Well, when we reported yesterday that Amy Winehouse was due to find out today, Friday, whether US officials would grant her a visa to go to the US to perform at this weekend's Grammys, and that commentators reckoned she would get it, we were all kinds of wrong. In fact she found out yesterday, and she didn't get it.
Late yesterday afternoon an official statement was issued on Winehouse's behalf, reading: "Unfortunately, Amy's application for a visa to enter the United States of America has been rejected at this time by the American Embassy in London. Amy has been progressing well since entering a rehabilitation clinic two weeks ago and although disappointed with the decision has accepted the ruling and will be concentrating on her recovery. Amy has been treated well and fairly by the Embassy staff and thanks everyone for their support in trying to make this happen. There will of course be other opportunities and she very much looks forward to visiting America in the near future".
You might think that statement would bring to an end the 'will she play the Grammys' speculation, but you'd be wrong. Obviously Amy can't be at the LA awards bash, where she's nominated in six categories, in person, but now the Associated Press is quoting a Grammy insider as saying Winehouse will supply a performance by satellite, presumably from somewhere in London. Whether there is any truth in that, I guess we'll find out on Sunday.
Elsewhere in Winehouse news, Daniel Craig has denied rumours that the bosses of the James Bond franchise were seriously considering approaching Amy regarding recording the theme tune to new Bond film in the making 'Quantum Of Solace'. The tabs have reported that Bond bosses want Amy, but are worried about any bad PR that could come their way if the singer had any more drug issues around the release of the film. But Craig says all the talk is nonsense, because the movie's producers won't be anywhere near thinking about the soundtrack to the new movie as yet.
He told MTV: "Why is everybody ramming [the name] Amy Winehouse out? It's just way, way off that. Everyone's speculating about it but we've got other things to deal with - there's no point in writing the song for a movie when we haven't got a movie". Of course there was much speculation when last Bond flick 'Casino Royale' was in early production that Winehouse would be asked to record the theme tune for that too, but those rumours turned out to be untrue.