Britney WILL Get Help

TMZ has learned family members and professionals in Britney's life are working as a team to get her mental help -- either voluntarily or involuntarily -- for treatment of what appears to be a severe bipolar disorder.

We're told it's going to happen one way or the other, and fast. So far, Britney refuses to commit herself voluntarily, but the team is persisting.

Sources say they are considering "a number of options," some of which are "creative."

The most extreme option -- going to court and getting an order forcing Britney into in-patient treatment. That would be the last ditch effort.

If involuntary commitment is the only option, Brit must be picked up by cops -- again -- on a "5150," meaning she's a danger to herself or others. Then, while she's in the hospital, health care professionals can go to the County Public Guardian, who can then go to court and ask for what's called a "conservatorship." The conservator would then basically assume control of Brit's life.

If the judge grants the conservatorship, Brit could be involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. Again, that's not the only option and various alternatives are being discussed right now.

Amy Winehouse Goes Blonde!

Amy was seen walking the streets of London today with her new colored do.

Lindsay is Being Sued AGAIN...WTF

The woman who was allegedly chased by Lindsay Lohan during the infamous DUI arrest last July claims she's racked up a big shrink bill to get over a bad case of the mean girl.

Tracie Rice has sued Lohan, claiming the actress terrorized her in a wild chase in Santa Monica. Tracie, who called 911 during the pursuit, has filed legal papers alleging she's already spent $3,500 in therapist bills at $175 a crack.

Rice also says she's spent $400 on a medical doctor, $145 on a chiropractor, $150 on medicine and two grand in miscellaneous expenses.

Rice also says she's lost her job as a result of the incident, and that she was taking in between $60 - $75,000 a year.

Are you f***ing kidding me! Therapy for being chased by Lindsay Lohan. I would pay to be chased my Lindsay Lohan. AND, how could you loose your job because of that incident?! AND why did Rice need a chiropractor? She didn't get physically hurt! This is WTF worthy.

Lawsuit Against Lindsay NOT Over

Lohan was driving her Mercedes down Robertson when it smashed into a van driven by Raymundo Ortega. The internet reports cite a document filed last month by Ortega's lawyer, Robert Klein, claiming Klein dropped the suit against Lindsay. Not true. The attorney only dismissed his case against Crossheart Productions, Lindsay's production company. She is still a defendant in the suit, along with the Ivy restaurant, which Ortega claims plied her with alcohol before the crash.

Don't believe Perez or E!, they both said lawsuit was completely dismissed. NOT TRUE

Why Brit Locked Herself in the Bathroom

Unimpeachable sources tell TMZ Brit pitched a fit that she had to attend a deposition in the custody case earlier in the day and she wanted "make-up" time with the kids that evening. Britney had visitation rights with the kids that day. She was supposed to surrender them to K-Daddy at 7:00 PM, but wanted two extra hours. K-Fed and his lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, wouldn't allow it, so she locked herself in the house -- thus the stand-off.Here are the probs with Brit's theory. First, the reason her depo was set for last Thursday was because she failed to show the day before. Second, Thursday's depo was supposed to begin at 9:45 AM and go until 11:45 AM. She didn't show until 11:32, so the depo lasted less than 15 minutes. We've learned she only had visitation rights that day between noon and 7 PM. The depo ended at 11:45 and her house was only 15 minutes away. So she really didn't lose any time with the kids.

Mr.Blackwell's Worst-Dressed List

MR. BLACKWELL'S 48TH ANNUAL WORST-DRESSED WOMEN LIST
10.) Alison Arngrim: "Little Nellie of the prairie, looks like a 1940's fashion editor for the Farmers Almanac."
9.) Lindsay Lohan: "Lindsay the fashion frenzy strikes again! Lohan takes fashion to a new low."
8.) Jessica Simpson: "Forget the Cowboys. In prom queen screams, can it get any worse? She's a global fashion curse!"
7.) Avril Lavigne: "Gothic make-up courtesy the mad spatula-Fashions provided by.. The house of Dracula!"
6.) Eva Green: "Stuck in neon nightmares not fit for the sane. Fashion this loud could give Bond a migraine! A profusion of confusion from toes to nose!"
5.) Kelly Clarkson: "Her heavenly voice soars above the rest... but those belly-baring bombs are hellish at best! She may be the queen of 'Pro-Active' – but that wardrobe looks downright radioactive!"
4.) Fergie: "Another style-free 'Fergie' in fashion's hall of shame? Yes, when it comes to couture chaos, guess it's all in a name!"
3.) Mary Kate Olsen: "YIKES! In layers of cut-rate kitsch, Mary Kate's look is hard to explain... she resembles a tattered toothpick-trapped in a hurricane!"
2.) Amy Winehouse: "Exploding beehives above…tacky polka-dots below... she's part 50's car-hop horror."
1.) Victoria Beckham: "Forget the fashion spice - wearing a skirt would suffice! In one skinny-mini monstrosity after another, pouty posh can really wreck-em."

I think Mr.Blackwell needs to rethink some of "fashion victims."

Does Brit Have Identity Issues?

Entertainment Tonight is reporting that Britney Spears spoke with a British accent during her short stay at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last Friday.
It isn’t the first time she changed her voice. On December 17, she spoke in the same accent while chatting with photographers outside the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.

What does it mean?

“She’s having identity issues,” NYC-based psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig tells Us Magazine of the pop star, who recently lost custody of her children.

“What it definitely says is she doesn’t really like being where she’s at — there’s probably a part of her that wants to escape who she is really is,” Ludwig says, adding that Spears is “in an adolescent mode of thinking ... [she’s] trying on different personas to see what feels good and works for her."

Britney's Car Impounded

The latest in Britney Spears' troubles: She had her Mercedes towed and impounded by police Monday night after abandoning it on L.A.'s busy Sunset Boulevard after suffering a flat tire.
SCN was there as an irritated and upset looking Spears, with a convoy of paparazzi following, suffered a flat right front tire while driving in Brentwood. After driving for over two miles on the flat, Spears pulled the car to a stop and abandoned the vehicle amid rush-hour traffic. LAPD spokesperson Mike Lopez says Britney’s car was impounded because it was “blocking the roadway.”

According to eyewitnesses at the scene, Spears and her assistant then hopped into a car driven by a trailing paparazzo, who drove Spears back to her Beverly Hills home. Within minutes, Spears left in another car and headed to the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills.

An employee at Quicksilver Towing confirmed to Us Magazine that they have impounded her vehicle and will bill Spears a $104 towing fee, plus $32 for every day it remains in their yard. Should Spears not pick up her vehicle within thirty days, it will be put up for public auction.

BREAKING NEWS:Golden Globes CANCELLED

YES! The Golden Globe Awards have officially been cancelled. But, there will be a "news conference" announcing the winners. Woo Hoo.

The award show was cancelled as a result of the unsolved writers strike so... no celebrities wanted to "cross the picket line" so... no stars, no show.

TOLD YOU!

SCN reported about a month ago that Nicole Kidman was pregnant, and guess what Nick did today... announce she is pregnant!

Britney Escaped

Despite a swarm of photographers outside her Beverly Hills home, Britney escaped unnoticed to the Daily Grill restaurant in Palm Desert with her photographer beau Adnan Ghalib.

Britney and Ghalib shared an hour-long breakfast at 11 a.m. this morning.

Brit Brit was seen celebrating her [hospital] release with a cocktail during the meal, and even went to the restroom with her champagne flute.

Brit and Adnan are currently holed up together at Shutters Hotel in Santa Monica, California.

New BFFs?

Khloe Kardashian and Hilary Duff we partying it up together at Central, in Hollywood on Saturday night.

Random, huh...

REHAB WATCH

Rumer Willis is the next "celeb" on our list to check into rehab. Rumer is only 19 years old and she is out partying a lot.

Under age "celeb"+ night clubs= alcohol/drugs=REHAB

Brit Blindsided By Phil

TMZ has learned Dr. Phil's visit with Britney Spears was not exactly as advertised.People on the 7th floor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center say the Doctor arrived at about 7:30 AM Saturday. We're told Britney did not invite him in; she didn't even know he was coming. Sources say it was Brit's parents who told Dr. Phil to go to the hospital. When he walked into her room, we're told, a blindsided Britney walked out -- and eventually came back.Sources say Phil tried speaking with Spears for about 15 minutes -- not an hour as Dr. Phil's press release states --but she wanted none of it. We're told Phil was doing almost all the talking. As for walking with her to the car on her way out -- again as his release states -- we're told, if he was walking behind her, that's news to her. She absolutely was not accompanied by him.Sources say Dr. Phil somehow convinced Brit's mom and dad to be on his show, which will tape Monday and air Tuesday (it was just moved up a day), but, as one person put it, "Based on the interaction between Dr. Phil and Britney this morning, it'll be a cold day in hell before Britney goes on his show." We're told she absolutely will not appear on the program.Sources say Dr. Phil wants to do a television intervention, something that isn't sitting well with some of the people who have known for a while that Britney has a very serious mental condition -- likely a bipolar disorder that is now in the red zone.TMZ contacted Cedars to find out why the hospital let a television doctor on a floor that has such fragile patients, particularly since Britney had no idea he was coming. It's especially troublesome that Cedars let Dr. Phil go uninvited to Britney's room, since she had already been discharged and presumably had a right to know if someone wanted to visit. A Cedars rep made it short and sweet, telling us "No comment." A rep from the "Dr. Phil" show had no comment as well, other than "Dr. Phil met with Ms. Spears at family members' invitation."

ASSHOLE ALERT

Just like Riley Giles, Lindsay Lohan's ex boyfriend Alessandro DiNunzio, who LL was dating for about a week, has sold a "sex" story to The News of the World.

Here are some exerpts:

"Lindsay was very, very good and surprisingly experienced. She wanted to do everything, every position. She was extremely flexible and adventurous."

"She was very sweet and loving in bed. It was a good sex match."
"She adored kissing and never wanted to stop—no matter what we were doing. We had safe sex, and afterwards she cuddled up to me and we went to sleep."

To read the full interview click:http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/0601_linday_lohan_sex.shtml

K-Fed Beefs Up Security

Kevin Federline is rightfully concerned for the safety and well-being of little Tater Tot and Small Fry now that their mother has gone off the deep end.

K-Fed is said to be livid about Unfitney's surprising hospital release on Saturday, after only 36 hours of psychiatric evaluation. And, a source close to Federline reveals exclusively to OK! magazine, that's caused him to beef up security.

"Kevin is so worried that Britney will rush his house and try to grab the boys, just like she tried to do last February," explains the source, who tells OK! that K-Fed has doubled security at his Tarzana, Calif., home.

In February, 2007, following Spears' multiple failed trips to rehab and her public head shaving, "She was so scared of losing custody of the boys that she drove to Kevin's house three times and tried to wrestle her way inside to get her sons," the source reminds us. "When Kevin refused each time, she took out her frustration on a photographers car by banging it up with her umbrella. There's no evidence that Britney's any saner than she was that day. In fact, she appears far worse."

The boys are safe for now," the source goes on. "But Kevin feels Britney is clearly deranged, and theres no telling what shell do. After all, this is a woman who two days ago barricaded herself in her bedroom with her youngest child for three hours!" Adds the insider, "You cant get mentally well in a hospital after 36 hours."

Spice Girl's Wild Night

Spice Girl, Mel B got extereally drunk on New Year's Eve and fell down a flight of stairs and twisted her ankle.

Just wanted to post something other than Britney Spears.

More Cops at Britney's House!

Thankfully no one is hurt and no major incident has happened.

Police are at Brit Brit's home to control the paparazzi and the media assembled outside her gated community, The Summit.

The Insider is reporting:
"The gates surrounding BRITNEY SPEARS' community are besieged with cops, camera crews and even a helicopter hovering overhead.

Police officers are busy moving cars in an effort to control the media coverage that has been swelling ever since Britney returned home from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center earlier today."

Amy Spotted With Ex

Amy Winehouse was spotted in the Caribbean with her ex boyfriend yesterday!

Her husband, Blake, who is rotting in jail, is goin' to be pissed!

Sighting:

Britney's mom, Lynne Spears, was at the cemetery in Kentwood, Louisiana, on Saturday visiting the grave of her sister, Sandra Bridges Covington, who died last year of breast cancer.

Dr.Phil on Britney

Dr. Phil has issued the following statement to ET about his visit with Britney Spears this morning.

"My meeting with Britney and some of her family members this morning in her room at Cedars leaves me convinced more than ever that she is in dire need of both medical and psychological intervention.

She was released moments before my arrival and was packing when I entered the room. We visited for about an hour before I walked with her to her car. I am very concerned for her."

Britney is at HOME

After miraculously convincing the staff of Cedars Sinai to release her Saturday morning, a clearly deranged Britney Spears is currently at her Beverly Hills home in The Summit.

WE ARE OFFICALLY ON SUICIDE WATCH

Update:We have learned that Britney's father, Jaime Spears, was with Brit when she was released.

Dr.Phil Visits Brit Before Release

YES!!! Dr.Phil actually visited Britney Spears earlier this morning AND was filmed AND could show up on "The Dr.Phil Show" next week!

Obviously his psychiatrist skills didn't work on her cause Brit Brit is out and about in LA, when she should be in a mental hospital or rehab. Good job Phil!

BREAKING NEWS:Britney RELEASED From Hospital

Britney Spears has been released from Cedars-Sinai hospital, following an explosive morning in which she was done, done, done with it!

Sources say the hospital released her without notifying any of the principles involved in the ongoing kiddie drama. So, you ask, how could she have been released so quickly, given that she had been declared for a danger to herself and others?

We're told the "5150 hold" means that she can be held against her will for a max of 72 hours, but if the hospital determines she is no longer a danger, they can release her before that.

Britney is Out of Control

We are hearing from multiple sources that Britney Spears is throwing a fit on the 7th floor of Cedars-Sinai. She is demanding to leave, screaming at the staff, will not lay or sit still, we're told.

From all indications, she is being held on a 5150, which means she is a danger to herself and others. Typically, people in that situation can be held for 72 hours against their will.

We have also been told she has pulled her IV out and is generally out of control.