
- Amy Winehouse has been diagnosed with emphysema, the singer’s father confirms. Doctors have warned Winehouse that if she continues to smoke drugs, she’d not only lose her voice, but “it will kill her,” as only 70 percent of her lung capacity remains.
- Comedian George Carlin died of heart failure yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 71. Over the course of his career, Carlin released 23 comedy albums, appeared on 14 HBO specials and won four Grammys for Best Spoken Word Comedy Album.
- After a decade of bouncing around between New York, Miami and Las Vegas, the MTV Video Music Awards are returning to Los Angeles. This year’s award show will air September 7th from the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood. The host, artist appearances and nominees are expected to be announced soon.
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