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During a stop in Hong Kong to promote her latest album “All I Ever Wanted,” first “American Idol” winner Kelly Clarkson shared her thoughts on YouTube sensation and “Britain’s Got Talent” contestant Susan Boyle.

“I think it’s awesome,” Clarkson told The Associated Press. “I’m bawling whenever I hear her sing.”

But not everyone is praising 48-year-old Boyle. “Smile” singer Lily Allen doesn’t see why there’s so much hype surrounding the Scottish singer. Allen wrote, “Susan Boyle is so overrated,” on her Twitter account over the weekend.

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Lily Allen was charged $2,000 after she trashed her dressing room at Toronto’s Sound Academy following her Wednesday night show, reports chartattack.com.

“Had a massive ice cream fight dressing room based, cost me $2000,” Allen posted  on her Twitter early Thursday morning. “End of tour, time to get mashed. Props to natalie portmans shaved head.”

Allen and her friends threw ice cream at each other after the gig, the final stop on her North American tour, according to British newspaper Evening Standard. 

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Lily Allen has won a major victory in her ongoing battle against the paparazzi.

Following an incident Thursday in which she was allegedly rear-ended by a photog in London, the British pop singer secured a court injunction banning further harassment from paparazzi photographers.

“My client has faced constant harassment over the last few months from the paparazzi,” Allen’s lawyer Mark Thomson said in a statement released on Friday. “As a result of this and various incidents of harassment that took place yesterday my client has now been forced to take legal action.

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Lily Allen fans, rejoice: Her sophomore album is finally on its way.

The British singer wrote on her MySpace page last month that the album was finished but stuck in limbo following recent management changes at her record label, EMI.

In another blog post Monday, Allen announced that the tentatively-titled “Stuck On The Naughty Step” will be released Feb. 9, 2009.

“I know it’s a while away, but there will be bits and bobs flying around before then,” Allen wrote. “I’m shooting a video(for viral release) in the next couple of weeks , to keep you entertained .”

She also revealed she is working on “extra stuff” in the studio to support the record’s release.

“I am trying really hard to do this album with integrity and I want you all to know that it has been thought about by me, not just some thrown together last minute industry bullshizz,” she says.

The new album is the follow-up to Allen’s 2006 debut, “Alright, Still.”

British pop star, Lily Allen got so drunk at a U.K. awards show on Wednesday that she had to be carried out by her bodyguard.

Allen attended U.K. Glamour magazines, Woman of the Year Awards where she received the Editor’s Special award.

British papers reported that Allen demanded cigarettes for photos, climbed barefoot onto the stage and was slurring her words when she received her award.

Allen confirmed the reports on her blog Thursday.

“Last time I wrote here, I was defending my honor and dignity, explaining my innocence and also outrage at the press for insinuating my behaviour was embarrassing. This time I’m putting my hands up, I got very drunk last night, too drunk…” Writes Allen on her blog, “Oh dear”.

Allen was reported to have been intoxicated earlier this year at another event during the Cannes Film Festival.

Lily Allen is in a “state of shock” after suffering a miscarriage.

The British singer and her boyfriend of four months, Ed Simons of The Chemical Brothers, had just returned home from vacation when she lost the baby.

This would have been the first child for Allen, 22, and Simons, 37.

“The bad news has been really difficult for them to take and they are absolutely heartbroken,” a source tells The Sun, a British paper.

“Lily’s entire outlook on life changed after she found out she was pregnant. She was looking forward to being a mum and starting a family with Ed. She had turned her back on her party girl image and had turned over a new leaf.”

Allen’s publicist confirmed the news: “We can confirm that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage. She and her partner Ed Simons will be making no further comment and we ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult time.”

Lily Allen is set to appear in a big-screen spoof of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

The sassy British singer will play Lydia Bennett in Jane Austen Handheld, with British TV/radio personality Russell Brand as her suitor George Wickam. Stars Wars’ Carrie Fisher and British actor Stephen Fry will also star in the movie.

The low-budget film begins shooting next spring.

Allen’s foray into the mainstream film world may not be a big stretch for her. Her mother is film producer Alison Owen, who was Oscar-nominated for Elizabeth, and her father is actor Keith Allen, who has appeared in movies like Shallow Grave and The Others.

In other news, Allen is scheduled to perform at Fashion Rocks at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Oct. 18. The event will be hosted by Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson.

British pop star LILY ALLEN has been arrested for kung-fu kicking a member of London’s paparazzi earlier this year.

The Smile singer allegedly beat up photographers outside a London nightclub on March 12, kicking and punching at least two snappers.

On Thursday, she was formally arrested and questioned by police regarding the scuffle.

Photographer Kevin Rush said at the time of the alleged attack, “She went berserk.”

Allen was released on bail from the West End Central police station after providing officers with her fingerprints, a DNA sample and a photograph.

A spokesperson for London’s Metropolitan Police says, “A 21-year-old woman was arrested over an allegation of assault and released on bail to return in late July.”

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ARCTIC MONKEYS singer ALEX TURNER is forming a new band with fellow British stars LILY ALLEN, DIZZEE RASCAL and JAMES RIGHTON.

The English rocker reveals the supergroup have already begun recording songs.

He says, “It’s definitely happen. We’re recording an album. It will be out before you know it.”

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British pop star LILY ALLEN has blamed the temptations of touring for luring her back to alcohol.

Earlier this month Allen claimed she was an alcoholic and voiced fears her addiction could kill her.

She tried to quit drinking in January but claims it’s an almost impossible task with so much booze surrounding her backstage at gigs.

She explains to New York’s Time Out magazine, “When you walk into your dressing room every night and there are 40 beers there, it’s difficult not to drink them all, you know?

“Like I said, I have a very addictive personality, and alcohol leads to other things.

“I don’t want to end up hanging over a toilet seat snorting coke when I’m 50.”

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