Saturday, 31 May 2008
Dr Phil visits Spears during hospital stay
Spears reportedly received the visit during her stay at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, where she was admitted following a custody dispute over her two young children at her home.
Spears was taken to the hospital for evaluation after police officers observed her to be under the influence of an unknown substance. She was discharged on Saturday.
According to People magazine, Dr Phil McGraw visited the singer and her family during her stay in hospital.
Sam Lufti, a friend of the singer, said: "I witnessed Dr Phil being incredibly influential in helping the family unite. His meeting with Britney has certainly made a positive impact instilling seeds of encouragement and reality within her."
He also said: "In the near future it is likely that more information may be shared with the public with the hopes of better understanding a situation as serious as this."
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has now ordered Spears' children to be placed in the sole care of her ex-husband Kevin Federline, suspending the pop star's visitation rights until "further order of the court".
A hearing has been set for 14 January which will determine how the custody battle will proceed.
Friday, 30 May 2008
Unemployed Heche can't afford child support
Anne Heche can’t afford to continue her $15,000-a-month child support payments.
The 38-year-old actress revealed in court papers that since her US TV show Men in Trees was cancelled, she cannot continue to pay the $14,798 monthly payments, which includes private school tuition for her six-year-old son Homer.
She wrote: “I am continuing to look for work, but I have no offers pending and the impending strike by the Screen Actors Guild reduces my prospects for work even further.
"Since January 18, 2008, I have been unemployed and had no income from employment except for one very short-term contract for a movie role for which I received a total of $6500, approximately the amount I received for one episode of Men in Trees.”
A judge ruled she would not have to pay the July payment to ex-husband Coley Laffoon, but Superior Court Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer ordered her to provide updated income and expense information as soon as she had it.
The payments also include the mortgage on her house in Canada, rent on her Los Angeles property and expenses on her car.
She adds in the court papers: “I do receive some residuals from previous acting work. However, the amounts are nominal and are offset by recurring business expenses that must be paid whether or not I am working.”
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Music rights licensing organization the Harry Fox Agency has added a Spanish-language section to its Web site, which can be found at www.harryfox.com/espanol. HFA en espanol answers questions about music licensing and provides information about its online Songfile search service.
The company has also set up an e-mail address, esp(at)harryfox.com, which goes to HFA's Latin licensing agents.
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