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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Britney Presented With Platinum Plaque
Jive Records presented Britney with a plaque yesterday to certify 1 million units sold! Circus was certified Platinum by the RIAA! Congratulations Brit! Britney and manager, Larry Rudolph, met with Barry Weiss, Chairman of BMG Label Group, Tom Carrabba, Peter Thea and Teresa LaBabera- Whites, to celebrate the great news.
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Source: BritneySpears.com
Britney's Legal Costs to Divorce Kevin: $417,000.
The following italicized article is from www.people.com:Comebacks don't come cheap.
Britney Spears's dramatic turnaround from her troubled personal life and stalled career has come with a cost of $2.7 million in legal fees, the Los Angeles Times reports.
A sizeable chunk of the total was the $417,000 price of ending her 2 ½-year marriage to Kevin Federline and subsequent custody battle, according to fees charged in the first 11 months of her conservatorship.
Attorneys for the singer's father Jamie Spears filed a document Monday showing how much his court-ordered control of her business and personal affairs has cost. Fees have been split among 17 lawyers and firms, including $1 million for Spears's own attorneys. The figure, they state, represents the "complex and challenging" issues the singer has faced in getting her life back on track.
"Since the initiation of the conservatorship, as a result of the concerted efforts of Mr. Spears as well as the professionals involved, all aspects of Ms. Spears's life have been stabilized and continue to improve," lawyer Geraldine Wyle wrote. She added that the singer's mental health continued "to mend," that she had regained "substantial visitation" with her children and that her career "has been revitalized."
Source: People
Britney Chubby? You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Britney Spears is reportedly not too happy about people calling her "Bulky Spears" and "Jelly Belly" during her new Circus tour, according to Heat. Wait a minute, who's saying that about my B Spears!? It's one thing to go around and say that Jessica Simpson looked big in those mom jeans, but Britney has worked her weave off at getting back to "Toxic" status and I will not have anyone saying she is a Jelly Belly! Mmmm, jelly beans.
The source told Heat that "she's put a heck of a lot of effort into the tour. It's devastating for her to hear the criticisms. We just hope she doesn't take it too much to heart."
Um, she is a female of the human race, so of course she is going to get angry when people call her fat. Heat also reports that Spears has allegedly started drinking shakes that include the African tree bark hoodia, thought to help weight loss.
Great, as if deforestation wasn't already a big enough problem someone had to go and tell Hollywood that tree bark will help them lose weight. Next thing you know -- poof! -- no more trees!
Source: NY Post
The only reason I'm posting this is because I like how it's written lol.
Britney Doing The Nasty With Backup Dancer?
The following italicized article is from www.x17online.com:Holy K-Fed!
After a show in Montreal, Brit headed to an after-party with her crew, where, one fan tells X17online, she was spotted making out with a backup dancer!!! Hey, I guess you stick with what you know, right?
Says the fan:
I went to brits show the other night and totally amazed at how well put it was. So I went to this afterparty at this club called Tribe. Paid 200 bucks to get in and hang in VIP. Brit was in the house. Her and her crew of about ten were in a corner booth. It was really crowded. Brit got up and danced when the DJ played 'Slave 4 U'. When she got ready to sit back down there were no seats so she sat on this cute dancers lap. After a while of whispering back and forth they kissed a little. About 20 min after that they went to the bathroom..TOGETHER...2 big guys stood by the door and wouldnt let abybody in. They all of a sudden 7 or 9 minutes later brit and the guy came out. CRAZY!!!
7 (or 9) minutes in heaven with Brit? Sounds like she just made this guy's year!
Source: X17
The Three-Ring Circus | Dsquared on Britney
Job security is an issue for all of us — even Britney Spears got the memo. Love her, hate her, say what you want about her (to crib a line from her latest single, “If You Seek Amy”), as her “Circus” tour criss-crosses the country, few can argue that the artist-formerly-known-for-all-the-wrong-reasons has got back down to business. Among the most revealing aspects of her latest reinvention are her barely-there stage get-ups — and I’m not talking about her lack of pants. It is certainly Spears’s most ambitious relationship with the runway to date, due in no small measure to her close collaboration with Dean and Dan Caten of the label Dsquared, the identical twins who have dressed the likes of a touring Madonna and are known for a strict allegiance to all things pop. Here, brother Dan opens up on dressing Britney’s big top. She performs tonight at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y.I have to ask: What’s your favorite song off of “Circus,” if you had to choose?
The title track, “Circus.” It’s the song I sing all the time!
So how did this collaboration come about?
It was a long time in the making. We wanted to do something with Britney for a long time. This just felt like the right time. Everything fell together this time — we were right, she was right. We were going to do some other things with her in the past, but this one just kind of seemed — well, everybody pointed this way.
The theme is obviously a take on an old-timey circus. Is this a process that you work out with Britney and her camp, or is this something that you and Dean decide privately and then pitch to her and her team?
More or less, we worked with the circus character arc of the show. We figured out how to expand on a circus theme — that was our first input. Then we tried to play with the circus theme in other ways and make it a little bit more twisted. We tried to put a little bit of a sexual, sadomasochist twist on it. The hooded guys, her backup dancers, were kind of like her sex slaves. If you listen to the songs she chose for this tour, they’re a little bit more erotic. So it was kind of like playing on that kind of feel — “Piece of Me” and stuff. The outfits start from the traditional circus ring at first but move to a little bit more of a hard-core sexual vibe. I mean, there’s a leather wrestling match!
Was the sky the limit here, or does Britney run a tight ship?
You have to remember, we’re doing costumes for the stage — there’s a lot of limitations of exactly what the performers can do. Sadly, ideas do get chopped because they are too difficult. You have to keep in mind that they have to move and they have to do stuff. Especially with the more extreme stuff, you have to consider a safety element and a functional element — everyone has to see properly, for example. They could fall and they could hurt themselves, and no one wants that. You have to think a bit about everybody’s needs.
The clothes have got to be durable, I imagine.
Yeah, so that blows a few ideas. (Laughs). But, it’s always fun, though. It’s really great to see when it all comes together. And on stage, it all looks so much better anyway than when we’re preparing everything. But, yes, some things had to be tamed down for the show. And it also has to be put on the road. They have to wash the clothes and all that, so we also have to make sure we don’t make anything too delicate.
How would you characterize Britney’s relationship to style? Particularly when it comes to performances, I know certain pop stars are known to be total control freaks — they want to make sure every sequin matches their vision. Other artists are easier: “Dress me. I’m just the singer, do what you want with me.”
But you know what I like about Britney? She’s easy. It’s not that she didn’t have an opinion, but sometimes it’s difficult when an artist has a strong opinion, because maybe you disagree with their opinion. It’s nice when artists have the attitude “Yes, I’m the singer, but you should be the one that knows about styling.” When they ask you something, it’s nice when they respect and understand where you’re coming from. So, she was really easy on that level. She asked us, “Well, what do you think?” or, “You like it like this?” And then we would explain, “Yeah, this looks great like this” or, “The pants should fit a little higher.” The look is a little bit more ’50s, a little bit more retro than what Britney usually wears. We explained to her how certain fits can elongate your body. She is great listener and very open to direction. What’s really important on stage is that you’re making a silhouette and that there should be shape. Even if the audience can’t see Britney from close up, they must be able to see her from far back. It was important that you could read her from, like, 200 feet back.
Tell me a fantasy look for Britney you have dreamed up somewhere in the back of your head.
I like when she’s kind of soft and kitten-y, and kind of blond and that kind of thing. I wouldn’t say pinup girl, but kind of like vixen-y. She’s very sexy and very kind of — the blond, blue-eyed and then the rest. It’s nice to have a little bad.
A favorite concert that you’ve been to in the past?
Well, I guess I’ve got to say, I love the Madonna one that we did — the Drowned world tour. Actually, you know what? The first Blonde Ambition tour I loved. The “Vogue” thing — that was a memorable moment in my lifetime. (Laughs.) And I think we saw that tour 10 times. We were big Madonna fans. Following that, working with Madonna on her Drowned world tour was pretty cool. Seeing your stuff up there on her was kind of cool. That’s a kind of emotion that you can’t live down.Anyone else you would like to dress for the stage?
(Laughs). I’m trying to think. Anyone out there that should give us a call? We would love to dress other pop singers. I prefer it when somebody like us a little bit and comes to us. (Laughs). We don’t want to knock on anybody’s doors because you can’t force anyone to like you. But, I think we’ve been pretty lucky with the music industry. We’ve worked with a lot of people already. So, I think we’ve kind of lucked out.
Source: The Moment
Britney Spears -- The High Cost of Sanity
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears' comeback -- priceless. Hiring lawyers to help make it happen -- $2.7 million.
Britney's conservators have hired a total of 17 lawyers and law firms to handle her affairs over the last 14 months. According to legal papers filed in L.A. County Superior Court yesterday, the fees just keep on piling up.
The attorneys representing Jamie Spears have racked up more than $1 mil in fees.
Britney has made the legal profession recession-proof -- clearly.
Source: TMZ
I know this may sound like much but it isn't, not for Britney at least. Think about it....2,7 million over the past 14 months (January 2008)...Britney has a reported income of 750k a month...and that was pre-Circus succes and pre-hugely succesful tour.
Spears Is Dazzling
Britney Spears brought the "Circus" tour back to Nassau Coliseum last night. And, yes, she was alone. (Really alone, actually, since the Pussycat Dolls had to cancel when Nicole Scherzinger fell ill.)Toss all the rumors of a definite appearance by Madonna last night on the trash heap along with the reports that "American Idol" is fixed (Alexis Grace, one of the supposed Final Four, was eliminated last week) and that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony would announce their divorce last month at his Madison Square Garden concert. (Um, they didn't. Instead, the couple introduced fans to their twins Max and Emme onstage. Yeah, that's almost the same thing. Stand strong, Lopez-Anthonys.)
Nevertheless, Spears doesn't need her Material Mom pal to rev up her audience. In fact, the second crowd was far more excited to see Spears than the first crowd. Their cheering lasted all the way into the encore, unlike the first time.
Maybe they were reacting to Spears, who seemed even livelier this time around, as she ran through her array of personas -- Sexy Ringmaster, Sexy Magician's Assistant, Sexy Cop, um, you get the picture.
She even talked more, thanking the crowd three times throughout the 90-minute show, instead of just two. She also obviously sang the ballad "Everytime," daintily and effectively. Spears sang a handful of lines in a few other songs, which is far more than she did the first time. (Hint to fans: You can tell she's singing when you hear her breathing. When she's doing elaborate dance moves and there's no sound of her catching her breath between lines, she's not really singing. When she's being sawed into three pieces, she's not really singing.)
And, speaking of breathtaking, her set-closing one-two punch of "Toxic" and "Baby One More Time" really does show how dazzling Spears really can be.
Source: News Day