Posted Feb 28th 2009 6:30AM by TMZ Staff
It's a good thing Britney lip-syncs. Real singers have that whole smokers voice issue just before kicking off a tour.

As bro Bryan handles the kids, Brit handles a cig as she lands in Louisiana. The kids will stay there while Britney begins a series of concerts next week.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Music, Britney Spears, K-Fed
Tags: brit, britney, britney spears, BritneySpears, circus, circustour, kfed, smoke, smoking
Posted Feb 16th 2009 1:20PM by TMZ Staff
Can you tell the difference between the real Britney Spears and her brand new Madame Tussauds wax figure?!

The one with the vacant blank stare should give it away.
Filed under: Beauty, Britney Spears
Tags: brit, britney, britney spears, BritneySpears, Madame Tussauds, MadameTussauds, wax, wax figure, WaxFigure
Posted Feb 13th 2009 3:45AM by TMZ Staff
Kevin Federline says he's going to allow Britney Spears to take their kids on her upcoming concert tour -- of course he is ... because he's gettin' paid $5,000 a week for his "permission."

On his way out of a business meeting with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony yesterday, K-Fed told our photog he'll "be there" when Brit embarks in March, saying "I'm gonna take the kids on the road ... they need to see their mother, right?"
That's actually a very interesting comment, because K-Fed is making it sound as if he controls the custody arrangement and is "letting" her see the kids. In fact, we know the agreement says Britney gets the kids three days and nights every week.
Filed under: Music, Britney Spears, K-Fed
Tags: brit, britney, britney spears, BritneySpears, concert, jayden james, JaydenJames, k-fed, Kevin Federline, KevinFederline, sean preston, SeanPreston, tour
Posted Feb 12th 2009 2:50PM by TMZ Staff
We've learned Adnan Ghalib -- the one-time boyfriend of Britney Spears who is under court order to stay away from her -- is under investigation for felony assault with a deadly weapon with a vehicle.
Here's what went down. Yesterday morning, a process server went to Ghalib's Encino apartment to hand him legal papers ordering him to appear in the restraining order case.
The process server was waiting for Adnan Ghalib in the alley when Ghalib rolled up and allegedly hit the dude with his car. The process server says he landed on the hood of Adnan's car.
Adnan allegedly fled the scene and the process server called cops at 10:42 AM. Police arrived and noticed the process server had cuts and scratches, but he refused treatment.
The case is under investigation. Ghalib is the suspect and the alleged crime is assault with a deadly weapon with a vehicle -- a felony.
We spoke with Ghalib -- he had no comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears
Tags: adnan, adnan ghalib, AdnanGhalib, brit, britney, britney spears, BritneySpears, felony assault, FelonyAssault
Posted May 24th 2008 11:30AM by TMZ Staff
Holy American Express! The weaved wonder went on a Britastic Lisa Kline shopping spree this week -- and she got the goods!

Brit spent around $2,500 on herself - with her most expensive purchase a $380 Brian Reyes cami (yes- a tank top). She also walked out with a pair of Justin Timberlake's brand William Rast jeans. Missing those glory days?
Spears then dropped around $800 in Lisa Kline Kids, picking up cargo pants, jeans and a pair of "Rebel With a Cause" tees for her little Feds.
Total for the day - $3,300. And all this time we thought her clothes came from Wal-Mart.
Filed under: Britney Spears, The Rich Life
Tags: brit, britney spears, BritneySpears, shopping
Posted Jan 17th 2008 12:38PM by TMZ Staff
Cancel the national emergency -- Britney Spears is not pregnant. Two is enough!

TMZ caught Britney out at Ralph's grocery store last night where she told us that pregnancy test she was holding in photos seen yesterday wasn't for her -- but for "a friend." Do her other personalities count as friends?
Later on, Brit went to the trendy clothing shop Kitson -- at 1:30 AM! She had the owner of the store, Fraser Ross, open it up just for her. She walked in wearing a short red dress, but walked out with a dress shirt and tie thrown on top.

But the ripped stockings were a nice touch.
Martha's Dishes Made My Kids Sick!
A Pennsylvania couple is suing Martha Stewart Living and K-Mart, claiming the domestic diva's "Everyday" dinnerware -- with the lovely name "Flowers and Buds Border" -- contains lead and is responsible for poisoning their children. Get the lead out!

In
the lawsuit, filed on behalf of their two kids Michael and Matthew, Sandra and Raymond Dombroski allege the boys were poisoned by lead in the dinnerware, which caused the boys to suffer "mental, emotional and cognitive impairment, learning disability" as well as speech problems and physical impairment and a host of other problems. That's not a good thing!

The Dombroskis say that the lead problem is a result of "negligent, reckless, intentional and outrageous conduct of MSLO..." (that's Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia), and they've served up a heaping lawsuit asking for compensatory and punitive damages.
A spokesperson for MSLO told TMZ "We take consumer product safety very seriously. We do not comment on pending litigation."
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Chef to Dems -- You Do Chicken Wrong!

There's a scandal brewing in the Members Dining Room of the House of Representatives. It involves chicken and Mark Foley has nothing to do with it.
Janie Galmon has worked in the dining room for half a century. For a long time, she's been the chef. That is, until a recent change of management. The Democrats rule, and there's a new sheriff in the mess hall -- so here's the deal. Sources say the new folk have made it so uncomfortable for Janie that she quit last month. That's the insult, now here's the injury.
Janie has some special recipes that have not only been a staple in the dining room, they bear her name -- Janie's Fried Chicken and Janie's Banana Pudding. The new regime in the dining room has asked Janie for the recipe and she told them to screw off -- it's hers. Undaunted, Janie's Fried Chicken and Janie's Banana Pudding were on the menu as recently as yesterday. One member tells TMZ, it doesn't even resemble the original. So it's screw you Janie -- hello Colonel.
TMZ contacted the House Administration Committee, which oversees the dining room. A spokesperson tells us that Galmon was asked to stay, "despite her intent to retire." Sources say, however, Galmon says she feels like she was forced out.
And the Committee added this: "Janie has volunteered to come in to demonstrate how to prepare her fried chicken and will be compensated for her expertise in teaching the recipe to the new food services vendor."
Your tax dollars at work, folks.

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Tom to Jerry -- Suri's Real and She's Spectacular
Tom Cruise, with Suri in tow, went to Jerry Seinfeld's NYC garage and left with a serious case of P.T.S. -- Porsche Titillation Syndrome -- not that there's anything wrong with that.

They supposedly looked at Jerry's cars, but Seinfeld said recently he once dabbled in Scientology. Was this a recruiting mission? Did the Scientologuru cast a spell so intense that only sunglasses could thwart its power?
Cruise came out of their meeting muttering repeatedly about "nice cars." Sounds like code to us.
Tags: brit, britney, food, martha stewart, MarthaStewart, politics, seinfeld, spears, speears, tom cruise, TomCruise