On the fifth anniversary of the death of singer Amy Winehouse, a foundation in her memory will open a home for female addicts. The half-way house sponsored by the Amy Winehouse Foundation will be called Amy’s Place, after the six-time Grammy Award winner and will house up to 16 residents. It will help the recovering…
Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 By Moshe Kasher Grand Central Publishing, 320 pages, $24.99 Flatscreen: A Novel By Adam Wilson Harper Perennial, 336 pages, $14.99 Since when did alcoholism and drug addiction become part of…
It was the alcohol and drugs talking, not John Galliano. That’s the defense being used, predictably, by the English fashion designer, who went on trial in Paris today for anti-Semitic rants made at a restaurant in the French capital in October and February. The comments qualify as criminal hate speech in France, where Galliano faces…
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