Britney’s official Italian website has announced that she will be filming the video for her next single “If U Seek Amy” on February 10th.
No other information is known yet.
Britney’s official Italian website has announced that she will be filming the video for her next single “If U Seek Amy” on February 10th.
No other information is known yet.
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TMZ has just obtained declarations from Jamie Spears and others in the latest Britney Spears case — Britney’s lawyer says Sam Lutfi had inserted himself and tried peddling info about Jamie, Britney and others connected with the case. Specifically, Sam allegedly was calling lawyers saying that Britney wanted to hire her own lawyer, presumably to fight the conservatorship. Sources tell TMZ that is definitely not what Britney wanted.
As we first reported, the conservators for Britney Spears obtained a restraining order today against Sam Lutfi, Adnan Ghalib and attorney Jon Eardley. We’re told Brit herself is furious at Lutfi and Ghalib and would like to see them jailed.
Here’s the most interesting part….According to the legal papers, late last month Lutfi sent text messages to Brit’s hairdresser, saying he wasn’t responsible for the conservatorship. A week or so later, Britney received “instant messages from a person with the screen name ____….The person — who posed as the mother of a daughter with autism — made a number of utterly false and hurtful assertions concerning Mr. Spears and his family, threatening to go public with such purported ‘information’ unless Mr. Spears spoke with that person.” Almost immediately after Brit got those messages, Lutfi began calling Jamie.
One of the lawyers in the case filed a declaration saying over the past month she received “multiple telephone calls and text messages from Lutfi.” She says Lutfi wanted to set up an urgent meeting to “speak with Mr. Spears and me with regard to what he claimed was ‘information he had received about Mr. Spears and his daughter, Britney Spears as well as others.’” The attorney also says Lutfi claimed “he had been talking with Adnan Ghalib about the conservatorship and Ms. Spears’ status as a conservatee.”
In another document, one of the conservatorship lawyers claims “Mr. Lutfi has sent text messages and instant messages that contain false and hurtful allegations concerning Mr. Spears, Ms. Spears, and the Spears family.” The lawyer continues, “Mr. Lutfi, Adnan Ghalib, and Jon Eardley sought unsuccessfully to induce an attorney to file” false statements with the court.
The papers make it clear….”Over the past month, Ms. Spears has had numerous telephone conversations with both Mr. Lutfi and Mr. Ghalib and has exchanged numerous text messages with both of them.” But we’re told now Brit is so mad at them she wants them locked up.
Under the TRO, Lutfi, Ghalib and Eardley must stay 250 yards away from Britney, her parents and her kids. The TRO also prohibits the trio from “acting on Ms. Spears’ behalf…inducing or assisting another person to file legal pleadings” on her behalf.
Interesting fun fact: In the petition for the TRO, it says Brit has been communicating with Adnan and that “Ms. Spears innocently informs Mr. Ghalib of her destinations and that he then arranges for paparazzi to meet and film her to his financial benefit.”
Source: TMZ
…. Seriously?!
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We’ve learned Britney Spears has just obtained a restraining order against Sam Lutfi and Adnan Ghalib.
Britney’s lawyers went to court this morning to obtain the injunction.
A source close to the conservatorship tells TMZ Britney asked her conservators to “protect her from Sam and Adnan.” We’ve also learned Britney told her conservators she was afraid of them both and hoped they could be locked up in jail.
A source tells TMZ the conservators believe Lutfi and Ghalib conspired to try and undermine Britney’s conservatorship in a way that would have been extremely harmful to her. We’re also told attorney Jon Eardley — the dude Lutfi used early last year to mount a bizarre, baseless attack on the conservatorship — was allegedly also in on the conspiracy and the TRO is against him as well.
Source: TMZ
Lock them up!!!
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Britney’s official site has just updated to confirm that the RIAA has just certified Britney’s latest album “Circus” as Platinum in the United States.
The album passed the 1,000,000 sales mark a few weeks ago, but the certification has only just been confirmed. Worldwide sales of the disc are currently around the 2,500,000 mark!
Congrats, Brit!
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WARREN, N.J., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Virgin Mobile USA, a leading provider of both prepaid and postpaid wireless services, announced today its title sponsorship of the upcoming Britney Spears concert tour. The tour, to be titled “Virgin Mobile Presents the Circus Starring Britney Spears,” features special guests The PussyCat Dolls. The circus-themed tour is due to kick off in New Orleans on March 3, 2009 with a planned 31 dates in the United States.
“I’m thrilled to partner with Virgin Mobile on my tour,” said Britney Spears. “They will have cool opportunities for my fans and me to connect, and they’ll bring a lot of excitement to the tour.”
As part of the sponsorship, some lucky fans will have the chance to catch a sneak peek at one of the most highly anticipated tours of the year, by attending Britney’s final private dress rehearsal in New Orleans on March 2. Virgin Mobile USA will also have VIP ticket giveaways for tour dates around the country.
“Britney’s draw is undeniable and her show is sure to be one to remember. We’re very proud to help deliver what will be the tour of the year!” said Bob Stohrer, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile USA. “We’ll provide special access and exclusive opportunities for our customers and her millions of fans including behind-the-scenes events.”
In conjunction with sponsorship of the “Circus” tour, Virgin Mobile USA plans to launch its new Ocean 2 multimedia device. Select fans at the private show will be given an Ocean 2 to chronicle the event. This “Ocean 2 Camera Crew” can blog, IM, email, post to social networking sites and send photos from this one mobile phone to share with friends and fans.
Virgin Mobile USA will partner with Virgin Mobile Canada to extend Virgin Mobile’s sponsorship to Britney’s five scheduled shows north of the border.
“Britney Spears is about to bring some much needed heat to Canada with what promises to be the tour of the year,” said Nathan Rosenberg, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile Canada. “We’re beside ourselves with excitement and have some truly brilliant ways we’ll let Virgin Mobile customers get access to all areas.”
Britney Spears has sold more than 83 million albums and grossed over $350M in ticket sales. She now stands at the threshold of a new chapter in her career. On December 2, 2008, Britney released her new album, “Circus” which sold over 500,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted at number one in the United States and five other countries. To date, “Circus” has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.
AEG, one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world, is the promoter of the “Circus” tour.
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I don’t usually post these but seen as news has been lacking lately I might aswell.
Britney (and her assistant, Brett) have recently been adding statuses to her Twitter account aswell as the top of the official website.
Here’s the one that was just added:
I had a nice, restful evening and got a great massage last night. ~Brit
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More pics will be added tomorrow, according to the official site!
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New York’s top radio station, Z100, is dying to play Britney Spears’ newest single, “If U Seek Amy.”
But first her label is going to wash the song out with soap.
“We plan to play an edited, super-clean version,” says Tom Poleman, senior vice president of programming for Clear Channel, parent of WHTZ (100.3 FM). “We’re just waiting for a good edit.”
“Amy,” the third single from Spears’ hit comeback CD “Circus,” has kicked up a firestorm over the title phrase, which when spoken rapidly spells out a crude sexual phrase.
While popular music has a long history of double entendre, this is more like a single entendre, since the phrase in the song seems to have no other meaning.
Jive Records, Spears’ label, has promised a re-edited version of the song that cleans up the offending line, said Sharon Dastur, Z100 program director.
“The record label will be providing the edit,” said Dastur. “They’ve been letting us preview some potential options to make sure it’s appropriate.
“Last I heard, they were going to have Britney go back into the studio to re-record some tracks for it.”
The song caused some buzz when “Circus” was released, but it remained limited while two other songs were promoted as singles on the radio.
The controversy rekindled when the watchdog Parents Television Council (PTC) threatened to file indecency complaints with the Federal Communications Commission against any station that played “Amy.”
Clear Channel, which laid off 9% of its workforce this week, is hardly in the mood to finance an FCC fight right now.
Clear Channel CEO John Hogan also pledged before Congress several years ago, in the wake of the Janet Jackson scandal, to institute a “zero tolerance” policy on broadcast indecency.
Neither Spears’ camp nor Jive has issued any public comment. But record companies are rarely unhappy about anything that draws attention to their material, and Spears has thrived for years on sex controversies, personal and professional.
The Jive Web site currently features a video in which Spears gyrates on the bench in a sauna, without the apparent hindrance of clothing.
Source: NY Daily News
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It’s been a really slow week for news this week, as you have probably noticed!
Time for another world chart update. After spending four consecutive weeks at #1 on the United World Album Chart, Britney’s new album “Circus” has fallen down 1 place to #2. Beyoncé’s “I am… Sacha Fierce” takes her place in the top spot.
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As I promised, here’s a preview clip of one of the remixes off the “Circus” promo remixes CD. Hopefully they will add these mixes to iTunes in a couple of weeks to boost sales.
Click play to listen:
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A five-track “Circus” remix promo CD has recently been sent out to radio stations and has just leaked online. Here’s the tracklisting:
1. JUNIOR VASQUEZ CLUB CIRCUS 9:01
2. JUNIOR VASQUEZ ELECTRIC CIRCUS 9:01
3. JUNIOR VASQUEZ RINGLEADER 9:39
4. DIPLO CIRCUS REMIX 4:25
5. DIPLO ALT CLOWN MIX 3:12
A clip of one of them is coming up in a few minutes…
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Britney’s two singles are doing amazingly well! On the Mediabase pop airplay chart, “Circus” climbs into the top 10 to #9, joining “Womanizer” which is currently at #4.
“Circus” should climb to the top 5 over the next couple of weeks. This is the first time Britney has had two songs in the top 10 of the US airplay chart. So far, the “Circus” singles are doing really well in comparison to the singles off her previous albums!
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The annual NRJ music awards were held last night in France and Britney won two awards, Best Video Clip for “Womanizer” and International Female Artist of the Year.
Rumours have been swirling during the past few weeks that Britney would attend, and yesterday a rumour surfaced that Britney had recorded a video acceptance speech. Unfortunately, neither rumour were true!
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Britney’s new album “Circus” spends its fourth consecutive week at #1 on the United World Album Chart this week, having sold over 106,000 copies.
The United World Chart is compiled by Mediatraffic, and takes into acount sales from many countries worldwide.
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