Amy Winehouse “fainted” at her home today and her dad immediately rushed her to the hospital. According to her publicist, the doctors aren’t sure what could have caused the “fainting.” I’m no doctor, but I suspect being an insane drug addict had something to do with it. Oh yeah, and it’s not called “fainting” when Amy does it, but more like “blacking out.”

From TMZ:

TMZ has broken story after story in the middle of the night, detailing the second commitment of Britney Spears that occurred in the last few hours. For all of you who have just logged on, here’s a summary:

Last night, Britney’s new psychiatrist went to her home and felt she was a danger to herself and others — partly because of her reckless driving and partly because of her “downhill behavior.” As a result, the shrink launched a plan (days in the making) to have Britney committed to UCLA Medical Center by calling the cops.

Sources tell us the cops knew it was coming. In fact, the plan was for cops and paramedics to take Britney away the night before, but it was scrubbed. Last night, it all went down according to plan. Cops even used code to minimize craziness in transporting Britney to the hospital. Over the police radio, she was referred to as “The Package.”

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ a LA County Superior Court judge has just signed a “5150,” meaning Britney Spears is on a three-day psychiatric hold at the UCLA Medical Center.

We’re told there is a “good possibility” that it will be extended to 14 days. We’ve also learned there have been several parallel attempts to get Britney on a 5150. Her lawyers, Anne Kiley and Tara Scott, secured a new psychiatrist late last week — he’s the one who triggered the 5150 last night.

At the same time, we’re told Britney’s mother, father and brother have been “working closely with the LAPD for weeks” to get her back in for psychiatric care. There is a dogfight now between Britney’s family and Sam Lutfi over who will make medical decisions, however that fight is now put on hold because the judge now makes the call.

Once the psychiatric hold ends, something has to give.

We’ve seen too many young celebrities die recently, and thankfully Britney’s family is doing everything in their power to prevent yet another tragedy from occurring. The paparazzi are like vultures just waiting to feed on her corpse and give the entire world a front row seat.

-Chris Jones