Amy Winehouse pleads not guilty to assault

LONDON - Singer Amy Winehouse turned a court appearance into a spring fashion show Tuesday as she pleaded innocent to assaulting a fan at a party last year.

The 25-year-old star known for battles with addiction and frequent run-ins with the law stepped out of a car wearing a low-cut floral mini-dress and her trademark beehive hairdo. Paparazzi flashed away at their first sighting of the diva since she returned from an extended break on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.

Winehouse, who has been in and out of rehab, looked healthier than in recent appearances and appeared to be in good spirits. She covered her bosom in faux modesty as she entered the courtroom.

Once inside the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court, she confirmed her name and date of birth and pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault.

Winehouse gave her name as Amy Jade Civil. Her husband of two years, Blake Fielder-Civil, has filed for divorce.

Her lawyer, Mark Haslam, apologized for what he called the singer’s slightly late arrival in court, saying she had left her north London home more than two hours earlier but had been delayed.

Judge Timothy Workman ordered Winehouse to attend a new hearing at the same court on July 23. She was released on unconditional bail.

Winehouse’s drug problems have been front page news in Britain, where she was pictured puffing on what appeared to be a crack pipe last year. She was fined for illegally possessing marijuana in Norway in 2007, and also got a police warning in April of last year after scuffling with two men during a night out on the town in Camden, a north London neighborhood known for its music scene and drug culture.

She recently left Camden for the more sleepy Hadley Wood area of Enfield, a borough in London’s far north. The alleged assault took place before Winehouse’s vacation and move to quieter quarters.

Robert Pattinson gets naked for new role

NEW YORK - Robert Pattinson says he wasn’t prepared to film his first sex scenes for the upcoming period drama “Little Ashes.”

The “Twilight” actor portrays Spanish artist Salvador Dali as a young man. He tells GQ magazine’s April issue that he was uncomfortable as crew members watched and giggled during his graphic interlude with a male co-star.

“In a lot of ways, I was kind of crossing lines of what I thought I was comfortable doing,” he said. “I had to do all this naked stuff.”

The British heartthrob says he wanted to try “something weird,” but the part was more difficult than he’d anticipated.

Pattinson has found a way to take the edge off before: Pattinson says he took a quarter of a Valium pill before his “Twilight” audition.

Aniston and Mayer call it quits again

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They wowed Hollywood with a high-profile Oscar date, posing arm-in-arm for photographs in what was largely seen as their official coming out as a couple after a year of off-and-on dating. Then Jennifer Aniston headed to Europe to promote “Marley & Me” and John Mayer stayed in L.A. to work on his music.

And just days after Aniston returned, they were a couple no more, sources confirm to PEOPLE.

“They had some disagreements and decided to not continue to see each other,” says one source. “Jen is moving on with her life like she always does. She seems happy.”

A second source says Mayer broke up with Aniston after she returned from Europe.

In the last few weeks, the former “Friends” star has been spending time with her close pal Courteney Cox Arquette and her yoga instructor-friend Mandy Ingber, while Mayer has been busy getting his new house ready and working in the studio.

Rob Pattinson unveil his new trimmer look

“Twilight” star Robert Pattinson is known for a lot of things, but first and foremost has to be his wildly styled hairdo that’s gotten Twilighters everywhere atwitter at the sight of him. So does hair make the man? That question will finally be answered, as Pattinson has decided to ditch his trademark locks in favor of a much shorter cut.

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The Hilton's got robbed!

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police are investigating a burglary at Paris Hilton's home they say left her bedroom ransacked and about $2 million in jewelry missing.

Los Angeles police Officer Julianne Sohn said the break-in occurred around 5 a.m. Friday at Hilton's home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. Sohn says detectives report that a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and gloves broke in through the home's front door and ransacked Hilton's bedroom.

Hilton was not at home at the time. She had been photographed the previous night at several LA nightspots.

Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz, said he had no information to release Friday afternoon.

Samantha Ronson at home after hospital stay

British DJ Samantha Ronson, gal pal of actress Lindsay Lohan, said on her Web site on Monday that she is recuperating at home after a brief stay in a Los Angeles hospital.

Ronson said in her blog on social networking site MySpace that she was “just pretty exhausted from traveling and working too much” and that she is at home and “feeling much better.”

Media outlets on Sunday reported that Ronson checked into Los Angeles-area hospital Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, but there was no reason given other than Ronson’s own explanation of “exhaustion.”

The 31-year-old Ronson has been a constant companion of Lohan’s for months, but Lohan has been vague about the nature of their relationship. The actress’ publicist was not immediately available to comment on Ronson’s hospitalization.

Lohan, 22, a former child star, starred in the 2007 movie “Georgia Rule,” and this year she appeared in episodes of the television comedy “Ugly Betty” on U.S. network ABC.

Will there be a new Jacob for ' Twilight ' sequel?

Director Chris Weitz may have inherited one of Hollywood’s hottest properties, when he took over the “Twilight” franchise from director Catherine Hardwicke, but he’s also been given a casting problem that has many “Twilight” fans howling.

When Summit Entertainment announced Weitz’s new role as director, the press release also had a suspicious omission — Taylor Lautner, who played Jacob Black in the first film, was left out.

Many fans first thought this could have been a mistake by Summit Entertainment, but the company was quick to announce that casting for the character, who plays a major role in the second film as a werewolf, has not been decided.

“The casting decision in regards to the character Jacob Black has yet to be made,” a rep for Summit told MTV News.

As for who would replace Lautner, MTV reported that Michael Copon, from “Scorpion King 2,” is one of several actors being considered by Weitz.

Copon’s rep told MTV they are working hard to get Copon the role of Jacob.

The “Scorpion King 2” actor is even conducting his own guerilla marketing campaign on Facebook, with status updates that read, “Michael Copon (is) in a Twilight Zone!” and “Michael Copon is the older Jacob Black!”

Copon’s rep confirmed to MTV News that the Facebook page is run by the actor and that he made the status updates.

But, Lautner fans still have a glimmer of hope when it comes to keeping the 16-year-old actor in “New Moon,” thanks to the visual effects company that turned Brad Pitt into an elderly baby in his upcoming movie.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Lautner’s agent has reached out to one of the visual effects company that worked on Pitt’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” in order to show Weitz and Summit how visual effects could create a digitally bulked-up Lautner, suggesting the possible casting change was based on Lautner’s physique.

Is Micheal Copon taking over Taylor Lautner role as Jacob Black?