicotine patches. She’s responding brilliantly to treatment. She’s actually flourishing."

But Us Weekly is reporting otherwise citing several onlookers claiming she has not quit as Mitch would love to believe.  

Last week I posted a rumor that that Amy Winehouse was suffering from Tuberculosis. Turns out that was incorrect and the singer is actually diagnosed with emphysema! How awful. Mitch Winehouse (Amy's Dad) gave a statement to the Sunday Mirror about his daughter's current condition... and it's not good.  

People Magazine recaps: 

"With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes her lungs are all gunked up. There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She's got 70 percent lung capacity."

"When we got to the hospital a room was ready. Several doctors came in and checked to make sure she didn't need any emergency treatment. They put her on a drip straight away because she was dehydrated. She said, 'Don't worry about me, dad. I know I've got to stop taking drugs now.'"

"She's got emphysema. It's in its early stages, but had it gone on for another month they painted a very vivid picture of her sitting there like an old person with a mask on her face struggling to breathe."

 After she was admitted, she "curled up in bed" and slept for three straight days. 

Reports are surfacing that Amy Winehouse is suffering with tuberculosis, an illness that is common amongst drug addicts that severely reduces immunity and increase chance for infection. Perhaps that is why Amy is still hospitalized after fainting several days ago.

"Amy is in a bad way. Doctors are still struggling to control her heartbeat but the chest condition has been really worrying them. "She’d been suffering horrible coughing fits and hurling up blood for a while but refused to be examined. "Doctors now believe it is tuberculosis and are doing more tests to be certain."

How terrible! What will it take to shake this girl up?

*Update: Amy's rep says she doesn't have tuberculosis. 

"She has a chest infection and she had a routine test for TB, which came back negative."

Amy Winehouse was seen being escorted by her father, her manger and a doctor to a rehab clinic in central London. This comes shortly after reports that Amy had fainted and been taken to the hospital.I hope for her sake and health that she stays this time in rehab and tries to manage her demons. It's such a shame someone so talented throws it away for drugs. I wish her the best.

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Amy Winehouse has fired her hairdresser! What does this mean? Cleaner more manageable hair is what I am hoping for. The story is her team has asked Amy to remove all negative influences from her life (especially those that are drug related). Her hairdresser made that list and was let go.

"Alex is no longer a hairdresser for Amy. Management don’t feel the need to say why."

And in other Winehouse related news, she was hospitalized today after fainting in her home.  Rep says,

"Amy was at home this afternoon when she briefly fainted," her rep said. "Fortunately, her manager's assistant was there to stop her falling."

"She quickly recovered and her father Mitch took her to hospital as a precaution," the rep explained. "Doctors are unsure of the cause of the incident and Amy is currently undergoing tests."