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The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears has just learned .... it pays to have a conservatorship, and pays VERY well.
TMZ has obtained legal documents in the conservatorship case, showing that in December 2008, the assets controlled by Britney's conservators totaled $2,826,362.68.
Now get this ...TMZ has learned ... exactly one year later -- in December, 2009 -- the assets controlled by the conservators swelled to $27,500,000 ... almost a 10 fold increase in 1 year.
Most of the gains came from Britney's wildly successful Circus Tour.
As for the assets at the close of 2008, there's an interesting breakdown. Britney's "furniture and equipment" was valued at $1,551,026. Her jewelry, furs and antiques totaled $264,988.
Now the figures are deceiving. The conservators only control a portion of Britney's total estate. She has a lot of money and property in various trusts and other business entitites, which the conservators do not control.Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears worked hard for her money, now she wants her money to work for her ... with the help of some big shot financial advisors. It seems Brit has "several million dollars" laying around in a trust account that isn't making nearly as much money as Brit's conservators believe it should.
So the conservatorship went to the courts -- asking for permission to give control of the money to financial advisors at Merrill Lynch and UBS Financial Services ... to invest the cash as they see fit.
According to documents filed at L.A. County Superior Court, the judge signed off on the move -- and Brit's money will be stimulating the economy in no time.
Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.forbes.com:When Britney Spears popped up at no. 6 on our Celebrity 100 list, we too thought it must be some sort of technical glitch in the number crunching process. What else could explain the placement of the former head-shaving, umbrella-swinging, rehab-visiting pop-tart near the top of a list of the world’s most powerful stars? Could this one-time train wreck really be that rich or that important to the entertainment business?
The answer is yes. The Britney Spears who made our list was not the tabloid target whose frequent meltdowns only two years ago relegated her to our infamy index. Instead, the 28-year-old that clocked in in our top 10 was the chart-topping songstress whose past 12 months included the 5th highest-grossing tour of the year. According to concert trade publication Pollstar, "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" tour grossed more than $130 million. Spears took in still more from tour merchandise and another greatest hits album, "The Singles Collection."
Like her savvier Hollywood cohorts, she has been similarly busy building the Spears brand, extending her fan-base –and wallet—with a host of top-selling Elizabeth Arden fragrances, an endorsement deal for Candie’s and a fashion collection for juniors. She added the latter last month, and will sell her designs exclusively at Kohl’s.
But for her to land as high on the list as she did, she needed to garner as much fame as she did money. She did. In fact, the mother of two ranked third overall in Web mentions (behind Lady Gaga and Beyonce, who banked an estimated $62 million and $87 million, respectively, during the same period) and second in a social media metric that factored in both Twitter and Facebook followings (Gaga has her beat with nearly 10 million Facebook fans).
Still more impressive: in May, Spears overtook Twitter king Ashton Kutcher as the most popular celebrity on Twitter. At last check, she had 5.2 million followers, a group with whom she responds to and frequently updates.
So no, Britney Spears is far from through. If the last year is any indication, she's just getting started.Source: Forbes
The following italicized article is from www.forbes.com:Britney Spears - #6
Not long ago, most of the entertainment world had written Britney Spears off as a celebrity flameout. But over the last year Spears logged the fifth highest-grossing tour in the world, bringing in $130 million in gross box office receipts by playing 98 dates. High-profile endorsement deals with Elizabeth Arden and Candies' prove that the public expects Spears to stay in the spotlight for good.Source: Forbes
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:The summer camp Britney Spears founded has been saved from going belly up, TMZ has learned -- but it's not fully in the clear yet.
A rep for Summer Stars Camp -- formerly the Britney Spears Camp for the Performing Arts -- says they raised $30,000 in donations since TMZ first reported its financial demise.
That's enough to allow about 60 kids to enroll, all expenses paid -- but the camp's goal is to get 125 kids in the program this summer.Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:The summer camp that Britney Spears created for under-privileged kids back in 1999 is in serious danger of going under -- unless they find some serious dough ASAP.
The camp -- a ten-day summer program for 250 "economically disadvantaged students" -- was originally named the "Britney Spears Camp for the Performing Arts" until Brit bowed out in 2004. After that, the camp was renamed Summer Stars Camp and received generous donations from sponsors like 50 Cent and the Jonas Brothers.
But now, the camp's executive director tells TMZ they've run out of money and can't seem to find any more celebrity sponsors this year -- the first time they've had money issues since the place was founded.
The director also claims that the camp is so desperate for the $250,000 it needs to stay afloat, they've entered a contest run by Pepsi in a last ditch effort to score a grant.
Attempts to reach Britney for comment were unsuccessful. Source: TMZ
Britney Spears just spent $700,000 renovating her Calabasas, Calif., home - with $150,000 going for furniture, $200,000 for artwork, $100,000 for a bathroom, $150,000 for electronics and close to $100,000 for Venetian plaster walls.
"Britney remodeled her entire home," says a source of the singer, who's reportedly on a $1,500-per-week allotment from dad/conservator Jamie Spears.
"She loves spending money." Source: In Touch Weekly
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears and Kevin Federline still have one huge asset to settle -- according to the Louisiana State Dept. of Revenue, the government owes the ex-couple over $50,000 from when they were still married.The money is from an unclaimed interest fund earned from either a joint property the ex-couple sold back in Louisiana, or some shared income tax filed several years ago. The government's just waiting for Brit and K-Fed to step forward and say it's theirs.But here's the point -- because the refund is jointly owned, K-Fed and Brit Brit will have to figure out how to divide up their surprise loot.Source: TMZ
10. Britney Spears, $494.3 million. Despite a rocky decade personally and professionally, Spears pulled in $195.7 million at the box office and sold $298.6 million worth of albums for the 10-year period.Source: LA Times
Check out the entire top 50 here:Rank -- Total Gross* -- Artist
1 -- 123.0 -- U2
2 -- 94.5 -- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3 -- 88.0 -- Elton John / Billy Joel
4 -- 82.5 -- Britney Spears5 -- 77.9 -- AC/DC
6 -- 71.1 -- Kenny Chesney
7 -- 69.8 -- Jonas Brothers
8 -- 56.9 -- Dave Matthews Band
9 -- 54.5 -- Fleetwood Mac
10 --53.4 -- Metallica11 -- 47.4 -- Nickelback
12 -- 46.2 -- "Walking With Dinosaurs"
13 -- 45.0 -- Miley Cyrus
14 -- 43.7 -- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
15 -- 42.8 -- Eagles
16 -- 42.7 -- Keith Urban
17 -- 42.6 -- Celine Dion
18 -- 42.2 -- Rascal Flatts
19 -- 40.8 -- Coldplay
20 -- 40.7 -- Paul McCartney
21 -- 37.2 -- Phish
22 -- 35.4 -- Brad Paisley
23 -- 34.6 -- Jeff Dunham
24 -- 33.9 -- No Doubt
25 -- 33.2 -- Cher
26 -- 32.1 -- Lil' Wayne
27 -- 30.5 -- KISS
28 -- 30.1 -- "American Idols Live"
29 -- 29.7 -- Toby Keith
30 -- 29.1 -- Bette Midler
31 -- 28.1 -- Dane Cook32 -- 26.7 -- Blink-182
33 -- 26.4 -- The Dead
34 -- 26.4 -- Beyoncé
35 -- 26.0 -- Il Divo
36 -- 25.5 -- Taylor Swift
37 -- 24.8 -- Def Leppard
38 -- 24.2 -- Cirque du Soleil - "Saltimbanco"
39 -- 23.5 -- Mötley Crüe
40 -- 22.3 -- Depeche Mode
41 -- 22.0 -- George Strait42 -- 21.9 -- Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood
43 -- 21.8 -- Kings Of Leon
44 -- 21.3 -- Leonard Cohen
45 -- 20.4 -- Bob Dylan
46 -- 19.7 -- "So You Think You Can Dance"
47 -- 18.8 -- Journey
48 -- 18.7 -- Jimmy Buffett
49 -- 18.5 -- Luis Miguel
50 -- 18.4 -- The Killers* In US millions
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Britney Spears blew through $1.32 MILLION on lawyers in a recent 7-month span -- but the result was priceless.
The money has been used to pay off the lawyers who represented Britney's conservatorship -- the group of people who have essentially restored Britney.
The court order makes it clear: More fees are on the way ... and Britney's conservators need to stash a few bucks away to prepare.
BTW, it cost Britney roughly $280,000 in lawyer's fees to keep Adnan Ghalib, Sam Lutfi and Jon Eardley away from her.
Source: TMZBest money ever spend!
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Team Britney Spears has reached a financial settlement with the paparazzo who accused the pop star of intentionally driving over his foot with her Mercedes back in 2007.Rick Mendoza, who was working for TMZ at the time, had argued that Brit's people "should have known ... Britney was not in the mental, emotional and/or physical condition to operate the subject motor vehicle in a safe and reasonable manner." The terms of the settlement were not released -- but Mendoza had originally demanded more than $200,000 in damages.Source: TMZUnbelievable...
The following italicized article is from www.people.com:After nearly seven months, the American leg of Britney Spears's Circus tour came to a close Sunday in Las Vegas. "Hey Vegas, how y'all feeling?" the headliner, 27, asked the crowd in one of the only times that she spoke during the 90-minute show at Mandalay Bay also attended by Lance Bass and Barry Manilow. Bass didn't stay in his seat for the entire show, though: He was given a brief lap dance by Spears during the song "Breathe on Me," in which an audience member is invited on stage. Bass was seen singing as Spears smiled at him during the sexually charged choreography. Sunday's show was the second of Spears's Vegas concerts over the weekend. On Saturday, Miley Cyrus and Spice Girl Melanie Brown attended the concert. It wasn't all work for Spears in Vegas. Sunday afternoon, the pop star was spotted at Mirage's Sugar Factory with sons Sean Preston, 3, Jayden James, 2, and beau Jason Trawick. "She spent about $3,000 and walked out of the store with 10 bags," a source tells PEOPLE. "She got a bunch of candy and shirts for her kids and got a bunch of the couture lollipops to give to her backup dancers." Following the purchase, the store sent another $2,500 in merchandise to her room at the Mirage Villas, according to the source. Though she is finished with the United States leg of the tour, Spears is set to play several shows in Australia in November. Source: People
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:TMZ has obtained court documents filed today, which include a list of Britney Spears' American Express card expenses for the first 11 months of her conservatorship -- the highlight ... she ate at home a lot.
Miss Brit spent a grand total of $5,183.13 at restaurants. Our Britney people tell us the figure is relatively low -- for her -- because daddy Jamie is a cook and did his thing at her house most nights.
As for other expenses on the AmEx card:
Entertainment: $482.15
Furniture: $17,370.29
Charities: $974.75 (remember, this is just her credit card -- we're told more was donated).
Merchandise, clothing, supplies and groceries: $62,252.11
Transportation/Auto: $18,959.82
Travel: $10,096.53
Communications: $2,150.41Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:
It’s certainly been said that Britney Spears lives in a world of her own.
We just didn’t realize that world was… Oz.
When the pop princess popped into the Juicy Couture shop in Manhattan store last week, she took the time to fill in a customer contact form that listed her address as “The Yellow Brick Road”
The Dorothy wannabe, along with three bodyguards and a friend, grabbed up more than $1,500 of clothes in just 20 minutes — that girl moves faster than a winged monkey!
A staff member at the store told OK! that Britney, who had been out and about in the city during her three-night run at Madison Square Garden, didn’t ask for any special treatment.
“We didn’t close down any of the store for her,” says the Juicy employee. “But her bodyguards just blocked off wherever she went so nobody could get near. We do have a VIP cash register, but she didn’t want to use it.”
So what did the comeback kid of 2009 have in her shopping bags when she walked out?
•A flower-shaped mother of pearl ring for $88.
•Black “Perri” suede platforms for $375.
•A pink shawl-neck sweater dress for $248.
•A leopard-print velour hoodie for $158.
•A boho-print sleeveless ruffle top, originally $158, reduced to $79.99.
•A “Banana Seat” maxi dress, originally $328, reduced to $149.
•And a pink-leather braid-detail hand bag for $428.
If only Juicy sold ruby slippers!
Source: OK Magazine
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:Further proof Britney Spears was completely sane during her frantic shopping spree Tuesday afternoon -- she spent nearly $3,000 in 15 minutes!!!!We're told some of the items Brit Brit bought at the Vionnet Boutique in Beverly Hills were... -- $175 silk lace camisole-- $345 tourmaline ring-- $520 total on two lace trim slip dresses-- $200 aqua & lavender ring-- $195 tank with laceOne of the outfits (above) she even wore right out of the store.Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.pollstar.com:The legendary Pollstar Boxoffice Department has been crunching numbers, adding up ticket sales and figuring out final grosses to give you a glimpse of the overall concert picture for the first six months of 2009.Britney Spears tops the North American tour scene. Brit’s 37 shows in 30 cities resulted in an average of 20,498 tickets sold per show at an average price of $99.29 for a total gross of $61.1 million.North America’s #1 grosser – Britney – finished third worldwide – 48 shows in 33 cities at an average ticket price of $95.04 and grossing 74.6 million total for the first half of the year.Source: Pollstar
The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:"Point and you shall receive." It's every kid's toy store fantasy -- and we're told it came true for Jayden James and Sean Preston yesterday in London.Sources say Britney Spears' shopping spree at Hamleys toy shop only lasted a few minutes -- but she spent almost $1,000 because, as one source put it, "If the kids pointed at something, it went in the cart."We're told some of the items Brit bought the boys were stuffed animals made by Steiff -- one of the most expensive brands around -- including a bear, a dolphin and a pony.The boys' score when it was all said and done: eight bags full of goodies. A little lip-syncing goes a long way.Source: TMZ
The following italicized article is from www.latimes.com:It's expensive being Britney Spears.According to LA Now, attorneys for her father, Jaime Spears -- who has permanent control of her personal affairs -- submitted docs to the LA Superior Court last Friday showing it costs a little shy of $1 million a month.A MONTH?Yes, Jamie Spears and his attorney spent more than $10 million on the singer’s behalf over 11 months in 2008.But here's where it gets interesting. Over a third of the money paid out – $3.6 million – went to lawyers. Around 17 attorneys have worked on Spears' matters since February 2008, after she was declared unfit to manage her own affairs. Spears has paid $168,790 to her conservator dad for his trouble, and her former husband, Kevin Federline, got $178,818 for child support for their two sons.Poor Britney received $55,500 in spending money.$55,000? Wow. That's hardly enough to keep a girl in designer jeans.Her assets have been estimated at over $100 million. But we may never know for sure because it's all in private trusts. How convenient for those lawyers.Don't worry your pretty little head about it, Brit-Brit. Just keep touring. ...Source: LA Times
NOT that she's short of a dime but Britney Spears is set to earn more than $7.6 million for her two-week Australian tour this year. That's a neat $1.2 million per show for her six shows - particularly good money if those mime conspiracy theorists are correct.Following yesterday's news that the tabloid princess is bringing her Circus concert for her debut tour here comes word that she stands to make a killing - even before a series of lucrative promotional performances is added to her itinerary.Six November shows have officially been announced - one each in Perth and Brisbane and two each in Melbourne and Sydney.Confidential understands that staffers for concert promoter Paul Dainty, who is bringing Spears to Australia, this week travelled to Adelaide to see if the enormous show would fit into the city's biggest arena.Source: News.com.au
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