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Amy Winehouse probed over 'F-bomb panto rant'

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Amy Winehouse is facing a police investigation for allegedly assaulting a theatre staff member on a visit to a family panto.

Amy Winehouse is facing a police investigation for allegedly assaulting a theatre staff member on a visit to a family panto.

Wherever crazy goes, bedeviled Cockney soul chanteuse

Amy Winehouse

follows.

So what's the beehived wunderkind been up to this time? Well would you Adam and Eve it, she's only gone and got herself in a spot of bother over a snafu at a Christmas pantomime.

Her indoors reportedly kicked up a ruckus at a Christmas pantomime in the UK over the weekend, and is facing a police probe as a result.

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Winehouse is alleged to have turned the air blue with a string of F-laced profanities at panto stars, and kicked a theatre manager in the groin during a performance of

Cinderella

at Milton Keynes theatre in Buckinghamshire, Britain's

The Sun

newspaper reports.

The 24-year-old singer, who was in the audience with parents and children, allegedly refused to sit down during the performance, blocked the view of families by standing up and heckling the stars, shouting "He's f***** behind you."

The tabloid report claims Wino kept up the catcalling for half an hour during the first act, hollering: "F*** Cinders, Prince Charming, marry me" and branded the Ugly Sisters characters "bitches", snitches said.

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A defiant Wino is said to have refused to trot on over to a theatre box and be seated after the interval. And that's when the fun began.

Winehouse is alleged to have launched herself at front-of-house manager

Richard Pound

, allegedly pulling his hair, punching him and kicking him between the legs.

Right in the Jingle Bells. Classy.

Adding insult to injury, Winehouse also allegedly heckled one of the panto's main stars, TV personality

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Anthea Turner

, screaming: "I love you, Anthea [who played the Fairy Godmother], sticky-back plastic, I love you."

The snitch added:"It got worse because Amy had a cut on her wrist and bled all over Anthea."

The singer, who was at the show to support British reality TV star pal

Anthony Kavanagh

, was swiftly carted out of the venue by her two beefcake minders after the alleged to-do.

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A backstage snitch said: "Anthony brought Amy to impress the cast with his showbiz connections. But it backfired badly."

Adding that the

Back to Black

singer behaved "like a demonic child" and made children in the 1400-strong audience cry.

A theatre spokesperson said: "We can confirm that on Saturday evening a member of the audience was asked to leave the building during a performance of Cinderella."

Thames Valley Police also confirmed they were called to investiage an "incident" at the theatre. "At around 9.05pm on Saturday night, officers were called to Milton Keynes Theatre in Marlborough Gate following reports that a 27-year-old man had been assaulted," a spokesperson said.

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"No arrests have been made and the incident is being investigated."

Winehouse's record label declined to comment.

Ex-appeal

News of Wino's panto-tanty comes hot on the heels of another tabloid daydream (waking nightmare) that emerged over the weekend.

Her dreamboat ex,

Blake Fielder-Civil

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, has put paid to incredulous chatter that dumb wouldn't meet dumber, and 'confirmed' they are engaged to be married.

Aye, just like a car crash in slow motion, the modern-day Sid and Nancy are destined to resurrect their naughty love shame - just four months after they divorced.

Jailbird Fielder-Cvil reportedly told

The Sun

that Winehouse is the love of his life and that the only reason they got divorced was because of pressure from parents.

"We've both been through a lot but we love each other the same as ever. We've tried to get on with our lives and to see other people, but it wasn't the same," he said.

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"There's no one like Amy. She will always be the love of my life."

Fielder-Civil, who is getting treatment for his drug addiction, added: "I'm fed up with people trying to tear us apart. The only reason me and Amy want to be together is because we love each other.

"Amy and I have talked about getting married again and starting a family. This time we're doing things properly and hopefully that will help our families both come round to the idea."

Just two weeks ago Wino was snapped meeting with her ex in a hotel, much to her father's disdain.

"It will be a disaster if he's not out of the picture," he recently said in an interview.

He's not alone. Her god-daughter

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Dionne Bromfield

recently took to her Facebook page and pleaded with the singer: "How is it if sumone treats you bads, means that they love uu?im ­confused???...."

Responding to fans that showed their support for a reunion, she added: "Y do u fans, want her 2 go back to a snake, he is pure eevil????"

But Winehouse appears to be smitten with her ex, posting on her won Facebook page: "All these lies bout blake are HURTING me. he's the most considerate man i've ever.ever.ever.known xxxxxxxxx"

Saints preserve us; please don't let this union happen. It's got crash and burn written all over it. We give it two weeks before they're back in the divorce courts, at each other's throats and, gulp,

living a nightmare through a sea of prams

.

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SJP's stink

Sex and the City

's

Sarah Jessica Parker

is such a fan of BO (yes, we mean that distinctive onion-laced stench that emanates from your average armpit), she's working on bottling it and turning it into a scent.

Parker's reportedly been working on a yet-to-be-named genderless perfume, inspired by human odour.

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She tells WENN: "It has taken me three years to decide on the scent because I really like BO and I think it's sexy. I wanted to figure out a way to make it palatable to everybody. I was like, 'How do you get BO in a bottle and make an atomiser of it?'

"Then it was all about trying to capture the sense of naughtiness in a bottle that it would be good for a man and a woman."

She's reportedly been trying out the new stink on members of the press as she trots around the globe promoting new flick

Did You Hear About the Morgans

?

Send us a bottle, love.

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Verdict?

Ivana divorce

They said it wouldn't last. They were right.

Socialite

Ivana Trump

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has filed for divorce from husband number four

Rossano Rubicondi

.

Ivana, 60, split form her Italian toyboy lover, 36, last October. They got hitched in April 2008 in a lavish ceremony held at the Palm Beach estate of hubby number two,

Donald Trump

.

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Lamenting the split last year, she said: "Rossano wants to live in Miami and work in Milan... But, I am a New Yorker and my family, friends and businesses are here. As the beautiful song says, 'Que sera sera!'"

Trump filed for divorce on Friday. She issued a statement saying Rossano has mainly worked and lived in Italy for the last two years, while she's been navigating the globe with hotel and resort development projects.

"It has become increasingly difficult for us to find time together," she said.

Better luck next time, Trump. Lock up your sons...

Baby Bundchen

Supermodel

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Gisele Bundchen

and hubby

Tom Brady

have revealed the name of their new bambino.

Brazilian Bundchen popped her tot on December 9, and revealed that she and her sports star hubby had been struggling to come up with a name. Looks like they finally settled on one.

The glamazon revealed in a message on her website: "I want to thank you all with all my heart for the immense love I have received here on the website. It is a pleasure to receive messages from each one of you here.

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"I am living a very special moment in my life,

Benjamin

is a blessing and I could not be happier.

"I would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and 2010 with lots of light! Kisses Gisele."

Props for choosing a non-celebrity name, guys. At least the tot will have a decent head start in its showbiz-cushioned life.

Clooney's bad date

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And in the land of pull the other one, it's got fishnet stockings on...

Super stud

George Clooney

, 48, went out on a "really bad" date with Queen (mother) of Pop

Madonna

after she split with cockney chappie

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Guy Ritchie

.

British tattler the

Daily Star

claims dishy Clooney - currently dating Italian belle

Elisabetta Canalis

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- was set up on the date with Madge, 51, by a mutual friend.

"He figured she is a smart, accomplished woman so why not give it a try?" a snitch said.

"They went out for dinner in New York, but it turned out really bad.

"She kept trying to make jokes that weren't at all funny the entire time and didn't want to have a real conversation.

"He could not wait to get out of there."

Brilliant. Now that's one hot date we'd have donated a kidney to gate-crash.

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Like it ever happened...Still, made you look Guy Ritchie.

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