Spears is featured in new ad for the album, appears in a V magazine cover story.
By Jocelyn Vena
Britney Spears' <i>Femme Fatale</i>
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For those wondering about Britney Spears' seeming lack of visibility as the release of Femme Fatale approaches, it seems that the singer is ready to step up her promotion game for the album. News has broken that the pop star has done several new photo sessions as she gears up for Femme Fatale's March 29 debut.
First off, a new promo shot for the album has hit the Web. In the pic, Spears, with her hair tousled in all its bed-head glory, sits seductively on a love seat wearing a long sweater, peep-toe platforms and nothing else. The copy on the poster reads, "Britney Spears, Femme Fatale, featuring the world wide smash hit single, 'Hold It Against Me.' "
E! News reports that Spears is also set to appear in the in the "Star Power" issue of the edgy fashion magazine V. She graces the cover in three sexy shots: one showing her holding a kitten and smiling, another of her topless and baring her back, and a third in which she sits in a man-tailored top and bra. Britney dons designers like Ralph Lauren and Dolce & Gabbana for the fashion spread.
The magazine, which hits newsstands on Thursday, also features an interview with the star. In the article, Spears says she listens to the Black Eyed Peas and one-time pop rival Christina Aguilera's "Woohoo." She also reveals that she likes being at home and cooking for her two sons. She gets candid about the ups and downs of the past few years, noting that it all taught her to be true to herself.
Meanwhile, Spears is set to appear on "Good Morning America" on the day of Femme Fatale's release for a special performance in San Francisco. "I'll be performing for the first time ever in a special concert in San Francisco's historic Castro district on 'Good Morning America.' And I promise you it'll be a morning to remember," she said when the performance was announced.
Last month, the singer shared with fans that she had big plans for the promotion of the album. "I'm doing a lot of promo," Spears said in a Twitter chat. "I'm thinking about the tour right now and I would [love] to visit a lot of places I didn't get to go to on my last tour."
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Singer left behind more than $400 million in debt.
Michael Jackson
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Between album sales, movie profits, licensing arrangements and lucrative deals for Cirque du Soleil shows, the estate of late King of Pop Michael Jackson has raked in more than $300 million since the singer's shocking death in June 2009.
According to TMZ, legal documents released on Thursday reveal that executors of MJ's estate have managed to make a major dent in the more than $400 million in debt that Jackson owed at the time of his death.
The first accounting from the executors shows that they have already spent around $159 million paying back various debts, income taxes and other expenses, which include providing support for the pop star's mother, Katherine Jackson, as well as his three young children.
"Although there remain unresolved creditor claims, pending litigation and additional challenging business, tax and legal issues, and the estate is not yet in a condition to be closed, the executors have made substantial progress in reducing the estate's debt," the documents state, according to a Reuters report. Two of Jackson's longtime confidants, attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain, were named as administrators in a will sign by the pop icon.
In addition to paying to make "substantial improvements" to the Jackson family's Havenhurst estate in Encino, California, the executors also spent an undetermined amount of money on "last illness and funeral and memorial service expenses." Those costs included a $900,000 payment to the Forest Lawn Memorial cemetery where Jackson is buried and $35,000 on expenses described as "costume for memorial."
TMZ reported that not only did the famously cash-strapped Jackson have more than $400 million in debt, but his estate also owed more than $40 million to concert promoter AEG tied to the scuttled This Is It Tour, for which MJ was rehearsing when he died unexpectedly. They've also paid $27.2 million in taxes and $4 million in mortgage payments on Jackson's properties.
Despite the solid sales of the Michael album and millions of units of the singer's back catalog being sold, as well as the box office of the "This Is It" movie and DVD sales, the estate is not nearly out of the woods. TMZ noted that the administrators have received more than 65 creditors' claims, some of which are subject to "extremely high" interest rates, and there are several outstanding lawsuits against the estate in several countries.
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