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Michael Bublé: So What If Britney Lip-Synchs
Originally posted 11/18/2009 04:15PM
Michael Bublé has a message for the Australian critics who slammed Britney Spears for lip-synching during concerts: lighten up!
"You'd think she killed someone," Bublé, in Australia to promote his album Crazy Love, told Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper. "Okay, she lip-synchs her show, people know that, they make the decision if they want to go and see her do that."
He added, "Does she deserve the way she's been completely bashed by the media here? No."
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Britney Spears Weighs In on Lip-Synching Flap – Sort Of
Originally posted 11/10/2009 02:30PM
Despite a recent flap over alleged lip-synching at a concert in Australia, Britney Spears isn't letting the media storm deter her from what matters most: her fans.
"I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show," the singer said in a statement. "Some reporters have said they love it and some don't. I came to Australia for my fans!"
While scrutiny about whether or not Spears's singing would be
live or pre-recorded arose last week, it was actually report of fans walking out of
her concert that put the singer on the defensive.
"It's the biggest lie I've ever heard," Spears's tour promoter Paul Dainty told The Australian about the reports. "I'm so angry. We can take heat if there's something wrong and people can review shows badly – that's something you have to live with – but to say people stormed out of the show was an absolute fabrication."
Meanwhile, the Musicians Union of Australia released its own
statement in response to the lip- synching controversy, saying that concert-goers should be told if they're buying tickets to a lip-synched performance.
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PHOTO: Kevin Federline Loses Weight
Originally posted 11/09/2009 04:00PM
He's not exactly in back-up dancer shape again, but Kevin Federline definitely appears to have a shed a few pounds thanks to his work with Celebrity Fit Club.
Britney Spears's ex-husband, who joined girlfriend Victoria Prince and his four children for a movie outing Sunday near Los Angeles, is toiling in celebrity boot camp along with Bobbi Brown, Kaycee Stroh and Federline's other ex, Shar Jackson, for the show's seventh season, which premieres Feb. 14 on VH1.
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Britney Spears 'Upset' By Lip-Synching Flap
Originally posted 11/09/2009 02:25PM
Read her lips.
Britney Spears is hopping mad about the furor in Australia over her lip-synching at a concert on her "Circus" tour, her tour promoter says.
"Britney is aware of all this and she's extremely upset by it," Paul Dainty told The Australian.
What really put Spears, 27, over the edge were reports that fans walked out of the show in Perth on Friday, something Dainty calls hogwash.
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John Mayer Tweets About Britney Spears Lip-Sync Scandal
Originally posted 11/08/2009 10:40PM
John Mayer has wandered into the controversy plaguing Britney Spears in Australia, where critics in the media have blasted her for lip-synching on her "Circus" tour.
On Saturday, Mayer, who happens to be Down Under to promote his own album, Tweeted the following: "If you're shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to be hard for you."
Why all the fuss?
On Friday, about 100 angry fans reportedly stormed out of Britney's concert at the Burswood Dome in the Western Australia city of Perth, saying they were disappointed by the lackluster performance and Spears's lip-synching during her two-hour show. Spears gave Perth fans a generic welcome, never mentioning their city by name. "What's up Australia?," she said from the stage. "How you feeling tonight? It's so good to be here tonight. Your country is beautiful."
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Australian Officials Target Britney Spears's Lip-Synching
Originally posted 11/06/2009 08:20AM
Britney Spears just arrived in Australia on Thursday, but already she's the subject of government scrutiny – over whether concertgoers realize she'll be lip-synching portions of her concerts.
Virginia Judge, the Minister for Fair Trading for New South Wales (the Australian state that includes Sydney), said she is considering options to make sure fans aren't misled when buying tickets to Britney's Circus tour concerts. Some seats are going for more than $1,300.
"It is Britney's 'prerogative' to lip-sync, and it is my job to make sure consumers know what they are paying for up front," Judge said in a statement released by the government.
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Britney Spears Lands Down Under
Originally posted 11/05/2009 08:30AM
The kangaroos have a new reason to jump: Britney Spears has landed in Australia.
"Longest flight ever but we had a great time ... So excited to be here," the pop star, 27, Tweeted upon landing in Sydney just after 6 a.m. Thursday morning.
Spears then promptly boarded another jet, a private one this time, to head across the continent for Perth, where she will perform the first concert of her 15-show Circus tour in the country on Friday.
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Tweens Would Rather Hang with Taylor than Rob
Originally posted 10/30/2009 06:30AM
Bella Swan may have given her heart to Edward Cullen, but it seems Twilight fans would've picked Jacob Black!
In AOL's Just So You Know Awards – an online poll in which the site's tween and teen readers voted for their favorite stars – New Moon's resident werewolf, Taylor Lautner, beat out immortal vampire Robert Pattinson by nabbing 56 percent of the votes in the categories of favorite male movie star and cool guy you'd like to hang out with.
The Twilight Saga's leading lady, Kristen Stewart, also proved a fan favorite, besting Harry Potter's Emma Watson and Transformers star Megan Fox to be named favorite female movie star.
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Britney Spears Settles Lawsuit with Paparazzi
Originally posted 10/21/2009 02:00PM
Britney Spears has settled a lawsuit with a photographer who claimed she ran over his foot in 2007.
On Monday, a notice of settlement was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, and while the terms of the agreement have not been released, the photographer, Ricardo Mendoza, had originally sought more than $200,000.
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Britney Spears Buys a Parakeet
Originally posted 10/01/2009 04:10PM
Britney Spears had quite the busy week.
After wrapping up the North American leg of her tour with two concerts in Las Vegas over the weekend, the singer debuted her new single, "3," on radio station Z100 Tuesday morning.
But that wasn't enough excitement for her: On Wednesday, Spears purchased a pet parakeet.
During a trip to the California Pet Center near Calabasas, Calif., the singer decided to procure a pet. "Britney had just picked up some dog food when she spotted the parakeets and decided to buy one," an eyewitness tells PEOPLEPets.com. "She settled on a yellow parakeet and bought a big, white cage and several toys for the bird."
For the full story, visit PEOPLEPets.com
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