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AMY WINEHOUSE is not too tearful about the burglary at her London home - because she has her most prized possession, a special guitar, with her on vacation in the Caribbean.
The Rehab hitmaker has been enjoying a sunshine break in St. Lucia since December (08), but while the star has been working on her tan, her property in Camden, north London has been targetted by thieves.
Burglars broke into her house in the early hours of Thursday (29Jan09) and stole her flat screen television, five guitars, and digital recording equipment.
But the singer is glad thieves didn’t manage to get their hands on her favourite instrument - a gift from her record bosses at Universal after scooping five Grammys at 2008’s event.
Her representative Chris Goodman says, "Amy is upset, of course. But everything can be replaced.
"From her point of view, her favourite guitar is with her in St. Lucia. It was a special present, given to her by Universal for winning the Grammy awards last year."

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Pop star-turned-restaurateur JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE is expanding his eaterie empire with a second New York City hotspot.
The Tennessee-born singer opened BBQ restaurant/bar Southern Hospitality on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 2007.
It quickly became a hit among locals and Timberlake’s fans flocked to check out his take on southern favourites like chicken wings, pulled pork, and macaroni and cheese - all taken from the Timberlake family recipe book.
It’s been so successful, the star and his business partners Trace Ayala and Eytan Sugarman are in talks to take up a second location in Chelsea.
According to New York Magazine, the trio are have singled out a space on 6th Avenue for a rent of around $35,000 (£24,650) per month.

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY will make his first-ever U.S. music festival appearance headlining this year’s (09) Coachella.
The former Beatle has received top billing at the three-day fest, and will be joined by rockers The Killers and Amy Winehouse, who are scheduled to kick off the event’s second night.
Winehouse has not played a show in the U.S. for more than a year after suffering numerous health problems throughout 2008, which included a stint in rehab and several prolonged stays in hospital.
Other artists scheduled to perform include Morrissey, Public Enemy, Franz Ferdinand and The Cure - who will headline the third and final night.
The 10th Annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is scheduled for 17-19 April (09) in Indio, California.

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New CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION star LAURENCE FISHBURNE has tipped his actress wife GINA TORRES to join him on the U.S. TV drama - five years after she guest starred on the show.
Fishburne joined the crime series’ cast in October (08), marked by the departure of the show’s longtime cast member, William Petersen.
And the actor, who plays an investigator on the series, is itching to get Torres back on set since her brief stint on the show in 2004, two years after the pair married.
In an interview with America’s Star magazine, he says, "My lovely wife actually did an episode called Double X a number of years back. I would be more than thrilled if she came back."

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Emmy Award winning TV writer SHARAT SARDANA has died at the age of 40.
British-born Sardana collapsed at his father’s home on Friday (23Jan09) after suffering from a streptococcal virus. He passed away on Tuesday (27Jan09) at London’s Whipps Cross University Hospital, surrounded by family and friends.
Sardana penned cult U.K. TV comedy Goodness Gracious Me, and won a coveted International Emmy award and three BAFTA nominations for its follow-up, The Kumars at No.42.
He was believed to be working on a new TV series, billed as a male version of Sex & The City, when he died.
No further details were available as WENN went to press.

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Indian actress FREIDA PINTO gave American TV viewers a treat on Wednesday (28Jan09) when she danced across a talk show stage in an impromptu Bollywood-inspired performance.
The Slumdog Millionaire star, 24, gave Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson a quick lesson during an appearance on his programme to promote the Oscar-nominated film.
And Pinto admitted she’d already made director Danny Boyle a fan of the elaborate Indian productions after working with him on the new movie.
Counting as she showed Ferguson how to move, she said, "We have a little bit of dance at the end of the film, but I’d like to teach you some moves. This is Danny Boyle’s favourite."

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Cartoon hero HE-MAN is to be brought to life on the big screen in a new movie.
Warner Bros has joined forces with action filmmaker Joel Silver and Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson to create a live action version of the 1980s series.
Masters of the Universe will tell the story of a prince who transforms into a warrior to challenge the villainous Skeletor and save his magical land.
It’s not the first time He-Man has appeared on the big screen; Dolph Lundgren played the hero in a 1987 movie, opposite Frank Langella as Skeletor.
It’s unknown who’ll take the lead role in the new adaptation.

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Fugitive filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI has found a cunning way to shoot his new movie in the U.S. and U.K. without landing in jail - he is building giant replicas in a German film studio.
The Polish-born director has lived in Paris, France for the past 32 years since fleeing America, after he was convicted, in 1977, of having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
His new movie The Ghost has crucial scenes set in New England and London, England - but Polanski is unable to return to the U.S. without being arrested, and if he sets foot in Britain he’ll be extradited back to be sentenced.
So the 75-year-old is constructing look-a-like locations at the Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam-Babelsberg.
The movie, based on Robert Harris’ novel, will begin shooting later this year (09), starring Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson, and Jim Belushi.

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Blind soul legend STEVIE WONDER is calling on technology firms to make gadgets more accessible for people with sight disabilities.
The Superstition singer, who has been blind since birth, wants companies to make small alterations to existing products to increase their appeal among the visually impaired.
He says, "Being more accessible is always a plus. For various companies that are working with this technology and making it exciting and accessible for people who can see, it would take very little to make it accessible to everyone.
"I encourage all the manufacturers to do that. When you can… make it accessible and make it possible, you should just include that in the overall picture."

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Rap superstar LIL WAYNE has settled a legal battle over his use of a ROLLING STONES sample in a song on his latest album.
Executives at record company Abkco sued the star, claiming he used Play With Fire on his track Playing With Fire from his disc Tha Carter III.
The firm owns the rights to the Stones track, which appeared in the 1965 album Out of Our Heads, and insisted Wayne should have sought their permission.
After the lawsuit was filed, Wayne removed the song from the online version of the album - and he has now reached an out of court settlement with Abkco, the details of which have not been disclosed.
A statement from both parties confirms, "All parties expressed themselves satisfied with the amicable settlement."

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MADONNA will take her children to the U.S. to live after reportedly winning a residency battle with ex-husband GUY RITCHIE.
The singer has received temporary permission to take her two sons - Rocco, eight, and adopted three-year-old David - to her native U.S, according to London’s Evening Standard newspaper.
The decision is expected to be made permanent in mid-February (09).
A source tells the newspaper, "Everything is going to be resolved in the next couple of weeks. Everything is going well. It’s pretty amicable at the moment. Things are progressing." The couple announced their separation in October (08) - with the superstar citing Ritchie’s "unreasonable behaviour" as reason for divorce - and was granted a preliminary split on 21 November (08).
It was undecided if their sons would live with Ritchie in the U.K., where the family resided before the split, or with the singer in New York - but now the court has reportedly decided in Madonna’s favour.
The publication alleges the boys will divide their time between London and the Big Apple, and receive their education in the U.S.
Lourdes, the pop star’s 12-year-old daughter from another relationship, will remain with her mother.

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The celebrity fertility doctor who treated singer CELINE DION and actress LIV ULLMAN has been sentenced to probation for failing to repay nearly $3.2 million (£2.3 million) to patients and insurers he defrauded.
Federal Judge William Pauley ordered New York-based doctor Niels Lauersen to do 60 hours of community service, nearly eight years after he was convicted of insurance fraud.
The 72-year-old doctor was ordered in 2001 to submit to two years of strict supervision following completion of his 70-month prison term in 2006.
According to the New York Post, Lauersen was brought back to court when prosecutors accused him of violating his original probation terms by failing to pay restitution and hiding nearly $270,000 (£192,860) in rental income.

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American theatre producer ROY A. SOMLYO has died, aged 83.
Somlyo passed away on Thursday (29Jan09) in Manhattan after losing his battle with cancer, his daughter Lauren McGowan said.
He managed more than 100 shows in his career, including Broadway’s 6 Rms Riv Vu, a revival of Anna Christie, and I Remember Mama in the 1970s.
His later shows A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine and 84 Charing Cross Road hit the Broadway stage in 1980 and 1982 respectively.
In 1982, Somlyo celebrated his first Emmy Award win, for his television special Night of 100 Stars - one of several others he produced.
Serving as the managing producer of the Tony Awards telecast for more than 10 years, from 1987 to 1998, he earned another three Emmys for outstanding variety, music or comedy specials in 1980, 1998 and 1999.
In 2007, Somlyo was acknowledged once again, as the recipient of the Theater Hall of Fame Founders Award.
In addition to his daughter, he is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Nancy Rifici, two sisters - Caroline Miller and Emily Somlyo - a son, David, and four grandchildren.

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CALIFORNICATION actress NATASCHA MCELHONE has been unveiled as the new spokesmodel for beauty treatment company Neutrogena.
The British star admits the brand, which specialises in facial moisturisers and treatments, appealed to her because the widowed mother-of-three has little time to worry about her beauty regime.
McElhone lost her husband, plastic surgeon Martin Kelly, last May (08) after he collapsed on the doorstep of the couple’s London home following a heart attack.
The actress, 37, gave birth to their third son, Rex, five months after Kelly’s death.
And she feels fronting Neutrogena’s latest ad campaign is a good fit for her hectic lifestyle.
She tells People.com, "Neutrogena appeals to me because it’s unpretentious and pure.
"Right now with a newborn and with my two other sons adjusting and adapting to this new life, I have to be honest, there really isn’t much time for myself. I don’t have a particular (beauty routine) because I don’t really have time for one. Which is why products like Neutrogena are essential." McElhone - the face of Neutrogena’s new Ageless Essentials Continuous Hydration product line - follows in the footsteps of actresses Diane Lane, Jennifer Garner, Hayden Panettiere and Vanessa Hudgens, who have all fronted campaigns for the brand.

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EMILY BLUNT and JASON SEGEL have been tapped to join funnyman JACK BLACK in a new movie version of fictional adventure book GULLIVER’S TRAVELS.
The pair are reportedly negotiating with bosses at Twentieth Century Fox to co-star with Black, who signed on in November (08) to play a travel writer who gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an island of tiny people.
The film, to be directed by Shark Tale’s Rob Letterman, will give a modern spin to Jonathan Swift’s classic 18th century tale.
But the role may mean Blunt will have to give up a potential role as femme fatale the Black Widow in the forthcoming Iron Man sequel opposite Robert Downey, Jr, amid scheduling concerns from her bosses at Fox studios.
Shooting for Gulliver’s Travels is scheduled to begin in March 2009.
Ted Danson was the last screen Gulliver, starring in a 1996 TV miniseries.

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Actress CHLOE SEVIGNY has launched a verbal attack on a grumpy New York retailer, comparing him to the SOUP NAZI in hit TV comedy SEINFELD.
Marty Rosen, owner of The Sock Man in the Big Apple’s East Village, came under attack from Sevigny after she encountered the moody manager during a recent shopping trip to his store.
Likening him to the rude chef on comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s show, she says, "I love that place, but the guy’s the grumpiest man on Earth. He’s like the Soup Nazi, but he sells socks." But Rosen, who reportedly raises his voice at customers who take too long browsing or ask too many questions, is refusing to change his ways - suggesting Sevigny was only offended because he had no idea she was a star.
He tells the New York Daily News, "I have my moments. I’m from New York, we all have our moments.
"Dealing with retail isn’t the easiest thing, and maybe she came in when I was grumpy. Maybe she was upset that I didn’t know who she was.
"(Sevigny) still shops here, so I’m not going to say anything to dis (insult) her. I’d rather let it go and say I’m the grumpiest sock man in New York City. I don’t care. I’m the Sock Nazi."

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The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will resume talks with movie studio bosses next week (03Feb09) in a bid to end a dispute over royalty payments.
Officials at the union fired their chief negotiator, Doug Allen, earlier this week (26Jan09), blaming him for months of stalled contract talks with studio heads.
The 120,000 SAG cardholders have been without a film and prime-time TV contract since their old labour pact expired in June 2008, after negotiations collapsed and the studios presented what they called their "final" offer.
The threat of a walkout by members has been hanging over the industry since the contract’s end, but the SAG leaders are now ready to restart negotiations with film bosses.
John McGuire will replace Allen when he meets with studio representatives on Tuesday (03Feb09) for a two-day discussion at the California headquarters of The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

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BUSTA RHYMES has cleared up rumours surrounding his departure from Interscope Records, explaining he parted ways with the label after a "mutual agreement" with chairman JIMMY IOVINE.
The Touch It hitmaker - real name Trevor Smith - announced he was walking away from his contract with Interscope and Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records in September (08) to release future projects under Universal Motown.
The move sparked speculation Rhymes had been dismissed by boss Iovine after a heated argument over the delay of his album, then titled Blessed.
But Rhymes has now spoken out to address the situation - insisting it was a joint decision that led to him finding a new label.
He tells Complex Magazine, "Just for the record, there was no heated argument with me and Jimmy Iovine. When I realised that I wasn’t getting the things that I felt that I needed facilitated from the record company at the time, I set up a meeting to speak with Jimmy Iovine and we had a sit-down with each other.
"It was kind of a mutual agreement and a mutual understanding. And with that kind of support and understanding, I actually sing Jimmy Iovine’s praises because not only did he let me leave, but he let me leave with my album." And Rhymes is adamant the move was for the best - because he is now producing some of his best ever work: "I can honestly say that it feels like this is the album that is the more appropriate body of work for defining this moment in time for me as a man, for me as an artist, and also for the state of the music as far as hip-hop is concerned."

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