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Saturday, February 24, 2007
Britney Back To Rehab "In & Out" "Out & In"
Britney Spears walked out of a rehabilitation clinic just 24 hours after she checked in.
Fast forward Britney entering Promises for the second time, on Thursday, Spears joined a long list of other celebrities who have trekked to the lush Malibu facility to overcome addictions.
Famed for treating stars such as Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr. and Charlie Sheen.
The retreat boasts "uncommon luxury" and "the finest rehab programme in the world".
Treatment doesn't come cheap. A 30-day stay is $48,000.
If the perks alone aren't enough to keep her at Promises, Spears need only reflect on the possibility she could lose custody of her two young children to estranged husband Kevin Federline if she doesn't complete the program.
Federline showed up to Promises treatment centre in Malibu on Friday, according to reports. He stayed for about half an hour on what was Britney's second day in the rehab facility.
Last week Spears attempted to attend rehabilitation at Eric Clapton Crossroads clinic in Antigua, but again only stayed for a day.
Britney Spears is "on the verge of a nervous breakdown" goes on the town for a body altering experience in front of waiting paparazzi photographers, a sure cry for help.
The singer and mother of two stunned fans and paparazzi photographers when she walked into a hairdressing salon in Los Angeles and asked a stylist to cut all her hair off.
When the hairdresser refused, Spears grabbed some clippers, and can be seen in snaps shearing herself bald.
The salon claims to have the only authentic Britney locks, and says it will donate some of the proceeds of the eBay sale to charity.
The New York Daily News says the salon where the star chopped off all her hair is also flogging leftover drink and a lighter left behind by the singer.
The 25-year-old was then followed as she drove to a tattoo parlour and had two images etched, a pair of bright red lips on her wrist and a black, white and pink cross on her lower hip.
Tattooist Emily Wynne-Hughes, who was in the shop, now fears the drastic new look is a stark warning of Spears' emotional instability.
She says: "After (Britney) left, we said to each other: 'We just saw a huge celebrity on the verge of a nervous breakdown.'
"She seemed really distraught and disturbed. She was very scatterbrained. It was crazy, very surreal. She's definitely crying out."
Reunited rock trio The Police announced they would launch a world tour in May, more than 20 years after frontman Sting angered his bandmates by leaving for a solo career.
The group gave fans a taste of what's to come on Sunday night, when they performed their breakthrough hit "Roxanne" at the opening of the Grammy Awards ceremony.
Sting, 55, guitarist Andy Summers, 64, and drummer Stewart Copeland, 54, will kick off the tour on May 28 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
So far dates have been set for North America only; the band will play Europe in the autumn, and shows in Mexico, South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand are also anticipated.
This year is shaping up as the year of rock reunions. Phil Collins has returned to British art-rock combo Genesis for a monthlong summer tour of Europe, while singer David Lee Roth is back with rock band Van Halen after a two-decade estrangement.
Additionally, the Australian-New Zealand band Crowded House plans to end a 10-year hiatus once a replacement is found for late drummer Paul Hester.
The Dixie Chicks completed a defiant comeback on Sunday night, capturing five Grammy awards after being shunned by the country music establishment over the group's anti-Bush comments leading up to the Iraq invasion.
"I'm ready to make nice!" lead singer Natalie Maines exclaimed as the group accepted the album of the year award. "I think people are using their freedom of speech with all these awards. We get the message."
Winners at Sunday's 49th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles:
Tomi Rae Hynie who claims to be James Brown's fourth wife returned to the home she shared with the singer, after a judge ruled Friday that she could retrieve her belongings.
Hynie said she has been locked out of the Beech Island home since Brown died Christmas Day at age 73. She went into the home Friday afternoon with the estate's trustees and three of Brown's six adult children and left with a few personal items, including a dress and other clothing, said Buddy Dallas, a trustee and attorney for the singer.
Hynie said she or her attorney will come back later for larger items, like furniture.
Judge Doyet Early said Hynie also could take pictures and videotape of the inside of the house if she wanted. If there is any dispute between Hynie and trustees about whether something belongs to her, that item will be set aside until its ownership can be clarified later, Early said.
Hynie, who wore a wedding band to Friday's hearing, says she and Brown were married, which is disputed by Brown's attorneys. The judge offered to hear arguments on that issue Friday, but Hynie's attorney said he would present that case another day.
The singer's six adult children were in court in an attempt to remove three trustees who are handling the late singer's estate. They claim the estate has been mismanaged. Although their relationship has been strained in recent weeks, the children and Hynie are united in a separate action asking for a special administrator to be appointed to oversee the trust.
Hynie hugged Brown's oldest daughter, Venisha Brown, after court was adjourned.
Attorneys for the trustees said they plan a countersuit. An attorney handling Brown's will, Strom Thurmond Jr., asked the Aiken County judge for a restraining order and injunction against the children, saying they have interfered with the administration of the estate.
"From the moment they tried to act as personal representatives, we have been met with contempt," Thurmond said.
Louis Levenson, an attorney for Brown's children, claimed trustees allowed taxes to go unpaid and a judgment over a land sale to go unanswered.
Hynie's attorney also claimed bills were unpaid and electricity was cut off while the representatives were in charge of Brown's estate.
"We think we need a special administrator," said Hynie's attorney Robert Rosen. "There is so much at stake in this case."
The judge said he would decide next week on the children's request either to remove the trustees or appoint a special administrator for the estate. He also ordered that no personal items be sold from Brown's home to pay off bills.
The singer's embalmed body remains at an undisclosed location in the same sealed, gold casket seen at his funeral awaiting a decision on where to bury it, officials at the funeral home that handled Brown's funeral confirmed Friday.
The judge told the children, Hynie and the trustees to not discuss burial plans with the media and to try to resolve that issue among themselves.
"Jadakiss," the rapper who wrote controversial lyrics about U.S. President George W. Bush and the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on New York, has been indicted on gun and drug charges. Under the name of Jason Phillips, Jadakiss entered a not guilty plea yesterday to charges of possessing a loaded handgun and marijuana in White Plains, N.Y.
He was arrested Oct. 7 with three other men in his native Yonkers, N.Y. Police said they stopped the car he was in after smelling marijuana and then found the gun.
The rapper's lawyer, Clement Patti, said, "I have yet to see or hear of any evidence connecting my client to possessing this weapon." He said Jadakiss was in the back seat and did not know there was a gun in the front console.
If convicted on the gun charge in Westchester County Court, the maximum sentence Jadakiss would face is 16 months to seven years in prison. The law was toughened in November to provide a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years.
Two of the other arrested men face similar charges. No indictment of the fourth was announced.
Britney Spears walked out of a rehabilitation clinic just 24 hours after she checked in.
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