THE last time I wrote about Amy Winehouse, she was 25 and I wondered if she would live to 30.

Phil Spector's defence team today tried to show that the prosecution's key witness had trouble understanding English.

A criminalist who examined evidence for Phil Spector’s murder trial testified in a hearing that a missing piece of acrylic fingernail from shooting victim Lana Clarkson’s hand may or may not be of value in reconstructing the actress’ death at the record producer’s home.

Police responding to an emergency call at the home of legendary record producer Phil Spector in February found a blood-spattered gun, broken teeth and the body of an actress who had been shot in the mouth, according to court records.