Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and the LA Lakers are getting sued by a company that claims that they all used knockoffs of their big screen in concert. Large Audience Display Systems says in a federal lawsuit filed in Texas that the concerts in question used a large audience display screen that was identical to their patented gigantic monitors. Britney uses the screen on her Circus tour. Justin used the monitors on his FutureSex/LoveShow tour and the Lakers use them for the games. The Pussycat Dolls were also involved in the lawsuit. The company wants an injunction prohibiting the defendants from using the knockoffs in the future as well as unspecified damages.
Britney Spears reportedly hit out in her hotel room this past weekend after she angered her fans at her concert the past week for lip synching. The fact that they expected her to sing live considering who she was is beyond me. All of Australia rallied against the pop singer upon landing in the country last week, criticizing her for charging loads of money for a concert that wasn?t live. And yet they still went to the show. Where?s the logic in the whole thing? If they didn?t like the fact that she doesn?t sing live, they shouldn?t have bought tickets. It?s not like she?s known for singing live.
According to a recent online poll, Miley Cyrus is considered to be the worst celebrity influence of 2009. I could have told you that without the poll. The singer managed to rack up a whopping 42% of the votes for that category, edging out Britney Spears and Kanye West. Considering the recent happenings regarding the rapper, you know it?s bad when you?re voted to be worse than he is. Sources are chalking it up to the fact that she?s seeking a career separate from Disney and her alter-ego Hannah Montana. It really sounds like Miley is heading down the same path that Britney did.
Famed musicians, including REM and Pearl Jam, have filed a series of Freedom of Information requests, asking the government to declassify documents that would reveal which artists? catalogs were used in several prisons and military detention centers, including Guantanamo Bay. The music may have been used in controversial interrogation methods in which detainees are forced to listen to music at extreme levels for hours on end. The requests were filed by Close Gitmo Now, an organization aimed at pressuring Congress to support President Obama?s intentions to close Guantanamo Bay prison. Their allegations are based off the testimony of former prisoners and guards that identified music from artists like Britney Spears to AC/DC to the Sesame Street theme song.
It seems that it?s that time of the year for Britney Spears. A few years ago she was sued by a photographer for allegedly running over his foot with her car? and now, Britney Spears has to pay up. And moreover, she?s going to do it of her own free will. It seems Britney Spears has agreed to settle the matter with photographer Ricardo Mendoza. He probably got his fair share of big bucks? or perhaps something extra on the side, who knows? Once a paparazzo, always a bloodsucking, skulking vermin, eh? After all, what?s a trial settlement compared to some more destructive photos, Britney Spears has just got back on her feet, the fall is getting worth more and more.
It seems that Britney Spears is really getting a boost in popularity lately. After that astounding success of her new single, ?3?, now Britney Spears has been voted the best celebrity mom, with a total of 74% in a recent poll, while Christina Aguilera came in second with 12% and the Brood Queen, Angelina Jolie, third. There you have it, that?s the kind of appreciation demanding full custody will get you. But it is surprising that Gwen Stefani didn?t make it in the top with her baby trotting along with her on tour? that?s definitely good motherhood right there.
Britney Spears recently gave a fan of hers something to be really happy about. The 27-year old singer met a lucky fan at her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to give him a free ticket to her concert at the Staples Center. Where was I when this happened? In other Britney news, the pop star just announced that she will celebrate her 10 years in the music industry by releasing ?The Singles Collection? on November 24, as well as a new single called ?3? which went to radio just yesterday. If you?ve already heard it, what do you think?
Singer Britney Spears has given a fan a free ticket to one of her concerts.
The Piece Of Me singer has recently handed out a free ticket to a lucky fan at her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, to her gig at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.
The 27-year-old popstar has also just announced she will celebrate ten years in the music industry by releasing a Singles Collection in November.
Spear’s burst onto the music scene back in 1998 with her famous single ‘Baby One More Time’. Britney’s new single, ’3′, is going to hit the airwaves soon.
Britney Spears was previously reported to be performing on the upcoming Teen Choice Awards after having been nominated for three awards. However, the pop singer didn?t perform on the show which aired yesterday on Fox. Her official website became the bearer of good news and bad news as it first reported of the performance and later reported that she was just going to appear. Britney?s camp also released a statement saying ?We are deeply sorry for any confusion and disappointment and appreciate the ongoing dedication of Britney’s wonderful fans.? I wonder what happened. Maybe they couldn?t get her backing track ready on time.
Australia just can?t get enough of Britney Spears as tickets for the Perth and Sydney stops of the pop star?s Circus tour sold out in minutes. It shouldn?t be much of a surprise as this visit actually marks Britney?s first ever trip down under. It?s no wonder that those tickets went fast. The singer and her camp had since added extra dates to the Australian leg of her tour. Britney?s two engagements in Sydney have now been extended to four and one extra show was tacked onto her appearance in Perth. A recession apparently doesn?t slow down Britney that much. Good for her!
Australia just can?t get enough of Britney Spears as tickets for the Perth and Sydney stops of the pop star?s Circus tour sold out in minutes. It shouldn?t be much of a surprise as this visit actually marks Britney?s first ever trip down under. It?s no wonder that those tickets went fast. The singer and her camp had since added extra dates to the Australian leg of her tour. Britney?s two engagements in Sydney have now been extended to four and one extra show was tacked onto her appearance in Perth. A recession apparently doesn?t slow down Britney that much. Good for her!
Britney Spears has recently announced the opening acts for the second leg of her North American tour. The artists touring with the recovered pop star are Grammy winner Ciara and pop newbie Kristinia DeBarge. Both singers are said to be thrilled to be joining the tour. Kristinia commented on what it feels like to be part of the tour, saying ?Joining Britney Spears for her “Circus” tour will be an amazing and surreal experience for me. I have been dreaming of an opportunity like this forever, and can’t wait.? It should also be a good way for her to get her music out there and to establish a fan base.
The singer has apparently gained increased custody of her children during her Circus Tour. This means that Britney Spears will get to spend more than half of the time with her and Kevin Fenderline?s children. Apparently this didn?t come after long and hard legal battles, but it was of mutual agreement as the gossip website TMZ says: “Lawyers for Britney and Kevin Federline have filed docs with the family law Commissioner Scott Gordon, stating they have reached a new temporary custody arrangement.” Yes, let Britney Spears hold them for longer, it?s her turn this time, drag the poor children on tour with you why don?t you, it will be great for their development.
Britney Spears? handlers surprisingly let the recovered pop star out to have a night out in the town in London after finishing her first week of the UK leg of her ?Circus? tour. The singer dropped by Maddox night club this past weekend before calling it an early night and heading to bed. No fishnets, sunglasses at night, late convenient store stops or a pig wig involved in the whole matter, just a bunch of bodyguards and an utterly bored looking Britney. The times have seriously changed with this one folks. Let?s hope she stays in her non-crazy state for the sake of her kids.
Now that Britney Spears is making money again, she?s being sued by the photographer whose foot she once ran over. Mind you, the whole thing was caught on tape for people to ridicule. Rick Mendoza was a casualty of the recovered pop star?s Mercedes as she was pulling out of a Beverly Hills parking structure back when she was still looney in 2007. In the lawsuit, Mendoza says that the singer?s people, who are also defendants, ?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.?
Here is a complete list of MuchMusic Video Awards Nominees:
Video
Danny Fernandes ? “Private Dancer”
K-OS ? “4, 3, 2, 1″
Marianas Trench ? “Cross My Heart”
Nickelback ? “Gotta Be Somebody”
The Stills ? “Being Here”
Director
Bedouin Soundclash ? “Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)” (Director: Michael Maxxis)
Classified ? “Anybody Listening” (Director: Harv)
Danny Fernandes ? “Fantasy” (Director: RT!)
Marianas Trench ? “Cross My Heart” (Director: Colin Minihan)
Theory Of A Deadman ? “All Or Nothing” (Director: Davin Black)
Pop Video
Danny Fernandes ? “Private Dancer”
Elise Estrada ? “Crash And Burn”
Karl Wolf ? “Africa”
LIGHTS ? “Drive My Soul”
Shiloh ? “Operator (A Girl Like Me)
MuchLOUD Rock Video
Inward Eye ? “Shame”
Marianas Trench ? “Cross My Heart”
Nickelback ? “Gotta Be Somebody”
Ten Second Epic ? “Life Times”
Theory Of A Deadman ? “All Or Nothing”
MuchVIBE Hip-Hop Video
Classified ? “Anybody Listening”
Famous ? “Ain’t No Use”
JB featuring Ghetto Flex ? “Move Your Body”
K-OS ? “4, 3, 2, 1″
Shad ? “The Old Prince Still Lives At Home”
VideoFACT Indie Video
Bedouin Soundclash ? “Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)”
Metric ? “Gimme Sympathy”
Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains ? “Who Do We Care For?”
Shad ? “The Old Prince Still Lives At Home”
The Midway State ? “Never Again”
Post-Production
Classified ? “Anybody Listening”
Mobile ? “The Killer”
Nickelback ? “Gotta Be Somebody”
The New Cities ? “Dead End Countdown”
The Stills ? “Being Here”
Cinematographer
Bedouin Soundclash ? “Until We Burn In The Sun (The Kids Just Want A Love Song)”
Elise Estrada ? “Crash And Burn”
K-OS ? “4, 3, 2, 1″
The Midway State ? “Change For You”
Theory Of A Deadman ? “All Or Nothing”
International Video (Artist)
Beyonce ? “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Britney Spears ? “Womanizer”
Kanye West ? “Heartless”
Katy Perry ? “Hot N Cold”
Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne ? “Let It Rock”
Kelly Clarkson ? “My Life Would Suck Without You”
Lady GaGa ? “Poker Face”
Lil Wayne ? “A Milli”
Miley Cyrus ? “The Climb”
T.I. featuring Rihanna ? “Live Your Life”
International Video (Group)
Coldplay ? “Viva La Vida”
Green Day ? “Know Your Enemy”
Jonas Brothers ? “Lovebug”
Kings Of Leon ? “Sex On Fire”
Metro Station ? “Shake It”
MGMT ? “Electric Feel”
Pussycat Dolls ? “I Hate This Part”
Rise Against ? “Re-Education (Through Labor)”
The Black Eyed Peas ? “Boom Boom Pow”
The Killers ? “Human”
International Video By A Canadian (Artist Or Group)
Billy Talent ? “Rusted From The Rain”
K’Naan featuring Chubb Rock ? “ABC’s”
Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon ? “Dangerous”
Kreesha Turner ? “Don’t Call Me Baby”
Nickelback ? “If Today Was Your Last Day”
UR FAVE Video
Danny Fernandes ? “Fantasy”
Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon ? “Dangerous”
Marianas Trench ? “Cross My Heart”
Nickelback ? “Gotta Be Somebody”
Simple Plan ? “Save You”
UR FAVE International Video
Jonas Brothers ? “Burnin’ Up”
Katy Perry ? “I Kissed A Girl”
Lady GaGa ? “Poker Face”
Lil Wayne ? “A Milli”
Britney Spears ? “Circus”
UR FAVE New Artist
Danny Fernandes ? “Fantasy”
LIGHTS ? “Drive My Soul”
Shiloh ? “Goodbye, You Suck”
The Midway State ? “Never Again”
Karl Wolf ? “Africa”
The singer?s extravagant lifestyle has apparently finally found its reflection in her extraordinary bills. It seems that Britney Spears has spent no less than ten million dollars since last February. It seems that Britney Spears? dad isn?t really the best administrator of all of her belongings. However, a representative of his, ensures us this is not the case: “Since the initiation of the conservatorship, as a result of the concerted efforts of Mr. Spears as well as the professionals involved, all aspects of Ms. Spears’ life have been stabilized and continue to improve.” Yep, that?s the definitely the case! Those are usually the kinds of announcements you hear before banks collapse? everything is ok, there is nothing to worry about.
It?s Britney Spears? tour and she calls whatever shots she wants ? unless they include drugs. But it does include banning Kevin Federline?s newest lady friend, former volleyball player Victoria Price, from joining him on the road. An insider told Us Weekly that ?Britney struck a deal with Kevin that Victoria couldn’t come.? It?s either the recovered singer is jealous or she thinks Victoria is squeezing her ex-hubby dry. Victoria reportedly left her cushy Fox Sports marketing position back in January and according to once source, she ?has some money issues. Kevin pays for everything.? With Britney handing a lot of money to KFed weekly, she probably doesn?t want another mouth to feed.
Her tour ?Circus? is not yet finished and it seems the evergreen circus in pop superstar Britney Spears life will never end. Ever since her tour got off there have been umpteen reports of her wild hookups with a member of her dance troupe.
And before those rumors subsided there were reports that she and ex-hubby Kevin Ferderline have rekindled their love and had become inseparable and were having sex at every possible point and place they could find. But now a real stunner, in 2007 when Briteny was relaxing at a rehab she met John Sundahl. John Sundahl is a multimillionaire real estate wizard aged 40.
The guy fell head over heals for Britney and the two reunited at Britney?s recent show in New Jersey and friends of John Sundahl the couple are now engaged and planning to make the relationship permanent.
Wait a minute how many times have we heard such similar things. I remember a few months ago before the start of her ?Circus? tour she met up with an Indian chorographer named Sandeep and the media made a dash to report him as her newest boyfriend. Where is he now? So with Britney there is a new fixation every week, we can forget this one too.
Britney Spears’s recent stunt at the GM Place in Vancouver should be taken as a pitch for the anti-smoking campaign. Britney Spears walked out of the stage right after she started her Circus Show. She was dressed in a ringleader costume with matching whip but when she removed the jacket she was clad only in a sparkling bra with bare midriff. The fans started to go wild and chanted “Britney! Britney” when the stage went dark. After a while it was announced that the performance will resume after the air clears since it is no longer comfortable and safe for the performers.
After a lot of booing and howling for 30 minutes Britney Spears appeared and sang “If U Seek Amy” as well as “Me Against the Music”. Britney closed the Circus show with “Womanizer” but not before telling the Vancouver crowd to stop smoking weed. That proved to be a very high profile campaign pitch not only against smoking but against smoking weed. Way to go Britney Spears!
Britney Spears has reportedly left a voicemail for her legal team on January 21, 2009 at 12:29AM battling the conservator ship over her set by her father, Jamie Spears. The following is a transcript of the voice mail: ?Well that would seem logical, but then again, so would sleep! A bit of selfish time would be nice. I just want to be guaranteed that everything will be fine with the process of you guys taking care of everything?that things will stay the same as far as my custodial time. That?s it, bye.? If this is true, who?s going to save Britney Spears now?
It?s been revealed that Britney Spears will be performing with Madonna when she goes back to New York City on Monday. The recovered pop star?s stylist, David Alexander, spilled to In Touch magazine saying ?She?ll be singing with Madonna in New York. It will be ?Get Together? and ?Trouble.? So, together the song is called ?Lose Control.?? David also added that Madonna might also pop in for one of Britney?s Los Angeles shows on either April 16th or 17th. He said that it was supposed to be a surprise. Well I guess the cat?s out of the bag now huh?
Britney Spears has released her new music video for her single ?If U Seek Amy?. The controversial song is the third single to be released from her album ?Circus?. The track was co-written and produced by famed producer Max Martin, who also provided the classic Britney hits ??Baby One More Time? and ?Oops!? I Did It Again?. Just like her videos for ?Womanizer? and ?Circus?, Britney is still the hot mama that she is in her new video. I wonder if the video will be received with the same amount of controversy as the single itself. I hope not. It?s too hot of a video to just get censored or aired only when the kids are asleep.
If you haven?t bought tickets to Britney Spears ?The Circus? tour, catch a glimpse of what your missing because her set list has just been revealed. The first part of the show, ?Circus? goes as follows: Parade Intro, ?Circus (Funky Remix)?, ?Piece of Me?, Thunderstorm Segue and ?Radar?. The second part is ?House of Fun (Anything Goes) and shows a Martial Arts Segue, ?Ooh Ooh Baby?/?Hot as Ice?, ?Boys?, ?If U Seek Amy? and ?Me Against the Music (Bollywood)?. The third part, ?Freakshow/Peepshow? goes as Everybody?s Looking for Something Segue, ?Freakshow?, ?Get Naked?, Britney?s Hotline and ?Breathe?/?Touch of My Hand?. The fourth part, ?Electro Circ?, goes as Break the Ice Segue, ?Do Something?, ?Slave?, Dancer Solo Segue/Heartbeat Segue, ?Toxic? and ?Baby One More Time (Remix)?. And finally, the Encore sees ?Womanizer (Extended Remix)? and ?Circus Reprise: The Bow?.
It looks like everything is not so peachy keen between the Pussycat Dolls and the head of their record label, Jimmy Iovine. Basically, the Dolls want to take their backup dancers on the road with them for their opening gig for Britney Spears? ?Circus? tour. Unfortunately, Iovine gave the girls a harsh lesson in reality and economics. When the girls pleaded for the dancers to come along, Iovine responded with ?We can’t afford it. I’m sorry its hard enough right now with the album not selling that’s why we did jai ho and re releasing the album. And we want to be able to keep the whole thing going at this level its not a choice its a reality.?
The singer?s upcoming tour is not going to have a pretty good start since there are still many unsold tickets for the opening show at New Orleans that will take place tomorrow. A source had this to say about Britney Spears? new predicament: “Group sales are down considerably, and then you’ve got individual tickets that cost as much as $500 apiece. That’s a lot of money to spend on an artist who isn’t a sure bet right now. She’s worked really, really hard to make this good. Granted, there’ve been some hiccups along the way, but she’s going to put on a good show. I just hope there are people there to see it. This is really her last chance.” That sounds tough? but no worries. Britney Spears? father will probably intervene and save his daughter once again. After all, he is the game master lately.
Source close to Britney Spears says that she will cancel her much anticipated, much hyped ?Circus? tour if her kids can?t come along for the ride. According to insiders, Brit, Kevin Federline and Jamie Spears have been working out a plan wherein the kids would be stationed in 3 different homes in New Jersey, New Orleans and LA and that KFed will get his own place at each spot too. Brit will also pay KFed an extra $4000 while she is on tour. However, KFed?s lawyers are apparently pissed that the three were making deals without their consent and are objecting to the proposed arrangements.
The All-American Rejects, hot off their December release of When The World Comes Down, have taken their time in the Yahoo! Music studio to bring a stripped down version of Britney Spears? hit ?Womanizer? to life. Packed with an accordion, clanking beer bottles, and a unison of ?whooooos? the cover is described by frontman Tyson Ritter as ?better than Britney? and can be seen at Yahoo! Music.
In another stripped down performance, The All-American Rejects? performed their hit single, ?Gives You Hell? acoustically. The band has uploaded the bare-bones version that can be heard at myspace.com/allamericanrejects.
Britney Spears made a lot of resolutions this past year so are you wondering what the 27-year old?s resolution is for this year? The recovered pop princess said ?I have to stop biting my nails!? if that?s what her main goal is for 2009, I think she?s a bit delusional. Though it seems that she may not keep that resolution though as she added ?I end up breaking [resolutions]. It’s hard. I would like to stop worrying so much, because I worry all the time.? Considering how measly her resolution is, I guess it?s ok to let her break it.
