The organisers of a French music festival are threatening legal action against Amy Winehouse after the troubled singer pulled out of the event at the last minute.

Winehouse was due to headline the three-day Rock En Seine festival in Paris on Friday in a line up that also included fellow British singer Kate Nash.

But she cancelled the appearance after being taken ill at her Camden, London home just hours before she was due to fly to France.

X-Files star David Duchovny hinted at his struggle with sex addiction in an interview recorded just months prior to his admission to rehab.

The actor, who is married to actress Tea Leoni, checked himself into a rehabilitation facility on Thursday in effort to control his rampant sexual urges.

Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has been crowned the celebrity with the worst skin.

The Rehab hitmaker has been handed the dubious honour after being regularly pictured with spotty and scabby skin.

Victoria Beckham, who has suffered from acne, scooped second place in the survey, carried out by UK chemist Superdrug.

Charlie’s Angel’s star Cameron Diaz came in third place, followed by former glamour model Katie Price in fourth place.

X-Files star David Duchovny has entered rehab in a bid to control his sexual urges.

The actor, who is married to Tea Leoni, has a sex addiction, according to his lawyer, Stanton Stein.

In a statement the attorney has handed to website People.com, Duchovny said: “I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction. I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”

Beloved moviemaker Woody Allen sparked reports suggesting Jennifer Aniston is set to become his new muse after inviting the former Friends star to dine with him and his wife in West Hollywood on Tuesday night.

The actress and a mystery date joined Allen and his wife Soon Yi in the shadows at top restaurant Madeo.

After the dinner, Aniston slipped out the back of the diner, while the director and his wife encountered the paparazzi out front.

Hollywood actress Sarah Michelle Gellar’s hit show Buffy The Vampire Slayer has been blamed for 50,000 women abandoning traditional Western religion to study paganism.

According to the recent British study published in Women and Religion in the West, young women have taken an increased interest in practising witchcraft after Gellar’s hit U.S. TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer hit the mainstream.

TV host Jerry Springer has branded America’s military action in Iraq “insane”.

The controversial star claims the invasion was based on flawed logic and has destroyed the United States’ reputation throughout the world.

He said: “That never made sense to me, even if (George W) Bush was telling the truth about Weapons of Mass Destruction - in fact, particularly if he was telling the truth about Weapons of Mass Destruction. Why the hell would you bomb a country that could fire back? That would be insane.

Sir Paul McCartney is to play a concert in Israel next month - 43 years after he was banned from performing in the nation.

The Israeli government barred McCartney and his Beatles bandmates in 1965, fearing they would corrupt young fans.

But they overturned the decision after Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the U.K., visited the Beatles’ hometown of Liverpool earlier this year and apologised for the “misunderstanding”.

Ben Stiller will be honoured for his contribution to Hollywood at a lavish film ceremony.

The Tropic Thunder star has been selected as this year’s honouree for the Museum of the Moving Image’s 24th annual black-tie salute.

Stiller’s colleagues are expected to pay tribute to the star and present clips from his film career.

The event, which benefits education programmes, will take place on 12 November (08) in New York.

Crooner Neil Diamond has been forced to cancel a string of shows after coming down with a severe throat infection.

The singer is currently touring the US promoting his latest hit LP Home Before Dark, but has had to postpone two shows after catching laryngitis.

Diamond has cancelled his shows in Green Bay, Wisconsin and St Louis, Missouri on 27 August and 29 August respectively until he has fully recovered.

Neil Diamond is in trouble with his fans after delivering a below-par performance in Columbus, Ohio on Monday night.

Devotees, who paid up to $120 to see the Sweet Caroline singer live at the city’s Value City Arena, have demanded refunds from the venue after many walked out after a croaky Diamond struggled through his hits.

The 67-year-old singer is now considering performing at the venue again to make up for a terrible gig.

Paul Simon’s son Adrian is rapidly following in his father’s footsteps - the 15 year old has finished recording his first album with a band of New York high school friends.

The eldest son of Simon and Edie Brickell has formed The Ivy League with pals Alex Beer, Dan Hockstein and Drew Abramowitz after meeting at school - the same way Paul Simon met longtime singing partner Art Garfunkel.

American Idol judge Paula Abdul has spoken out about her “concerns” over the hiring of songwriter Kara Dioguardi as the show’s new expert.

Grammy-winner DioGuardi will join original judges Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson on the hit US talent show when its eighth season kicks off next year.

The songwriter and producer is a stand-out talent in the music industry - writing hit tracks for superstars including Britney Spears, Celine Dion and Christina Aguilera.

TV star Jerry Springer loves Britain - because Prime Minister Winston Churchill defeated the Nazis and saved his parents from the Holocaust.

The talkshow host has taken part in BBC1’s Who Do You Think You Are? show, in which famous faces trace their family tree.

And he tells programme-makers he will always owe a debt of gratitude to World War II allied forces for liberating Germany.

Hollywood star Tony Curtis was once snubbed by The Queen after breaking the dress code at a royal party in London.

The actor ignored pal Sir Roger Moore’s advice and turned up at the white-tie bash wearing a velvet jacket and open-collared shirt.

And he was punished by the strict monarch.

Jewellery-loving musicians Wyclef Jean, Scott Storch and Juvenile are being asked to pay up money they owe for gems bought from jailed bling merchant to the stars, Jacob ‘The Jeweler’ Arabov.

Arabov is calling in $1.2 million in debts in a bid to keep his company Jacob + Co afloat while he serves a 30-month prison sentence for lying to federal investigators.

Paula Abdul has undergone surgery on her neck to relieve pain she has suffered for the past 20 years.

According to reports, the American Idol judge checked into Los Angeles’ Olympia Medical Center in early August for a five-day stay.

The 46-year-old singer’s spine was first damaged during a cheerleading accident when she was 17. She was then involved in a car accident and a minor plane crash that worsened the damage.

Actress Lindsay Lohan’s close friend Samantha Ronson was reportedly served with legal papers on Thursday night - while she was in the middle of a DJ set.

Ronson was spinning the decks at the Whiskey nightclub in Los Angeles when a legal representative presented her with the documents, according to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.