Amy Winehouse's request for visa denied  —  LONDON - Amy Winehouse will not be performing at this year's Grammy Awards because her request for a visa has been turned down by the U.S. Embassy, her publicist said Thursday.  —  “Amy has been progressing well since entering a rehabilitation clinic …

EXCLUSIVE: Eva Mendes Takes Break From Rehab for “Personal Business”  —  Eva Mendes has temporarily checked out of the Cirque Lodge, where she was being treated for “personal issues.”  —  Her rep tells Usmagazine.com, “Eva is attending to some personal business in Los Angeles and intends to return to complete her treatment shortly.”

Britney Back in Adnan's Arms — for Now  —  Around 4:40 p.m. PT, a little over an hour after Britney Spears and her caravan of paparazzi pulled into the Beverly Hills Hotel, the troubled singer's boyfriend, photographer Adnan Ghalib, was spotted arriving at the posh palace in his Mercedes convertible …

Transcript: CNN interviews Angelina Jolie  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie gave an exclusive interview with CNN's Arwa Damon while visiting Iraq to draw attention to the refugee crisis in the wartorn country.  Here is a full transcript of the interview:

SAPPHIC STEAM  —  SCARLETT Johansson (below) has a steamy lesbian sex scene with Penelope Cruz in Woody Allen's upcoming “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”  A source tells us: “It is also extremely erotic.  People will be blown away and even shocked.  Penelope and Scarlett go...

THE CHRISTINA AGUILERA BABY EXCLUSIVE  —  CHRISTINA AGUILERA sits down with our JANN CARL for her very first television interview since having her baby boy MAX less than four weeks ago.  —  “I'm enjoying him every second,” she says of her son.  “I can't stop staring at him, studying him.

Tony Hawk Reporting for Diaper Duty  —  TMZ caught skateboarder Tony Hawk leaving Il Sole last night, and when asked what his plans were for the New Year, he rubbed his wife's belly!  —  We've confirmed that Lhotse (yah, that's her name) is pregnant!  It will be the first child for the couple, who married in 2006.

J. Lo: “I'm Having a Boy and a Girl”  —  Don't count on Jennifer Lopez dressing her forthcoming twins in identical outfits — not that the fashionista would ever stoop so low.  A PageSix.com source at the Marchesa show overheard the “beautiful and beyond glowing” star confide to a friend, “I'm having twins: a boy and a girl.”

Brandy's Mom Explains Lawsuit Against Kardashians  —  Sonja Norwood's first choice was to avoid suing the Kardashians for alleged credit card abuse, but, she says, they gave her no other choice.  —  “I did not want to commence litigation against the Kardashian family without conducting …

Panettiere gets passport for ‘Nation’  —  BERLIN — “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere has signed on to topline “Daydream Nation,” a teenage comedy from writer Michael Goldbach, who is making his directorial debut.  Kieran Culkin is in negotiations to star as well.

Fabian Basabe Hits up the Parties, the After-Parties and the After-After-After-Parties  —  I have gossip for you.  And it is good.  I was asked to film  —  an interview for a new project but being busy reporting the massacre it is  —  during fashion week for paper magazine - by far my favorite assignment - I had to

Simon Cowell Skewers Katharine McPhee  —  Simon Cowell is known for skewering awful singers on “American Idol,” but now he's turning on “Idol” sweetheart Katharine McPhee!  —  “Didn't care much about Katharine McPhee,” Simon told “Extra.”  “I don't think she was a credible recording artist.

Posh's knobbly knees are the talk of New York  —  Victoria Beckham arrived in New York ready for the city's fashion week, but it wasn't her outfit that had onlookers talking - it was her knobbly knees.  —  Posh Spice also flashed her unsightly wrinkly thighs as she headed out for a shopping trip yesterday.