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Brit Still Singing, K-Fed Still Mooching


(E! Online)
Updated: 2007-09-02 10:12





Brit Still Singing, K-Fed Still Mooching(E! Online)

Los Angeles (E! Online) - "Gimme More" isn't just Britney Spears' new
battle cry. It's also Kevin Federline's.

Mark Vincent Kaplan, Federline's attorney, requested in a legal
declaration filed this week that Spears pony up an additional $50,000 to
pay for her former husband's legal expenses stemming from their recent
divorce.

In the court documents, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Kaplan says
Spears is "clearly the 'monied party' " of the twosome and should
therefore aid in paying off Federline's hefty litigation fees.

Kaplan further argued in his filing that a onetime payment of
$50,000鈥攆or Spears, anyway鈥攚ould amount to nothing more than pocket
change, stating that her average monthly income is a whopping $737,868.

While Kaplan opted not to divulge his own client's monthly salary, he did
claim that Federline, after shelling out for various unspecified
expenses, has "no net income" whatsoever. Adding insult to financial
injury, his monthly spousal-support payments of $20,000 from Spears will
end their run in November.

Spears first filed for divorce from Federline in November 2006, two years
and one month after tying the knot. The divorce was finalized in July,
and the couple is now ramping up their legal battle on the custody front,
fighting for guardianship of kids Sean Preston and Jayden James.

In the meantime, Spears has finally begun grabbing headlines for her
professional life as well as her personal one, making good Thursday night
on her threat to release new music, with the debut of her new single,
"Gimme More."

The club-friendly track, which seems unmistakably vintage Spears,
complete with breathy murmurings, electronic overtones and overproduced
vocals, was played by Ryan Seacrest Friday morning on his KIIS-FM radio
show.

The song begins with Spears heralding her comeback鈥�"It's Britney,
bitch"鈥攁nd ends with the song's producer, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills,
telling listeners, "Bet you didn't see this coming."

People reports that her long gestating fifth studio album is due for
release on Nov. 13, and it is expected to hit store shelves with little
to no promotional fanfare.

On Wednesday, Ne-Yo told Seacrest he had offered some songs to Spears for
the album but wasn't sure if any of them would make the final cut, thanks
to some lingering feelings of anger after the producer allowed Pussycat
Doll Nicole Scherzinger to record some of the songs originally earmarked
for Spears.

As part of her much needed professional comeback, Spears is widely
rumored to be taking to the stage in an unbilled performance at the MTV
Video Music Awards Sept. 9.

Spears also showed up鈥攁lbeit briefly鈥攖o host the opening of LAX
nightclub in Las Vegas Friday night, though she did not scheduled to
perform at the event. She did, however, arrive nearly two hours late and
rush through the red carpet without giving any interviews.

According to Planet Gossip's Marc Malkin, Spears did stick around long
enough to hear DJ AM, one of the club's owners, spin her new single and
dance briefly with Criss Angel before heading back to Los Angeles late
last night.























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