I’m getting burnt out on this Britney Spears fiasco and it’s only been going on for a day. The details keep pouring in, and here are the latest, thanks to Access Hollywood.

Emergency custody hearing was held this morning
There was an emergency custody hearing between K-Fed’s lawyer, Mark Kaplan, and Britney’s lawyer, Tara L. Scott. It is unknown what the outcome was, but I think we can safely assume Britney has lost her meager supervised visitation rights with her two boys.

MSNBC has a legal expert who says that Britney probably won’t be able to see her children much after pulling this stunt.

The court-appointed monitor called the cops, not K-Fed or his bodyguard
Access Hollywood reports that the court-appointed monitor was the one who called when Britney would not surrender the boys, and that it wasn’t Kevin Federline’s bodyguard or K-Fed himself, as was speculated.

There’s a California law that all children involved in domestic disputes need to be brought to the hospital for evaluation
In California, it is mandated that if there’s a domestic dispute and a child is involved they need to be evaluated at a hospital afterwards for physical or emotional trauma. This certainly would fall under those guidelines:

According to People’s Deputy Managing Editor Peter Castro, in California there is a law stating that if there is an incident at a home involving children, they are required to go to a hospital and get checked for physical and mental issues.

In this case they were cleared of both, but not after a very long time in the hospital.

“This was a hostage situation,” Castro told Access.

The court appointed monitor reportedly was the person who called the police.

[From Access Hollywood]

What the hell is wrong with Britney?
This is a former pop star who is mentally unstable and not willing to take responsibility for her children. She’s desperate for any kind of attention, particularly since her sister recently announced her pregnancy at the tender age of 16. She’s not willing to work for a comeback or do much more than follow her every whim, begging us to watch her along the way. She’s like a spoiled little child and it seems that she did this out of desperation, and certainly not because she wanted to stay with her boys, who she usually ignores.

I don’t feel sorry for her at all, and hope she goes away to the country where she has to learn to clean up after herself, cook meals, and do laundry. Her only choices every day should be which vegetable she gets to eat with dinner and what kind of handcrafts she’ll do while watching whatever television is deemed safe enough for her to view, probably something over 50 years old and without color.

Pictures are of Sean Preston Federline looking ok after the ordeal, according to Splash News. Access Hollywood credits these pictures as being of Jayden James. It looks like Sean Preston to me, what do you think?

Update: That is likely to be Sean Preston, and he is incorrectly listed as Jayden in some reports.

Britney not under the influence of illegal drugs
Life and Style reports that they have a source that claims that Britney’s blood test from Cedars Sinai came back negative for drugs and that she was not under the influence of illegal substances. So she’s just crazy and/or whacked out on prescription drugs. It occurred to me that she may have abruptly gone off a prescription medication or started a new one and that might explain her very erratic behavior. She could of course just be crazy, but if you start or suddenly stop using psychiatric medication it can dramatically affect your moods. You should wean off medication for depression and/or anxiety and start slowly to ensure that it’s the right dosage and medication for you.

Britney locked herself in the bathroom with Sean Preston and Jayden James, let SP go
Page Six reports that Britney locked herself in the bathroom with the boys, eventually letting one go:

According to reports, when Kevin Federline’s bodyguard showed up to collect Sean Preston and Jayden James, Britney locked herself in the bathroom with both boys and wouldn’t come out. She also refused to let the boys leave, so cops were called to the house. A source told PageSix.com that Britney was “hysterical and just wanted to keep the kids overnight.” The insider says that Britney wasn’t making any sense and “kept saying she wanted to stay with the kids.”

[From PageSix]

K-Fed’s lawyer refused to make a statement
I was watching TMZ’s “live feed” of the much-anticipated press conference with K-Fed’s lawyer, Mark Kaplan, and all that happened was that a co-worker of Kaplan’s came out and said that due to the sensitive nature of the situation he would not be making a statement. No questions about the welfare of the children or Britney were answered.

Jayden James is likely ok
Everyone is worried that something happened to Jayden James after he was taken to the hospital along with Britney, but PageSix reports that a source says he’s “going to be fine.” It seems like he was taken to the hospital for observation as they wanted to make sure he was ok after the “hostage” type situation he was in.

The rumor that Britney was screaming that she “Would rather die than let him have my babies”
This is based on an all caps unsubstantiated Oh No They Didn’t post from a “source inside Cedars Sinai” and might not be true:

brenden JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM AN ONTD MEMBER/SOURCE THAT IS INSIDE CEDARS-SINAI RIGHT NOW. THE SOURCE SAID THAT - WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED DOWN THE HALLWAY AFTER HER ARRIVAL - BRITNEY WAS SCREAMING THAT SHE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN “LET HIM HAVE MY BABIES.” AFTER REPEATEDLY SCREAMING THAT SHE WANTED TO DIE, BRITNEY WAS APPARENTLY RESTRAINED BY HOSPITAL STAFF AND MAY HAVE BEEN SEDATED.

[From ONTD]

While that might not be exactly what she said and we have no way of verifying that, it is true that she was likely considered a suicide risk. She was deemed a “special case” by Cedars Sinai, which means that she was either suicidal or overdosed. No wonder they brought Jayden in for observation.

Videos of Britney and the media circus last night
Here’s a video of Britney’s cavalcade arriving at the hospital, thanks to Hollywood.TV via ONTD. It shows the circus that surrounded her that night. Britney is shown very briefly at 2 minutes into the video sitting up on the gurney looking around wide-eyed. She reminds me of a trapped animal. K-Fed is seen trying to hide in his car as he drives into the hospital near the end.

There’s also a video of Kevin Federline speeding and driving erratically trying to lose the paparazzi. The children were not with him at the time.

Update Another video from Celeb.tv that shows Britney briefly in the ambulance at 30 seconds before the end. The paramedics try to put a sheet over her head and she keeps pulling it down and smiling!

It’s been a little while since we’ve slammed on Heather Mills. And it’s really not fair to let Britney hog all the crazy, much as she might like to. Heather Mills is one of those crazies that you can’t help but root against, and feel a little bit of smug satisfaction when nothing goes her way. And given the way the crazy, sanctimonious, delusional Brit behaves, I’m often left feeling pretty satisfied. Though she’s turned down multiple large settlement offers from estranged, soon-to-be ex-husband Paul McCartney, Mills may soon find herself in the poorhouse. She “mutually” parted ways with her legal team last month, after she went on a round of television shows bashing McCartney and saying she wanted to kill herself due to the way everyone treats her. She’d racked up a $4 million legal bill with her former divorce lawyers Mishcon de Reya. Heather had agreed to pay $200,000 a month towards the bill once she got her settlement, but now the legal team is in the process of writing a writ to make her pay up immediately. They’re afraid that her outlandish spending and stubborn/delusional personality will leave her with little or no settlement from Sir Paul, and that she may burn through whatever she does get on designer clothes and security guards.

But here, perhaps, is the nub of it all. For while Heather may have celebrated the festivities at her large £3.25 million country mansion, she is all too aware that the rug is coming close to being pulled from under her, while her soon-to-be ex-husband still has his £850 million fortune firmly in hand.

A writ from her former divorce lawyers Mishcon de Reya for an unpaid bill of £2 million is the tip of the iceberg. There is, say sources, an ever-growing overdraft of £1 million at the exclusive Coutts bank. She has weekly outgoings of more than £5,000, with next to no money coming in. Friends say the only way she can pay the legal bills is by selling the nine-bedroom house in East Sussex — paid for by her ex-husband so he could be close to their daughter.

What’s more, she is beginning to realize that instead of the £50 million figure it was first estimated she could get from Paul’s fortune, she will now be lucky to get £10 million. And at the rate she is spending, that will not last more than a couple of years.

[From the Daily Mail]

Apparently Heather thought that her appearance on “Dancing with the Stars” would make everyone fall in love with her, and she was counting on a financial windfall. I’m not sure how someone with such an extreme personality disorder has gotten as far in life as Heather Mills has. While she clearly has narcissistic personality disorder, I can’t help but wonder if she has her own special brand of delusional personality disorder. I know it’s not an official mental illness, but I’m pretty sure they should make it one.

Meanwhile, Heather’s plans for making money of her own have also backfired. Anticipating a rash of offers after her appearance on Dancing With The Stars, America’s version of Strictly Come Dancing, she set up five companies. But four of the businesses (I Do Care, You Care Worldwide, Raspberry Fields Productions and Beauty and the Baby) are dormant, and the fifth, Dissoi Logoi Productions, is about to be struck off the Companies House register.

“She thought she would get all these amazing deals after being on Dancing With The Stars,” said her friend. “She thought she would be invited onto Oprah and would be filling in for Larry King (the TV interviewer). She set up all these companies in the belief that she would be hugely popular. But it all came to nothing. While people might have admired her dancing, as a personality, she is not a ratings winner.”

[From the Daily Mail]

What will it take for Heather Mills to realize that she’s the psycho, not everyone else? Something tells me that losing her home will just further enhance her victimhood. Heather is now representing herself during her complex legal trial. If anything could assure her that she’d end up with a stack of old newspapers and some chicken eggs for a settlement, it’s Crazy representing herself. If things go as hoped, pretty soon we’ll see her auctioning that leg on eBay.

Details on the Britney Spears major meltdown have been clarified, and OK! Magazine has a much clearer breakdown of what happened last night. Many of you wonder why so many firetrucks, ambulances, and helicopters needed to be on the scene for a simple custody dispute and the answer is that it’s because it was Britney. Whatever she does is publicly scrutinized and when she screws up royally like this all the response teams are clamoring to be there. Hopefully real emergencies and victims weren’t neglected in LA during the massive circus that surrounded Britney’s home.

Britney essentially took Jayden hostage
The reason one-year old Jayden had to be taken to the hospital is because Sean Preston was already released into his father’s custody, but Britney kept Jayden and refused to hand him over during the four hour standoff with police. When Britney was taken to the hospital for evaluation, presumably because they considered herself a threat to herself or others, they also took Jayden in another ambulance.

Britney’s assistant Carla and her “cousin” Alli left the house at 11:00 pm, leaving Britney alone inside with Jayden until 11:45 when she was escorted out on a gurney by paramedics and driven to Cedars-Sinai medical center. Britney was seen with what looked like a restraint on one of her legs and may have been taken forcibly.

Jayden’s father, Kevin Federline, their other child, Sean Preston, and Federline’s lawyer were at the hospital when Britney arrived. Britney’s father Jamie, with whom she has had no contact for nearly eight months, and her friend Sam Lufti also came to the hospital.

Britney is being held for observation and will probably be booked when she is released
Britney will most likely face charges after she undergoes an observation period at Cedars-Sinai. OK! Magazine reports that they plan to keep her for 24 hours after which time she will be booked by police. Update: She is on 72 hour lockdown - see below.

She is either on drugs, having a major mental meltdown or both
While police say Britney was “under the influence of an unknown substance,” she has passed all the recent drug tests she’s shown up for, with one instance in which a prescription drug was said to have caused a false positive. Some sources claim she’s simply mentally unstable.

Britney will lose visitation rights with children
Kevin Federline’s lawyer is now on his way to court to request that Britney be denied visitation with the children at least temporarily while her mental state can be assessed. It is most likely that the request will be granted, and that’s a good thing for the sake of her children.

Update: Britney is on 72 hour lockdown, was “hysterical” on gurney
Britney is on 72 hour lockdown at Cedars-Sinai as she was deemed a threat to herself and/or others. She will be under constant observation. Sources tell US Magazine that she alternated between laughing and acting hysterical when she was taken away. She was designated a “special needs” patient, which a source tells US Weekly means that the patient has “either overdosed or tried to commit suicide.”

Thanks to Splash News for these pictures.

Cops called when Britney refused to hand over children
Just when you think that Britney Spears can’t get any more crazy she goes and tops herself. America’s favorite trainwreck just managed to bring more attention to herself while ensuring that her kids are scarred for life. She refused to hand over her boys to her ex Kevin Federline’s bodyguard at 7 pm as scheduled after their visit at her Studio City Los Angeles home. The cops were called an hour later to mediate the dispute and they ended up staying four hours while a media circus gathered outside. There were news and police helicopters, nine police cars, three fire engines, multiple paparazzi cars and three ambulances. There was no violence or injuries on the scene, according to the LAPD.

Britney taken to hospital for “evaluation” and was under the influence
Paramedics were in Britney’s house at 11 p.m. to “treat” her, but doesn’t seem that there was anything wrong with her besides the usual, and photos show her smiling and sitting up on the gurney. Police said she was detained as she was under the influence of an unknown substance. Britney was wheeled out of her house on a gurney, smiling maniacally. She arrived at Cedars-Sinai medical center at 12:30 this morning and is on a “medical hold” while her mental state is evaluated. She could be in the hospital for 72 hours as they try to diagnose what’s wrong with her.

Jayden James, 1, is in the hospital for unknown reasons. Sean Preston is with K-Fed
Sadly, at least one child was said to be in another ambulance accompanying her to the hospital, according to E! Online, but it seems as if they may have been using the ambulance to transport one of the tots since the police say there were no injuries. CNN reported that both Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2, were returned to Federline’s custody after the incident, but additional reports have Jayden in the hospital.

Pop star Britney Spears was taken to hospital for tests to see if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for a psychological evaluation after police were called to her home Thursday night to mediate a custody dispute, a police spokesman said.

Spears appeared to be conscious as she was rolled out of her Studio City home on a gurney about three hours after police and ambulances arrived there.

The children were returned to their father, Kevin Federline, who has primary legal custody of the two sons, a police spokesman said.

Doctors at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will decide whether to invoke a California law that allows a patient to be held for psychological evaluation for 72 hours, the police spokesman said.

Aerial video provided by local television station helicopters showed Spears on a stretcher and surrounded by police and paramedics as it was rolled to an ambulance near her home.

[From CNN]

K-Fed’s lawyer went to Britney’s house with court order, she just wanted to keep kids overnight
This story is a bit confusing to me due to the ongoing custody battle between Britney and K-Fed. Britney has visitation rights and Kevin has full legal custody, but why did Britney chose to hold onto the boys at this time? She was 90 minutes late to a court-ordered deposition that morning, and didn’t miss it as we first reported. She could only be questioned for 14 minutes. Maybe she realized at that point that she’s about to lose even supervised visits with her children and decided to stage a last stand off. K-Fed’s attorney did go to Britney’s house after she refused to hand over the children and was seen carrying papers that were thought to be the court order to show police. The court order could have just been the proof that the children should be with K-Fed and wasn’t necessarily new. K-Fed’s lawyer left before Britney was wheeled out.

Britney’s lawyer, who just quit on Wednesday, said “In a normal case when someone shows up with a certified court order saying the kids need to be somewhere else, the police see to it that the order is obeyed. But that is in a normal case.”

He meant that’s with a normal person didn’t he? If Britney wasn’t about to lose visits with her boys before, it seems like she is now. Maybe that’s what she wanted all along.

Update: E! Online reported that one child was transported in an ambulance, and Page Six says it was Jayden James:

Brit’s divorce attorney, legal ace and saint Anne Kiley drove Sean P. to Federline’s house and Jayden James has been taken to the hospital.

[From Page Six]

TMZ confirms that report that Jayden is in the hospital, but it is not known why.

Page Six also says that Britney was “hysterical and just want[ed] to keep the kids overnight.” She has also lost a lot of weight recently or something. I haven’t seen it, but whatever:

Our very well placed source has also told us that the stress and mental anguish of the ongoing custody battle and deposition has caused Spears to “lose a tremendous amount of weight in the past several weeks.”

Story details from Reuters, TMZ, MTV, CNN, and E! Online.

Photos from TMZ and Splash News.

Let the conspiracy theories commence. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are reportedly trying to have another baby. The two have had no luck in the supposedly second attempt to impregnate Katie with the seed of Tom.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are reportedly seeking medical advice following a series of failed attempts to conceive a second child.

[Contact Music]

After the miracle of Suri, Tom and Katie want a biological boy to add to the clan. They have been trying to conceive since this summer according to sources. Holmes feels that having a son for Tom is “what she wants more than anything.” I guess she forgot about Connor. Nice way to show your love for someone who you claim calls you “mom.”

The fact that she has been unable to produce another Cruise offspring in the last 5 months has worried her. The two sat down and decided to take Katie to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to get the problem identified and solved. (Yes, that is the same hospital where Dennis Quaid’s infant twins nearly died of an overdose.)

Yes, I am sure Katie is the problem here. Being that Tom is 45 and creepy probably isn’t a factor. I know being creepy doesn’t have anything to do with potency, but I am sure Katie’s eggs are hiding in fear. Let’s not forget the fact that he and Nicole had the same problems getting knocked up. I smell a dirty plot afoot!

Picture note by Celebitchy: Katie Holmes is shown looking like she’s going to a business meeting, but she’s really just trying to look fierce while she’s out spending Tom’s money on designer luxuries she won’t wear for more than a few hours out of her privileged life. There was speculation after the Bambi awards that Katie might be pregnant after she was seen with a tiny amount of bloat, but these photos from 12/22 show that she’s probably not. Thanks to Splash News.

Britney had an event-filled few days leading up to Christmas in which she gave us a public lesson on typical bipolar and/or drug addict behavior. You’ve probably heard by now that she decided to pick her next lover from among the paparazzi that swarm around her constantly, and settled on a British guy named Adnan. OK! Magazine has the blow-by-blow, so to speak.

The handsome photographer wasn’t around when Britney decided she wanted to shack up with him on Saturday, so she asked his co-worker to summon him for her. Adnan showed up and hung out with her in the car as they drove around aimlessly for an hour. At one point she got out to take a photo of a mural and then freaked out swearing at photographers for taking pictures of her, throwing her camera on the ground. When one of them retrieved the memory card for her she was all sweetness and light, saying “I love you guys… it’s not like me to get mad at you.”

Britney visited several public restrooms that night, which seems to be evidence of some kind of UTI or drug use. My vote is on drug use since she was seen covering her face and nose. She also changed outfits three times.

Adnan and Britney went to her house, but they didn’t stay there because she told him it was too dirty. He then went to the Pennisula hotel with Britney and came out of the room an hour later to buy cigarettes. He told photographers who quizzed him on what was going on that “It’s hard to make babies when you’re just having lunch.” It was night time at that point, so he must not have meant it literally.

After buying some smokes the guy went back up to the hotel with Britney and left Sunday morning at 10:30 am. He then went to her house, and OK! notes that her kids were scheduled for a visit later that day.

So Britney shacked up with a photographer. She doesn’t really have a lot of suitors to chose from at this point. It seems inevitable that she picked one of the guys who is around her constantly, especially since that restaurant manager didn’t work out.

There’s also a story in this week’s National Enquirer that Britney wasn’t just barred from the Four Seasons - she was personally escorted out by security when she didn’t pack up quick enough:

[Britney] raised so much hell at swanky Four Seasons hotel in BevHills she was summarily ejected from her Presidential Suite and escorted off the posh premises by security guards! Sources say Britney, who’d practically taken up residency at the legendary inn, had been warned repeatedly by management that a Hollywood bigshot in the suite directly below hers - a longtime resident who pays a million bucks-plus per year - was complaining about nighttime parties, loud music and drunken hoochie-momma’s screaming from Brit’s balcony to people below! After visits by security failed to silence Swamp Thang and her brain-fried menagerie, Mr. Angry VIP phoned the hotel manager and threatened to move out. Fed up, the manager phoned Britney and ordered her to vacate the premises immediately. Incredibly, the furious brat refused at first. Snapped the manager: “I’m sending security up NOW! Pack your bags and leave, please.” Finally bowing to the inevitable, Britney packed up and was escorted down the street and out the exit by security.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, Mike Walker’s column, December 31, 2007]

It seems as if Britney tried to return on another night, because outlets were reporting that she was turned away from the Four Seasons and barred from future visits.

And there’s a story that experts feel Britney is at risk for suicide. They probably got the idea from Perez Hilton, who said on The View when asked if he felt guilty for reporting so negatively about celebrities that “If Britney committed suicide tomorrow and died, she would be the only one to blame I think.”

Page Six quoted an “addiction expert” as saying that “[Britney’s] going to eventually lose it altogether if she doesn’t get the help she needs.” The expert also says that Britney is seeking attention after her sister got pregnant, taking the focus away from her erratic behavior and calling for even more drastic measures.

Hang in there Britney, all you need to do is start hanging out with your sister again once she starts showing and you’ll get plenty of publicity.

Britney could also take the Paris Hilton route to mass media exposure - she could go to jail. OK! Magazine reports that if Britney misses another deposition in her custody case with K-Fed she could be sent to jail for contempt of court.

Britney is shown out without a bra with her paparazzo hook up this weekend, thanks to WENN.

Normally I would write an article like this with the caveat that “I’m just passing this along because it’s funny.” But Britney Spears is absolutely insane/demented/possessed by a pack of wild beavers that I believe she would do pretty much anything. You could tell me that she was spotted hovering over the Grand Canyon in an astronaut suit she bought on eBay, and I’d be like, “Wow, she has really bad spending habits.” But I would never accuse you of lying, because Britney Spears can and will do anything to get attention/get her way/prove that you can have an IQ of 73 and still get reasonably far in this world.

According to the National Enquirer, Britney is using a love potion to try to win Kevin Federline back. Look, I’m going to be honest with you. Yes you should take most everything from the Enquirer with a grain of salt. But Britney has been reported to have done far crazier things by far more reputable sources in an attempt to win back the love/wife beaters of Kevin Federline. So there could well be a kernel of truth here.

The “Gimme More” singer has been consulting a psychic on the Hawaiian island of Maui who claims she can concoct a potion to make Kevin fall back in love with Britney. “Britney is desperate to change her luck and get her life back on track,” revealed a source. “She is still in love with Kevin and dreams of reuniting as a family.” Britney’s psychic adviser - the same one who told the pop princess it was a good idea to marry the unemployed dancer three years ago - told her she could concoct a mixture using special herbs to create a powerful love potion that would make her irresistible to Kevin.”

[From the National Enquirer, Dec. 24 2007 print edition]

Delicious. And absolutely true I bet. Not the part about the potion working, but absolutely true that Britney’s consulting a psychic to make one. When your IQ is 73 (okay I picked 73 at random, but I defy any of you to prove me wrong… and keep in mind, the average American’s IQ is about 100, and Forest Gump’s was 80 – ever point counts) you’ll pretty much believe anything. That psychic could tell Britney that her kids were not carried in her womb but rather were spit out by the sun and Britney would believe it. And then pay the psychic $10,000 for the privileged information.

According to the Enquirer, the plan doesn’t seem to be working, as it required Britney to get Kevin to agree to come to Hawaii for New Years, at which time one of them would slip him the potion. Kevin apparently isn’t having any of it – and when Kevin Federline is too smart to fall for your tricks, it’s time to check into the state hospital. HEAR THAT BRITNEY SPEARS! YOU NEED TO CHECK INTO A HOSPITAL!!

Picture note by Jaybird: Header of Britney last night visiting a gas station on Sunset Boulevard where she purchased a packet of cigarettes and a lighter before heading to Raffles L’hermitage. Image thanks to WENN.

I really relish the Amy Winehouse stories. You always need that person who is so messed up that you look like a saint in comparison. I could be having the worst day of my life, but I can still say, “Hey, at least I didn’t snort some blow and then walk around through the streets of London in the snow with no pants and a thong on my forehead like Amy Winehouse.” Okay technically Winehouse hasn’t done that yet, but that’s probably only because it hasn’t snowed yet in London this year. Give it a few more months, and I guarantee you it’ll happen. Though it’ll probably also somehow involve her bloody ballet slippers.

On Wednesday, Amy got dressed up all purdy to visit her husband in jail. And by dressed up, I mean some kind of pink halter top, that now-infamous red push-up bra she was wandering around wearing on the street a few days ago, and a surprisingly well-coiffed beehive. Home only half an hour later, she was crying, looking disheveled, and had lost her keys. Despite the throng of paparazzi outside her home, Amy thought it smart to lay on her back on the wet street (still in the aforementioned halter top) and slide under the gate. Because what celebrity doesn’t do that now and again?

Lying on her back on a wet pavement and in a flood of tears troubled Amy Winehouse has certainly lost something. But on this occasion, however, the only thing the fallen star noticed was missing was the keys to her house. Amy, 24, today returned to the property she shared with locked-up husband Blake Fielder-Civil after moving out on Monday claiming it held “too many memories”.

After a 30-minute visit to the jailbird in London’s Pentonville Prison earlier this afternoon the crying jazz singer realised she had no way of getting in. However, never one to eschew drama, Amy decided the best way of getting inside would be to crawl under the courtyard gates. So, with the waiting crowd of paparazzi who have become a daily feature of her life, she lay down on the wet pavement and wriggled through.

The extraordinary gate scenes are the latest example of the star’s increasingly erratic behaviour recently. At 4.15am this morning she was pictured making a dash to a 24 hour store in Bow to pick up a giant box of ice pops.

[From the Daily Mail]

At what point does someone get declared legally insane in England? Because I’m pretty sure that – whatever that point is – Amy is well beyond it. I think she may be crazier than Britney Spears. She’s just not endangering the lives of innocent little children, thank God. Amy is so off her rocker that I can’t really tell if she’s trying to get attention, or is just so out of it that she doesn’t notice – or care – that the paparazzi is photographing her wandering around without shoes at two in the morning… which happened not once but several times last week. I hate to say it, but I’m starting to agree with what a lot of our commenters are saying… if she keeps this up, she’s not going to be around for much longer.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Amy right before she slid under her gate. You can see photos of her actually sliding under on the Daily Mail’s website. Images thanks to Splash Photos.

I have to give Amy Winehouse credit for one thing: she hired herself a PR rep. Maybe she’s always been around and just hasn’t been saying much, but an official person is now speaking on Amy’s behalf. Considering all the talking she, her family, and in-laws have done, it seems like a good idea to call in a pro.

Now just because someone hires a PR rep doesn’t mean that person will say anything the rest of us find remotely believable. But at least the person lies to us, which sort of amounts to some admission that Amy is doing things bad/weird/dangerous enough that they can’t be admitted to. On Sunday morning Amy was photographed outside in just her jeans and a red bra, wandering around and looking disheveled. No makeup, no beehive… I mean who the hell goes out without their beehive on? I don’t care that she forgot her shirt, but at least put on your 13 inches of hair. My God, the depravity. Well apparently, Amy wasn’t on a bender, coked out of her mind, or suffering some sort of complete mental breakdown. She was just sleepy and confused. If I had a nickel for each time I wandered around without a shirt because I was tired, I could retire. Maybe Amy should consider that.

“She was not on an all-night bender,” her U.K. rep tells PEOPLE of Winehouse’s appearance outside her flat at 5:45 a.m. Sunday morning. Winehouse, 24, was sound asleep when she heard a noise outside. Having had friends over earlier in the evening, she wondered if one returned, according to the rep, who said: “She heard all these noises, and she went outside to look and there were all these photographers.”

The rep added, “She’d been sound asleep, and then there were all these photographers – of course she looked startled.” British newspapers reported the singer – captured in photographs sans makeup and her trademark beehive – was “muttering incomprehensibly.”

Says her rep: “In light of recent reports, it’s easy to make assumptions, but she’s trying to get better and she needs the space to do that.”

[From People]

Um…. alright. Amy Winehouse was surprised to see photographers? I was under the impression that they follow her pretty much 24/7, considering all the odd things we’ve seen her do. It seemed like she pretty much couldn’t escape them, so she just decided to go about her drug-fueled existence pretending they weren’t there. And I know that everyone has their own sleeping patterns, and perhaps a deep sleeper wouldn’t be totally awake and rational, but I can’t imagine they wouldn’t remember to put their shirt on. And even if they did, one step out into London’s cold December air would likely wake them up pretty quickly. At which point a normal person would look down, see their ta-tas, gasp, clutch their hands over their chest, and skittle away. Unless they were on drugs. Then they’d probably keep wandering around, looking for that magic caterpillar that brought them the nice lunch yesterday.