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Amy Winehouse's stepdad has died at the age of 71. Richard Collins - who supported the tragic singer through much of her career and helped her mum Janis set up the Amy Winehouse Foundation back in 2011 after she died from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27 - passed away "earlier this week", the foundation confirmed.

Back To Black tells the story of Amy Winehouse in a feature film format for the first time – and ahead of its release next month (April 12), we’re publishing three special movie posters exclusively on NME. Check them out below.Following Amy from her teenage years, growing up in north London, through her meteoric rise to Grammy-winning sensation in the 2000s, Back To Black (in cinemas April 12) stars Industry actress Marisa Abela in the lead role, alongside BAFTA-nominated actor Jack O’Connell, who plays Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, and acclaimed actress Lesley Manville as her grandmother Janis Levy.

The first trailer for the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, Back To Black, has been revealed. The movie, which opens in May, was made in collaboration with the late singer's family and stars Industry actor Marisa Abela in the lead role.

Valerie Wu Intern “Back to Black,” a new biopic about the late Amy Winehouse, has debuted its first footage. Starring “Industry” actor Marisa Abela as Winehouse and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Nowhere Boy,” “Fifty Shades of Grey”), “Back to Black” is executive produced by Nicky Kentish-Barnes, Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin for Studiocanal and Alison Owen and Debra Hayward for Monumental Pictures from a screenplay written by Matt Greenhalgh (“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”).

Amy Winehouse‘s estate has sued the late singer’s friends for £730,000 over claims they profited from selling her personal property at an auction.Mitch Winehouse – the father of the late icon and administrator her estate – has sued both Naomi Parry and Catriona Gourlay – friends of Winehouse – at the High Court after they allegedly kept profits from a sale of her belongings.According to the court document, both women had allegedly sent “various items of personal property owned by Amy during her lifetime” to two auctions in 2021 and this year.It claimed that by having the items put up for sale “in their own names and on their own behalf”, they were able to convert Winehouse’s property “to their own use”.The estate is currently seeking £534,192.90 in damages from Parry while also claiming £198,041.07 from Gourlay.Mitch claimed that any money made should have gone to the Amy Winehouse Foundation which was set up in the singer’s memory following her death from alcohol poisoning in 2011.Gourlay and Parry allegedly gained a portion of £3.3million raised during a 2021 auction in Beverly Hills. A dress made by Parry reportedly fetched £200,000 at the auction.Last month, the Amy Winehouse Foundation said in a statement: “In 2021, Amy’s estate auctioned items from her life and career with 30 per cent of the proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.

Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, is suing two of the late singer’s friends over claims they profited from an auction of the late musician’s belongings.A new report in The Sun claims Mitch is suing Amy’s friends Catriona Gourlay and Naomi Parry after they allegedly kept profits from a sale of her belongings. He claims that any money made should have gone to the Amy Winehouse Foundation which was set up in the singer’s memory following her death from alcohol poisoning in 2011.Catriona Gourlay and Naomi Parry allegedly gained a portion of £3.3million raised during a 2021 auction in Beverly Hills.

Lana Del Rey’s father Rob Grant has said that he is “happy to be the first nepo daddy” as he prepares to release his debut album.As announced in February, Grant, 69, is due to drop the 14-track ‘Lost At Sea’ on June 9 via Decca Records. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.He’s already previewed the project with the singles ‘Setting Sail On A Distant Horizon’, ‘Poetry Of Wind And Waves’, ‘The Mermaids Lullaby’ and ‘Deep Ocean Swells’.Del Rey – real name Lizzie Grant – will feature on the record’s title track and another song called ‘Hollywood Bowl’.

A previously unseen collection of Amy Winehouse’s previously unpublished journals, handwritten lyrics, and personal photos will be published this summer. The late singer's parents, Mitch and Janis, provide the foreword to In Her Words, which will be published by HarperCollins on August 29.

Amy Winehouse fans will be able to get a deeper look into the late singer’s thoughts and life in an upcoming book, ‘In Her Words’, which will feature portions of her personal journals and more.Announced yesterday (April 26), the book was announced via Winehouse’s social media, which is being handled by her estate. The book – per an official description – features the singer’s “own never-before-seen journals, handwritten lyrics and family photographs together for the first time,” to provide “a rare insight into the girl who grew up to become a legend”.Coming this August, a new book, Amy Winehouse: In Her Words, will shine a spotlight on Amy’s incredible writing talent, her wit, her charm and lust for life.

With the renewed interest in Amy Winehouse after documentary Reclaiming Amy aired on BBC Two, her father has spoken about unpublished songs from the artist. Mitch Winehouse spoke to the BBC about her early recording, saying he wanted them to be released despite their audio quality not matching up to her later works.

Amy Winehouse’s dad Mitch claims her spirit has visited him in a brand new BBC documentary about his late daughter's life. He makes the shocking claim in Reclaiming Amy, which looks at the star's life through the eyes of close friends and family, with the help of previously unseen video footage.

Mitch Winehouse, the father of the late British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse, has revealed that a biopic about his infamous daughter is in the works and that it is currently in the “script stage.”