Britney Spears denied access to sons in latest court hearing

Britney Spears failed to regain visiting rights to her two young sons after a chaotic Los Angeles custody hearing last night.
The singer missed the morning session of yesterday’s hearing arriving in the afternoon, only to leave before entering the building. Reports suggest the singer refused to enter the court room after becoming intimidated by the paparazzi.
"Move back. I'm scared. Stop it. Stop it. I want to get back in the car. Just stop it. Let me get in the car, please," Spears is reported to have told photographers before driving away in a 4 x 4 vehicle.While neither Spears, 26, nor her former husband Kevin Federline, 29, were required to be in court for the hearing, the singer’s presence was considered key to her chances of regaining access to her children. Federline, sporting a new Mohawk hair style, was in court.
Spears had all access to her sons suspended after she refused to hand Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, over to Federline following a visit on January 3.
Police were called after the singer locked herself in a room with one of the boys. After a four-hour stand-off, she was strapped to a stretcher and taken to hospital by ambulance.
Behind closed doors, Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon yesterday heard a full day of testimony concerning the incident.
Allan Parachini, a spokesman for the court, said two Los Angeles police officers, Paula Strong, the court-appointed monitor who was present for the visit at Spears' home, and Lisa Hacker, a parenting coach who has been working with Spears and Federline testified. Lonnie Jones, Federline’s bodyguard who had been sent to collect the children on January 3 also gave evidence.
After ruling that the children should remain in the custody of Federline, the court commissioner set another hearing for February 19.
Outside court, Mark Vincent Kaplan, Federline's lawyer, said: "The word victory is not something Mr Federline or his counsel would ascribe to this. There is no joy. This is a grave situation for all."
Mr Kaplan said that Federline thought the ruling was correct, but added: "His goal, his hope for the future is at some point he will be able to parent the children with the participation of their mother."
Spears has also missed previous court hearings, including a court-ordered deposition on December 12 when she called in sick. She then arrived nearly two hours late to a lawyer's office on its rescheduled date, January 3.
The child star turned chart-topping singer has made headlines for her increasingly erratic behaviour since her marriage to Federline ended in late 2006. Last year, she shaved her head, attacked a car with an umbrella and used a designer dresses to clean up vomit while on a magazine photoshoot.
Her music career has survived the turmoil. Her latest album, Blackout, has won critical acclaim and new track, Piece of Me, is at number 17 on the UK singles chart.

Britney wrote 'suicide note'

OUT-of-control singer Britney Spears has written a suicide note detailing how things would be better if she was dead, it has emerged. A friend of the 26-year-old found the note before her infamous Beverly Hills meltdown this month. It reportedly told of Spears' loneliness and fear of not living up to the expectations of fans and family. The star has been suffering with mental problems including depression and possible multiple personality disorder "for years" - but docs say she needs urgent help as her condition seems to be worsening. Another bizarre incident came to light overnight when Britain's The Sun newspaper revealed Spears emerged from a clothes shop changing room nude after spending 45 minutes inside with her British photographer lover Adnan Ghalib. An assistant said they made “weird” noises like they were having sex - and Spears swore at staff when she left. “She was slurring and spitting," one worker told the paper. "Her face was covered with cold sores and acne, and her scalp was patchy.” It has also been reported that Spears lost the right to see her sons after missing a vital court date in her child-custody battle because she was too busy waiting for a home furniture delivery. Spears' suicide note was found in her bathroom just before she was rushed to a psychiatric ward after refusing to hand her sons to Federline’s security guards. It was discovered by a friend who thought it “a cry for help”. “The letter was very sad," an insider said. "Britney talked about her loneliness, how unfair life is and not being able to trust people. “She wrote about how she will never be what people want her to be. She said, ‘Perhaps it would be better if I was dead’.” When confronted, The Sun revealed Spears laughed it off and said: “Everybody thinks about death.” Spears' manic depression is also known as bipolar disorder. The source said: “She also has something much more serious she doesn’t want to talk about. “She may have multiple personality disorder. And she had post-natal depression after both births.”

Kevin Federline Says His Custody Battle With Britney Spears 'Makes Other People Feel Normal'

Dancer-turned-rapper-turned actor opens up to Interview magazine on eve of his 'One Tree Hill' debut.

Isn't it funny how Kevin Federline went from being perceived as a deadbeat dad to being seen as father of the year?
Sure, ex-wife Britney Spears' antics help, but it's a bit strategic on his part as well, as the dancer-turned-rapper-turned-actor explained to Interview for the magazine's new issue. "You have to have an overall vision of how you want people to see you," he told the mag.
Since Federline has been keeping a low profile, part of how people see him is via the characters he plays on TV — a string of punk types who don't respond well to authority. Is it typecasting or is it playing with the image he knew people had of him at the time? "We did this spot [for Nationwide Insurance that aired during last year's Super Bowl] of me making fun of myself," he told Interview. "And the way that it turned out is that I started changing people's perceptions of who I was and it opened up my mind to do more stuff."

After a one-off guest stint more than a year ago on "CSI," K-Fed is back on the small screen via a recurring guest spot on "One Tree Hill," starting Tuesday (January 15) and continuing through February 12. "I loved that they kept bringing [my character] Jason back," he told MTV News. "I got to find out who he is and how to portray him. It was great!"
A fan since the first season, Federline said that he was hooked once a friend of his, Antwon Tanner, got cast on the show as Skills. Federline calls his own character, a wannabe rocker who resists anyone else's input, "an arrogant ass." "Hopefully none of that is me," Federline told MTV News, "but I'd say the part that is me is the performer. I love being onstage, whether it's dancing or acting — there's just something about being onstage."
Like his ex, Federline shaved his head — but when he took the shears to his hair, it was to help him get in character. "It was mostly my idea," said K-Fed, who sported a Mohawk when he showed up to court on Monday.
But unlike his ex, Federline doesn't want to make a public display of his private life — one of the things that appealed to him about shooting "One Tree Hill" is that it's filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attributes the out-of-L.A. experience to the reason the cast feels more "like a family." "I know every cast says that, but I think it's different because they all live in the same small town and really do get along," he told MTV News.
And whether he's on the set or at home, "Family comes first," he told Interview. By that, he means he's not going to offer up information about either his two sons with Spears (Sean Preston and Jayden James) or his daughter and son with Shar Jackson (Kori and Kaleb), or their respective mothers, even though he's in a very public custody battle. "You won't ever really hear me talk about them, other than I love them," Federline told the magazine. "I wish I could get into all the personal stuff, but like I said, I can't. I can't do it. I won't do it."
Not that he doesn't understand the public interest. "I think the infatuation with the whole thing is that watching us go through things makes other people feel normal," he told Interview. But even though "everything is so publicized and everybody is looking at it, it's normal for us," he said.
"People put it up on this pedestal when it's really the same way that everybody goes through their stuff, you know?" he told Interview. "It's not really any different. Not to say that I like having the paparazzi around or that I like having my life in the media. But as much as I try to be mad at it, I can't be. I just can't. I'll never be. I've been upset at it before, but ... I had to learn that there are good things that can come from it."
Such as fledgling acting and rapping careers. "The paparazzi and the press have given me a voice," he admitted to Interview. "No matter how I got the voice, it's there." And he confessed to MTV News, "I have officially caught the acting bug. ... I am just getting started." He just wants to find "the right opportunity" that he can balance with his other new role, handed down by the court — "full-time dad."

Britney Spears "panicked" outside court

Britney Spears was "trembling" with nerves when she arrived at court yesterday, according to a paparazzi boss.The troubled singer turned up at the Los Angeles Superior Court over four hours late for a pivotal hearing in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline. She then refused to enter the building and drove off in her 4x4 with new boyfriend Adnan Ghalib.Sheeraz Hasan, the head of a paparazzi agency, revealed that Britney was "really nervous" and "really panicking" when confronted with a swarm of photographers outside court. He also said that he had spoken to Ghalib about Spears' mental state."She was just so overwhelmed. She was panicked. She was so nervous," Hasan explained during an interview on The Early Show. "She was really, really stressed out in a major way. She knew from the moment that she left home, there were [news] helicopters following her. "I mean, normally, on a day-to-day basis, OK, it's kind of like her friends are with her on a daily basis, kind of following her, but this was just really panicking.""When she got to the courthouse, you know, even Adnan was telling me that it was just way beyond her, and she was nervous," he added. "She was panicking. And all she was saying is, 'I need to pray. I'm praying. I'm praying. I'm praying.'"Spears has been banned from seeing her two sons until the next hearing takes place on February 19.

Britney Spears: Is Troubled Pop Star Trying To Sabotage Herself?

OK, she wasn't actually required to be there. Still, knowing how important Monday's custody hearing could be in the process of regaining visitation rights with her two young sons, you might think Britney Spears would actually go inside the courtroom — after all, she practically made it to the courthouse steps anyway. So why didn't she?
"I'm scared," the singer told her companions when she got out of a sport-utility vehicle at the Los Angeles courthouse. "I want to get back in the car. Let me get in the car, please."
It could be that Spears was scared of more than just the paparazzi throng at the courthouse. After all, she deals with photographers following her every day, though, lately at least, with much less patience and more anger than fear. Last weekend, in an incident in a shopping-mall parking lot that was caught on videotape, she screamed at the paparazzi, "I'm f---ing over it. Get out of my g--damn face!"
According to experts, what might have scared Spears about the Monday hearing, as well as the handful of depositions she has also skipped or left early, could have been the prospect that she'd have to start becoming a responsible mom once again. (Note: None of these people have treated or represented Spears.) By not participating or cooperating in the process to get her kids back, she might be sending a clear message to the court that she doesn't want them back. At least not right now.
"She does not seem to want to be with these kids, because she's not following the rules," New York family law attorney Joshua Forman said.
"It could be that she wants to go back to the old days where she was single and successful," suggested Dr. Jean Cirillo, a psychologist with a private practice in Huntington, New York. "She probably has very mixed feelings about doing that, and she feels guilty. 'I should want the custody for my own self and my public image. Something must be wrong with me.' "
There's an easy solution to Spears' dilemma: Let Kevin Federline have full custody of the kids, at least temporarily (which the courts have already done for her). But if Spears were scared of the public perceiving such an action as abandoning her kids, she could have worked out a private arrangement with Federline instead of escalating the situation until the court intervened.
"If a mother abandons her kids, people wonder, 'What's wrong with her?' " Cirillo said. "People assume she's selfish."
And it may not be that she's selfish — it could be a case of postpartum depression or postpartum mania that's spiraled out of control. "If someone's too depressed to think outside of themselves, it's hard to be an adequate parent," Dr. Robi Ludwig, a New York psychologist, said. "The best thing for her would be to clear the plate for a while."
So, perhaps unintentionally, Spears' possible self-sabotage might actually be healthy for her in the long run. If losing custody and visitation rights of Sean Preston and Jayden James, for at least the next month, makes her realize she now has the time and space to focus on herself, she might get healthy and seek help for whatever's ailing her. It's up to her now.
"For a woman undergoing a divorce, with custody issues, with two small children, with tremendous stress, it wouldn't be unusual to be depressed," New York psychiatrist Dr. Gail Saltz said. "Being watched going through this process makes it more difficult to get help, and it's difficult enough. She's in a tough spot now."

Britney Spears Nude – And Rude!

Britney Spears' shameless behavior hasn't impressed anyone lately - especially not the employees at the Betsey Johnson store in Sherman Oaks California where she stripped nude and was a huge you-know-what to the salespeople.
Life & Style magazine is reporting that Brit-Brit and her new beau, Adnan Ghalib, went shopping at the Betsey Johnson store on Sunday, where the pop wreck came out of the change room buck naked.

One employee tried to cover the exposed diva with a dress but was quickly put their place when the pop princess screamed "Get away from me! Don't you f------ come near me!"
And as though that wasn't disrespectful enough, the salesclerk goes onto say that Brit and Adnan spent an awful lot of time behind the closed change room doors. Eww.
"She disappeared in the dressing room with Adnan for 45 minutes. They were making weird noises. It was disgusting."
And then Britney exited in true Spears style.
"I couldn't understand a word she was saying," says the employee. "She was slurring and spitting, and talking with a British accent.
"Her face was covered with cold sores and acne, and her scalp was patchy. I wanted to help her, but she was so mean that I left her alone.
"Then she muttered, 'F--- you!' and left the store."
If the story is true (which wouldn't surprise us at this point), Britney's even more delusional than we originally thought.
There's never a dull moment in the life of Britney Spears, that's for sure.

Jamie Lynn Spears Seeks Pregnancy Advice From Beyonce Knowles Sis

Jamie Lynn Spears is reportedly seeking pregnancy advice from the little sister of Beyonce Knowles. Jamie Lynn, 16, recently announced she is pregnant by her 19-year-old boyfriend Casey Aldridge.

Solange Knowles, now 21, gave birth to a son when she was only 17. Sources say Jamie Lynn is impressed with the way Solange became a good mother and wants her to help her through her pregnancy.

“Speaking from experience, I can tell you that she’ll be an amazing mum. I have been so blessed that my son is the coolest kid ever,” says Solange. “Of course, that first year of not sleeping and just being dedicated to him had tough parts, but that’s fine. It’s been a blast for me.”

Meanwhile, Jamie Lynn’s family is facing problems with her older sister Britney Spears. The troubled singer was not awarded visitation rights in a hearing on Monday. Her ex-husband Kevin Federline currently has sole legal and physical custody of the children. Spears lost her visitation rights following a standoff with police on January 3.

The 26-year-old refused to return the children to Federline. She was rushed to the hospital and put on lockdown for mental evaluation.