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Amy Winehouse was released from the hospital on Monday amid the buzz that she had been diagnosed with early emphysema from smoking crack and cigarettes. Her father Mitch Winehouse had told the Daily Mail on Sunday that his daughter’s crack and cigarette smoking had led to early-stage...

Sharon Stone appears in a new series of ads for Italian jewelry house Damiani.   She represents the company’s Musts and Masterpieces collection.   I don’t know who thought to cast her as Amelia Earhart and Eve (yeah, that Eve), but there you go. It’s...

In the upcoming movie Get Smart, Steve Carell and The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson) share an intimate moment:  Carell’s character Maxwell Smart uses a kiss to distract The Rock (Agent 23) during a fight. Whether the original Maxwell Smart would have resorted to such measures is open for...

New mom Jamie Lynn Spears has been released from the hospital.  She was driven home at 1:40 am by baby daddy and fiance Casey Aldridge. Jamie Lynn “sat in the back seat surrounded by a white sheet,” according to Us Magazine.  I think we can assume Maddie Briann was hiding under...

A warrant has been issued for newswoman Katie Couric for unpaid taxes dating back to 2003. E! Online reports that The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is serious about Katie paying her unpaid tax bill - for $210.41. Rep Matthew Hiltzik characterized the debt as a minor oversight,...

Any pothead knows that you get the munchies from weed.  And anyone who eats a lot of junk food (which is of course what you’re gonna want - ever heard of someone craving carrot and celery sticks after smoking a bowl??) knows that if you keep eating that crap, eventually you’re going...

However, her doctors don’t yet know what’s wrong with her. Amy Winehouse has been hospitalized in London since fainting on Monday. Her publicist Tracey Miller said: “Our official statement from last night still stands: ‘Amy has undergone more scans and tests today and we are...

Every once in awhile we need to take a moment here at Backseat Cuddler and remember one of the few things that celebrities have in common with us regular folk…. birthdays!  Who’s celebrating today (besides my mom…Happy Birthday, Mom!!)?  Take a look!   Mom to be...

I guess there is something to be said for keeping things fresh, but Snoop Dogg (that’s Dee-Oh-Double-Gee) is just random. Take a look at his most recent video, “My Medicine,” featuring Willie Nelson. Given that collaboration, it does not take a genius to figure out what this song...

Check out Gabrielle Union on the cover of the latest issue of Essence!  Usually I ignore most of the magazines at the grocery store checkstands, but I was definitely taken with this one while shopping last night.   There’s no other way to put it - she is stunning!  I love...