Spears granted additional visitation with boys

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday.

The agreement was announced following a closed-door session between lawyers for both sides and a Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner. Neither Spears or Federline appeared in court, and the attorneys declined to discuss specifics about the agreement.

A court spokesman says no formal settlement has been filed, but Federline's attorney, Mark Kaplan, said the agreement averts a trial on custody issues that had been scheduled for late August.

Spears' attorney, Laura Wasser, says the agreement will give Spears more time with her young boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James. While Federline still has full custody, Wasser says Spears may get expanded rights by the end of the year.

Spears lost custody last year following several high-profile incidents of erratic behavior. She has since been under the conservatorship of her father, Jamie Spears, who retains control of her personal affairs and finances.

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Madonna on Britney: 'Let's go save her'

NEW YORK - Madonna wants the media to leave Britney Spears alone. "They need to step off," she told the "Yo on E!" satellite radio show. "For real ... Let's go save her." Madonna, 49, said her daughter, Lourdes, 11, feels the same way.

"She knows Britney, (but) she doesn't really watch TV or read gossip stuff," the pop star said in the interview. "I think she sort of gets the drift of what's going on, and I think she feels very protective of Britney."

Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have a son, Rocco, 7, and are raising a Malawian boy they want to adopt.

"He's the life of the party," she said of David, who she brought home from Africa in 2006. "He loves music, he's an amazing dancer. ... He's a character."

She said caring for David is no different from her raising her biological children: "I thought it was gonna be, but it feels the same to tell you the truth."

As for speculation that her marriage is on the rocks, Madonna said: "It is ridiculous. ... I don't pay much attention to it."

The singer's spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg recently dismissed media reports that the Ritchies have split up, saying they "remain happily married." Rosenberg said that Madonna and filmmaker Ritchie, 39, were "joyfully back together at home in London" after living in separate countries for work purposes.

Madonna, whose new album "Hard Candy" arrives April 29, told "Yo on E!" that she plans to spend the summer in New York, and that she might kick off a tour this fall.

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Britney Spears is Probably in a Padded Room

Britney Spears’ 72-hour hold at Stewart & Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital has been extended to 14 days at the request of her psychiatrist, sources have confirmed. And what a nice place it is! People reports:

The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital is known as one of the top facilities of its kind; still, “It is a terrible situation,” says a source close to the Spears family. “Britney is in a padded room. Her family is so worried about her.” Terry K. Wasserman, a veteran L.A. attorney specializing in mental health cases (who’s not involved in the Spears matter), explains that if a patient becomes combative, he or she “could be placed in a ‘quiet room,’ some of which are padded.” Wasserman adds: “Another possibility is being confined to a bed by leather restraints. In extreme, life-threatening situations - when the patient is a threat to oneself or medical staff - a psychiatrist can inject a person with psychotropic medication.”

Man, this place seems pretty cool. Let’s hope Britney attacks a nurse. That sounds like it would be great. Because the thought of Britney Spears in a stick collar talking to demons like Mary Poppins while she’s getting tasered just puts me in a good place emotionally.

Britney Spears custody hearing postponed

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A hearing in the child custody battle between Britney Spears and her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, was postponed on Monday because the troubled pop star remains hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation, media reports said.The hearing was scheduled after lawyers for Spears, who has lost custody of her two young sons to Federline, sought visitation rights with the boys.

The celebrity Web site reported the hearing was postponed because Spears, who on Thursday was taken to UCLA Medical Center for a 72-hour mental evaluation, had been ordered to remain there another two weeks.

A hearing on the hospitalization was scheduled later on Monday.

One day after Spears, 26, was hospitalized, a Los Angeles court granted her father, Jamie Spears, and attorney, Andrew Wallete, temporary control of her assets, including her house.

In addition, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has issued a restraining order to keep Spears’ self-styled manager and confidant, Sam Lutfi, away from the performer.

Lutfi has been seen with Spears almost constantly in recent months as her personal life has spun out of control.

Los Angeles police are investigating a theft report filed on Friday by Spears’ father, a police spokeswoman said. She said several personal items were reported taken from her home.

Spears, a former Disney child star and chart-topping singer, has seen her personal life descend into turmoil since she filed for divorce from Federline in 2006.

The Louisiana native was hospitalized in January for a mental evaluation after going into hysterics when Federline’s representatives tried to retrieve their children after a visit.

Spears’ antics have drawn nearly constant attention from paparazzi. Two weeks ago, four photographers were arrested on suspicion of reckless driving while trailing her.

It cost local authorities $25,000 to keep photographers at bay during her trip to the hospital last week, police said. On Friday, one Los Angeles city councilman proposed a municipal ordinance to restrict the paparazzi’s movements when photographing stars in public.

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb and Steve Gorman)

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