Former Manager Sues Britney Spears

It looks like Britney Spears may be spending more time at the Los Angeles courthouse. A new lawsuit was filed against Spears yesterday by her former manager, Johnny Wright.

TMZ is reporting that the two parted ways back in 2003, but the manager is claiming that she contractually owes him commissions for deals negotiated on her behalf through February 2008. Spears reportedly stopped paying Wright in December of 2006.

Wright tells US Weekly: "I have a great deal of affection and empathy for her. As you know, I was a part of her career from the early days, but we have contractual disagreements that unfortunately can only be resolved in the courts, despite my wishes!"

Source: US Weekly

Britney's Album to Debut at Number One

Britney Spears’ personal life may have harmed her public image, but it hasn’t hurt the album sales for her newest album.

Blackout sold an estimated 124,000 albums on the first day of its release Tuesday. It is set to become Spears’ fifth consecutive number one album.

The album is expected take the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for the week.

The numbers are impressive, but do not recapture the same success as her previous albums. Her last disc, 2003’s In the Zone, sold 609,000 in its first week.

Britney Spears Financial Details Revealed

Britney Spears spending habits were revealed when they financial details of her ongoing custody battle with Kevin Federline were unsealed by the court.

According to papers submitted to the courts by in May:

• Spears earns $737,000 a month.

• She spends an average of $102,000 on entertainment, gifts and vacations; $16,000 on clothes; $4,758 on dining; $2,500 on phone bills a month; and $49,267 on mortgage payments.

• Federline, 29, earned more than half a million in 2006 primarily from from endorsement deals. After his business expenses were deducted, he only took home $7,436.

• Federline currently receives $15,000 a month in child support from Spears. This would increase if he receives permanent 50/50 custody of their sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

•Spears pays $6,000 a month on child care; Federline spends $2,500.

• Spears contributes $500 a month to her charity, the Britney Spears Foundation; Federline donates nothing on charities.

• Neither partyr reported any savings or investments.

Source: US Weekly

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline Head to Court

Update: Today's hearing featuring Britney Spears and Kevin Federline is over. Both parties were on hand.

Testimony was given by both sides of the custody issue. The the judge took the case into consideration, but issued no ruling. Spears was reportedly visibly upset following the hearing.

It was a complete mob scene as Spears left the courthouse with her attorneys which was covered live by TMZ. As the photographers mobbed her car as she exited the parking lot all I could think is how lucky it is that no one was hurt in the craziness.


Originally posted this morning: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are due to appear in court to face each other later today. L.A. Supeior Court Commission Scott Court has ordered the former couple to appear in person for a progress-report hearing in their ongoing custody battle.

Currently, Federline has physical custody of sons Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1. Spears has monitored visitation rights including one overnight visit per week with her children.

Lynne Spears to Write Parenting Book

Lynne Spears -- mom to troubled singer Britney Spears -- is planning to write a book about her experience raising two famous daughters.

Publishers Marketplace describes the book as "Lynne Spears's personal story of raising high-profile children while coming from a low-profile Louisiana community."

The book is set to be published in spring 2008.

Source: People

Britney Spears Starts Parenting Classes

Britney Spears started her first "Parenting Without Conflict" session at the Beverly Hills Hotel yesterday according to a source close to the singer. The program, which consists of six sessions, is designed to teach cooperative parenting and communication skills.

"She's not nervous, she's actually looking forward to it," says the source.

The singer's ex-husband, Kevin Federline, is reportedly participating in the session as well.

Spears and Federline are due back in court tomorrow to update their progress in their ongoing custody battle over sons, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

Source: People

Britney Spears Regains Visitation Rights

Britney Spears has regained visitation rights of her sons, Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

The singer was spotted driving with the two children in Studio City, CA on Saturday. The required court-appointed monitor was reportedly along for the ride seated next to Spears in the car.

Source: People

Get a First Listen of Britney Spears New Album

The songs have been leaked just about everywhere. Now you can get a first listen of Britney Spears' highly anticipated new album, Blackout.

The CD hits shelves on Oct. 30.

Because there have been so many Internet leaks, her label, Jive, has released its own audio player with the official versions of the songs "Radar," "Piece of Me," "Break the Ice" and "Heaven."

You can get a first listen of the tracks here.

Britney Spears Offers Personal Apology

Britney Spears may have made a financial settlement with the owner of a car she hit in August, but the popstar was willing to go a step further to make ammends. She offered, through her attorney, to go to the woman's house and make a personal apology for the hit-and-run accident.

But the owner of the car that was damaged, Kim Robard-Rifkin, said that wasn't necessary.

Robard-Rifken tells Access Hollywood that Spears "has way more than enough problems right now."

Instead, Robard-Rifkin agreed to accept Spears's offer to have her car repaired and to provide her with a rental car during the repairs.

Source: People

Britney Spears Loses Visitation with Her Boys

Britney Spears' visitation rights with her children have been suspended by Judget Scott Gordon.

The order reportedly came as a result of failing to be on a required conference call because her court-issued cell phone doesn't get reliable reception at her Malibu home.

Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline are due back in court to resolve their custody issues on October 26.

Britney Spears Gets Booked for Hit-and-Run

Britney Spears turned herself in to be booked for her two driving-related misdemeanor charges stemming from an August automobile accident.

"At around 9:25 this evening, Ms. Spears turned herself in to the Van Nuys Jail for booking," said LAPD officer Mike Lopez. "This was by court order, which is common for a misdemeanor charge."

Spears was fingerprinted, photographed and released about an hour later. Officer Lopez described Spears as being "cooperative" during the booking process.

The booking photo has not been released per LAPD policy.

Spears is facing two charges – hit-and-run causing property damage and driving without a valid California driver's license - stemming from fender bender in a San Fernando Valley store parking lot in August. (She hit a parked car while attempting to park next to it and left without leaving a note.)

Source: People

Britney Spears Reunites with her Mom

Just days after losing custody of her two sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline, Britney Spears found a loving shoulder to cry on. Her mom Lynne Spears flew to Los Angeles to give her daughter some support

"Brit really needed her mom," a source tells People magazine. "So Lynne flew out and they met."

Source: People

Sinead O'Connor Stands Up for Britney

Sinead O'Connor appears on today's episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss bipolar disorder and her suicide attempts.

During the conversation, the topic shifted to the difficulties facing Britney Spears right now.

“She had two babies within the space of two years, (there) doesn’t seem like a terrible amount of support from the people around her,” says O’Connor said.

“I think to attack someone as a mother is very dangerous. I would say that’s what puts a young girl on a precipice which is very, very dangerous, in my opinion. Some people may end up really regretting the way they’re treating her.”

She adds: “I think it’s terrible what the media are doing to her here. I feel so sorry for celebrities in this country [the United States]. It’s absolutely impossible to live a normal life being followed around, poor girl. We all mess up, don’t we, as moms. We never always get it right.”

As for her own children—Jake, Róisín, Shane and Yeshua, O'Connor gives them credit for helping to keep herself going. "I'd be a headless chicken without the kids, yeah, definitely," she says. "They create a routine."

Kevin Federline is Slightly More Responsible

Saturday Night Live opened the show last night with their take on Kevin Federline getting custody of his children with Britney Spears.

Britney Spears Temporarily Loses Custody of Sons

Britney Spears has been ordered to give over custody of her sons - Sean Preston and Jayden James - to ex-husband Kevin Federline "until further notice of the court."

The ruling came after a closed-door hearing this morning.

L.A. Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon has given no reasons for the ruling in his written decision. Spears must hand over the boys by Wednesday.

Gordon had previously found that Spears is a "habitual, frequent and continuous" user of alcohol and controlled substances, and ordered her to submit to random twice-weekly testing.

Source: People

Britney Spears and Boys Enjoy Some Greek Food

Britney Spears enjoys some Greek food at Taverna Tony's in Malibu with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James.

Britney Spears Star of Art Exhibit

Britney Spears is the subject of a new 50-piece art show called “Just Britney,” which opened at a Hollywood gallery over the weekend.

"We reached out to a number of artists and found Britney is such a polarizing character these days," Steven Corfe, a co-curator of the show, tells Reuters.

"People absolutely adored her and wanted to celebrate her bubblegum, pop princess years. Or, they thought she was an irresponsible mother and wanted to play up the drug side of things," Corfe added. "The show reflects that whole spectrum."

"She personifies our obsession with celebrity culture, and it's an obsession that won't die down no matter how far she goes off the rail," Corfe said. "We love to put people up on a pillar and we love even more to shoot them down."

"Just Britney" runs through early October at Bailey's and Barbatos' World of Wonder art gallery in Hollywood.

Britney Spears was granted one night-a-week custody of her two children

Update: Britney Spears was granted one night-a-week custody of her two children this afternon. The overnight visits will need be supervised by a court monitor. (Spears had requested that her mother, Lynne, to serve as the monitor for the visits.)

Britney Spears requested an emergency hearing this morning at her children’s custody court. At the hearing, Spears requested overnight with sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

Although Britney stayed at home during the hearing, Judge Scott Gordon scolded Spears’ attorney, Anne Kiley. “Your client (Britney) made a conscious choice not to do anything that was ordered,” Gordon said. That was a choice. That put us in this position."

Kiley vehemently disagreed with the judge, arguing, “I do think it is an emergency for a 2 and 1-year-old to be with their mother. I feel it warrants overnights. For a 1 and 2 year old it is developmentally and psychologically traumatizing to have their routine disrupted. They need a normal routine at home. Right now, visitation ends at 3 and at that point they are taking naps and are then woken up from their naps.”

Gordon responded, "I think you are right. These are important times. But at the same time this is a person who is dealing with challenges. And the challenges are substance abuse issues and emotional issues that could have devastating effects on the children."

The Judge did not rule on the request, instead he sent both parties to go to go to the court cafeteria to discuss the issue. No resolution has been announced yet.

Britney;s New Album Out October 30th

Britney Spears's much-anticipated new album, Blackout, will hit shelves on October 30th. Her label, Jive, released a sneak peak of the album cover today which features Spears wearing a fedora with long brown hair.

The album's release date has been moved up from November 3 due to "numerous unauthorized online leaks."

Britney Spears &; Familys Aussie Outing

Britney Spears takes a trip to the Botanic Gardens in Sydney with her boyfriend Jason Trawick and her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James.



Source: Pacific Coast News