(She's also pulled the plug on several performances earlier this year.) And early Sunday morning, she was photographed wearing a bra and bluejeans outside her London home. The nominations arrived as Winehouse's life and career continued to spiral downward: Not long after slurring her way through a performance in England, and with her husband jailed on an assault charge, Winehouse canceled the remainder of her 2007 concerts last week. Lopez then referred to Winehouse as "a drunk" and marveled that she's made the similarly troubled actress Lindsay Lohan seem "normal." "Can somebody wake her up around 6 tonight and tell her?" comedian George Lopez said at a Recording Academy news conference to announce the nominees. ( Herbie Hancock covering Joni Mitchell?) But the big buzz clearly belonged to Winehouse, the 24-year-old singer with the whiskey-soaked oeuvre. Rap star Kanye West received the most nominations with eight, including his third album-of-the-year nod in four years - this time for "Graduation." And there were some serious surprises in the race for album of the year, the music industry's highest honor. They included album of the year (for "Back to Black") record of the year (for her performance on "Rehab") song of the year (for her writing on that autobiographical retro-soul single) and best new artist. Winehouse, whose alcohol and drug problems have gone from source material to potential career-killers, received six nominations when the finalists for the 50th Grammy Awards were announced yesterday.
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