Amy Winehouse's mother says singer needs rescue

Taken from The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — The mother of singer Amy Winehouse says her troubled daughter needs to be rescued.

In an interview due to be broadcast Wednesday by Britain's ITV News, Janis Winehouse says "Amy is in denial all the time" and is trapped by her addictions.

The 25-year-old's drug problems have been highly publicized and the soul diva has been in and out of rehab.

In the ITV interview her father, Mitch, says Winehouse is on a drug replacement program but continues to drink.

He says he has been powerless to change her behavior.

Snippets of the interview were shown Tuesday night on ITV. It was not immediately clear when the interview was conducted.

An e-mail sent late Tuesday to Winehouse's representative was not immediately returned.

Wrapping with Amy Winehouse

Taken from kansascity.com

Amy Winehouse’s record label is releasing a line of wrapping paper and greeting cards based on the troubled singer’s music.

The cards and paper will feature images and lyrics from Winehouse’s “Back to Black” album, that “happy” one she recorded after the first time she split from her now-estranged hubby.

“The bosses at EMI are keen to keep the cash cow churning out the money. The first item in the Winehouse range will be wrapping paper with the chorus of ‘Rehab’ emblazoned all over it,” a source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper.

“The Amy-branded cards are classy too. ‘You Know I’m No Good’ is best for heartfelt apologies and ‘Back to Black,’ with an appropriate wreath, will be the respectful response to a bereavement.” (...)

Amy Winehouse's Parents Beg for Her to Stop Drinking

Taken from Hollyscoop

Amy Winehouse’s parents have taped a segment for a documentary pleading for her daughter to stop drinking. Journalist Daphne Barak created the documentary on Amy, who is now living full-time in St. Lucia.

In an interview, Amy’s mom Janis says of her daughter: “The need to rescue her is enormous. I just want her to be okay and I would do whatever it took to make that right. Amy is in denial all the time. She probably feels trapped, the body is trapping her.

"But I know with addictions you do not have the choice because the substance abuse itself directs you. I want to say to her – ‘Amy what are you doing? Don’t you know what you’re doing?’"

Her father Mitch said in his segment, “I need my daughter to be a whole person again. I tried it all – I said: ‘Amy you’ve got to do this, you’ve got to go to this doctor, you’ve got to do this, you’ve got to do that, you’re killing me, you’re killing your mum.

"For the last six months there has been a remarkable recovery, which is good, with slight backward steps – not drug backward steps, more drink backward steps if you follow my drift.”

It’s sad because Amy has just replaced her drug habit with booze. She’s obviously not healing in St. Lucia. Only a real rehab facility could get Amy back on her feet, but sadly we don’t see that happening any time soon for her!