Team Spears Takes on Fan Site

The following italicized article is from www.celebbuzz.com:

It's the battle of superstar's camp versus the superfan. And right now everyone is breathing heavy.

Lawyers for Jamie Spears, who serves as conservator for daughter Britney Spears, are threatening Spears' unofficial fan site BreatheHeavy.com with a legal injunction for allegedly infringing on copyrights related to the Circus singer and unfairly profiting off of her, according to the site's owner, Jordan Miller.

As a result, Miller claims on his website that "Jamie Spears' lawyers (are) pressuring me to close Breatheheavy.com by 3 p.m. PST today."

Miller has followed up with a breathless appeal for help to his fans under the heading "Breatheheavy.com forced to close."

"This conservatorship Britney is placed under, which controls every aspect of her life, is now clenching the future of her biggest Fansite," Miller writes.
"I’m prepared to fight."

Rather than money, Miller claims the real issue is that he has continued to criticize Jamie Spears. In the post he says that Jamie "is desperarely trying to hide the truth about Britney's imprisonment, and shut anyone up who disagrees."

Miller claims that Jamie Spears told him in a phone conversation "I will destroy your ass."

While a rep for Spears did not immediately return calls for comment, a source in Britney's camp tells Celebuzz that this action against Miller is "not about a personal thing. It's about copyright infringement. He's not respectful of copyright."

The source adds that Breatheheavy.com has also featured "mean and deragatory" statements against Jamie Spears.

Miller claims he doesn't profit — in fact he loses money — on the website. He additionally wants his readers to help pay for the website "since I am no longer allowed to run ads." He lists the price tag at $350 a month and features a paypal section to make payments.

As Miller says in his sign-off on the website: "This is not the end."

Source: Celeb Buzz

Britney Spears To Join Michael Jackson On Stage?

The following italicized article is from www.entertainmentwise.com:

Britney Spears and Michael Jackson look set to make sweet music together at the king of pop's sold out London shows, it's claimed.

The Beat It star – who begins a year long string of shows dubbed This Is It in July – has reportedly invited Britney to join him on stage for a handful of performances in 2009 and in 2010 when his “final curtain call” comes to an end.

A source tells The London Paper, "Michael knows that stretching out all those shows and keeping it fresh is going to be hard, and one way to do this is to collaborate with some other big stars that he admires.

"The idea would be for them to do five dates each with him. As well as Britney and Justin, he's in talks with producer Timbaland about doing some of the dates too."

Meanwhile, Jacko who was forced to sell the Neverland mansion in 2005 to cover his legal costs, is certain to pocket huge revenues from his shows, which could also lead to single releases and a film.

Randy Phillips of concert promoters AEG says that Michael could rake in millions: "If we complete the full three-and-a-half year plan, he could gross over $400 million in that time. London could be north of $50 million."

Source: Entertainment Wise

Britney Delivers

The following italicized article is from www.nyulocal.com:

So, my spring break was rather uneventful. I spent most of it eating cookies in my bed at home and watching Project Runway Canada on YouTube (Go Biffi!). But it didn’t matter to me that I wasn’t sunning in Miami or frolicking with Euro cuties in Berlin, because on Monday March 16th I experienced the musical equivalent of multiple orgasms. I had the pleasure of watching my idol, Britney Spears, shimmy, shake, lip synch, and be an all-around goddess for just under two hours at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. That’s right, I attended The Circus starring Britney Spears.

My $50 seats put me in, literally, the last row next to a six year old and her mother (I hope she covered her daughters’ eyes during” Touch Of My Hand,” Brit’s ode to loving onself) and several drunk BFFs who kept whipping out their camera phones as if they had any chance of capturing a pic of Brit from what seemed like miles and miles away. None of this mattered. My focus was 100% on the shining queen of pop culture-dom strutting far below me. And she fucking delivered.

Blonde extensions blowing in the artificial wind, hips grinding as if possessed by Elvis himself, Britney completely owned the circus ring styled stage. Her dancing was on point –nothing like the lethargic disaster of VMAs 07 or even her sub-par Circus promotional appearances. She “sang” songs ranging from her classics to the just-released If You Seek Amy during which she playfully bopped nearly naked male dancers on the head with an enormous pink hammer ala Whak-A-Mole (not quite a Circus attraction, but it worked nonetheless). Many of Brit’s critics question her choice to lip-synch through the entire show. To them I say: do you really want to hear our girl huffing and puffing through “Toxic”? I don’t think so. Britney’s strength was never in her girly pipes, but in her pull as an all-around entertainer.

Highlights included show opener “Circus” during which Brit descended from the ceiling in a golden hoop, wearing a sexy ringleader costume and a massive lion headdress, as well as classics “Toxic” and “Baby One More Time.” The hands-down showstopper, though, was definitely my personal favorite Britney cut, “I’m A Slave 4 U,” where we got to see our girl break loose on the dance floor with an extended dance break that included much of the original smoking hot choreography from the soft-core porn music video.

The set ended with an encore of “Womanizer,” with Brit decked out in full police woman gear (a bit incongruous with the Circus theme…at least the Circuses I’ve been to). She exited amidst a flurry of sparkly confetti, waving goodnight and retreating out of the stadium skipping like a little girl. Looking around at the truly colossal sold out crowd screaming in hysterics for the singer, I could suddenly understand why Spears became so unhinged. It would take a mind much stronger than mine to resist being somehow altered by the sheer enormity of the fandom. Experiencing it live night after night all around the world undoubtedly addled more than a few of Brit’s brain cells. I guess that’s why she has to go through life like a karate kid.

Source: NYU Local

Britney Releases Statement Regarding Arrested Crew

Last night two employees of a company contracted to provide equipment for The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour were arrested in Pittsburgh, PA. However, neither of the men involved are employees of the tour or Ms. Spears. The two individuals have since been dismissed by their employer. The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour does not support or tolerate this type of behavior.

Source: BritneySpears.com