Lily Allen to quit music industry

May 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Fashion mogul Karl Lagerfeld has picked Lily Allen to be the face of his new range of Chanel handbags. The 'Smile' hitmaker will front the high-end label's new handbag range.

May 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Lily Allen has taken a vow of celibacy to focus on work and improve her music. The 'Not Big' hitmaker, who is known for using her personal life as an inspiration for making hits, admitted that she has imposed a sex ban on herself to focus on her music.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Lily Allen has confessed that she has often left her boyfriends to gather "inspiration" for songs. The 23-year-old pop star, who has been with a series of older men including 45-year-old art dealer Jay Joplin and music producer Ed Chew, revealed she gets "mean" if she reaches a mental and creative block.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - Brit pop singer Lily Allen has revealed that she once called up a Kings Of Leon member while drunk and proposed to him but does not know whom she asked. Allen, 23, who met one of their management team after performing in the US last week, pestered him to call one of the four band members, and then spoke to him herself.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Singer Lily Allen, who is famous for her wild partying lifestyle, feared her career was over when she realized she was "more a train wreck than a singer". Though Lily has always defended her not so sane lifestyle, she admitted that it made her rethink her capabilities, reports The Sun.

April 15th, 2009 LONDON - British singer Lily Allen has hinted that Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston's ex-boyfriend John Mayer could be her next beau. She has recently complimented Mayer on his 'sexy' guitar skills in a special message to him on her twitter.com blog, reported contactmusic.com.

April 13th, 2009 LONDON - After suffering two asthma attacks in a row, Lily Allen has decided to quit smoking. The 'Smile' hitmaker choked on falafel before having a second asthma attack within a week.

April 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - When American actress Lindsay Lohan made an impromptu appearance at Lily Allen's concert at the weekend, she even surprised the Brit singer herself. Allen, 23, later recalled the incident to television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Kate Moss reportedly beat her junior Lily Allen at a cocktail-making and drinking contest. The supermodel was said to have hosted the competition in her own in-house cocktail bar in London that lasted till 4 in the morning.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Popstar Lily Allen has revealed that she didn't have a single friend in school, and thus the feeling of not having any pals goaded her to make huge number of internet pals. The 'Not Big' hitmaker revealed that she went on to make the most number of "friends" on the MySpace networking site than anyone else in Britain.

March 18th, 2009 LONDON - British singer Lily Allen was recently spotted throwing up after a gig in Scotland, the results of drinking during the show. According to MTV News, Allen, 23, had been drinking a bottle of white wine during her performance at Glasgow's O2 Academy on March 14, reports the Daily Star.

March 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - English singer-songwriter Lily Allen is so tired of being hassled by the paparazzi that she has obtained an injunction order from a court to restrain them. Allen, 23, sought the court's help after she made headlines for throwing a haymaker and water bottle at a photographer who allegedly rear-ended her car on March 13.

March 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pop star Lily Allen was recently photographed attacking a paparazzo. The paparazzo following her all through London reportedly drove into the back of her car, which made Allen lose her cool, after which she got out of her car threw a water bottle at him and started kicking him.

February 26th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood singer-actress Lindsay Lohan and British pop star Lily Allen are considering recording a track together. Lohan, who is dating DJ Samantha Ronson, has enjoyed limited musical success and has released two solo albums, while Allen is a family friend of the Ronson clan, having worked with Samantha's brother Mark on her 2006 debut 'Alright, Still'.

February 4th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is defending British singer Lily Allen and asking media to leave her alone. Contactmusic.com reports that Paltrow knows Allen through her mother Alison Owen, who is a screenwriter and producer.