Amy Winehouse's life looks set to be made into a film. A number of Hollywood producers are thinking about buying the screen rights to the book 'Saving Amy' about the late 'Rehab' hitmaker – who was found dead in her north London home in July aged 27 – after it was made into a Channel 4 documentary. The tome - which was written by celebrity journalist Daphne Barak – explains how the reporter, who become good friends with the singer, her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil and her dad Mitch Winehouse, accompanied Amy to Caribbean island St Lucia and kept an eye on her while she was "resting" at hospitals in England. ...

Amy Winehouse refused to drink in front of her mother. The 27-year-old singer – who was found dead at her London home in July, with an inquest ruling she was five times over the UK drink-drive limit when she died – knew she had a problem with alcohol but out of respect for her mum Janis she wouldn't drink in her presence. She said: "Amy hated herself when she was drunk. She liked being in control and she hated what alcohol was doing to her. She could go for weeks without having a drink, but then she’d fall off the wagon. She was like a little girl who just couldn’t resist putting her finger in the fan, even though she knew it was dangerous. ...

Mitch Winehouse is set to publish a memoir about his late daughter Amy. The former taxi driver has signed a book deal to write the "true story" about the 'Rehab' hitmaker – who died in July aged 27 – by penning 'Amy, My Daughter' to help him deal with the passing of the singer. He said: "I feel that I need to write this book to tell the true story of Amy and to help with my personal recovery." All proceeds from the book – which is set to be released by publisher HarperCollins next summer - will go to The Amy Winehouse Foundation, which was launched last month on what would have been the late singer's 28th birthday. ...

Amy Winehouse didn't want to be famous. The tragic ‘Rehab’ singer died earlier this year at the age of 27 and despite her huge success, protege Dionne Bromfield believes Amy didn't want to be in the spotlight and says her godmother was more interested in making Dionne into a star. She explained: "If I didn't have Amy I wouldn't be where I am today. Amy never tried to take anything from me. The only gig she did with me was 'Strictly Come Dancing'. She wanted the spotlight to be on me, she didn't want it on her." ...

Pete Doherty has written a song for Amy Winehouse. The former Libertines frontman played his last show in London "for a long time" last week and unveiled a track he has written as a tribute to the late singer, who died suddenly at her home in July aged 27. Introducing the song, he said: "Amy Winehouse asked me a while ago if I had written any new songs. I played her something, and when I had finished, she looked at me and said, 'Is that it? Is that all you've got?" ...

Amy Winehouse's mother wanted to make sure her daughter looked like a "superstar" at her funeral. The 'Rehab' singer - who died at her north London home in July at the age of 27 - was famed for her heavy eye make-up and her beehive hairstyle and Janis Winehouse was keen for her to have her trademark look before she was cremated. So before she was put in her coffin, two of her assistants made sure her make-up was perfect, put her famous black beehive wig on her head and dressed her in a short yellow dress. ...