New Alanis

After a couple of delays, Alanis Morissette's album Flavors of Entanglement will finally be released on May 20th. Morissette co-produced and co-wrote the disc with Guy Sigsworth, best known for his work with Madonna and Bjork. The album is Morissette's first since 2004's So-Called Chaos. Her stint opening for Matchbox Twenty wraps up next week. She'll head to Europe at the start of the summer, with a North American tour set for the fall.

Demon Possessed

Amy Winehouse has been snorting more than the white stuff these days -- she reportedly inhaled a few shots of vodka at London's Bungalow 8 last Thursday. A source tells Britain's Mirror, "Amy was the life and soul -- but even we were shocked by this party trick... She covered one nostril, titled her head back and sucked the vodka shot down her open nostril though a straw. She threw back her head and reeled in shock and everyone around her looked stunned. She necked the top of the shot and lit the rest with a lighter. Then she grabbed a straw and sucked what was left up her nose."

One Less Pussycat Doll

The Pussycat Dolls are down to five members following Carmit Bachar's announcement this weekend that she's left the group. In a posting this weekend on the band's website, P-C-D-Music-dot-com, Carmit writes, "I wanted to be the first to tell you that I am no longer in the Pussycat Dolls, but we will always be sisters forever. Thanks to all the dedicated fans for your unconditional love and support." She promises "exciting news" about her future. The Pussycat Dolls are scheduled to join Jessica Simpson at a show for the troops in Kuwait today.

New Hannah Montana

The "Hannah Montana" - Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds C-D - D-V-D package will be in Wal-Mart stores exclusively on Tuesday, four weeks before it's available anywhere else.

Sad

Though a spokesperson for Amy Winehouse claims that the abrasions on her face are from the rare skin disease impetigo, Britain's Daily Sun says the mark really came from a self-inflicted cigarette burn. According to the tabloid, Winehouse was asked three times to put out a Marlboro Light while in a restaurant -- and then extinguished it on her face. A so-called source says, "She hardly flinched because she was so high. The whole place was open-mouthed in horror. She was so out of it that she didn't feel the pain-- everyone else looked completely stunned." The paper claims that Winehouse attempted to conceal the wound with foundation, which infected it and caused swelling in her left cheek.

Leave The Umbrella At Home

Scottish fans hoping to pay homage to Rihanna by attending one of her concerts with umbrellas were disappointed earlier this week -- security guards at the Aberdeen Exhibition Center confiscated umbrellas at the door in the name of safety. Security guard Andy McDonald tells the U-K's Daily Star, "We don't normally ask people to leave an umbrella outside. But we were taking precautions over a potential accident. We were told that Rihanna's song features dancing with umbrellas on stage. We didn't want the crowd following her actions and someone getting their eye poked out."

Gnarls Video Is A No Go

GNARLS BARKLEY's new video has been banned from U.S. TV after failing the Harding Test, which monitors strobe effects that trigger epileptic seizures. The promo for Run, which features a cameo from Justin Timberlake, will only be available online until director Happy can make changes that meet guidelines established to prevent TV images from disturbing epileptic viewers.

Gnarls Barkley star Danger Mouse tells Billboard.com, "We're having issues (with the video). I think it's cool. It works for me. But I'm not necessarily that easily seasick. "We can't predict how people are going to interpret it."

Paula Having Fun

With this season's slate of semi-pro singers, American Idol is getting harder to criticize. Paula Abdul says, "It's more fun for me because I love judging the real talent. It becomes a very awkward thing for Simon [Cowell]. He becomes very miserable because he can't pick on anybody, really. So he just starts attacking, attacking me and the contestants, like what they are wearing -- like he should know that -- or how they dance or move, like he would know about that either. It's crazy."