Amy Winehouse, who is reportedly in the market to adopt a child from the Caribbean paradise island of St. Lucia, was spotted enjoying a walk on the beach all by her lonesome this weekend. You will note from these new photos that Amy was smoking one of those famous “hand-rolled” cigs all the while. HMMM. Do you suppose that this kind of behavior might ensure that no court in their right mind would give Amy Winehouse a child?

Amy Winehouse is planning to adopt a St Lucian child after telling friends that she wants to make the Caribbean island her permanent home. The 25-year-old singer now apparently sees herself as the ‘Angelina Jolie of St Lucia’ and wants to help poor and underprivileged children. “Amy is seriously thinking about adopting,” says my source. “But she is aware it’s going to be incredibly difficult with her background.” The news comes just a few weeks after it was revealed that her estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil had made a woman pregnant at a Sheffield rehabilitation clinic. Adds the source: “Amy’s gutted about Blake becoming a dad and moving on so quickly. She has always wanted to be a mother. She loves St Lucia and would move there for good in order to adopt.” Her spokesman said: “Amy was talking about adopting in the context of looking after children on the island, perhaps through some kind of music and education-based project.”

Um, no. While Amy can smoke whatever she likes, I find it HIGHLY unlikely that she will be allowed to care for children in any context. She really needs to focus on taking care of herself before she can even being to think about taking care of someone else.

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Musicians aren’t the only famous folk appearing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA this weekend … no sir, celebs like Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are also gettin’ their kicks in the desert this weekend with the regular folk who paid to attend. Here are a couple pics of Gyllenspoon lookin’ all couple at the fest yesterday afternoon:

But the couple saved all their lurvin’ up on one another for Jenny Lewis‘ performance which the couple watched from backstage together:

Awwww so sweet! Yeah, it looks like Gyllenspoon are still very much together … in love or whatever. I’m tryin’ really hard not to hate … so I will say that they look really cute together. Even still … BLAH!!!

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Yesterday afternoon David and I got an early start and managed to get out of the house at about 12:30 so that we could enjoy some of the beautiful weather. We had to make a quick trip over the hill into the Valley to pick up a package and decided to stay for the rest of the afternoon. We grabbed a snack at Outback (cheese fries, yummmmmmmmmmmm) and then caught a matinee of Crank: High Voltage:

Let me be perfectly clear … Crank is an effed up movie but it’s fun as hell. For the sequel, they decided to turn the story into an actual video game … complete with multiple lives, power ups and gross over-the-top violence. It really struck me as a live-action version of Grand Theft Auto. When the shoot-out in the strip joint took place and a stripper’s fake breasts started leaking silicone after she was shot … I kinda had a feeling it was gonna get more gratuitous from there. The movie is rated R and will not be for everyone … but David and I really enjoyed it. It’s not very PC and can oftentimes be offensive but everyone is offended pretty equally and sometimes you just gotta go with the flow. Crank: High Voltage is a crazy ass film … if cartoony violence is your thing then you might want to check it out.

After the movie, David and I finally got around to picking up some patio furniture for our balcony so now we have a place to sit when we go out there. The rest of the night was spent at home. Nice, quiet … perfect.

This afternoon, we make our way down to Anaheim, CA for our second Britney Spears concert … very exciting. We might even get out of the house again for a late lunch … we’ll see. I have a hankering for some fish tacos from Wahoo’s.

• Amy Winehouse to adopt a St. Lucian child?
• Jackie Chan thinks that the Chinese people need to be controlled more.
• Kelly Clarkson is her biggest fan.
• Desperate Housewives has 2 marriage proposals on the horizon.
• Spencer Pratt challenges Ashton Kutcher to a new “strong>Twitter War”.
• Janeane Garofalo snubs Rush Limbaugh and Lynne Cheney on the set of 24.
• Hayden Christensen is 28, Kate Hudson is 30, James Franco is 31 and Suge Knight is 44 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• Eric Bana’s hairdo causes delays.

Hunka Hunka … it is time, once again, to feast our eyes on the Hot Dude of Week and today we get to gawk at a very buff, very meaty football bloke named Charlie … behold:

HMMM. Nice. Altho Charlie looks a bit forlorn, I’m sure he takes pride in his physical fitness and appreciates our appreciation for all of his hard work. So … appreciate away!! Enjoy!!!

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Celebs from the big screen, the small screen, the stage and more made their way out to the Nokia Theatre here in downtown Los Angeles, CA yesterday evening to attend and participate in the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards … which honors achievement in GLBT visibility in the media. Here are a few photos from the awards show itself and some info from the glitzy ceremony:

Civil rights group GLAAD honored the movie “Milk” and singled-out Reverend Gene Robinson and comedian Kathy Griffin for their work at a Saturday night gala highlighting issues such as gay marriage and equality. Talk program “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” was given a GLAAD Media Award for its episode “Ellen & Portia’s Wedding Day,” covering DeGeneres’ wedding to actress Portia de Rossi. DeGeneres dedicated the honor to Carl Walker-Hoover, an 11 year-old Massachusetts boy who killed himself earlier this month because school kids bullied him and called him “gay.” “In my opinion, we are not fighting for gay rights, we are fighting for equal rights,” DeGeneres told the black tie crowd at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater. The 2009 awards marked the 20th year that films, TV shows, performers and others have been honored by GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. “Milk,” about slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, was named best film. “Desperate Housewives” was chosen best TV comedy, and “Brothers and Sisters” was named top TV drama. GLAAD President Neil Giuliano spoke to the audience about the impact TV shows such as “The L Word” and movies like “Brokeback Mountain” have had on introducing audiences to all sorts of lesbian and gay characters and issues they face. Giuliano touched on marriage and said that despite setbacks like the passage of California’s Proposition 8 which denied gay men and women the right to marry in that state, progress has been made in other states where gay weddings are now legal. “As we learned in Iowa and Vermont, ignorance and hate does not stop the march of social justice,” Giuliano said. While many of the night’s speeches focused on social and political issues — as expected for the activist group — the night also featured a lot of comedy and music. Comedian Kathy Griffin accepted the Vanguard Award for her work in the gay community. She dressed in a bikini with a white, gay marriage ribbon, pinned to the bottom. The makers of video sensation “Prop 8: The Musical,” a parody of the conservative campaign backing Proposition 8, were singled-out with a special recognition award, and the musical number was performed on stage. The Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Bishop in the Episcopal church, was given an honorary award for his work as a religious leader and activist. Last month, GLAAD held a ceremony in New York City where it handed out other media awards. A similar event is planned for May in San Francisco.

I really love that the GLAAD Media Awards are handed out in LA, NY and San Francisco … issues of GLBT visibility are too large for just one ceremony. Much love and congrats to all the folks who work tireless to help foster and spread positive images of the gay community, pushing the boundaries of discrimination further and further away. The work is long and hard and nowhere near complete … until justice and equality for all is achieved in this country, the work carries on. Again, congrats to those folks who keep on keepin’ on. Click HERE for a full list of award winners from the LA portion of the GLAAD Media Awards. My dear friend Darion was able to attend the GLAAD Media Awards yesterday and he managed to get a fun photo with one of his fave celebs:

Don’t they look great? Kathy Griffin looks stunning. Trust me, Darion was geeked beyond words. Woot!!

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Yesterday was Day 2 of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA and it was full of both great and notsogreat performances from a bunch of pretty amazing music artists. Amy Winehouse was originally tapped to play the mainstage on Day 2 of Coachella this year but due to her being on trial in the UK for allegedly assaulting a fan, her visa was denied and she was unable to make it out for the fest. Instead, new mom M.I.A. was chosen to take her place as a mainstage headliner … which, reportedly, didn’t go very well. Here are a few photos of some of the acts that played yesterday — including Amanda Palmer, Perry Farrell (who performed with Thievery Corporation) and Brandon Flowers of The Killers — along with some deets about what went down at the fest yesterday:

M.I.A. gave the main stage at Coachella her best shot. It just didn’t work out. After a strong start, a few hiccups, and a somewhat listless finale, the Grammy-nominated new mom declared at the end of her hour-long set in the desert that “next time I’m back in the tent.” “I want to be in the sweat,” she said. M.I.A. had performed twice in smaller tents at the music festival, in its tenth year and one of the nation’s most prestigious. She noted earlier, “I really don’t know how to bring it on the main stage.” And her live show staples — climbing on speakers, dancing body-to-body with the crowd — didn’t quite fit the new digs. When she tried to bring some of the audience onstage Saturday night, security guards thwarted most fans. M.I.A. ended up on a platform above the crowd performing “Bird Flu,” and asked when it was over: “Can we get some order in the place? My baby’s waiting.” She gave birth to a son in February, a few days after the Grammys. The Killers took the main stage to close the evening. The Las Vegas-based group, who began with their most recent single “Human,” appeared far more comfortable in the setting. Wearing a black No Limit Records T-shirt, sneakers and jeans with Day-Glo green lining, M.I.A. performed songs from her two most recent albums and gave up the spotlight to Baltimore-based protege Rye Rye for a song. While she moved alongside Day-Glo-clad dancers for a lively opening number, she stood stiffly at other times behind a podium adorned with microphones as if at a news conference. Roaming into the audience with help of a piggyback ride, she finished with crowd favorite “Paper Planes,” lifted to hit status by appearances in “Pineapple Express” and “Slumdog Millionaire.” But the British-born, Sri-Lankan-bred rapper pushed back against Hollywood. She slyly referenced her status as Coachella replacement for Amy Winehouse, who canceled due to visa trouble, by singing “They tried to make me do the Oscars. I said no, no, no.” And, she noted, “I want to let you know that just ‘cuz I did the Grammys, it doesn’t mean I’ve gone all sold out.” Though she wasn’t embracing Hollywood, some of its regulars certainly wanted to be around for her. Zac Efron was seen ducking out of the fest’s VIP area in the afternoon Saturday, and Paris Hilton posed for pictures with her new boyfriend during Thievery Corporation’s popular main stage set just before M.I.A. Also performing Saturday were Joss Stone, TV On The Radio, Fleet Foxes — who apologized to fans after suffering repeated technical problems — and Travis Barker and DJ AM, who had the dance tent crowd roaring at their drum-assisted remixes of pop hits. Exact figures weren’t released but crowds at the three-day festival appear to have more than doubled the approximate 75,000 population of this community southeast of Palm Springs … Temperatures, climbing throughout the fest, were expected to hit the high 90s on Sunday, which features the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Public Enemy, My Bloody Valentine and the Cure.

Yeah, M.I.A. is best when she performs in a smaller setting. Her shows are all about the music and the energy from the crowd. With a massive sea of people dissipating the energy she tries to whip up, I can see how the performance might’ve fell a bit flat. In any event, she did her thang and prolly rightly concluded that she does better in the intimacy of the tents rather than the expansive mainstage. I hear the other performances were pretty kickass … sounds like fun. Tonight is the final night of the fest … and I’m sure all the desert folk will have a blast. David and I, on the other hand, will be making our way down to Anaheim, CA to see our second Britney Spears show :)

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