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K-Fed Balks at Divorce Agreement with Britney Spears
Lisa Rogers, 07.04.2007, 04:32 AM
(EZ-Tracks) - It looks like Kevin Federline is not going to go away quietly.
Sources close to K-Fed report that Fresno’s most famous rapper has decided not to sign off on his divorce agreement with Britney Spears because of his concern for the well-being of his two children now that Spears is out of rehab and back on the nightlife scene.
“It's not about the money," the source said of Federline's refusal to sign on the dotted line. "It's about her partying. It's her partying ways that is forcing Kevin to put his foot down."
Federline’s refusal keeps the couple legally bound, despite both parties having reached a "global divorce settlement on all issues of their marriage," including custody of their sons, in March.
Under the terms of the agreement, Spears and Federline would continue to share joint legal and physical custody of Sean Preston and Jayden James, with the majority of the children's week spent with Spears.
However, America’s most maligned rapper now wants to revise the divorce document to make it possible for him keep Spears away from their kids should she again venture down the path toward self-destruction as she did in the weeks before her rehab stay.
A source reiterated that Federline will seek new custody orders based on his concerns that Spears is failing to abide by assurances she made after leaving rehab, when Federline agreed to the terms of joint custody.
Christina Aguilera reportedly pregnant
E! News says that the pop star and husband Jordan Bratman are expecting
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| Christina Aguilera performs during her "Back to Basics" tour in Bangkok, Thailand on June 28. The singer is reportedly expecting her first child. | |
MSNBC staff and news service reports
According to E! News, Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman are officially expecting. This is the first child for both. The couple married back in November 2005.
The five-time Grammy winner is currently touring Asia and Australia in support of her latest album, “Back to Basics.”
Aguilera is also set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008.
‘Unchained Melody’ lyricist Zaret dead at 99
Song was one of the most frequently recorded of the 20th century
WESTPORT, Conn. - Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to “Unchained Melody,” one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99.
Zaret died at his home Monday, about a month shy of his 100th birthday, his son, Robert Zaret, said Tuesday.
He penned words to many songs and advertising jingles but his biggest hit was “Unchained Melody,” written in 1955 for a film called “Unchained.” It brought Zaret and Alex North, the composer, an Academy Award nomination for best song.
Zaret refused the producer’s request to work the word “unchained” into the lyrics, instead writing to express the feelings of a lover who has “hungered for your touch a long, lonely time.”
The song was recorded by artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Lena Horne, U2, Guy Lombardo, Vito & the Salutations and Joni Mitchell, who incorporated fragments into her song “Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody.”
An instrumental version was a No. 1 hit in 1955 for Les Baxter, while a vocal version by Al Hibbler reached No. 3 the same year.
But most baby boomers remember the song from the Righteous Brothers’ version. The record, produced by Phil Spector, reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart in 1965, and was a hit again 25 years later when it was used on the soundtrack of the film “Ghost.”
In all, it was recorded more than 300 times, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which listed it in 1999 as one of the 25 most-performed musical works of the 20th century.
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