Sean Kingston performs for the first time since near-fatal accident as pal Nicki Minaj's surprise guest in Miami

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Welcome back Kingston: Sean Kingston performed for the first time since his Memorial day jet-ski accident with pal Nicki Minaj in Miami

Sean Kingston made a triumphant return to the stage last night, performing for the first time since his near-fatal accident.

The singer nearly died after crashing his jet ski in Miami over Memorial day weekend back in May.

Although he survived the accident with the help of doctors at the Jackson Memorial Hospital, it was pal Nicki Minaj who brought him back to the world of performing.


Back with a vengeance: The 21-year-old singer returned to duet on Letting Go (Dutty Love)


The 'Beautiful Girls' singer joined Nicki on stage to sing Letting Go (Dutty Love) at the American Airlines Arena in Miami Friday night.

'I'm so glad Sean Kingston is alive and well,' the 28-year-old Super Bass songbird screamed to the crowd.

21-year-old Sean is equally happy to be back, and couldn't help Tweeting his excitement to his fans.

'Just killed it on stage with the lovely @Nickiminaj had an amazing time feels great to be on stage esp. wit the hottest female out :-),' he wrote, adding, 'Don't call it a comeback!'


Crazy, sexy cool: Nicki Minaj wears an eccentric outfit en route to her performance in Miami Friday night


He wants things to go back to the way they were before his crash, and plans on getting back to business as quickly as possible.

'Feels good to be baccck on stage!!!...' he wrote. 'i got a big surprise coming up for my fans real soon!!'

Nicki is equally as glad to have her friend back. 'Whoa! @TRINArockstarr and @SeanKingston just SHUT MIAMI DOWWWN w/me @ the Femme Fatale Tour!!! Thank u guys soooo much!!!!' she wrote post-show.


Multi-tasking: The Super Bass singer wore every single trend she could find while out and about in Florida


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Just the two of us: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt leave their brood at home as they head out for a romantic lunch in London

By JESSICA SATHERLEY

Just the two of us: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spotted enjoying a romantic lunch together without the company of their children at London's Dorchester Hotel

They are in the UK with their six children while Brad Pitt works on his new movie World War Z.

But, after spending some time with their ever-expanding brood, Brad and partner Angelina Jolie decided to leave the kids at their rented London home so they could enjoy a romantic lunch together at London's Dorchester Hotel.

While Brad looked smart in a pair of beige trousers and white shirt, Angelina went for a classic look in her white long-sleeved T-shirt, taupe pencil skirt and beige Lanvin patent espadrille wedges.


Quick entrance: The pair made a dash into the famous hotel where they enjoyed a meal together


Despite the fact the pair have both been spotted out and about in London separately over the past few weeks, it's the first time they have been seen together since late June.

And while Brad works hard on his new movie, adapted from the novel by Max Brooks, Angelina has certainly been enjoying keeping herself and her brood busy.

This morning, Angelina braved the unseasonably cool morning to take her three-year-old daughter Vivienne to Streets Florist in Richmond.

The 36-year-old sneaked into the shop all in black and hid under her oversized aviator sunglasses as she carried her Louis Vuitton bag and held onto Vivienne’s hand.


Low profile: Earlier in the day, Angelina was spotted trying to go incognito in a florist shop in Richmond in an all black ensemble and oversized sunglasses


But despite trying to blend in and subtly pick out some flowers, the florist shop owner and fellow onlookers were shocked at the famous customer.

Shop owner Mark Nunez told MailOnline: ‘She bought calillies, roses and thistles and altogether bought two bunches of flowers, a gift bag and some gift cards.

'Everyone in the shop was pretty shocked when she walked in but she didn’t say anything about who the flowers were for.’


Shocked onlookers: Local residents in Richmond weren't expecting Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to stroll into the florist


Angelina held one bunch and Vivienne held the other as they soon left Streets and headed back to their car.

The Tourist star is currently in the capital with her brood including Vivienne’s twin brother Knox, Maddox, nine, Pax, seven, Zahara, six, and Shiloh, five.

The day before, she had taken her children to a cinema in Richmond for a private screening of the new Harry Potter film.

She was again wearing a signature black ensemble and shades, alongside her classic Louis Vuitton bag.


Gift pack: Angelina didn't say who the flowers were for but she bought two bunches and a pack of gift cards from the shop


The film, which is rated PG-13, is said to contain some sequences of intense action violence and frightening images.

Yet care-free parent Angelina still took the whole family to watch the action-packed film.

As the family left the theatre after watching the movie a small crowd gathered and local police came to their assistance at they piled into a waiting mini-van.

Pax, nine, couldn't help but show his cheeky side, sticking his tongue out at the onlookers while wrestling with his older brother Maddox as they climbed into the car.

Angelina and the children flew into London from Los Angeles airport on Thursday and had previously also flown to Malta while Brad was filming scenes there.


Cutie pie: Little Vivienne, three, helped her mother pick the flowers

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A death foretold: The rapid rise and tragic fall of Amy Winehouse, the deeply flawed soul prodigy

By PAUL BENTLEY


In just 27 years, Amy Winehouse has managed to leave behind her a soul legacy, with a band of modern British female soul singers - Adele, Duffy, Jessie J - celebrating success across the world borne almost entirely in her wake.

Sadly, however, the immeasurably gifted singer is unlikely to be remembered for her talents, which were so often starved; drowned by drink and tranquillised by drug abuse.

Amy Winehouse's death was one foretold by gruesome pictures of bloody plimsolls and near death experiences from drugs publicly retold by her lovers. It almost seems unsurprising that, in death, Winehouse joins many of her heroes - Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison - all of whom died aged just 27.


Innocent: Winehouse before the career, the drugs, the drink and the scandal. Aged just two (left) and eight


Her parents split when she was nine years old and she and older brother Alex moved to live with their mother in Southgate, North London - just minutes away from The Priory, the rehab clinic favoured by celebrities, which she would revisit just months before her death.

'She was always very self-willed,' her father Mitch told Rolling Stone in 2007. 'Not badly behaved but...different.'


Keeping things simple: A fresh-faced Amy performs wearing just a white T-shirt and jeans back in 2004 and at the Q Awards the same year


The balance between her precocious musical talents and a seeming inclination to self-destruct were clear from a young age. At just 12, Winehouse enrolled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School but was expelled not long after for getting her nose pierced.

She had previously - aged 10 -formed a rap group, Sweet 'n' Sour - Winehouse was Sour - that she later described as 'the little white Jewish Salt 'n' Pepa.'

She joined the Brit School and by 16 her otherworldly soul voice - deep, full and knowing but light and fresh and fragile at the same time - had won her a contract with Simon Fuller's management company, which led to her being signed by Island Records.


A tattoo appears: Winehous still looking fresh faced in 2005, and sporting her new tattoo the next year


In 2003, she would release her first album - to much critical acclaim - while also meeting the man with whom she would share possibly the most destructive celebrity relationship of the decade.

The jazz-influenced debut, titled 'Frank', was critically praised for its gems - the anthemic Stronger Than Me, about a weak, feminine boyfriend and F**k Me Pumps, in which she ridiculed tired female gold-diggers, and earned Winehouse an Ivor Novello songwriting award, two Brit nominations and a spot on the shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize.

But Winehouse soon expressed dissatisfaction with the disc, saying she was 'only 80 per cent behind' the album.



Losing weight: The singer has acquired more tattos at the 2007 Brit Awards, left, and looks gaunt at the MTV music video awards in Losa Angeles in the same year


That same year, she met Blake Fielder-Civil at a bar and swiftly had his name tattooed above her heart.

The relationship was on-off and infamously tempestuous, involving drug and drink binges. In one picture from 2007, she was seen with bruises on her face and blood seeping from her pink ballet shoes.

She grips Blake, as he displays a face full of scratches after a particularly viscious late night bust-up.


The voice: Amy Winehouse's talent was such that it has opened doors for many other young female soul singers who have earned huge success since her breakthrough. She is pictured performing in 2008


By 2006, after three years with Blake, rapid weight loss, an ever-expanding beehive hairdo and documented drug and drink problems, Winehouse released Back to Black, her breakthrough album, which made her a huge star across the world.

Working with producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi and soul-funk group the Dap-Kings, Winehouse fused soul, jazz, doo-wop and, above all, a love of the girl-groups of the early 1960s with lyrical tales of romantic obsession and emotional excess.

Back to Black was released in the United States in March 2007 and went on to win five Grammy awards, including song and record of the year for Rehab.






'I did [go to rehab], for just 15 minutes,' she told The Sun at the time. 'I went in and said, "Hello" and explained that I drink because I'm in love and have f****d up the relationship. Then I walked out.'

Winehouse's rise was helped by her distinctive look - black beehive of hair, thickly lined cat eyes, girly tattoos - and her tart tongue.

She was famously blunt in her assessment of her peers, once describing Dido's sound as 'background music - the background to death' and saying of pop princess Kylie Minogue, 'she's not an artist ... she's a pony.'

The songs on Black to Black detailed her relationship with Blake with a similar frankness.


Big night: Amy climbs into a car at the end of an evening out drinking at Balans in Soho


Wrecked: Amy is bruised, smudged and has blood on her feet, while Blake's face has been scratched



Happier times: Amy is seen here looking healthier with her father Mitch


Triumphs: Amy Winehouse hugs her mother Janis Winehouse after accepting a Grammy Award in London on February 10, 2008


Winehouse stood by 'my Blake' throughout his trial, often blowing kisses at him from the court's public gallery and wearing a heart-shaped pin labelled 'Blake' in her hair at concerts. But British newspapers reported extramarital affairs while Fielder-Civil was behind bars. They divorced in 2009.

After the split, Fielder-Civil described how he thought Winehouse had died in his arms following a three-day drugs binge.

Amy went into a seizure at a party at her home in Camden, North London, and had stopped breathing.

Blake told The Sun: 'She started having a fit on the bed. She slid down on to the floor before I could stop her. She started quivering again and it suddenly grew into what seemed like a full-blown epileptic fit.

'I was panicking. I didn't know know how to help her. I was out of it on drugs as well - and was sobbing and crying out, "Amy!"'


Trial: Amy is photographed as she is led to court for an appearance


'At first nothing happened. So I did it again. I was feeling for her pulse because I thought her heart might have stopped.

'Then she spluttered - and I saw her chest rise. I was still sobbing and panicking but I just felt this huge relief that she was alive.'

In June 2008 and again in April 2010, Winehouse was taken to hospital and treated for injuries after fainting and falling at home.

Her father said she had developed the lung disease emphysema from smoking cigarettes and crack, although her spokeswoman later said Winehouse only had 'early signs of what could lead to emphysema.'


Stern: Winehouse was accused of attacking a theatre manager in Milton Keynes

She left the hospital to perform at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park in June 2008, and at the Glastonbury festival the next day, where she received a rousing reception but scuffled with a member of the crowd.

She also, in 2010, pleaded guilty to assaulting a theatre manager who asked her to leave a family Christmas show because she'd had too much to drink.

She 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.

In a bid to save her ailing health and desperate addiction problems, Winehouse most recently booked herself into rehab in May.

A month previously she had pulled out of her European tour after she was jeered while appearing drunk on stage at her comeback gig in Serbia.

She left the stage frequently, with her band having to improvise in her absence, and was said to have mumbled through parts of her songs.

After the disastrous gigs, the stint at The Priory in May was hoped to have been a means finally to refocus the young singer.

Winehouse, however, checked herself out after just one week.

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Tragic: Amy Winehouse at the peak of her powers, wowing crowds with her incredible voice and haunting lyrics


Amy Winehouse - Love Is a Losing Game (Live Mercury Prize)


Winehouse Booed Off Stage in Serbia


Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty on drugs



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Amy Winehouse, 27, found dead at her London flat after suspected 'drug overdose'

By SARAH BULL

Passing: Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home this afternoon

Troubled singer had a long battle with drink and drugs

London Ambulance Service found singer at 3.54pm but unable to revive her

She was 'beyond help' according to Sky sources

Autopsy could take place 'within next 24 hours'

Comes after Winehouse was booed off stage after shambolic Serbian show
Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London.


The scene: Amy was pronounced dead this afternoon after emergency services arrived at her house in north London


The Back To Black singer was found at the property by emergency services at 3.54pm, and it's believed Winehouse's death was due to a suspected drug overdose.

Winehouse was apparently 'beyond help' when paramedics arrived, according to Sky sources.

Sources have also claimed Winehouse's death was due to a drug overdose.

Two ambulance crews arrived at the scene within five minutes and a paramedic on a bicycle also attended, according to a spokeswoman.

'Sadly the patient had died,' she added.


Tragic: Winehouse's body is seen being removed from her home


A statement from Winehouse's U.S. record label read: 'We are deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer.

'Our prayers go out to Amy's family, friends and fans at this difficult time.'

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: 'Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.

'On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.


Drama: Members of the press and local residents watch as Winehouse's body is taken to the van


'Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained.’

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said in a press conference this evening that no cause of death had yet been confirmed.

He said: 'I am aware of reports of a suspected drugs overdose, but I would like to reremphaise that no post-mortem has yet taken place and it would be inapproporaite to speculate on the cause of death.



Last public appearance: Amy joined goddaughter Dionne Bromfield on stage during the iTunes festival on Wednesday night


'The death of any person is a sad time of friends and family especially for someone known nationally and internationally like Amy Winehouse. My sympathy extends not only to her family but also to her millions of fans across the world.'

A spokesman for the late singer said: 'Everyone involved with Amy is shocked and devastated.

'Our thoughts are with her family and friends. The family will issue a statement when ready.'

It has also been claimed on gossip website RadarOnline.com that Winehouse's autopsy could take place within the next 24 hours.


Healthy: Amy was spotted out in London looking healthier earlier this month


A Scotland Yard spokesman is quoted by the website as saying: 'The postmortem has not been scheduled yet but it is unlikely to take place before tomorrow.

'In the case of a murder it can be done within hours but this is not the case so tomorrow or even Monday is more likely in these circumstances.'


Mourning: Floral tributes are left outside Amy's house as news breaks of her death


Winehouse had been seen with her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield earlier this week as the teenager took to the stage at the iTunes festival.

She refused to join in for Mama Said, but did support the 14-year-old with a few dance moves before urging the crowd to buy Dionne's new album Good For The Soul.
A source said: 'Amy staggered onstage and grabbed the mic to beg the crowd to buy her protege’s new album.'

Winehouse's appearance at the concert came after she cancelled her European tour following a disastrous performance in June when she stumbled onto the stage in Belgrade and gave an incoherent performance appearing very disorientated and removed from reality.


Heartfelt: One note from a local resident states how much the singer will be missed in her local community


The singer featured on the Sunday Times Rich List earlier this year with an estimated net worth of around £6million.

During her career, Winehouse won awards including five Grammy Awards, a Q Music Award for Best Album for Back To Black and a World Music Award in 2008 for World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Female Artist.


Family: Amy with her father Mitch, to whom she was incredibly close, and her mother Janis


Shambolic: Amy was booed off stage during a shambolic performance in Belgrade in June


Former love: Amy with her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil


Troubled: Amy battled drink and drug addictions during her short life


Weight worries: Amy also caused concern with her shrinking frame, and looked gaunt back in 2008 (right)


Success: Amy performed via video link at the Grammy Awards in 2008 after winning five awards



Musical stylings: Amy caused a stir with her first album Frank in 2004, and followed it with Back To Black in 2006

Amy Winehouse- Back To Black (Glastonbury 2008)


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Bride to be Kim Kardashian pours her curves into a tiny green dress ahead of this weekend's bachelorette party

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Curvy: Kim Kardashian poured her famous figure into a green mini dress today to attend a Midori party

Her highly anticipated bachelorette party is being held in Las Vegas tomorrow night.

But Kim Kardashian doesn't appear worried about getting plenty of rest ahead of her big night.

The reality star was pictured all dressed up for another party today, pouring her curves into a tiny green mini dress as she left her Beverly Hills home for a Midori party.


Famous figure: The 30-year-old has been upping her workout routines ahead of her August 20 wedding

Kim is an ambassador for the alcohol brand, and is attending a party for the company today in Los Angeles.

The 30-year-old showed off her famous figure in the revealing frock, which she paired with matching nude belt, heels and clutch bag.

Kim has lightened her hair recently, and her new reddish hue shone in the sunlight.


Pre-wedding party: Tomorrow night Kim will fly to Vegas for her bachelorette party


She asked her fans on Twitter for make-up advice as she prepared for the event earlier today, tweeting: 'Glamming up with @MakeupByMario for a fun Midori
party...is it too much to do green make up? or should we do bronze smokey?'

It is likely Kim, who is not a big drinker, will be having a tame night despite the alcohol brand playing host.

She has said that she is nervous ahead of her send-off from single life in Sin City tomorrow night.


Scared: the reality star has admitted she is nervous about what her sisters have in store for her


She and fiancé Kris are both partying in Vegas tomorrow night, but are being kept away from each other by their friends.

Kris will be celebrating with his buddies at Lavo in The Palazzo, while Kim will be surrounded by sister Khloe and Kourtney and best friends Lala Vasquez and Brittny Gastineau at Tao in The Venetian hotel.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star has voiced her fear over what lies in store for her this weekend.

She told People magazine: ‘I'm not really into all the typical things, so I'm hoping that's not the case.


Brand ambassador: Kim is a spokesperson for Midori


Together but separate: Both Kim and her fiancé Kris will celebrate this weekend in Vegas but will be partying at different hotspots

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Movie Reviews | Double Dhamaal review | Double Dhamaal total Collection

Director : Indra Kumar

Cast : Sanjay Dutt,Mallika Sherawat, Kangna Ranaut, Satish Kaushik, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey, Ritesh Deshmukh, Aashish Chaudhary

Rating:**1/2


Day one Collection : 7.65 Cr
1st week collection :25.50 Cr



Indra Kumar’s latest excursion ‘Double Dhamaal,’ a sequel to the maiden film ‘Dhamaal (2007),’ doesn’t churn out to be a better endeavor than the four year old prequel.


The pleasures of 'Double Dhamaal’ bubble up when the gangster Satish Kaushik’s character offers comic strips in his delectably funny way.
‘Double Dhamaal’ is funny, stupid and delivers all the laughs but the film oversteps when the story doesn’t try to flow and blend along with the comedy.


StorylineFour friends Adi (Arshad Warsi), Roy (Ritesh Deshmukh), Manav (Javed Jaffrey), and Adi (Arshad Warsi) are waiting to make easy money and get to see the cop turned conman living the life of luxury like a business man.

Kabir is enjoying his life and has loads of money and the company of two women, his arm candy (Sherawat) and his sister Kiya (Ranaut).

The four get irritated looking at his wealthy lifestyle. They hatch up a plan to deceive him by getting into his business. Kabir sells the government land to Batabhai (Kaushik) a gangster, who wants a change in his career. Kabir puts these four in charge of the business deal with the gangster.

After the four help him by getting 250 crores, Kabir escapes with the money and settles in Macau. After finding out that Kabir is living there and owns a casino, the four decide to take revenge by disguising themselves.

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