Filed under: Amy Winehouse, RIP Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse was preparing to adopt a 10-year-ancient girl from the island of St. Lucia, the girl and her grandmother told a British paper today. 

The girl — Dannika Augustine (seen above with Amy) — says she met the singer during one of Amy’s visits to the island over the past few years. She says she was living in poverty with her single mom when Amy took an interest in her. 

Dannika tells The Sunday Mirror, “Amy was already my mother. I would call her mum and she would call me her daughter. She took care of me and we had fun together. I loved her and she loved me … She was the most incredible person and I was looking forward to living with her here or in London. I cannot believe she is gone. This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.”

Dannika’s grandmother Marjorie says she spoke to Amy a few weeks ago and that Amy plotted to return to St. Lucia next month. She told the paper, “Amy wanted to have a child so terrible. If she had not died, there is no doubt she would be here in St Lucia completing the adoption process. There is no way she would have done what she did to herself if Dannika was with her.”
 
Both of Dannika’s parents had signed off on the adoption.

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Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver, Paparazzi Photo

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver place aside their divorce differences days gone by when Maria met Arnold and the fam out shopping in Beverly Hills on Arnold’s birthday.

It’s nice to see the two converse in person, rather than through lawyers.

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Filed under: Photo Galleries, Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher is getting the ROYAL treatment on the set of “Two and a Half Men” …. with a MASSIVE kick-ass trailer all to himself — but to some Charlie Sheen supporters who still work on the show, it’s a bit much.  

The hall on wheels is two tales of awesomeness — with satellite TV hookups, customized everything … and “pop out” sections which expand to make the trailer EVER BIGGER!

Problem is … there are still plenty of Team Sheen people working on the show … and we’re told they feel the mega-trailer is “over the top” and makes Kutcher come off like a “diva.”
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But he IS the star of the largest show on TV … and Charlie had a pretty huge trailer too when he worked on the show.

Plus, if someone offered you a badass trailer for free — you doubtless wouldn’t say “no” either … right?

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