AP - "I don't want to play anything down, but I'm the least racist person going." — Amy Winehouse, denying that her singing of a slur-filled ditty made her a racist.

AP - Sean Connery will offer the first public glimpse of his memoirs at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival, organizers announced Thursday.

AP - The mystery is solved: Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, is writing a memoir about his sister, to be released in mid-July by an imprint of Simon & Schuster, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

AP - Katherine Heigl won't be chewing her manicure at this year's Emmy ceremony: She says she didn't seek a nomination because "Grey's Anatomy" failed to deliver the goods for an award-worthy performance.

AP - Police have charged a man and a woman in London with supplying drugs to Amy Winehouse.

AP - Angelina Jolie says being pregnant has its perks.

Reuters - Meghan McCain, the daughter of Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain, is writing a children's book about her father.

Fashion Wire Daily - Sometimes Cruise, or Resort, collections have little to do with warm weather vacations in exotic locals during the cold winter months following the purchase of one's fall wardrobe – it's simply a retail signifier that new merchandise will be hitting the floor pre-spring.

AFP - The Dalai Lama distanced himself Thursday from Hollywood star Sharon Stone's controversial comment that China's earthquake was bad "karma" for its handling of Tibet.

Reuters - The Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday continued its campaign against a rival actors' union's tentative contract with Hollywood producers.

Reuters - Brad Garrett is making his foray into digital entertainment with "Dating Brad Garrett," an online reality show he is starring in and executive producing.