The 9 0'Clock News – Wed 20 Aug

Posted by heatworld on Wednesday 20 Aug 2008

Filed under: Amy Winehouse, Blake Fielder-Civil, Dannii Minogue, Jade Goody, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, The X Factor, Rehab

Emotional Jade returns to the UK:
It was a distraught and tearful Jade Goody who arrived back at Heathrow Airport yesterday, after an emotional flight home from Mumbai in India. The BB star, who was said by her publicist Max Clifford to be "upset and frightened", sobbed as she left the terminal. Jade was told of her serious diagnosis while still in the Indian Bigg Boss house and, after telling her concerned housemates the news, she packed her bags and left immediately. The scenes, which were filmed, will be screened on TV with Jade's permission – and she has even offered to return to the house after her operation. Sobbing to her housemates, Jade said, "I have cancer. It is bad, needs urgent treatment. I immediately need to go home." Sources says Jade knew there was a "strong chance" she was suffering from cancer before she left the UK, but she was determined to go through with her plan to make amends for her behaviour towards Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother. Late last night a friend of Jade's told reporters, "It's completely devastating. Jade is all over the place." heatworld just hopes she gets the treatment she needs soon and goes on to make a full recovery. She's a strong girl, and we're behind her 100 per cent.
 
Amy’s off to rehab. Again.
Everyone who hasn't been hiding underneath a rock since the weekend will have heard about Amy Winehouse's shambolic performances at V Festival. Well, it would appear that all the boos from her fans has given Amy the push she needed to go back into rehab. The troubled singer is to receive support and treatment at the Focus 12 Clinic near Bury St Edmunds, which is not only the place where Russell Brand battled his demons, but it's just up the road from where her husband Blakeincarcerated is being held. Amy's dad Mitch said, "This is a very good idea. If she can get clean and still see Blake it can only be good." Well, we agree with the first part of that sentiment... Friends of the singer have said that knowing Blake should be released at Christmas time has given Amy something to focus on, and this, teamed with her disastrous V Festival shows, have given her the motivation she needs to sort herself out. We can't help but think if Amy was away from the temptations in London then she would recover much quicker, but the question is: will it last?
 
Dannii threatened by X Factor rejects
Dannii Minogue was forced to flee an audition after she dashed the hopes of a singer – and had the wannabe’s scary family to contend with. Dannii, who had the casting vote which meant the singer failed to make it to boot camp, was threatened by the hopeful’s family who laid in wait to corner her. Dannii said she felt "petrified" and fled the audition room, returning with Simon Cowell’s bodyguard. Dannii said, "I hid near him. If I feel frightened, I'll always run to him. Tony's a friendly giant, but I wouldn't mess with him.” We can see why – that man’s a beast!
 
Leona records charity collaboration
Leona Lewis has joined a host of the world’s biggest female singers on a charity single. The X Factor winner turned international star will join the likes of Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna for the track Just Stand Up, to raise money for the Stand Up To Cancer charity. The total of 15 singers will share the stage for a US television special on 5 September and will be released on iTunes three days before. Oh, get her, singing with the big guns… and Natasha Bedingfield.