Britney?s father will remain in control; Britney tried to run away several times

Yesterday JayBird reported on the anticipated hearing in which Jamie Spears, Britney's father, was to ask that his control over her estate be continued. The Commissioner ruled in his favor and Jamie will remain as Britney's conservator until another hearing March 10, which means he still has control over who she sees and how she spends her money. Britney's brother Bryan and an attorney are named as co-trustees and will take over for her father if he is unable to manage her estate.

While some question Jamie's motives, he's been working as a chef to pay the bills and seems to have cleaned up his act considerably since his earlier problems with alcoholism. Britney needs someone who will make sure she stays safe who isn't going to use, drug, and/or emotionally abuse her. Her father seems like he has her best interests at heart and is keeping her safe at home with a staff and occasional trips to the dance studio. She was taken advantage of by Sam Lutfi, who disabled her cars and phones, and bragged to her own mother about how he would routinely mash up medication and slip it into her food without her knowledge. Lutfi is now shut out of her life by restraining order, although no one has been able to serve the papers directly to him.

There have been a lot of stories in the tabloid papers about how Britney freaked out while she was in the psychiatric ward at UCLA's medical center, and I didn't cover them because I felt like I didn't need to know those details. One thing that both Star and The National Enquirer reported this week is that Britney was also diagnosed with schizophrenia along with bipolar disorder. That is incredibly serious and brought a kind of reality and depth for me to this situation that all the "Britney's freaking out!" stories failed to do.

I just got the new National Enquirer, and they claim that Britney tried to run away from the bodyguard that her father hired several times. Since she's tailed by so many paparazzi who would be able to see this, it sounds likely:

An enraged Britney Spears got into a violent brawl with her new bodyguard as she made a desperate attempt to escape from her home - and her father's control.

With her dad Jamie and the bodyguard in hot pursuit, Britney made it only two houses down the street in her exclusive Beverly Hills neighborhood before the bodyguard caught up with her.

"She was screaming at both men at the top of her lungs," said a source. "Britney was in a rage, cursing them as she was dragged and carried back to the house"

After a recent dance rehearsal, she begged her bodyguard not to take her straight home. When he refused, she began screaming and tried to jump out of the car at a red light, but he hit the gas and began moving before she could flee, said the source.

She again tried to make a run for it as the car stopped in front of the gate to her community.

"Britney was irate," said the source. "As the gate was opening, she jumped into the front seat and opened the door."

But Britney changed her mind when a photographer pulled alongside the car, and the bodyguard took her straight to the house.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, February 25, 2008]

The Enquirer also reports that Lynn doesn't approve of the tough love that Jamie is showing their daughter, and that she would rather take her back to Louisiana. Along with Sam Lutfi, Britney's "cousin" Alli Sims has also been shut out of her life. Alli has been hanging out with Lutfi, and that's enough to show that she's a bad influence on her.

Britney has bipolar disorder and according to reports was diagnosed with schizophrenia too. She can't care for herself and her father is trying to make sure she's ok and is able to stay at home and go on occasional outings. If she knows what's good for her and wants to see her children again she'll buck up and figure out how to make it work. We're not holding our breath, but at least she's safe.

Here's Britney outside Millenium dance studio yesterday. You can see her mom Lynn in the background and TMZ reported that she left yesterday to go back to Louisiana. She's got that helmet hair cut that everyone is sporting lately, and it's not that bad on her.

Jerry Hall flashes vag to ex Mick Jagger at crowded party

51 year-old former supermodel Jerry Hall isn't above resorting to cheap tactics used by younger tarts to get attention. She ran into her ex common law husband, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, at a party earlier this month and pulled up her dress to show him that she wasn't wearing underwear. For his part Mick, 64, was said to be initially shocked, but then laughed off the incident. He has a younger, but still age-appropriate, girlfriend and he knew that Hall was just messing around. Hall and Jagger have four grown children together and probably have a friendly relationship.

Even though Jerry agreed to annul her marriage to the rock star nine years ago, the former supermodel, 51, still is hot for 64-year-old Mick, pals say.

And when the couple -who have four children together - both showed up at a party at London's Nobu restaurant in early February, 6-foot-tall Jerry flashed her famously long legs to reveal she'd "gone commando!"

"Jerry was wearing a black below-the-knee dress and black stockings," said an insider. When she flashed Mick, at first he was shocked, but then he laughed it off."

Texas-born Jerry is aware the wrinkly rock has been romantically involved with 43-year-old designer L'Wren Scott - who stands a towering 6-foot-4 - for the past six years, says the insider.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, February 25, 2008]

I remember seeing Jerry Hall in a 2005 reality show on VH1, "Kept," in which younger guys competed for a chance to be her boy toy. The winner said that he never saw Jerry again after the show and claimed that he didn't even kiss her and that "She was a little too old for me."

Hall is currently the spokesperson for erectile dysfunction drug Levitra, and manufacturer Bayer released a press release saying that she will "encourage men and women globally to 'Strike Up A Conversation' and openly discuss erectile dysfunction with each other and their healthcare professionals."

Hall is known for the quote "My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit." She still seems to be working that angle in both her personal and professional life, to mixed results.

Jerry Hall is shown on 2/5/08 outside a private dinner, thanks to PRPhotos.

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Sam Lutfi being investigated by police in Britney case

It's truly amazing that Sam Lutfi still has not been served with his restraining order mandating that he stay away from Britney Spears. It was approved two weeks ago, but Sam has managed to stay below the radar, and technically the restraining order isn't in effect until he's served. I would imagine that Britney's parents have hired some pretty good people to get to him, so he must literally not be leaving his house. Britney must be the only thing in his life, if she's worth all this hassle. And things just keep getting worse for the Svengali: the LAPD's Major Crimes Division is investigating Lutfi for his admission that he continually drugged Britney.

TMZ is reporting that Lutfi is being investigated by the Major Crimes Division of the LAPD. Brit's conservators have complained that Sam drugged her as a way of keeping her under his control. Lutfi, of course, could not be reached for comment, however his spokesperson Michael Sands says that he is aware of the investigation.

Britney's mom, Lynn Spears, gave a signed declaration to the court earlier this month, revealing that the night she arrived at Britney's house for an intervention, Sam openly detailed to her his method of keeping Britney drugged up. "Sam told Jackie and me that he grinds up Britney's pills, which were on the counter and included Risperdol and Seroquel. He told us that he puts them in her food and that was the reason she had been quiet for the last three days. He told us that the doctor who is treating her is trying to get her into a sleep induced coma so that they could then give her drugs to 'heal her brain.'"

Of the investigation, a court insider confirms to OK!-"Yes. He was practicing medicine without a license when he was grinding up a cocktail of prescription pills and putting it in her food. There's no doubt about that being a felony among other charges."

[From OK]

Risperdal and Seroquel are antipsychotic drugs that are used in high doses to treat schitophrenia, in lower doses to treat bipolar disorder, and in very small doses to treat insomnia. Seroquel is also used to treat suicidal patients directly after a suicide attempt or if a patient is thought to be seriously contemplating suicide. They both have highly sedating properties on their own – combined they would create quite the zombie. They also have a long list of bizarre (and not uncommon) side effects that could explain some of Britney's unusual behaviors. She definitely should never have been driving while on both of them. It sounds like Sam wasn't so much “treating” Britney as he was sedating her.

Sam is also supposedly helping Britney “fight back” against her parents – or at least that's how E! is putting it. He filed a petition to get Britney's case moved to federal court, and also stated that she's being kept from freely associating with her friends, handling her money, driving her car, etc. All those things are true – they're pretty much the whole point of the conservatorship.

"Sam is at war with Jamie. This is his first strike," a Spears insider said Friday, explaining that Lutfi feels Britney's rights were violated because court-appointed attorneys did not investigate the claims her family was making about her condition. Lutfi's new publicist, Michael Sands, who insists that the case has been transferred, filed the petition this week on behalf of New York attorney Jon Eardley, who is listed in the paperwork as Britney's counsel.

"Ms. Spears has been denied the right to associate freely with friends. She has been denied the right to make or receive telephone calls. She has been denied the right to operate a motor vehicle…She has been denied the right to receive and send mail," the petition states. "Additionally she has been denied the right to her finances. She is not allowed to access her money or credit cards. Britney has expressed that she doesn't want to be under the lock and control of her family," Sands said Friday. "She wants nothing to do with her father."

[From E! News]

Michael Sands also insists that Britney's case has already been transferred to federal court, even though all court sources say that's not the case. Sam clearly doesn't like that Britney's parents are taking charge of her life. It has nothing to do with Britney not being able to freely do what she wishes, it has to do with someone besides Sam being in control of her. Britney's freedom is the last thing on his mind. Hopefully someone will catch him soon and serve him with the restraining order and maybe a nice little arrest warrant too.

Kirstie Alley fired for being fat

Kirstie Alley has once again lost her battle of the bulge. The former Jenny Craig spokeswoman has lost her contract with them after weighing in at an estimated 200 – 220 pounds. Kirstie claimed that she was 145 pounds at her slimmest on Jenny Craig. Unfortunately it seems she wasn't able to maintain that weight loss. According to the National Enquirer, Alley is desperate to lose weight, and has turned to an alternative medicine clinic to help her achieve her goals.

Now the 57-year-old "Cheers" star has turned to an alternative medical procedure to curb her cravings and lose weight - a regimen featuring acupuncture and herbal medicines. She is going to the Chinese Healing Institute, which uses alternative medicine to treat a variety of health problems, including eating disorders.

"Kirstie has been going to the Institute a couple of times a week. She's undergoing acupuncture to curb her cravings for unhealthy food, and receiving potent herbal medicines to suppress her appetite," said her pal.

[From the National Enquirer, Feb. 25th 2008 print edition]

Though Kirstie claimed on Oprah that she was 219 pounds at her heaviest, friends say she's been lying about that all along. The Enquirer claims that at her heaviest, Alley was closer to 300 pounds. At her lightest, she was at 175. That's still a HUGE amount of weight to lose, and it's not surprising that an actress – or anyone for that matter – wouldn't want to admit to being close to 300 pounds. I never really bought that she was 145 though. According to the Enquirer, Kirstie is both personally and professional embarrassed by the loss of her Jenny Craig contract. They say that Valerie Bertinelli was brought in during Kirstie's third year to act as competition for the actress, and that Alley could have been signed to a fourth year if she hadn't gained so much weight. Queen Latifah is now the new face of Jenny Craig.

My big question is this: if Scientology rids the world of all evils, addictions, and a bunch of other crap, shouldn't the Scientologists have a solution for all this? Alley claims they cured her drug habit over the course of one class at Narconon. Where's Foodonon? Surely if they believe they're the only ones who can really help, they've got a solution to this, right? Something tells me even if they came up with one, we wouldn't be hearing about it. There's several chubby Scientologists – John Travolta would be another one – how embarrassing would it be for them when whatever alien-based program they came up with inevitably didn't work? I'm just curious to know if Kirstie Alley, who's donated millions of dollars to the church, asks herself, “They fixed everything else that's wrong with my life, why can't they fix this?” Kirstie is supposedly worried about her health and how it's affecting her two kids. For that sake, I hope she finds a successful program she can live with.

Lindsay Lohan nude pretending to be Marilyn Monroe NSFW

Lindsay Lohan didn't hesitate to pose topless for a photo shoot with photographer Bert Stern, who also shot the iconic photos of Marilyn Monroe in a hotel room just six weeks before she died in an apparent pill overdose. Called "The Last Sitting," Marilyn's photos show then then 36-year-old bombshell drunk on champagne and lounging around, with just some sheer scarves as cover. Lohan used the same see-through material as Marilyn in her photo shoot, saying that the decision to pose nearly-nude wasn't hard. "I didn’t have to put much thought into it. I mean, Bert Stern? Doing a Marilyn shoot? When is that ever going to come up? It’s really an honor."

Lohan owns one of Marilyn Monroe's apartments, and said she has "a lot of Marilyn Stuff," such as a big painting of Monroe that sounds like it depicts her suicide scene, which was a gift. Lohan says of her painting that "It’s eerie because it’s this picture of her, and it’s kind of cartoony, and there’s a big bottle of pills next to her, and they’ve fallen over."

The 21-year-old actress better known for her DUIs and for courting the paparazzi also alluded to Heath Ledger's death in the same breath as Marilyn's suicide, calling both "tragic""

Lohan called Monroe’s suicide “tragic,” and then added, elliptically, “You know, it’s also tragic what just recently happened to someone else.” I asked whether she was referring to Heath Ledger. She nodded: “They are both prime examples of what this industry can do to someone.” Why some and not others, I asked, since it has often seemed that the thrice-rehabbed Lohan might meet a similar fate. Lohan replied with a flicker of annoyance: “I don’t know. I’m not them. But I sure as hell wouldn’t let it happen to me.” Still, one wonders whether Lohan’s participation in this project, given all the spooky parallels, isn’t the photographic equivalent of moving into a haunted house. (Which, in fact, she may have already done.)

[From NY Magazine]

Here are the photos of a woman who is all too willing to talk about "what this industry can do," without actually doing the work of showing up for her job. At least she'll still take it off for photo shoots. Lohan tried to rationalize the shoot, saying that Monroe was giving back to the public with the last photo shoot that Lindsay is mimicking "She’s saying, ‘Look, you’ve taken a lot from me, so why don’t I give it to you myself.’ She’s taking control back." I wonder if Lohan thought she was "taking control back" when she flashed her shaved kitty on several occasions. Now she has the benefit of a famed photographer to help use exhibitionism to give back to the public while remaining in control.

Thanks to NYMag.com for these photos of Lindsay.

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Marilyn Monroe

Paris Hilton?s burlesque birthday

I thought Paris Hilton already celebrated her 27th birthday by dressing like a My Little Pony in remembrance of her childhood and less penile-looking pre-plastic surgery nose, but she decided to have yet another blow out, with blow being the operative word. She donned her Halloween costume of choice and dressed like a slutty policewoman to perform with the Pussycat Dolls burlesque troupe in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Paris also graced the gaping crowd with a performance in a giant champagne class while wearing a white sparkly bodice and feather boa. That far-away look in her half-lidded eyes as she groped herself is more evocative of Anna Nicole than Marilyn Monroe. She's got to be pissed that Lohan stole her thunder with a topless photo shoot that just came out today. Just get more naked next time, Paris. People will pay more attention to you once you take more clothes off.

Here's the video, thanks to TMZ. She looks like she's posing for a photo shoot, not stripping for a crowd. Dita Von Teese would have some advice to give her under the guise of being helpful, but with a tone of disdain at how much she's sully the art:

Paris was seen making out with newly-divorced Travis Barker at a club over the weekend. The first time she was spotted with the tattooed reality star and drummer, his estranged wife Shanna Moakler got mighty pissed and got into a screaming match with Paris. Now that they're really divorced she doesn't have much to scream about. We'll leave that to Dita once she sees Paris' lackluster performance.