These two are probably just friends who have multiple arrests, music, nationality and a love of drugs in common, but look how the two drunken singers are hanging onto each other outside of Amy’s house. She has an opening for a new leech after her husband, Blake Fielder Civil, took up with a blond ex girlfriend who started visiting him in prison. She’s been auditioning various guys these past few weeks, and Doherty seems just her type unfortunately.

Amy and Pete were seen in a half-hearted hug or trying to keep each other from falling flat on their faces back at her place after a gig by Pete’s band, Babyshambles. Judging from their hug, they’re probably just friends, and they’re both pictured with other people that night. They look like they could be brother and sister.

NME reports that Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse are rumored to be recording a single duet to come out this summer. That can only increase his credibility and diminish hers:

According to the Daily Star Doherty’s Babyshambles bandmate, Mik Whitnall, has held a series of songwriting sessions with Winehouse in preparation for a single release this summer.

The newspaper claims that the supposed single will also feature on the next Babyshambles album, and that Doherty said: “Mick and Amy have a great relationship. They have been working on material while I was in prison.

“When I came out I went straight to the recording studio. I just want to get going.”

[From NME.com]

Producer Mark Ronson recently revealed that Amy won’t be recording the theme song for the upcoming Bond movie because she’s just not ready to work at this point. I hope for Amy’s sake this Pete Doherty duet story is fake, because she should be focusing on her own music at this point.

There’s someone else who is disappointed that Winehouse won’t be featured on the soundtrack for the Bond film Quantum of Solace. Bond Star Daniel Craig is quoted as saying “she’s got an amazing voice and it think it would lend itself beautifully to this but we’ll see.”

In related Winehouse news that we didn’t get to because there are just too many stories about her, one of her male friends was arrested in her garage on Monday night. Kristian Marr went to visit her at home, and when she wasn’t there he holed up in her garage for the night. The police came and had him ejected.

Thanks to WENN for these photos.

Pete Doherty sure is going to have one heck of a messy life to clean up when he gets out of jail in a few weeks. The Mirror is reporting that Pete is thousands of dollars in debt to all sorts of people, including his dealers and his landlord. Both have (not surprisingly) gotten fed up with Pete. The landlord stopped by to check on the nine bedroom country estate, only to find that it had been trashed. Pete had sprayed human blood all over the place, had scrawled on the walls, and had abandoned his nine cats there.

Popping over to check on the place the landlord was horrified to find that his beautiful country pad had become a stinking hovel. The walls, floor and even some of the windows have been daubed with human blood. And we’re told the stench from his abandoned nine cats is so strong it would turn the strongest stomach. After taking one look at the carnage, the landlord canceled Doherty’s tenancy.

A close source says: “Pete is homeless, broke and owes thousands to dealers. He destroyed the place by scribbling on the walls, the floor, anywhere he felt like it. The beautiful heavy curtains were ripped down and the cats are just running around abandoned. It’s a really pathetic state of affairs. No one in their right mind is going to rent him a property after what he did.” The junkie has been receiving threats from out-of-pocket dealers while he’s been inside Wormwood Scrubs [prison], and things aren’t going to get any better for him when he’s released next month.

[From the Mirror]

Pete’s old friends and dealers have also been stopping by the country estate and taking his things to sell in an attempt to collect some of the money he owes them. The Mirror tries to make it sound like they’re taking advantage of Pete, but considering they also state they’re just doing it to make back some of the money they’re owed, it doesn’t sound that out of line.

The friends and dealers probably aren’t going about it in a legal manner, but considering the other things dealers are known to do to get their money, Pete’s probably pretty damn lucky. Something tells me that all of this isn’t going to make it any easier for Pete Doherty to get back on his feet. But let’s be honest, it’s not like there’s any reason to believe he was going to pull it all together at this point.

Petey boy sure is living the life now that he’s in jail where he belongs. According to the always reliable Sun, Pete is getting the star treatment at West London’s Wormwood Scrubs jail. Yes that really is the name of the facility. No it’s not a weird Harry Potter joke or something. I wasn’t impressed with the British legal system after they gave Doherty so many second chances. But it’s all okay now, because they have a jail named Wormwood Scrubs. We’re cool London, don’t worry.

Pete has been given TWO mattresses, extra bedding, a television, and a radio. Apparently that hasn’t helped his popularity with the other inmates – something Doherty might want to give a little more consideration to.

Prisoners normally have to spend weeks earning points for good behaviour before being handed such privileges. Doherty, 29, is in the segregation wing with 16 high-risk lags, including paedophiles. A source said: “He’s in the segregation unit because of who he is. It’s thought he could be vulnerable. He’s been put on enhanced privileges, which means he can have virtually what he wants, so that includes an extra mattress, TV and radio. It’s basically the five-star treatment, which takes most prisoners weeks of good behaviour to achieve.”

Babyshambles singer Doherty told a friend he was terrified of jail. His solicitor said: “Pete obviously didn’t want to go to prison but he was philosophical.”

[From The Sun]

As much as it’s fun to joke (Ooooh, two mattresses!) by the looks of Pete Doherty, I’m guessing his jail cell is a lot nicer than his home. Think about it; have you ever seen him looking anything less than totally dirty and disgusting? Now imagine what his domicile must look like. I highly doubt there’s even one mattress. Whoever thought going to jail would be a step up for Pete? Maybe he’ll consider his luxurious accommodations so inviting that he’ll choose to stay a bit longer – or better yet, move on to a five year, in-patient rehab program. I don’t think they have those, but if there’s ever a person to design one for, it’s Pete.

After approximately 1,283,374,934 arrests, trips to court, and overnight stints in jail, it appears the law may finally have caught up to Pete Doherty. Pete’s been ordered to serve 14 weeks in jail for a variety of offenses, most notably for violating his probation on a plethora of previous drug charges. This is pretty remarkable given that Doherty has somehow managed to evade pretty much every reasonable form of punishment and rehabilitation for years of drug offenses.

Troubled Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was finally sent to jail today for breaking his probation order. He was taken from West London Magistrates’ Court and locked up for 14 weeks following a 30 minute hearing this afternoon. Doherty was jailed for ‘his breach of time keeping, non compliance of his order and using different drugs’, a spokesperson from the court confirmed.

Back in October, Judge Davinder Lachar cleared Doherty from the remainder of a drug control order but handed him his suspended jail sentence for drug and motoring offences. The 29-year-old was given a four-month custodial sentence, suspended for two years. On that occasion he handed an 18-month supervision order and a 12-month drug rehabilitation order. Lachar ordered he pay a £400 fine for an driving without insurance and a £75 fine for having no MOT certificate [similar to an emissions inspection in the US].

[From Metro]

Clearly getting clean is not a really big priority for Pete Doherty. And I wish I could say that 14 weeks in jail would probably change that, but let’s be realistic. Really, the only thing that will come of this is that the world will see you can only be arrested on various drug charges for six or seven years before you will spend several weeks in jail. So really, it will serve as quite the public deterrent. Actually what should serve as quite the public deterrent is any photo of Pete Doherty. That’s a hell of a lot scarier than jail time.

Here’s Pete and his sexiness at the Thames Magistrates Court in London on November 10, 2007. Images thanks to PR Photos.

The Sun reports that Pete Doherty’s new girlfriend, DJ Nadine Ruddy, is into Scientology and that he has bought a bunch of books from the cult to try and learn more about it. If Doherty was just an average, unknown musician/former drug addict/low level criminal, he would simply be put on a mailing list after buying Scientology books. Now that the word is out that a semi-famous person is interested, those dead-eye creeps are going to after him with a vengeance.

The junkie rocker is hooked on the barmy religion which believes humans are an exiled race from outer space.

Babyshambles frontman Pete, 29 — who once dated supermodel KATE MOSS — has bought a pile of books on the subject since meeting Scientologist DJ NADINE RUDDY.

And he has been leaving his Wiltshire mansion to stay at her home in Reading, Berks, at least once a week.

A source said: “Nadine is really into Scientology. She takes her beliefs very seriously.

“Pete’s chatted a lot with her about it. He went out and bought some books to read up about it.

“He just wanted to find out more about Nadine and what she believes in.”

[From The Sun]

Despite all of Doherty’s very public failings: injecting a passed out girl with drugs (he claimed he was taking her blood for his art, which is somewhat less creepy), giving his cat crack, squirting blood at an MTV camera, all the drugs he’s been busted with, I kind of have a soft spot for the guy. He doesn’t seem all that bad, and when you check out his boyish face and ignore the messed-up teeth and greasy hair you can sort of see how some skinny half-wit models fell for him.

Best wishes to Doherty to come out of this with his critical thinking skills and wallet intact. Dump that girl, Pete, there are other confused young women who are into harmless new-agey stuff who would be pleased to shag you.

The ever-diligent journalists at the UK’s Daily Star are reporting that druggie/rocker/crazy person Pete Doherty is planning on opening up an animal sanctuary… quite possibly in his house. Pete was once famously photographed giving crack to a kitten, so it didn’t exactly seem like he was the biggest animal welfare advocate. But apparently that’s all changed, thanks to the love of a three-legged hedgehog. No I’m not being sarcastic. Pete Doherty really did rescue a three-legged hedgehog that he found in the road. As an aside, I’m pretty sure the fact that hedgehogs run around in the wild is the greatest thing about England. They’re freaking adorable. Anyway, Pete named the little pig Mrs. Tiggg-Winkle, after Beatrix Potter’s famed hedgehog. And apparently his life has been forever changed.

An insider said: “Pete rescued the hedgehog. It had a leg missing and he felt sorry for it.

“He made sure it got the proper help it needed from a vet and set up a special section for it in his garden.

“Pete has a big heart. He also loves rats and is looking after one with no tail.

“He has lots of kittens, too, and hopes that by the end of the year he will be able to open his pet rescue centre at Marlborough to local schools so they can educate children about animals.”

[From the Daily Star]

Well this sounds like an all-out fabulous idea. You’ve got a three-legged hedgehog. You’ve got a rat without a tail. You’ve got kittens upon kittens. Really, what more do you need to educate children about animals? This is what I imagine Pete Doherty’s tour will sound like. “Here’s a broken spiny thing. Here’s my crack pipe. Here’s a broken pointy-nosed thing that ought to have a tail. Here’s some cats mating. That makes more cats. Here’s my collection of bongs. Don’t touch the glass one. Here, play with the plastic one.” It’ll be very informative. And what parents in their right mind wouldn’t want to take their kids over to Pete Doherty’s to hang out with some animals and acid? That’s right, boring ones. Pete Doherty’s had a lot of bad ideas. Throwing a vial of his own blood on a camera. Dating Kate Moss. But an animal sanctuary has got to be the absolute worst.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Pete performing with Babyshambles in Concert at Olympia Hall in Paris - January 14, 2008. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Pete Doherty has managed to keep a pretty low profile lately, at least in the U.S. Last we heard from him, he was out of rehab and battling a newfound pie addiction. Which frankly, I understand more than a drug addiction. Pies taste awesome. The only thing more addicting would be cake. But now Pete’s moved on to a new addiction – one that may cancel out the aforementioned pie addiction. It seems good ‘ol Petey is addiction to running. You heard me right. Supposedly he’s training for the Flora London Marathon, and is so committed to the cause that he even went to the gym when he was in Paris for a concert recently. But to all addictions there is a downside, and this one is bloody awful.

The troubled Babyshambles rocker, who is in training for this year’s Flora London Marathon, complains his T-shirts are chafing his chest and has been borrowing 19-year-old model Portia Freeman’s padded underwear to ease the pain.

A source said: “He’s doing so well. He’s really serious about kicking drugs and this is really testing his will power and giving him a goal.

“All that is putting him off are his amazingly sore nipples, but Portia’s underwear is really helping.”

[From All Headline News]

Something tells me this is likely more the joke of one of Pete’s friends than truth. But on the other hand it is Pete Doherty, and if anyone would find it perfectly normal to wear his girlfriend’s padded bras in an attempt to protect his own chafing nipples, it would be Pete Doherty. Pete, may I suggest Nip Guards? They’re padded sticky male pasties that stick to your nipples to prevent chafing and bleeding when running. They’re weird, but definitely more dignified than wearing your girlfriend’s bra.

In other Doherty news, Pete’s been working on a new solo album, but has quashed rumors that his band Babyshambles is breaking up.

“It doesn’t conflict with Babyshambles at all. It’s just a continuation of what I do. I’ve always done solo recording but instead of just knocking it out on the internet like I used to, I’m getting a little album together.”

[From Ireland Online]

While it’s good they’re not breaking up, something tells me that given Doherty’s history of crazy antics like throwing a vial of his own blood on people and getting a kitten high – his bandmates may be a little wary of the bra wearing. Just a thought.

Picture note by Jaybird: Pete Doherty leaving Amy Winehouse’s flat in east London on December 4th. A truly frightening thought indeed. Images thanks to Splash Photos.

There are bad ideas and then there are terrible ideas. A bad idea is something along the lines of “Hey, let’s pack this bathtub with hot dogs and then fill it up with really hot water and see if we can cook them.” A really bad idea (though equally stupid) is something along the lines of “Let’s get the two most drugged up and unreliable musicians on the scene today, and put them on a stage together.” After sitting around asking themselves, “What’s the stupidest thing we could do?” MTV execs have decided to go with the later, and have decided to have not just Pete Doherty but also Amy Winehouse perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Though to be fair, it’s likely that Pete Doherty has filled his bathtub to the brim with hot dogs at least once.

Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty are being lined up to duet at the MTV Europe Music Awards tonight. The pair are already booked to perform solo performances at the bash in Munich, but Pete, 28, wants to share the stage with his North London neighbour. First Babyshambles are expected to sing single Delivery, while Amy - who is nominated for 3 gongs - is keeping her choice of solo number under wraps. Can’t wait to see what they choose to belt out together

‘It’s been a closely-guarded secret and may still fall apart at the last minute,’ a source tells the Daily Mirror. ‘This duet could be a blinding success or an unmitigated disaster if they’ve been on the booze or any dodgy substances.’

Pete, who says he’s been clean since leaving rehab, is now dating a blonde stylist called Becky, 28, after splitting with fiancée Irina Lazareanu. Amy, 24, of course, is still loved up with husband Blake Fielder-Civil. At a gig in Amersterdam last week, she kept leaving the stage to snog her spouse.

[From Now Magazine]

I’m guessing the stage will somehow end up on fire – and not in the cool, planned pyrotechnics kind of way. Somehow, Amy will end up running around in bloody ballet shoes while Pete feeds crack to a kitten. That’d be funny if those weren’t both things the two have actually done lately. Though if nothing else, I’m sure they can trade recipes. You know, how to make the best pot brownies, where’s the best place to inject a needle that even a doctor won’t suspect. That sort of thing. I’m sure we’ll have a wonderful story to report tomorrow… hopefully with video.

When I first heard this story, I thought Pete Doherty was given an actual four months in jail for one of his many drug busts and I got all excited. The British press is reporting that he got a “suspended prison term” of four months, which to me meant his expanding ass is getting hauled to the slammer. It’s a suspended sentence though, and it’s suspended for two years, so that essentially means he’s on probation and if he gets through that time period without getting into trouble again he won’t have to go to jail. (Most of you guys probably know that term already, but it was new to me so forgive me for explaining it.)

Since Doherty has shown that he was able to kick drugs, he was given the lighter sentence along with “an 18-month supervision order and a one-year drug rehabilitation order.” He also has to pay a £475 fine, equivalent to $973 USD, for driving without insurance or an MOT sticker, which is the British car inspection. Pete was just released from a drug treatment order last Wednesday after he proved that he has quit drugs and is just drinking and eating heavily.

Pete has narrowly escaped jail and he’s also out of his recent relationship. He is said to have dumped Kate Moss’ TopShop model Irina Lazareanu because she was too clingy. That’s kind of ironic, considering that Pete is said to be calling his ex, Kate Moss, so much after he split with Lazareanu that she’s had to change her phone number. Kate is now dating guitarist Jamie Hince of The Kills, and recently spent a vacation in the south of France with Hince, who is said to be worried that she’ll get back together again with Pete.

Pete Doherty is sober and he’s not with Kate Moss anymore. He may as well be a different person now. Next thing you know he’ll stop giving his cats drugs, and start showering regularly.

Pete Doherty is shown outside of court today, thanks to WENN.

It looks like all it took to drive Kate Moss back into the needle-marked arms of Pete Doherty again was the news that her friend was dating him, because the two longterm lovers were said to be holed up in a hotel suite together for the past five days.

While Kate was on vacation in Spain she gave in when Pete kept calling her and they had a heart to heart over the phone. Then when she got back they are said to have reconciled:

The Daily Mail even reports that Kate is talking marriage and babies again. She kicked him out of her house and changed the locks, but she’s too weak to be without him for even a few weeks.

Kate Moss’s friends and family are devastated after learning she has run back into the arms of Pete Doherty. The supermodel has been secretly staying with the drug-addicted singer at Claridge’s.

The Daily Mail has learned that the pair have been living it up in a £1,500-a-night suite at the Mayfair hotel for the past five days.

On one night, friends had to be ejected by hotel security when their revelry became too rowdy and the number of guests allowed per room was exceeded…

A friend of Miss Moss told the Mail last night: “Linda, Kate’s mum, thought the time away from him would break the spell he has over her. She had been on a strict break. They had not even exchanged a word in weeks.

“She has been completely ignoring him. But what is worrying the family most is that Kate feels that the break from Pete has only made her love stronger. Linda is absolutely devastated.”

The friend went on: “During her holiday in Spain, Pete was calling her on the mobile incessantly. He could not get through and the line kept going dead.

“She eventually called him one evening and since that conversation they have been continually on the phone. Kate has been like a moth to the flame.

“When she got back to Britain, they met up at the hotel. He cried and she cried. She said to him she had been avoiding him because she had promised everyone from her managers to her mother that she would.

“She told him, ‘It’s not me. It’s just what they all made me do’.”

During a late-night heart-to-heart at Claridge’s, Miss Moss told Doherty she was “miserable without him and desperately happy with him”…

“Now she is talking about making a grand commitment to him - she wants the wedding over here that was put on hold, and she also wants his children.”

[Daily Mail]

Just when you thought Kate Moss got her shit together she goes and runs back to Doherty. Yesterday I was wondering what women see in this guy, and speculated that it must be some level of depth and sensitivity that women see in him that isn’t actually there. Commentor Carol chalked it up to women’s nurturing instinct and said “Women are always attracted to damaged men and he’s about as damaged as they get.”

Not only is Doherty lucky in love, he got a big break in yet another drug possession charge when he was let off on a technicality yesterday. Everyone was rooting for jail time for the junkie, but it wasn’t to be. Instead of a prison cell he got a $3,000 a night suite with a supermodel and a rowdy party with friends. Life sure is fair.

Header image is an older one of Kate and Pete at the airport on 9/25/06. I’ve used the “reunited” image below about four times now.