Roll Up for Britney's Finest

When she and her 225-strong crew roll into Adelaide for the last of 12 concerts nationally in November, they'll be dragging with them a spectacular show that has cost no less than $30 million to produce.

The stage itself is worth $10 million and could be the platform that relaunches Spears as the Pop Princess.

Not only is she bringing with her 50 band members, dancers and circus performers, she also has in tow her two sons, Sean Preston, 4, and Jayden James, 3, and ex-husband Kevin Federline, who's designated babysitter while Britney wows the crowd.

Tour director Steve Dixon admits being able to bring her family was one of the reasons Britney is finally touring here.

"Part of her new life is balance," Dixon told the Sunday Mail. "The boat (carrying the show) takes 30 days to get to Australia and during that time she'll be in the studio and doing video shoots, but also having down time with her kids."

Federline, also talking exclusively to the Sunday Mail agreed, and did not seem to mind being on baby-sitting duty.

"Fatherhood means everything to me. My children are the best thing that ever happened to me," he said.

The Circus: Starring Britney Spears, is the controversial star's first tour in five years and Dixon promises she won't disappoint diehard fans who have waited 10 years to see their idol perform. "This is the biggest pop show ever and people love her, they love the show," he said.

With nine costume changes - some of which take the pop diva as little as 15 seconds - all in keeping with the Circus theme, Britney takes centre stage as Ring Master.

But critics will no doubt be watching to see if the show is much more than just smoke and mirrors.

Dixon disagrees that Britney might be struggling under the stress of such a gruelling performance.

"She's in great shape, she loves being on stage - it's her favourite part of the day," he said.

Source: Adelaide Now

Pap Socks It to Britney One More Time

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You'd think this guy's rollover minutes would have expired by now.

Shutterbug Ricardo Mendoza, whose foot fell victim to the tire of Britney Spears' Mercedes in 2007, has updated his accusation against the rejuvenated pop princess.

When he sued her for assault, battery and negligence in May, the damages were unspecified. But now, they're specified: Mendoza wants $195,000 in general damages, $16,533.59 for medical bills and $10,000 for any future foot problems.

Mendoza, who was clicking away for TMZ at the time of the incident, let the website auction off the treaded-upon sock he was wearing two years ago, saying that would be that—but apparently it was not.

P.S.: Someone bought that sock, too—for $585! The proceeds were donated to the Children's Defense Fund, so at least some good came out of the whole thing.

Meanwhile, Britney's busy concluding the North American leg of her wildly successful Circus tour. She finishes up in Vegas Saturday and Sunday before heading off to Australia in November.

Source: E! Online

Britney Custody Order Extended

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

Britney Spears will share 50/50 custody with Kevin Federline at least through the end of the year -- TMZ has learned.

An L.A. County Superior Court judge extended the order that was initially put in place for Britney's concert tour. Under the terms, Britney gets to travel with Sean Preston and Jayden James and must provide K-Fed with a place to stay if he wants to follow them on tour.

Sources tell us the sealed order is very detailed, but Britney gets minimum 50/50 custody and at times even more.

As for Kevin, in addition to the $20,000 a month Britney pays him in child support, he gets between $20,000 and $25,000 a month when the kids are outside of California.

At the end of the year the judge will reevaluate custody. We're told it's looking like a 50/50 split is the way of the future.

Source: TMZ

Alanis Morissette's Reaction to Britney's You Oughta Know Cover

Judge Puts Lawsuit Against Britney Spears and Parents On Hold

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

judge has put a hold on a lawsuit by Britney Spears' former self-professed manager against the pop star and her parents pending the outcome of an appeal of an earlier ruling in the case by the singer's mother.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Zaven V. Sinanian issued his order Thursday, nearly two months after he declined to grant Lynne Spears' motion to be taken out of the case filed by Osama "Sam" Lutfi. Lutfi alleges she made false statements in a tell-all book.

Sinanian also ordered all parties to try to resolve the case in mediation. He set a status conference for March 8.

Lutfi's lawyer, Bryan J. Freedman, downplayed the delay in the case.

"The stay was agreed upon to allow time for Lynne Spears' appeal of her loss of her motion to strike Lutfi's lawsuit," Freedman said. "I fully expect that after she loses her appeal she will understand the reality that the only issue left will be how much the damage award against her will be."

In his 13-page ruling handed down in July, Sinanian found that lawyers for Lutfi had established a "prima facie claim for defamation, assuming the statements were made falsely" by the pop star's mother, Lynne Spears.

Lutfi's suit maintains that Lynne Spears' book, "Through the Storm, A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World," contains false information, including that Lutfi admitted he threw away Britney's phone chargers and disabled her house phones in an attempt to isolate her from her family.

Lutfi's lawsuit also alleges that the singer's father, Jamie Spears, punched him in the chest at the entertainer's home in January 2008 and that the singer herself still owes him money for management fees.

Lynne Spears' lawyer, Michael Adler, argued in court documents that the claims by Lutfi for libel and defamation should have been dismissed because they interfered with her right to free speech. He also asked the judge to throw out an allegation of intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Adler noted in his court papers that some of the statements in Lynne Spears' book recount -- often word for word -- what she said in a defamation- proof court declaration in favor of the issuance of a temporary restraining order to protect her daughter against Lutfi.

But in rejecting Adler's motion in its entirety, Sinanian, who had the case under submission for six days, said there is evidence that Lynne Spears made statements with "reckless disregard for the truth."

The Lutfi suit was filed Feb. 3, four days after Britney Spears was granted a temporary restraining order against Lutfi, her 36-year-old former boyfriend Adnan Ghalib and attorney Jon Eardley, forbidding all three from having contact with her, her parents and her two sons.

The order was later extended until 2012 against Ghalib first, then later until the same year against the other two men, as well.

Lutfi has appealed the order.

Source: LA Daily News

Britney Spears Stocks Up at Ralph’s

The following italicized article is from www.celebrity-gossip.net:

Gearing up for a big night, Britney Spears hit up her local Ralph’s supermarket to load up on a basket of groceries on Wednesday (September 23).

Looking cute in a summery figure-hugging dress, the “Gimme More” singer is getting ready for a big performance on her Circus tour at Staples Center later in the evening.

And while she’s currently in the midst of her tour, Miss Spears is reportedly already lined up to release a brand new tune.

According to MTV News, Brit Brit “will celebrate her 10 years in the game by releasing The Singles Collection on November 24, and a new single, ‘3,’ is set to come out next Tuesday.”

See more pics here!

Source: Celebrity Gossip

Britney Meets Contest Winners

Breaking News: The Singles Collection and New Song "3"

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of her debut on the music scene, Jive Records is releasing Britney Spears The Singles Collection on November 24. To launch the special package a brand new single entitled "3," which Britney recently recorded with hitmaker Max Martin, will go to radio Tuesday, September 29.

There will be two configurations of The Singles Collection; an ultimate fan box set and a standard version.

The ultimate fan box set version of The Singles Collection will contain all 29 of her singles, including the new song "3." Each disc will be packaged in its own slip sleeve case with original artwork, and will include an additional b-side or a remix of the track. The collection will include a DVD featuring all of Britney's videos in chronological order. The ultimate fan box set will also include a special booklet featuring iconic images and fun facts about each track.

The standard version of The Singles Collection will contain 17 of her chart topping favorites along with the new song "3," all on one CD.

During her 10 year career, Britney has had 5 albums debut at the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 Album Chart, as well as 23 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. Worldwide, Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the last decade, constantly topping charts with her albums ...Baby One More Time (1999); Oops!... I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003); Blackout (2007) and Circus (2008). Worldwide she has sold over 63 million albums.

Britney Spears is currently touring in support of her most recent studio album Circus. "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" tour which started in her home state of Louisiana in March 2009.

Source: BritneySpears.com

Britney Spears Gears Up for Staples Center Gig

The following italicized article is from www.celebrity-gossip.net:

Having come a long ways on both the personal and professional fronts over the past year, Britney Spears was spotted treating herself to a Starbucks coffee in Beverly Hills on Tuesday afternoon (September 22).

Joined by a gal pal and some staffers, the “Gimme More” singer seemed to be having a bit of trouble keeping her top to stay up, constantly playing with her shoulder strap as she passed by following paparazzi.On the career front, Miss Spears happens to be enjoying a day off work before performing a show at the Staples Center tomorrow night (September 23).

From there, it’s off to San Diego before knocking out two shows in Las Vegas - where she’s rumored to be taping “A Night With Britney Spears” as an ABC special.

See more pics here!

Source: Celebrity Gossip

Britney's AmEx -- Don't Leave Home, Period!

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: $2,150.41

Source: TMZ

New Message From Adam

Source: Twitter

Britney Spears Makes a Spectacle of Herself at Don (in a Good Way)

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

One doesn't go to a Britney Spears concert for the music. Or the singing. You go for the spectacle.

You should have gone Monday night.

Talk about sensory overload.

Her "The Circus Starring Britney Spears," which packed the Don Haskins Center with nearly 12,000 people, is by far the recovering pop star's most lavish extravaganza yet, trotting out acrobats, gymnasts, circus clowns, musicians and a cadre of well-chiseled dancers on an ingenious stage set that simulates a freakish three-ring throwdown, complete with one big and two smaller, adjoining stages that filled the arena floor and looked like giant bullseyes.

The image is appropriate. Spears either sees herself as a victim of prowling paparazzi and a media infatuated with her every destructive move, seemingly unaware or unwilling to admit that those addicted to the spotlight often bring a lot of that bad voodoo on themselves.

"Circus" is Spears' reclamation tour, her stab at not only making a lot of money and resurrecting her once-sagging career, but a chance to dazzle her fans and reshape her battered image. Let's face it, before dad Jamie Spears took over her career last year, the former teen pop princess was on the road to nowhere.

He's got her back on track, supporting "Circus," a decent album of club-infused techno pop, with a lavish, over-the-top show that packs more costume changes, choreography and edgy beats-per-minute dance thump into 100 minutes than you're likely to see anywhere, much less El Paso, a sizable city that rarely hosts a top-grossing tour of the year like this one.

The fans couldn't have appeared happier. The largely young, largely female crowd seemed to eat it all up, saving its most enthusiastic applause for the final "Electro Circ" third of the show, when Spears, her invisible band (including former El Pasoan Johnny Najera on guitar) and cadre of dancers worked up some drastically reworked, clubbier versions of "I'm a Slave 4 U," "Toxic," one of her best hits, and "... Baby One More Time," her first hit.

The stage, created in part by El Paso's Steve Dixon (her tour director), is just the right vehicle for an over-the-big-top artist. Its three surfaces give Spears, who deserves a medal for dancing so well on high heels throughout the show, plenty of area with which to work the room while showcasing what she does best - dance.

The show's got a lot of eye-popping razzle dazzle and high-speed, high-flexibility dance moves, including a fun, lightly Bollywood version of "Me Against the Music."

Spears was largely muted through the show, rarely addressing the crowd. But she takes some serious chances, focusing mostly on material from her last two albums, not the lot of them, and serving up drastically reworked versions of her most familiar songs. She also stopped the proceedings long enough to thank the cheering crowd and offer up a rare live vocal on "Everytime," a ballad she butchered four years ago on her last tour, but nailed Monday night.

The show started on time and worked like clockwork Monday. Kristiana DeBarge got the crowd going with a very brief, two song set that included her club hit "Goodbye," followed by 2007 "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks, a big-voiced singer who's still growing into the performer's role, but is a much more confident and powerful singer than she used to be.

Spears may not sing live much in the show, a blessing for those of us who appreciate a good voice like Sparks', but it's obvious that she's growing comfortable in her 27-year-old skin. Like I said before, you don't go to one of her shows for the singing. You go for the spectacle, and on Monday night she delivered big time.

Source: El Paso Times

We Have A Winner...

Britney Places Twice in 2010 Edition of Guinness World Records

And in December 2008, Circus topped the US album chart, making Britney Spears the youngest female artist in history to have five of her albums reach No.1. Before she turned 20 years old on 2 December 2001, Spears had sold an unprecedented 37 million records around the world, making her the all-time best-selling teenage artist.

Source: Guinness World Records

New Message From Britney

Source: Twitter

Meeting Britney : Life Mission Completed!

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

So it finally happend . . . I MET BRITNEY SPEARS! Aye, I still can’t believe that it even happened. My hands still tremble as I try to remember it so i can write it all out for you to read. Here are the deets!

The Contest.

KISS FM, in Des Moines, was holding a contest to meet Britney while she was in town for her show and so I thought I would try my luck and enter on the last day of the contest. I had to write why I wanted to meet Britney and it could only be 1000 characters long. At first, I was afraid that I couldn’t compress everything that I wanted to say into two short paragraphs, but I did my best and sent it in. I remember thinking that I probably wouldn’t win and I didn’t even say a prayer.

The Call.

The contest ended a week before Britney’s Circus show and I was casually checking my email everyday the week of her show just to re-assure myself that I hadn’t won. It was Thursday and I still hadn’t gotten an email and I was sure that I didn’t win because the concert was the next day. So I just let it slip my mind for the rest of the day.

I had left my phone on vibrate in my school bag and after dinner I decided to check it to see if I got any texts from my friend, Michi. Instead, I found two missed calls from a number that I didn’t know and a voicemail. I didn’t think anything of it but I decided to check the voicemail and I heard . . . “This is Greg Chace with KISS FM . . .” I immediately hung up and called the uknown number, I didn’t even listen to the rest of the message. I knew exactly why they were calling me.

Greg Chace answered and I blurted out “HI, MY NAME IS DANIEL HODAPP! YOU CALLED ME? WAS IT ABOUT BRITNEY?” He asked me a series of questions that only a person who read my contest entry would know. I answered “YES” to every question and then he asked me the final question “Are you going to freak out when you meet her tomorrow?” All I could manage to say was “HUH?, WHAT?, ARE YOUR KIDDING ME?, SERIOUSLY?, OMG! . . . OMG!”, while jumping up and down like a lil girl. After the call, I was trembling and couldn’t move for like 5 minutes. Then, I proceeded to call everyone on my speed dial and spread the good news.

Best day of my life.

I woke up and started my usual daily routine of getting ready and then, while I was brushing my teeth, it hit me! I was going to meet BRITNEY SPEARS TODAY! A wave of nerves came over me and I judged whether or not to attend class that day or just stay home and prepare myself. I decided to go to class like a good student and I ended up telling everyone that I interacted with that day that I was going to meet Britney. I couldn’t help telling people but no one seemed to mind so I just kept telling my story over and over lol.

I was finished with class at 3PM so that left me about four hours to get my ass ready and down to Wells Fargo Arena. I ended up getting to the venue way early but who could really blame me, right? I paced nervously around the lobby until I spotted the other contest winner, Ashley. We both still couldn’t believe that we were mere minutes away from meeting Britney. We met with Brit’s promo rep and she instructed us to meet her after Jordin Spark’s opening performance on the floor of the arena . I took my seat and half watched Jordin’s performance and just preparing myself mentally. I didn’t know what to expect.

When Jordin was done, I downed a bottle of Mike’s Hard lemonade and proceeded to the floor to meet Britney’s rep. Ashley and I found our way to floor and met two other couples from other cities and states. The rep appeared from under the stage and asked us if we were ready to go backstage. We all said yes at the same time lol. I felt like the “choosen one” while walking around the floor of the arena to the backstage area. It was the best feeling ever!

While backstage, I got to meet Britney’s tour manager, Adam Leber, some of her tour assistants, circus clowns, a wee man, and Jason (Brit’s rumored BF).

And then it happened. The security guards announced that “the boss” was coming through and then the door of Britney’s dressing room opened. My face lit up when I saw Britney emerge from the room. I was beeming . . . I had forgotten what I was going to say to her. . . I forgot about Ashley . . . I managed to say that My brother and I were huge fans, to which she replyed, “Aw, you guys are very sweet” “Lets take a picture” and then we posed and I told her “thanks so much” and she replied ” No problem, enjoy the show!”

It happened so fast that I felt like it was a dream. Ashley broke down after we left Britney’s sight and I had to pull her together and tell her that everything is okay and that this is nothing to cry about and to be happy. I was shocked that I didn’t pass out or just flip out. I was calm, cool, and collected. I guess that lemonade helped a lot LOL.

I know . . . I know . . . I wrote a novel. . . but can you really blame me? I think not!

Source: Daniel Talks

'Kill The Lights' Available on iTunes

Britney Watch

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

Currently on tour, Britney has been in and out of Dallas this week in the run-up to her show tonight at American Airlines Center.

On Monday, she was with her two young sons at Gatti Town in Frisco. Tuesday, she turned heads as she walked through the mall at NorthPark. About 1:30 p.m., Britney stopped in at the La Duni eatery overlooking the NorthPark courtyard and had some coffee and cuatro leches cake.

Source: Dallas News

Yoko Ono: Britney Spears Is a Survivor

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

Britney Spears has come a long way, but Yoko Ono, John Lennon's 76-year-old widow, thinks the pop star deserves more respect.

"I think that the world was not fair to her, and they're just using her and not dignifying her," she told Usmagazine.com at the ThreeAsFour Homage to Yoko Ono on Thursday in NYC.

Up until last year, headlines bearing Spears' name reported on her bizarre psychotic behaviors, drug use, and a tumultuous custody battle with ex Kevin Federline over her two sons, Sean Preston, 4, and Jayden James, 3.

Now, Spears, 27, is hard at work promoting her sixth album, Circus, on a sold-out international tour.

"I think she's a survivor and she's doing very well," Ono told Us.

Source: US Weekly

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*Does Happy Dance*

Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Britney Spears will be doing something quite special at her upcoming Las Vegas concerts on September 26th and 27th at Mandalay Bay.

No, she won't be singing live the whole show. BUT, she will be filming those performances and insiders tell us that the shoot will most likely be in 3-D.

How very Miley Cyrus of her!

Details on the release - whether it will be in theaters or some other option - are still being worked out.

Source: Perez Hilton

The Power of Britney

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

Her big top circus brought a big economic boost to Grand Forks. That from economic experts about last weekend's Britney Spears concert at the Alerus.

David Flynn, an Assistant Professor at UND says about one-third of the tickets were sold to Canadians who probably spent $500-thousand dollar on hotel rooms, shopping and restaurants over the weekend.

In all, Flynn estimated the event brought a couple million dollars in extra spending into the Grand Forks community.

Source: WDAY News

Spears' "Big Apple Circus" Comes to Town

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

A legless woman and a bald man traded tricks on a trampoline. A midget ringleader shouted encouragement from the sideline. Martial artists kicked and flipped in unison.

A near-capacity audience hooted with disbelief as a gymnast flipped and jumped on an inches-wide balance beam.

Then things got more surreal.

Nearly 10 minutes into Spears’ Tuesday night show at Tulsa’s BOK Center, the main attraction herself descended from the ceiling into the center of a gyrating circus.

Spears was nearly lost in the mix. Her dancing, caged animal routine was sexy, but the masked men who danced around her wheeled golden cage during “Piece of Me” stole the show.

By stomping her heels and strutting across the stage in glittered bombast, she stole it right back.

The evening’s show was an over-the-top big top performance in every way. It had to be. Spears is larger than life. Everything about her is gilded and glitzy, over-hyped and hyperspeed. Her “Circus” tour show showcases those traits.

The three-ring spectacle was filled with live choreography — Spears as its sultry ringleader, if not its full-time singer.

The five-act legion of illusion and bewitchment wasn’t the only sleight-of-hand Tuesday night. Much of her set was lip-synched — and Spears was too busy dancing and contorting to be bothered with concealing it.

The lack of “live” singing at a concert is controversial for many, but not for this crowd. The fans came to be entertained.

A magician appeared to cut the star into pieces and then made her lingerie-clad form disappear while she lip-synched and shimmied to “Ooh Ooh Baby” and “Hot as Ice.”

And then there was another costume change and another hippodrome-ready vision of pomp and grandeur.

Half a dozen gold-plated low-rider bicycles rolled in. Dancers enveloped Spears, and then — a solo.

She covered Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” sans fanfare, nearly alone on stage and dressed in rocker black spandex pants and bikini top. She traipsed out from the circus and into a house of fun.

Quite possibly the largest crowd response came with her live version of “Everytime” as she sat perched in a shimmering bird seat.

Following that song, she skipped, cat-like, into another costume change and into songs “Freakshow” and “Get Naked.”

Masked men gave way to more than a dozen dancers on golden couches. “Breathe on Me” and “Touch of My Hand” followed in an electrified freakshow-peepshow segment.

That morphed into metallic props and welding sparks as a leather-wearing troupe launched into a tattoo and boom-beat segment with “Do Something,” “Toxic” and a street-tough, amped-dance version of “Baby One More Time.”

The live band was lost in the pits for most of the show but gained momentum toward the end of the concert. The organic sound of beating drums and wailing guitars added a sense of humanity — even if it was surreally Technicolored.

But, all that said, even with the sex, the innuendo, the crassness, the bombast and the million-dollar production, there’s still a subtle naïveté about Spears and her stage presence. It peeks from beneath her curtain of hair extensions and her torrid lash-batting, but it’s there.

She didn’t command her audience — but that seemed OK because everyone was already along for the ride.

In many ways, Spears is still the child-like Disney Musketeer. She’s choreographed; she’s beautiful; and her timing’s perfect.

Maybe that’s why, weirdly, it all worked.

Source: Tulsa Word

Britney Spears Celebrates VMA Win

The following italicized article is from www.celebrity-gossip.net:

It’s no secret that she’s experiencing one of the greatest career comebacks in recent memory, and last night (September 13) Britney Spears nabbed the MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video.

The “Gimme More” songstress was unable to personally attend the shindig, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, so she appeared via satellite to say thanks.

Miss Spears was surrounded by the cast of her Circus world tour as she gave her acceptance speech, proudly holding the golden moonman and smiling from ear to ear.

The night before, Britney was busy rocking the stage at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota as she continues her non-stop touring schedule.

Source: Celebrity Gossip

Britney Wins Best Pop Video @ VMA's