We bring you the familiar faces whose reported history of substance abuse appears to be taking its toll on their looks...

Amy Winehouse has been taken to hospital after fainting in London yesterday (June 16).

The singer is undergoing tests after passing out at her home, although she is said to have "quickly recovered".

According to a spokesperson, it's unclear what caused her to faint and she may be kept in overnight for observation.

Rocker also admits to being 'standoffish,' but says she 'had no problem fitting in.'

There have been quite a few so-called "rocker chicks" on "American Idol" in the past (Gina Glocksen and Nikki McKibbin, to name a couple), but none embodied the essence of rock and roll quite like recent castoff Amanda Overmyer.

Britney Spears has secretly married her British paparazzo boyfriend Adnan Ghalib in Mexico, according to American reports. The troubled star wed during a trip to Mexico on 9 January, Star magazine claims, but the marriage is illegal because Ghalib is already married.

There's no shortage of sad songs about rainy days and lovers who don't bring flowers. And then there are songs that truly bring the pain -- songs so despairing they can make us wonder why we even bother. Here are 25 little ditties so crushing, they could knock Dick Cheney to his knees.