Yesterday we saw a few photos Amy Winehouse lookin’ as if she were having the time of her life in St. Lucia while on holiday from her craziness … and today we get to see, yet, another new photo of the lass on vacation. In this new pic, Amy is posing with a group of children who prolly have no idea why Amy appears to be blitzed out of her mind in their photo:

Now, I don’t know how Amy got her hands on these young children (or if they’re parents are even aware) but I’m sure that nothing befell these impressionable kids … well, fairly sure. It does look as if Amy is still indulging in her vices while on holiday which isn’t really a good thing, IMHO. To her credit, she is fully clothed and the kids do look happy … the poor dears.

[Photo credit: Splash News]

Here are a couple new images of Madonna modeling some of the new fashions and accessories for the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer ‘09 collection:

As you may recall, we got our first look at the first images of the Madonna/Louis Vuitton campaign earlier this month so these new photos have yet to be widely seen. The setting and motif is the same … which I’m not sure it necessarily a good thing. Overall, tho, I really like this sultry campaign. After the jump, check out a couple more photos from this LV campaign …

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Last night David and I went to the 8PM performance of Billy Elliot the Musical at the Imperial Theater and had an amazing Broadway experience. Back when we went to London, England for my birthday in July we talked about catching a show in the West End and were planning to see Billy Elliot there. Unfortch, due to time constraints, we weren’t able to make the show … so I was really interested in seeing the show here on Broadway:

I am a big fan of the film Billy Elliot so I hoped that the stage version would do the story justice … and I have to say that they did just that. For our performance, we got Trent Kowalik as Billy (the show has 3 boys who trade off playing the lead role, Trent is the only one of the Broadway Billys to play the part in London) and he was absolutely phenomenal. I’m sure all of the lead Billys are superb but I have a hard time imagining that any of the other two (David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish) are more talented than Trent is. That kid can dance! And sing! He was a delight to watch on stage.

David Bologna played Billy’s friend Michael and he was a delight as well … just hammy enough to pull off the part perfectly. The role of Small Boy was played by the cutest little kid ever … Mitchell Michaliszyn (who looked a lot like David when he was a little boy, so you can imagine his cuteness). The stage version of the show is a great adaptation of the film … even tho none of the songs are really very memorable for me (ie. I wasn’t humming any of them as I left the theater). I loved the way they handled the reading of Billy’s mom’s letter to him. I ain’t gonna lie, there may have been tears in our section of the audience. Even tho there were some parts of the staging that didn’t really wow me, the show is really a great show to watch … the performances by the young actors is really top notch. I was wholly impressed and would recommend this show to anyone. If you love the movie, you’ll love the show.

After the show, we made our way back to the West Village to have dessert at Sweetie Pie on Greenwich Ave.

This afternoon, we’re meeting up with David’s sisters for brunch and plan to spend the day out and about in the city. As I mentioned before, this will prolly be my last trip to NYC for a while … I want to enjoy it as much as I can.

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It is time for our first Hot Dude of the Week for 2009 so without further ado, let’s just get right to it and say hello to Zach:

Those are some nice, blue eyes Zach. I think this is a nice way to get the Hot Dude of the Weekness off to a great start for ‘09. Zach’s not overdoing it with the gratuitous crotch shots or the over muscled bulk … just plain and simple shirtless hotness. Enjoy!!

[Photo credit: All American Guys]

Pink reader Bat gave me the head’s up that Paula Abdul’s official website is currently streaming a new song that appears to be the first single from her upcoming new album which is due out in Summer ‘09. The song is titled Boombox … which is curious, because Kylie Minogue just released a remix album titled Boombox and, wouldn’t you know it, features the very same song on the disc:

Head on over to PaulaAbdul.com to hear a short snippet of the track, which was also previewed on Paula’s MTV cheerleader competition show Rah! which aired on MTV yesterday. Click HERE to hear one of Kylie’s remixed versions of the track. Kylie’s Boombox is released in OZ this week and will be released here in the US on the 27th … Paula’s won’t come until the summer. While I am very excited that Paula is about to release a new album, I’m not really sure why she needs to release songs that have already been recorded and released by other more successful artists … or mebbe I just answered my own question.

[Source, thanks Bat]

30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto made his way to Miami Beach, FL for the New Year most prolly NOT to enjoy the sun and surf considering that he was spied spending his time at the beach fully covered from head to toe ensuring that not one UV ray could make its way to his precious skin:

Honestly, by the way that Jared is dressed in these photos I initially thought that Michael Jackson had made his way to Miami Beach after he was last seen trolling the bookstores in LA wearing pjs, hiding under umbrellas. The lack of a surgical facemask tipped me off to the true identity of this totally covered beachcomber. Yeah, I’m not sure that Miami Beach is the right place for sunshy Jared … he doesn’t look like he’s having much fun :(

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