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Wednesday, May 8

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Amy Winehouse’s Parents Accept BRIT Billion Award to Mark Her Music Reaching 1 Billion U.K. Streams

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The award was presented following the U.K. release of the biopic Back to Black.

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Amy Winehouse's parents collect Brit Billion award for streams after Back to Black success

www.standard.co.uk

Back to Black film success helps propel 2006 album of same name to streaming milestone

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Amy Winehouse’s parents accept BRIT Billion award on her behalf

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The post Amy Winehouse’s parents accept BRIT Billion award on her behalf appeared first on NME.

Tuesday, May 7

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'Back to Black' Star Marisa Abela on Why She Lost Weight to Play Amy Winehouse for Biopic (Exclusive)

www.etonline.com

The actress sat down with ET to talk about her breakout role in the Winehouse biopic.

Monday, May 6

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Amy Winehouse's Biopic Back To Black 'Triggering' For Her Close Friend? Deets Inside

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Amy Winehouse's childhood best friend and former housemate, Tyler James, is discussing his thoughts on the new biopic Back to Black, as reported by The Times Magazine. James, referenced twice in the film, expressed concerns on May 3 about…

Sunday, May 5

Saturday, May 4

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Amy Winehouse's Friend Tyler James Said "Back To Black" Was "Hugely Triggering"

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"I didn’t like it, and it was hugely triggering for me."

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Amy Winehouse's Close Friend Tyler James Slams 'Back to Black' Movie Based on the Late Singer's Life

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One of Amy Winehouse‘s close friends is reacting to the new movie based on her life. Last month, the Back to Black movie starring Marisa Abela as the late singer and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson was released in theaters in the UK.…

Wednesday, May 1

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00s music star behind huge Amy Winehouse song gutted he ‘can’t remember’ meeting her

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Amy Winehouse’s hit song Valerie was originally a success for The Zutons (Picture: Carl DE SOUZA / AFP)

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Sam Taylor-Johnson on How the UK’s ‘Pained Emotional Attachment’ to Amy Winehouse Might Translate in America

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As the "Back to Black" filmmaker readies to bring her Winehouse biopic to America after a successful start in the UK, she tells IndieWire about how the audiences (and press) feel different.

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Stephanie Davis 'sounds just like Amy Winehouse' as she records new song

Fans have also compared the Coronation Street actress to Adele

Monday, Apr 29

20

Amy Winehouse In America: Five Key Moments In The Star’s U.S. Breakthrough

www.udiscovermusic.com

After cementing her place as a pop icon in her native U.K., the iconic singer broke through in the United States.

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Friday, Apr 26

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The Zutons: ‘Amy Winehouse’s death made Valerie a hit for all the wrong reasons’

inews.co.uk

After 16 years, the Mersey pop band are back. Frontman Dave McCabe talks about Amy Winehouse, the cocaine habit that prompted the band’s split and why he’s always chasing the next ‘Valerie’

Thursday, Apr 25

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The Amy Winehouse Business Is Booming

www.rollingstone.com

Thirteen years after the retro-soul singer’s death, tribute bands, album reissues, and a new biopic are keeping her rebel spirit alive

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'Back to Black' Gets 3 New Posters Depicting Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse

www.justjared.com

There’s new posters for Back to Black, the new Amy Winehouse biopic starring Marisa Abela as the late singer. The movie chronicles the legendary singer’s legendary rise to worldwide fame with the release of her album Back to Black. Keep…

Wednesday, Apr 24

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Back to Black true story – how accurate is the Amy Winehouse biopic?

www.radiotimes.com

Amy Winehouse has become the latest in a long list of iconic musicians to be given the biopic treatment. Unlike Freddy Mercury, Elvis Presley, Sir Elton John and Whitney Houston, however, Winehouse’s story is a rather recent one, and was…

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The Zutons: ‘Loads of people texted me money emojis when Amy Winehouse died’

www.independent.co.uk

The band who wrote and recorded ‘Valerie’ are back with a new album after 16 years. They tell Craig McLean how drugs and booze derailed their chart career before they realised how much they meant to each other

Tuesday, Apr 23

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‘Back To Black’ Trailer: Marisa Abela Has Big Shoes To Fill As Amy Winehouse In Upcoming Biopic

punchdrunkcritics.com

Talk about massive shoes to fill; Industry star Marisa Abela plays beloved R&B/Soul singer Amy Winehouse in the biopic, Back to Black. Winehouse, who boasted one of the most soulful, unique voices we’ve ever heard, was also someone who had…

Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black,’ ‘Civil War’ Stay Atop U.K., Ireland Box Office

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Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second consecutive weekend with £1.8 million ($2.3 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The film now has a running total of £6…