Winehouse final recording to be released; Rihanna sizzles
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Amy Winehouse's final recording before her death in July, a duet with veteran crooner Tony Bennett, will be released September 14, on what would have been the British singer's 28th birthday.
The track and video of "Body and Soul" were recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London on March 23, and at least some of the proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation...that aims to help young people struggling with addiction.
Rihanna has put more than her face on the new Armani ad campaign. The singer takes it off for for a sizzling series of photos appearing in the designer's latest collection of underwear. Rihanna replaces Megan Fox as the poster girl for the Armani brand.
Hugh Hefner is slashing the cost of Playboy's October issue, which hits newsstands September 16, to 60 cents. His editors have styled the men's magazine with retro looks matching 1961, when the first Playboy Club was founded, and linked it to the debut of the TV show "The Playboy Club" by putting star Laura Benanti on the cover -- and inside the pages.
Hefner called the "swingin' 60's" some of the best and most romantic years of his life.
Actor Andy Whitfield, the former star of TV show "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," died on Sunday of lymphoma in Sydney,Australia. Whitfield, who played the indomitable hero Spartacus in the Starz network show when it launched last year, was 39.
John Russell, Reuters.