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Janet Jackson’s ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’ FCC Fine Tossed

Posted: Monday, July 21st, 2008 @ 11:57 am in Celebrity Living, Lawsuits, Music | No Comments »

Janet and JustinOne of the most infamous moments in Super Bowl history may have seen Janet Jackson bear a lot of flesh – but that doesn’t mean CBS ought to bear a big financial burden, a three-judge panel has ruled.

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Monday tossed out the $550,000 that the Federal Communications Commission levied against CBS Corp. for the 2004 nationally televised halftime show that introduced the phrase “wardrobe malfunction” to the world. The court said the FCC had acted “arbitrarily and capriciously.”

Britney Spears Visits with Her Boys

Posted: Sunday, February 24th, 2008 @ 12:41 pm in Baby News, Celebrity Living, Celebrity News, Lawsuits | No Comments »

Britney SpearsBritney Spears was reunited with her sons for three hours on Saturday.

After lawyers for Spears and Kevin Federline reached a visitation agreement Friday, the pop star saw her children Preston, 2, and Jayden, 1, for the first time since Jan. 3.

The boys left Federline’s Tarzana house Saturday morning – put in their car seats by their father, according to photographers – and were driven by Federline’s bodyguard to Spears’s Studio City home.

Britney Allowed Visits with Children ‘Very Soon’

Posted: Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 @ 12:38 pm in Celebrity News, Lawsuits, Music | No Comments »

britney spearsBritney Spears will be allowed to visit her children “soon, very soon,” after lawyers hammered out a structured visitation arrangement, Kevin Federline’s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan says.

Kaplan confirmed Friday that he and his partner Jim Simon spent two days working with Spears’s legal team. Under the terms of the agreement, details of which Kaplan would not disclose, Jayden, 1, and Preston, 2, will once again enjoy “participation of their mother in their lives,” Kaplan says.