Brit and Boys: Reunited!

Reunited and it feels so good for Britney Spears and her boys.
For the first time in nearly two months, the beleaguered pop star had face-to-face contact with sons Sean Preson and Jayden James, during a Saturday morning, court-monitored visit, sources confirm to E! News.
The boys, who have primarily resided at Federline's home in Tarzana since October, were packed into his gray Dodge Viper truck by a bodyguard and shuttled to Spears' home on the Studio City/Beverly Hills border around 9 a.m.
The visit is scheduled to last until noon.
Aside from Spears and a court-appointed monitor, there are several other key personnel on hand, including: Britney's father, Jamie Spears; a Federline security guard; and a lawyer from the Luce Forward law firm, which is handling Britney's conservatorship for Jamie Spears.
According to an insider, the 26-year-old pop star cannot take the boys, ages two and one, into another room without the others watching.
The ground rules for the visitation were hammered out Friday night, by lawyers for Luce Forward and ex-husband Kevin Federline.
"None of this would have happened if Jamie Spears had not been involved. That's for sure," Federline attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told E! News Friday. "He gets a lot of credit for helping make this happen. But we've worked very hard with the conservator lawyers, as well, to make this all work."
Federline has had sole custody since October, and Spears hasn't seen Sean and Jayden since Jan. 3, after she refused to allow Federline's bodyguard to pick up the boys after one of her monitored visits and she ended up under observation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
The troubles songstress was stripped of her visitation privileges and has only been allowed to contact the boys by phone.

Source: E!

Brit's Boys Pay a Visit!

Less than 24 hours after it was discovered that a deal had been hammered out between the lawyers in the Britney Spears vs. Kevin Federline custody case that would allow the pop star supervised visits with her children, the little Federline lads came to pay mom a visit at her L.A. home.Around 9am PT on Saturday, a Dodge truck carrying Sean Preston, 2, and one-year-old Jayden James entered Britney's gated community, The Summit. By noon, the boys were on their way back home to K-Fed. "They definitely had smiles on their faces after the visit," one witness tells OK!.Also inside the house during the visit were Brit's father Jamie Spears, a pyschologist, one of Kevin's bodyguard, the court-ordered monitor, and a lawyer.This was the first time the boys have seen their mother since the Jan. 3 standoff with authorities that landed Britney in the hospital for several nights. Until this visit, she had only been allowed to speak with her children during short phone conversations.

Source: OK

Britney Reunited With Her Sons

Britney Spears has been reunited with her sons today, OK! Magazine is reporting.
The pop star hasn't seen her children since her January 3 meltdown. Brit's father, Jamie, is present for the reunion at Britney's Beverly Hills home, as well as a court appointed monitor, psychologist, lawyer and Britney's ex-husband Kevin Federline's bodyguard.

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Britney Visits with Her Boys

Britney Spears was reunited with her sons for three hours on Saturday. After lawyers for Spears and Kevin Federline reached a visitation agreement Friday, the pop star saw her children Preston, 2, and Jayden, 1, for the first time since Jan. 3. The boys left Federline's Tarzana house Saturday morning – put in their car seats by their father, according to photographers – and were driven by Federline's bodyguard to Spears's Studio City home. A source involved in the case says, "The real hero was [Spears's father] Jamie. He has taken charge, and she has visitation again." Sources confirm to PEOPLE that Jamie and Britney's psychiatrist were present for the visit. After a three-hour stay, Spears's sons left again in the back of Federline's grey Dodge truck driven by his bodyguard.

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Britney Seeing Her Kids Right Now

Update: The kids left Brit’s house this morning after their first visit with their mom in over eight weeks. I’m sure it was a very special time for Britney and the kids. She’s still at her house and hasn’t left, but we’ll definitely keep you updated if she does.
I’m up here at The Summit and Kevin’s bodyguard just drove the kids into the estates for Britney’s first visit with her two kids. We’ll have more details for you and some reactions to the visits as soon as we can. We’re all very happy to be able to report this.

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Brit Back with Her Boys

Britney has reunited with her sons today -- the first time since her January 3rd meltdown.Brit's boys were driven by K-Daddy's bodyguard to Spear's Studio City home, according to People.And as we first reported yesterday, Jamie Spears and a psychiatrist must be present for every visit.

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Thank God!!! I am soo happy for her and her boys!!!

Danja talks about working with Britney

Keri Hilson was saying because Britney wouldn’t open up about her own personal experiences, it made it tougher to write for her. Did you find that it made it harder for you as well?It wasn’t hard for me in the creative process with Britney because I was totally left to do pretty much whatever I wanted to. If she felt it, she was gonna ride with it. If she didn’t, you’d see it in her face. I don’t think she needed to open up. She did have one record where she’s mentioning certain things, but it’s in a clever kind of way, not necessarily pouring her heart out. We’ve known Britney for entertaining, dancing and giving you a sexy record, getting you moving. And that’s what we did. Unfortunately, she’s in the state that she’s in, but the music speaks for itself. In the studio she was dancing, laughing in the booth. She gave the right type of energy. That’s all that matters.Did it disappoint you that the public didn’t respond as well to her VMA performance as they did to the actual “Gimme More” song?It didn’t bother me until nine months down the line. I was like, "I wish she could’ve really nailed that performance ‘cause that really would have set it off." It was still top five [on the Billboard] Hot 100. I didn’t think the performance was really that big of a deal. She looked a little spaced-out. To me it looked like she was completely nervous. She hadn’t been on stage in I don’t know how long. During the performance, I was watching like, "Just give me that one pop to let me know you back." And it never happened. I was rooting for her regardless.At the end of “Gimme More,” you were talking on the record. What prompted that?[Laughs.] I just felt like I needed to say something. People haven’t really seen me or heard my voice, and that was one of my first solo productions. So I definitely had to stake my claim. There's a lot riding on my future, because people think I’m around because of Tim and they don’t really know what I’m capable of. After we mixed that record, I just knew that record was crazy. Period. We got all these hit records and I haven’t got any on my own. Well, here’s one.Has all the drama overshadowing Britney’s project and Duran Duran's lackluster sales had any affect on you?It definitely weighed on me. At one particular point last year, I felt like, "Man, I did all this work, and it ain’t pop like it’s supposed to pop." I was down for a little bit. It wasn’t that I wasn’t proud of my work. It’s just things with the business that sometimes happen that affect your music. You could put your all into the music, and it’s some executive decision that ruined it. I don’t count it as a failure. It’s just a lesson learned. In the Britney case, every producer, songwriter or arranger on that record did their thing. The record label did their thing. That was just something uncontrollable on her part. Duran Duran [is] an old group, [and] a lot of people are not familiar with them. Not saying that it’s over for them. It’s just a matter of reintroducing them.Credit:

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Breaking News: Britney Regains Visitation Rights

In what OK! has learned was a deal more than a week in the making, a judge has ruled that Britney Spears will once again receive visitation rights with her sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James. Under the ruling, Britney can see her boys in a "theraputic setting"--meaning, among other stipulations, that Jamie Spears and Brit's psychiatrist must be present. Kevin Federline is reportedly on board with the commissioner's decision and is, along with lawyers for both sides, impressed at Jamie's ability to quiet the whirlwind surrounding Britney's life.K-fed's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan tells OK! exclusively that today's ruling would never have happened if Jamie hadn't stepped in to stabilize his daughter.
"Obviously this wouldn’t have happened if Jamie Spears wasn’t involved but there’s much more to it than those two people being present,” Kaplan tells OK! exclusively. "Let’s just say that my partner Jim Simon and I put lots of specific terms, conditions and protections in place that go far beyond those two people being present."So how soon will Britney get to see her boys? "Britney very,very soon will be seeing her boys again," Kaplan tell OK!. "At the moment we are waiting for the orders to be signed and faxed by the judge and assuming that we receive that tonight, visitation will happen very quickly.”

Source: Ok!

A Bipolar Mom Offers Insight Into Britney Spears' Struggle

As Britney Spears receives treatment for bipolar disorder and struggles to regain custody of her two sons, Us Weekly spoke to a young mother afflicted with the same mental illness to offer insight into the singer's life.
“Carol” (not her real name) was a wild, uncontrollable 18-year-old when she became a mother. But after some manic episodes (including joyriding with her infant son in a car), she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Carol soon decided to give up her baby, then 18 months, to family friends for adoption.
Now 28, the Idaho resident — who says she’s doing “really well” and still has contact with her nine-year-old boy — tells Us her story:
"The thing that made me think Britney might have bipolar was that I recognized the look on her face, I've had that look before. It's the eyes, there's kind of a wildness. It looks like her mind's going really fast and I'm sure that she went through the same thing with the racing thoughts that I did and I could see the change in her from day to day, being up then being down.
“I had ADD as a child and wasn't diagnosed bipolar until I was 18. As a teenager, I didn't know what was wrong with me. It felt very hard to fit in because I had these mood swings and went through periods where I didn't want to see anybody and all of my friends would think that I had dropped them. It wasn't that, it was just that I couldn't handle being around people because of the depression or whatever else I was going through. Then there would be periods where I was the social butterfly at every party and on the phone all the time and it was difficult in school because a lot of times I would come across as being on drugs because I was manic. I'd talk too loud and get too energetic and it would freak my teachers out. My mother thought I was on drugs when I wasn't.
"When I was depressed I slept too much and had a really poor self image. That's the other thing, when I was manic or hyper-manic I had an inflated ego. You feel like you're the prettiest, smartest girl in the room and then when you're depressed, you feel like you're the ugliest, dumbest girl in the room.
"When Britney shaved her hair or got married to her childhood friend, I can relate to that. It's a manic impulsivity. You can think something's a great idea and you just immediately do it and then two hours later, you go, 'oh my god, what did I do?' I never slept with strangers but I did with friends, just on a whim. I would be drunk and it would just happen. I would go through long periods of celibacy, then a two-month phase where I'd sleep with four people, which is a lot for me. I felt more attractive during those times, I had a sense of immortality, that nothing that I did was going to affect the future. You just really live in the moment. You don't think abouttomorrow. Two weeks later, I would beat myself up over it. At one point, I was going to sell my car and move to New Orleans and be a stripper. Luckily my parents talked me out of it!
"I also couldn't empathize with other people at all because I was so wrapped up in my illness, so I would get into arguments with people a lot. I had some friends who were very patient who have put up with a lot from me. I remember screaming at my best friend for about 30 minutes straight and calling her all kinds of awful names, when if the same thing had happened now I would have just told her she had upset me.
"I would also sneak out of the house and I was dating this guy in high school who had tattoos all over him, my parents hated him! My parents hate tattoos and piercings and when I turned 18 I pierced my tongue, thinking they wouldn't notice. Of course they did, I don't know what I was thinking.
"There was a lot of drug abuse too. I was a heavy pot smoker from when I was 14 until 21. I also dabbled in cocaine and ecstasy, acid and mushrooms. Thepot was because of the insomnia, it was the only way I could sleep, and the cocaine was to try and lift me out of the depression.
"I also find it hard to read people and choose people who are bad for me. I was friends with this woman for three years until about a year ago. She seemed very conservative and sensible, but she was actually an alcoholic and sex addict. The one thing about bad people being friends with bad people is that they won't let go of you.
“I understand why Britney was spending time with Sam Lutfi. Controlling people are attractive because you feel lost when you're un-medicated. It seems like 'oh he's got all the answers, he'll take care of me.'
"My son's father was very controlling too. Slowly I wasn't allowed to talk to my friends and then eventually I wasn't even allowed to speak to my mother. He was also addicted to drugs, which I didn't realize. I was with the boyfriend before him for five years and he was the same way, he had to control everything.
"Giving up my son was so hard. I still get a lot of people who judge me for that, especially as he was 18 months old at the time, but I had realized I wasn't stable enough and his father wasn't in the picture. It was also hard to empathize with what the baby wanted. It's not that you don't care. A lot of times, my son would want to go outside and play and I couldn't take him because I was so depressed I couldn't move. It's not that I didn't want to, it was that I physically couldn't.
"My son is much better off. But if I were to have a child now I wouldn't be afraid of being a parent because I know that I'm stable enough now. Of course I love my son and I wish that I could have kept him, but probably the sanest decision I made at that point was to give him up for adoption. I didn't have the economic advantage of being able to hire nannies and have other people around.
“Also with Britney, Kevin Federline seems to have gone out of his way to clean up his act and be a good father and my son didn't have that with his dad.
"I think Britney will be able to cope with having her kids back again. The thing about bipolar disorder is if you're being treated you will never go that far down again. She can afford the best doctors in the world but the real trick is going to be finding the right medication for her, which could take five years. I just happen to have found the right cocktail for me.
“I'm on the newest medication called Lamictal and it's worked wonders. It's a mood stabilizer with antidepressant qualities and you don't gain tons of weight like you did with the old medications.
"I think Britney can make it, but once you get your mind stabilized, you have to pick up the shambles of your life that are left around you, so it'll take her a while to fix that. I don't see any reason why she wouldn't be a good mother, it's obvious she loves her children."
For more on Britney Spears, pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly on stands now.

Source: www.usmagazine.com

Alli Sims on Britney Spears: "Everyone Goes Through Weird Patches"

Alli Sims says she is still talking to cousin Britney Spears.
"I cannot really say much more about [her], but she is doing well," Sims told Usmagazine.com at the Montblanc Oscar Brunch at Casey Johnson's Villa in Beverly Hills last night.
Spears has been involuntarily hospitalized twice to treat her bipolar disorder. She is currently under the supervision of her parents (her father was granted legal, financial, and medical control of her life) and hasn't seen her two sons since January 3.
"Everybody just keeps supporting her and rooting [for] her because everyone kind of goes through weird little patches in [their] life," Sims told Us.
"You just need friends and family and everyone to support you and help you through it, and everything will be okay."
Sims, who is working on her first album, says she and Spears "will definitely collaborate on something."
"I think we are kind of both open to anything," Sims said. "We are really good friends, we are really close, and we really love working on stuff together, so I think that possibly something like that could happen."
Sims lived with Spears for eight months last year and previously told Us, "I wish people would give her a break and lay off her."

Source: www.usmagazine.com

Commish Puts Britney on Hold

Britney Spears is currently neither here nor there.
At a brief hearing Friday regarding Jamie Spears' conservatorship status, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz said the case was in "a holding pattern" until a federal judge determines whether there's cause to move the proceedings to U.S. District Court.
"There's nothing for the court to do today," Goetz, who earlier this week extended the temporary control over Britney's estate until Mar. 10, said after Spears' legal camp briefed her on the parallel proceedings. "We are in a holding pattern until the district court decides which jurisdiction should continue with the case."
When Jamie Spears' attorneys offered to hand over copies of all documents filed so far in federal court, Goetz said, "You keep them. I want to keep the line of demarcation clear so no one thinks I'm overstepping my bounds."
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez is planning to review arguments from both sides on Monday.
First there's Jamie Spears and coconservator Andrew Wallet, who called the transfer request a "brazen—but vain—attempt to strip a probate court of jurisdiction." And then there's New York-based attorney Jon Eardley, who had his (and Sam Lutfi's) publicist file the petition and who may or may not be legitimately acting on Britney's behalf.
Papa Spears' side will continue to argue that, because Britney was previously found to be unfit to hire her own attorneys, Eardley's hiring is bogus and any motion he filed in connection with the conservatorship case is invalid.
Late Thursday, Gutierrez approved Jamie's request to extend until Mar. 17 a temporary restraining order against Britney's self-proclaimed protector, Sam Lutfi, who was finally served yesterday, a day before the order was set to expire, after successfully dodging process servers for three weeks. (View the documents.)
"Despite our very best efforts, and I mean our very best, Mr. Lutfi did not surface until after the deadline had passed," attorney Geraldine Wyle said in court, explaining why Lutfi wasn't served at least 48 hours before the order expired.
But although they managed to keep Lutfi away, regardless, Jamie's legal team from the firm of Luce Forward said they would prefer the case stay in L.A. Superior Court because "the federal process doesn't really suit a conservatorship."

Source: www.eonline.com

Britney Gets Visitation Of Her Kids!

"We're pleased that … the process of reinstating the children's mother as a participant in their lives can commence," Kevin Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, said on Friday.
He added that Britney would "very soon" be allowed to see Tater Tot and Small Fry.
This is such a good thing!!!
Spears is finally getting her life back in order and we are so happy for her. And so is Federline.
The man who once was considered the bad guy is anything but. K-Fed didn't have to allowed Brit Brit any visitation. It wasn't court-mandated. But he and his lawyers worked with Britney's dad, Jamie, and her attorneys to make sure they could reach an agreement that would keep everyone happy, especially those two kids.
We are cautiously optimistic that this good progress Britney has made these last few weeks will continue. We hope it does. She still has more work to do on her path towards health and happiness.
But this is a very encouraging step in that direction!

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Served and Extended

Not only was Osama Lutfi finally served with his restraining order against Britney Spears yesterday, but a judge verified that the court order was valid.
AND, the same judge extended the order late Thursday.
Osama can't phone, text, email or get near Brit Brit or her home until March 17th - at which point the restraining order can and hopefully will get extended again.
We look forward to no longer writing about Shady Sam, just like we've stopped mentioning this loser!
Britney has been so much better without Lutfi in her life. Dontcha think???

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