The red zone, that is. Yesterday Britney Spears not only had to call in the police to help her navigate through the paparazzi swarm, but she also had to deal with them giving her a ticket for illegal parking. After shopping at the Levi’s store for about a half hour, Brit came out to her usual pap scrum, but the bodyguard was having none of her usual dithering and posing…he took her by the hand and basically dragged her through the crowd to her car. Unlike some sites, I don’t think he was too rough…sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.
In all fairness, though, I don’t know who was driving, Brit or the bodyguard, so I’m unsure who’s at fault for the parking thing.
In other Brit news, the motion to make her case Federal is much ado about nothing:
However, a judge ruled that Mr Eardley had no right to move the case in a ruling that means the signer is still not allowed to run her own life or have custody of her children Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, 17 months.
District Judge Philip Gutierrez wrote in a report: “Mr Eardley had no authority to remove the case from state court. He is neither a party nor a defendant.”
In a written declaration, Eardley said he was hired by Britney Spears on February 12, and had spoken to her on several occasions.
The last time they talked, Eardley said the phone was taken from her and the number was disconnected.
But Spears was already under her father’s conservatorship at the time and the California court had already appointed her an attorney.
Gutierrez ruled Britney Spears had no authority to hire Eardley.
Yes. Like I’ve said before, that’s one of the points of a conservatorship…you are not in a position to make your own decisions, for whatever reasons, and someone else has to make them for you until you are. Britney can’t hire anybody. She is just going to have to make the best of things for a while…and it looks like whatever daddy is doing is working, since she has had two visitations with her kids now.
Hopefully, once her medications are all correct, she’ll realize that this really is for the best right now and let things continue as they are. It isn’t permanent, so she just needs to settle down and take a step back and realize it’ll all work out if she just quits fighting it.
YES! I want to marry this man and have his children.
LAPD Chief William Bratton thinks the new so-called Britney’s Law proposed by councilman Dennis Zine is a bucket of hooey, points out that there are already laws in place to deal with overzealous paparazzi, and thinks she and her celebutard friends should, oh, I don’t know, STAY HOME:
What we need is Britney Spears to stay home instead of traipsing all over town. That would solve the problem. We don’t need additional laws…. I’ve got laws coming out my ears to deal with this issue.
What you have is several young women in this town and several young men basically making fools of themselves and tying up not only my resources but the resources of the media that would do better covering legitimate stories instead of a bunch of airheads running around out there….
Quite clearly some of these characters so favored by the paparazzi are clearly in need of services. Not police services, but psychiatric services.
It’s pure genius. I can’t possibly add anything to it. So simple, so pure, so fully packed.
Give this man a Breath Of Fresh Air Award, and while I’m at it…
You see, he needs to look up the word “hypocrisy”.
It seems that Britney’s paparazzi boytoy Adnan Gilhab, or as we lovingly refer to him, Anon Brazilianwax, was none too pleased to be on the other side of the cameras, especially when it came to capturing him with two lovely ladies…neither of which had the name Britney Spears:
[Adnan] was in Beverly Hills when a Wenn photographer accidentally blocked him in the parking lot. Adnan said to the pap:
“Do you know who I am? You are nobody! Don’t make me angry!” […]
TMZ reports that Adnan was questioned by police for this incident. It seems Adnan may have punched the pap for taking his picture. Adnan was with two girls. Neither of them were Britney.
My favorite part? When he turns to the paps with a smug grin and says, “You guys, I’m sure you got better ways of making money, huh?”
Like perhaps oiling your way into a former poptart’s life and getting her to buy you new clothes, a Mercedes, and possibly finance your divorce?
In the recent Rolling Stone article on Brit (which I have yet to read…sorry, I have a life, and sometimes I have to live it, but I know this because D and I discussed it one night on BTR Today), Anon was the only one who seemed relatively concerned with Britney. Perhaps appearances are not as they seem.
For those of you who haven’t seen it, here is what Lynne Spears told the police and her allegations against Osmegma bin Leechy. Warning, some of it is guaranteed to tick you off:
I would love to come in here one morning, sit at the computer, pull up various websites, and see that Britney had a “normal” night the night before…had a nice supper, was home at a decent hour, watched some television, went to bed, had a good night’s sleep. But I don’t think that’s going to be happening any time soon.
I saw this going on before I went to bed, but I thought I’d give it until this morning to calm down a bit before I reported anything, and there still may be yet more happening today. Apparently Britney had somewhat of an emotional night…I hesitate to say she had an emotional breakdown, though. So here’s what we’ve gleaned thus far:
I’m going to take a break from psychoanalyzing Britney Spears for a moment, from trying to help her, and from feeling bad that she can’t seem to mentally get it together enough to try and make an attempt to get her kids back.
Yes, I’m now going to take this opportunity to point out to all those who have given Dawn and I such a hard time for saying Britney and the paparazzi who follow her are all in the game together, that we were right after all:
Britney Spears is in cahoots with the paparazzi to make sure her every move is chronicled on camera, a top snapper says. Lensman Alison Silva tells celebrity private eye Paul Barresi: “Britney is in on it. [She] calls the paparazzi before she goes out. We know 15 minutes before she leaves the house. It’s all staged.” Silva adds that when four photographers were arrested last week for chasing the increasingly demented pop tart, “one of [them who] works for my company told me that Britney sent him a text message and said she was sorry. She tried to talk the cops into not arresting them . . . Money, fame, the excitement. It’s part of her life.” Barresi told Page Six that after reviewing footage of Spears with Adnan Ghalib, “[he] appeared to purposely position Britney in full view of fellow paparazzi to help them get the shot . . . It appeared that Britney is in on the sham.”
So. What was all that about how we are horrible, dumb terrible, beeyatches, stupid, pieces of crap, and deserving of death for saying that Brit and the paps work hand in hand? I think there was something said about how the paparazzi are the source of her problems and if they’d just leave her alone, all her problems would automagically disappear?
We accept your apology. Now, let’s not let it happen again, shall we?
If you remember, several weeks ago Pierce Brosnan suckerpunched a photographer who wouldn’t take no for an answer and who kept bugging the actor and his children. At the time, it was said that the police were looking into the incident. Well they looked, and they found insufficient evidence to charge the actor with anything:
After a complete review of the investigation done by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department…there is insufficient evidence to prove this case to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
Apparently, when the photographer wouldn’t stop talking to and photographing the kids, Pierce got a little irate and began swearing at the man. When the guy still wouldn’t take a hint, there were punches thrown, complete with Pierce getting tagged right in the martini shaker.
You know, if some guy that I didn’t know, carrying a big camera, came up and started talking to my kids, I think there’s be punches thrown too if he didn’t take a hint and scram. Not advocating violence against anyone, but if someone is going to cross that line they’d better be prepared to deal with some sort of consequences, whatever they may be.
Having said that…Pierce, I’m talking to you. You’ve long been one of my favorite actors, going all the way back to Remington Steele. I’ve followed your career from the beginning. I think you’re a complete dilf. I know you don’t like paps, and they can be the lowest form of scum on earth. And no, this moron shouldn’t have been talking to the kids. But next time, you might not be so lucky. You’re better than this. Just be cool and walk away.
And btw, you know how to get in touch with me, right?
Yes, GlossLip fans, I have been reduced to this: Britney Spears purchased a goldfish over the weekend.
Should I just impale myself on the turkey carcass now and get it over with? What a slow celeb news weekend this was…and let’s face it, it’s Monday morning, and articles about Brit just kind of write themselves.
It would seem that everybody’s favorite poptart was seen out and about this weekend at a Petco, where terrier London made his celebrated return to the spotlight and an unlucky goldfish was chosen to escape its life of three-second memory in a community tank at a pet store for a life being fed Cheeto crumbs at Brit’s house. A week there and the fish will wish it was back at Petco, listening to kids bang on the glass and running into other goldfish that look just like him.
See, this is what I mean. Did she just suddenly have this intense desire to take her 12-cylinder Mercedes to Petco, trailed by the pap circus, because she simply had to have a goldfish? Doesn’t she have people who can do that?
There are also rumors that Brit will take Billy Ray Cyrus up on his offer of having her over for Thanksgiving. Now there’s a meal I’d love to be a flower in the centerpiece for. (Great, just typing that sentence has put “Achy Breaky Heart” into repeat play mode in my brain. Fabulous. Where’s that turkey carcass?)
Okay, yeah, sorry…old ADD joke. Those of us with ADD understand.
I’m going to try and condense a couple Brit stories into one article, so bear with me. First, about that drug test that supposedly came back positive. Brit’s people originally tried to blame it on the Provigil that was spotted in her purse a few weeks ago…but that isn’t an amphetamine, and that is what showed up on the test. Then, the said her inhaler that she takes for her “asthma” was the culprit…but Albuterol isn’t an amphetamine either. Now, they’re blaming the medication that she takes for her Attention Deficit Disorder, Adderall…which IS an amphetamine. And that could be what showed up on the test.
From what I hear, that stuff is like crack. I wonder (and this is just my wonderings, folks) if she gets all her meds from the same doctor, or if she goes to different places. She certainly has a lot of things going on, and meds must be carefully regulated. I hope she has a reputable doctor doing all the regulating. And oh yeah…I so called this a while back, when I said she appeared to have ADD. Take it from someone who knows the symptoms, ‘k?
Of course, if she’s on all these medications, it could explain some things about her behavior.
I’m not even touching the report that she allegedly had lipo over the weekend in Las Vegas (you were a week too late, D!). They probably found eight pounds of Starbucks in there. Here’s a thought, Brit…stay away from McD’s and Taco Bell, get smaller Starbucks with nonfat or soy milk, and eat at home every so often instead of fast food and restaurants.
But you know…I don’t think Brit has a bad figure. She doesn’t look like her rock-hard abs 18-year-old self, but she isn’t that girl any more…she’s almost 26, with two kids. She just needs to quit wearing clothes that accentuate her bumps.
And then, either late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, Brit ran over yet another paparazzi foot! This makes a hat-trick:
The threepeat took place as Spears was driving into the hotel’s parking garage, with the usual swarm of camera wielders surrounding her vehicle. A hotel security guard was on hand to ostensibly, but futilely, limit the chaos.
“Back up, back up,” he told the shutterbugs as Spears made her way down the hotel’s drive. No sooner had he issued the warning then one unheeding paparazzo began screaming out. Other cameramen coming to his aid, yelling at Spears to stop driving, which she briefly did.
The security guard, however, seemed unmoved by the incident.
“Back off the drive, gentlemen,” he said. [They were on private property at the time.] ”This won’t happen if you just back off the drive.” […]
Spears, 25, plowed over the paws of a photographer late last month while exiting a doctor’s office. While the foot-flattening mishap was captured on film, the paparazzo chose to press charges, apparently deciding not to further tick off the pop star.
But when it comes to peace officers, it’s a different story.
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed it was investigating a claim that Spears ran over the foot of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy while fleeing a custody hearing.
On Thursday, police said that even though paparazzi haven’t filed any complaints, investigators are looking into all the incidents, in part because Spears left the scene each time.
The LAPD is also demanding Spears provide a statement about the deputy incident or else face a possible misdemeanor count.
Yes, she did, and we have video. Now, I will say this…taking photographs of stars is one thing. You’re a star, there’s a photographer, expect your picture taken. But this is totally ridiculous. In her face, on her car…I mean, seriously! I don’t advocate violence, but if they’re stupid enough to stand that close, then they shouldn’t be surprised when they get their foot run over. Moron. Even little kids know to get out of the way of a moving car.
But then…she’s captured driving around, I am assuming trying to outrun the paps, and she’s texting on her phone. While driving. In traffic. Isn’t there a law or something?
First of all…distracted driving? One of the first things they teach you in Driver’s Ed is not to be distracted while driving, and that includes cellphones and texting. And second…what is she doing out at night, trying to outrun the paps? What is that about? If she has money enough to buy a big crystal chandelier, or fifty million blouses that double as dresses, or eleventy zillion Fraps, or a $200,000 Mercedes (oh yeah, she surely needed a V12 car), she can HIRE A DRIVER. Then she can text to her little heart’s content and let the DRIVER worry about the paps. Or let that guy Sam Lufti drive, he’s better than nothing (please tell me she isn’t doing sexytime with him). Um…HELLO? Get a driver and a bodyguard, Brit. A good part of your problems will be solved immediately.
And after all this, there’s another emergency hearing on Friday concerning her driving. The video shot of her blowing the red light at a busy intersection will be Exhibit A. This, however, is the video of her running over the foot and then texting while driving. I first saw this on Perez, so…thanks, Perez! (Some of the language is NSFW)
Now this makes me sad. I’ve been a huge Pierce Brosnan fan for years, going all the way back to Remington Steele…and let’s face it, he’s still got it. He can drive my Aston-Martin any time. Total dilf. But according to TMZ, apparently there was an altercation between Pierce and a paparazzi attempting to get some photos, and now Pierce is under investigation:
The incident allegedly occurred outside Casa Escobar last Friday in a Malibu mall about 6:15 PM. We’re told Brosnan allegedly committed a battery on Robert Rosen, a photographer.
According to Rosen, Pierce was there with his kids, when Rosen began snapping photos (see below). Rosen says Pierce then said, “Why don’t you get a real f**king job.” Rosen says he then started complimenting Pierce on his Bond roles.
A short time later, an enraged Pierce allegedly told the photog, “Why don’t you f**k off, mate,” and then struck him in the ribs. A witness says the pap instinctively reacted by kicking Pierce — we’re told, in the stomach.
Oh sigh.
Pierce, man…pull it together. This isn’t a James Bond movie (and why did they drop him, anyway? A blonde Bond? Since when? Okay, back on the subject), where you can beat people up while wearing your impeccable tux and then be swept away by a helicopter with great timing, with no repercussions. I know the paps can be irritating, condescending, fawning, intruding, and fake in their effluvious praise, but seriously. This is no way to handle it. And especially with your kids around…come on, man, have some class. Your kids don’t need to see this, and neither do other people’s kids.
Getting kicked in the stomach is no small matter, but then neither is getting punched in the ribs. Pierce may have to answer for his pugilistic ways, as the whole thing is being investigated by the LA Sheriff’s department and is going to be turned over to the DA for review. Of course, if this goes the way of recent celeb encounters with the paps (i.e., Orlando Bloom), this might be the last we hear of it.
I hope this is exaggerated, but Pierce really doesn’t like paps, so it might not be.
UPDATE: OK! is reporting that the photog hit Pierce right in the martini shaker. Ouch.
UPDATE #2: The Daily Mail is reporting that the photog’s name is Barry Rosen, not Robert Rosen.
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