Vote For Britney On Billboard.com Poll

Billboard.com has a poll asking users who should win "Video Of The Year" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. Out of 2602 votes, Britney is currently winning the poll with 93%. Sorry Jo Bros! Let's show MTV who's boss.

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Life Looking Up for Britney

The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:

Only six months ago, it looked like the bright and bubbly Britney Spears that had become a teen superstar was possibly gone forever, replaced by a semi-coherent, erratic mess that spent her sleepless nights driving aimlessly around southern California. Oh how things have changed for the pop superstar!

Now that her custody battle with ex Kevin Federline is over, Brit is truly enjoying the time she spends with her two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James. During their weekly overnight visit last weekend, the singer played host to a playdate with the boys and little girl friend around two years old. "They were all having fun on the street in front of Brit's house," a witness tells OK!. "The kids were wheeling around in mini plastic cars and enjoying themselves."

On the career front, as Britney told OK! in her recent exclusive interview — she's back to work on her upcoming album. And this weekend saw the 26-year-old heading to two different recording studios, in Hollywood and Silver Lake, to lay down some tracks.

Then it was off to a party in the Hollywood Hills for her hairstylist and good friend Kim Vo, who has been credited with getting Brit to ditch the pink wigs and horrific weaves that marked her dark period in late 2007 and early 2008. Kim is also responsible for Britney's locks on her two appearances on How I Met Your Mother.

Source: OK Magazine

Britney Spears Will Performe Live At MTV Video Music Awards

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

MTV gives Britney another chance at the Video Music Awards this year. Britney will have a public performance singing a new track from her new album.

We won’t forget last year disastrous performance Britney gave at the MTV VMAs. This time I think it will be different. Britney is working hard not to disappoint her fans again.

In the photo above she was leaving a studio in Los Feliz after rehearsal for her future performance.

It is the perfect platform for her to announce to her fans and the world that the dark days are behind her and she’s back on track with her life and her career.

Source: The Insider

Britney Owes Big Money in Custody Battle

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

Who said getting back on track was cheap?

Stacy Phillips, one of the shorter-term members of Britney Spears' legal team, has let it be known that shoring up one's defenses can be downright bank-breaking.

According to a declaration filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the "Sometimes I Run" songstress owes $338,414.87 to Phillips for $700-an-hour services rendered between March and June—and there are rumors of a lawsuit in the works because Spears' camp is objecting to the hefty sum.

But that's a discount, says the attorney, who states that the tab includes "time already deducted as a courtesy," time "written off" and $75,000 that she expects to get next month. (A court commissioner earmarked that sum for Phillips in April while poring over Spears' bills.)

Phillips was dismissed before Spears' custody settlement was reached last month with the help of her recently reinstated family lawyer Laura Wasser, who broke ranks last fall but returned in time to help Spears obtain more visitation privileges with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James (although Kevin Federline still has sole physical and legal custody).

Wasser's most recent bill, encompassing two months of counsel, totals $60,075, per court documents filed on behalf of the law firms of Wasser, Cooperman & Carter and Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon & Jamra.

But, because her firm has already applied Spears' $25,000 retainer fee toward her bill, she's requesting no more than half of

Why so high, you might ask?

Phillips says that Spears' conservatorship arrangement, which has gotten much of the credit for her 180-degree turn for the better over the last five months, made her case more complex.

Indeed. Attorneys for dad Jamie Spears indicated in court last week that they intend to contest his litle girls legal bills.

Meanwhile, the firm of Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps is requesting $110,000 of the $220,600 it says its owed for 402 hours of representing the conservatorship.

Source: E! Online

Britney to Birkhead: I Feel Your Pain

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

So you thought Larry Birkhead's legal bill was sky high? The lawyer who repped Britney Spears for a grand total of four months wants more than $481,000 in attorney's fees -- and she didn't even go out for lobster.

Attorney Stacy Phillips filed a declaration, claiming her $481,627.37 bill is a bargain, since she graciously discounted her fees by more than $126,000.00.

In court docs obtained by TMZ, Phillips whines she was completely put out by repping Brit, moaning that she was called back from her "pre-honeymoon" to attend a hearing in "non-Court attire." We're wondering if that was the day we saw her appear before the judge, wearing a sleeveless cocktail number.

Phillips says in her declaration that her rate is $700 an hour, similar to what Richard Gere paid Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman."

Now compare Phillips' bill to that of disso-queen Laura Wasser, who settled the whole case after Phillips was fired. Wasser's two-month bill is $59,700.

Sources say Phillips is ready to sue Britney, because her peeps are refusing to pay the bloated bill.

Source: TMZ

Jonas Brothers: "Piece Of Me" For Video Of The Year

"Chris Brown's 'Forever'... or Britney's 'Piece of Me.' She seems to be having a really great comeback and that's awesome!"

- The Jonas Brothers when asked by Buzznet who should win for Video of the Year (other than themselves) at the 2008 Video Music Awards.

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Filings: Spears' Custody Fight With K-Fed Costly

Britney Spears' recently resolved custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline wasn't just messy, it was expensive. Court documents show legal bills submitted on behalf of two law firms who represented Spears total more than $466,000. That's on top of the $250,000 the 26-year-old pop singer has agreed to pay Federline's attorneys.

The largest bill comes from attorney Stacy D. Phillips, who says in court filings that she is owed nearly $407,000 for four months of work. Phillips claims she has written off another $125,000 in fees.

Attorney Laura Wasser, who took over the case in June and negotiated an agreement between Federline and Spears' camp that allows the singer more time with her young sons, is seeking $60,000. She worked on the case nearly two months.

Federline retains full custody of the children, but Spears has some overnight visits.

Spears and Federline were married in 2004 and completed their divorce last July. She pays him $20,000 a month under an agreement finalized in July.

Phillips claims in court documents the case was made more complicated because Spears is under the temporary conservatorship of her father, James. He took control of his daughter's personal and financial affairs after a series of high-profile incidents of erratic behavior and two hospitalizations.

Any payments will have to be approved by a Los Angeles court commissioner, and attorneys representing Spears' and her father's interests indicated last week in court they intend to contest Phillips' bill.

Source: Yahoo!