Singer Amy Winehouse has denied reports that she is a drug user, insisting she is “too busy” to be an addict but has admitted she enjoys too much booze.

The troubled star, who was hospitalised for a drug overdose in August and arrested for marijuana possession last month, recently gave a bizarre interview to a US music publication, during which she is said to have slurred her words and fallen asleep mid-sentence three times.

A former American Idol finalist Blake Lewis has written a song all about his celebrity crush on Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman.

Blake Lewis admits his new tune Know My Name is a love song to the Star Wars star.

He reveals: “It’s about the idea of having a celebrity crush when you see someone in a magazine and you just like her for some reason and think, `I could be with that girl…’ It’s based on Natalie Portman.”

Veteran actor Dustin Hoffman wears lucky socks to conquer his fear of flying.

The Graduate and Rainman star has a special pair of socks he has been wearing for years whenever he flies.

“They’re the only socks I’ll fly with,” he says. “I have a good experience with them every time I’ve flown - I’ve landed!”

Lifelong vegan Joaquin Phoenix once ate a pizza and threw up for two days straight.

The Oscar-nominated actor was raised to avoid meat and dairy products, but as a boy found himself unable to resist the temptation of a pizza.

And Phoenix’s reaction was so strong, he has never eaten the food again.