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BRITNEY SPEARS’ ex-boyfriend ADNAN GHALIB has been ordered to stay away from the pop star for at least three years.
California Superior Court Judge Aviva K. Bobb granted the singer an extension of a protective order against the paparazzo on Wednesday (18Mar09) morning.
A temporary restraining order against Spears’ former manager, Sam Lutfi, was also extended until 1 April (09).
The Toxic hitmaker’s father, Jamie Spears, who has court-ordered control over her estate, sought protective orders on her behalf against Ghalib and Lutfi in January (09).
Court documents suggest the men attempted to undermine Jamie Spears’ conservatorship, established after the singer suffered a series of public meltdowns at the beginning of last year (08).
Jamie Spears’ attorney told the judge that Ghalib had yet to file any objections to the order, which is in effect until 17 March (12).
The judge will hear from witnesses in the case against Lutfi on 1 April (09).

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EVA LONGORIA PARKER and NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN celebrated the 100th episode of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES in unusual style - by indulging in a messy food fight.
The hit show wrapped filming on the landmark installment last year (08) and the cast members treated themselves to a luxury cake.
But Sheridan had other plans for it, according to actor James Denton, who plays Mike Delfino on the popular series.
He tells British TV show This Morning, "We brought a cake in and Nicollette and Eva got in a food fight. Nicollette started it, grabbing a big cake, smashed it in her face! "That was our big party, then it was back to work. Seriously, she (Eva) had to go back wash her hair, re-do her make-up and go back to shooting."

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American soprano ANNE BROWN has died, aged 96.
Brown, who inspired legendary composer George Gershwin’s character Bess in folk opera Porgy and Bess, died on 13 March (09) in Oslo, Norway, according to her daughter, Paula Schjelderup. No cause of death was given.
Gershwin was composing the opera - based on DuBose Heyward’s novel Porgy about African Americans living in 1920s South Carolina - when Brown auditioned for him during her graduate studies.
Brown made a concert tour of European capitals in 1948 and eventually settled in Oslo, where she became a Norwegian citizen.
In 1998, She received the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, a conservatory school located in Maryland.
Brown is survived by her daughters Paula and Vaar, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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DIPSET affiliate KING TUT shot and killed himself on Tuesday (17Mar09) after a dramatic stand off with police on a New York highway.
The rapper, real name Darnell Brittingham, was being hunted by police in connection to a brutal stabbing last month (Feb09) - just hours after he was released on bail for drug charges.
According to Allhiphop.com police tracked Brittingham to a New York motel, where they followed him leaving in a taxi with an unidentified woman.
As police approached the car Brittingham reportedly ducked behind the driver�s seat and shot himself in the head.
Brittingham was the prime suspect in a 12 February (09) New Jersey incident, which left one woman needing treatment for seven stab wounds.
The incident occurred just two days after the rapper was charged with manufacturing and intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance.

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Country star LEANN RIMES has addressed reports she cheated on her husband, dismissing them as "rumours" during a live U.S. TV interview.
The singer is accused of cheating on her husband of seven years, Dean Sheremet, with Eddie Cibrian, her co-star in TV movie Northern Lights.
American tabloid Us Weekly has printed security camera footage it claims shows the clean-cut star kissing the actor on an intimate date in California earlier this month (Mar09).
But Rimes brushed off the allegations of infidelity on Wednesday (18Mar09) during an appearance on Live With Regis & Kelly.
She told the hosts, "Everything’s great! There are rumours all the time. I let it roll of my back most of the time. It does get too much every once in a while but you know things pass, life happens." And the singer insists growing up in the spotlight since age 13 helps her cope with constant gossip.
She adds, "Every stage of your life has been played out in the public eye. Everything you read - it’s not as easy as black and white." On Wednesday Sheremet - who renewed his wedding vows with Rimes last August (08) - addressed the gossip himself, posting "I love my wife!!!" on Twitter.com.
Cibrian has been married to model Brandi Glanville since 2001. The couple has two young sons.

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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE star ANIL KAPOOR will take on terrorists for his next role, in hit TV drama 24.
Bollywood icon Kapoor will reportedly play an Indian counter-terrorist cop who teams up with Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer in the eighth season of the long-running programme, which is due to start shooting in April (09).
A source tells the National Enquirer, "Anil would play Jack Bauer’s counterpart in India.
"It’s not known yet whether Anil will appear in just one episode of whether he’ll be a recurring character. Either way the producers are very excited about having him onboard." In Slumdog Millionaire, Kapoor, 49, played the evil host in the Indian version of gameshow Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (IG/NE/JMA) WENN - FIFTH - INTERNATIONAL MUSIC NEWS - 18 MAR 2009

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Newlywed supermodel GISELE BUNDCHEN almost threw her career away by embarking on a fast food and cigarette binge.
The Brazilian runway star - who married American football hunk Tom Brady this month (Mar09) - reveals she became disillusioned with her career a few years ago, and tried to ruin her figure by gorging on unhealthy snacks.
The 28-year-old, currently the highest paid model in the world, tells Us Weekly, "I was smoking a pack and a half of cigarettes a day and eating cheeseburgers all day. I was treating my body, which is my temple and my best friend as my worst enemy."

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NATASHA RICHARDSON’s family members are ‘hopeful’ the actress will recover from the "traumatic brain injury" she suffered during a skiing accident on Monday (16Mar09) The 45-year-old fell on the slopes while taking a ski lesson at Station Mont Tremblant near Montreal.
She was initially taken to a medical centre in the Canadian city, and then moved to New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital on Tuesday (17Mar09), where she remains in critical condition.
Richardson’s actor husband Liam Neeson, their two sons and her famous relatives - members of the Redgrave/Richardson acting claim - are by her bedside.
Reports that the actress is "brain dead" have been dismissed by sources close to the family, and and one relative tells Usmagazine.com, "We’re doing our best to stay up-to-date on what’s happening, but it’s difficult when they know so little themselves. I’m hoping to hear from Liam with good news. I’m really anxious. I feel sick to the pit of my stomach. I just hope she is going to be OK, I really do. We’re a strong family, and Natasha is part of that family. We’re good at putting up a fight."

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JULIA ROBERTS hates shooting love scenes for movies, and will go to any length to avoid kissing her co-stars.
The Oscar winner has locked lips with a string of hunky co-stars, including Richard Gere in Pretty Woman, Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven.
But the married mother-of-three insists she loathes faking real affection, and relies on camera trickery to escape kissing her onscreen love interests.
Roberts tells Us Weekly, "I try to avoid it at every turn. I’ve kissed through sheets, I’ve come up with every trick in the book, because I just think it’s bizarre."

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Academy Award-nominated songwriter JACK LAWRENCE has died of renal failure and complications from a fall at his home. He was 96.
Lawrence died on 15 March (09) in Danbury, Connecticut, according to his son, Richard Debnam.
At age 20, his first song, Play, Fiddle, Play, became an instant hit, and Lawrence gave up his career in podiatry to pursue music.
Lawrence also wrote for a number of popular American artists during the 1940s, including Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan and Rosemary Clooney.
His interpretation of a popular French song called La Mer became a hit in 1948 as Beyond the Sea.
In 1954, Lawrence was nominated for an Academy Award for Best song, after his record Hold My Hand, written with Richard Myers, became a hit in the U.S.
He also composed and produced several Broadway productions, including 1951 musical Courtin’ Time, 1964’s I Had a Ball and 1981’s Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. In 1970 he was applauded for his accomplishments with an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Debnam is Lawrence’s only survivor.

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LIAM GALLAGHER is extending his talents to fashion - the OASIS star has announced plans to launch his own clothing line.
The British rocker’s range, called Pretty Green, will include hats, coats, trousers and other items of men’s clothing.
Outfits will be based on Gallagher’s own style and are set to go on sale in June (09), according to the star.
He says, "Clothes and music are my passion. I’m not here to rip anyone off and I’m not doing it for the money either. I’m doing it ’cause there’s a lack of stuff out there of the things I would wear."

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Pop couple BRIAN MCFADDEN and DELTA GOODREM are planning a sunkissed wedding in Australia.
Irish singer McFadden and his Aussie fiancee announced their engagement in 2007, three years after they began dating.
Plans are now underway for a ceremony in Goodrem’s native Sydney in 2010.
McFadden reveals, "We’re looking at the end of year, Christmas time, in Australia. During the next couple of weeks, we’ll definitely be setting a date".
The former Westlife singer shares two young daughters with ex-wife Kerry Katona, whose own on-off relationship with husband Mark Croft is currently playing out in the British tabloid press.
When asked about his troubled former spouse - who he divorced in 2006 - McFadden insists there are no hard feelings: "I do feel sorry for her. It is like a soap opera. I just watch it like everyone else".

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Dance sensation LADY GAGA was hooked on "serious" drugs - until the singer’s father convinced her she was destroying her life.
The Just Dance hitmaker, real name Stefani Germanotta, admits she dabbled in illegal substances when she was younger.
And she credits her dad with helping her to kick the habit - insisting she has never been tempted to take drugs again.
The singer says, "I donâ��t like to talk about it too much but there were drugs, serious drugs… My dad thought Iâ��d lost it. With the drugs it was his reaction that pulled me back. I didnâ��t go to Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. I did it myself.
"I have such a fear of failure, I didn�t want anything to make me fail. So I stopped. I still drink and party, but there�s no darkness now. Just a lot of fun.�

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Incarcerated boyband svengali LOU PEARLMAN is plotting a return to the spotlight - he’s developing his own reality TV show.
The music mogul - the mastermind behind successful boybands Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync - is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence after being convicted of fraud last year (08).
Pearlman has teamed with reality TV producer Jonathan Murray to pitch the series, about a Florida rock band called Biteboy, reports the New York Post.
Branded as a cross between Making the Band and Charlie’s Angels, Pearlman would give words of advice to his proteges from behind bars in the show, according to Tyler Gray, the author of a new book about the star, entitled The Hit Charade.
Detailing the production in Portfolio magazine, Gray writes, "It essentially would feature Lou’s disembodied voice on a speakerphone. Biteboy, by any definition, is a long shot. No recording labels have ever shown any interest in Biteboy."

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Singer LEANN RIMES has spoken out about reports she was caught cheating on her husband - but refused to deny she enjoyed a date with a co-star.
The Blue hitmaker, who has been married to backing dancer Dean Sheremet for seven years, is accused of having an affair with her Northern Lights co-star Eddie Cibrian, in the latest issue of Us Weekly magazine.
The publication reported that security camera footage caught the clean-cut country star kissing the actor during a date in Laguna Beach, California earlier this month (Mar09).
Rimes has now taken to her website to respond to the allegation - but failed to deny cheating on her husband.
She writes, "This is a difficult time for me and my loved ones, but I appreciate all your continued support. I would like to assure all of you that this is a place for you to hear things directly from me and as you all know, not everything in our lives is always black and white. Have faith."

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Broadway playwright MILAN STITT has lost his battle with liver cancer, aged 68.
He died on 12 March (09) in Manhattan, New York, according to his sister, Susan Miller.
Stitt was praised by critics for his 1976 Broadway play The Runner Stumbles, about a Roman Catholic priest on trial for killing a nun.
The production - one of 17 plays he wrote for theatre and television - made its big screen debut in 1979, starring Dick Van Dyke, Beau Bridges and Kathleen Quinlan. It was revived for the stage in an off Broadway production in 2007.
In addition to his writing credits, Stitt was founder and director of the play development programme at the Circle Repertory Theater, which helped to establish playwrights including David Mamet and Tennessee Williams before its close in 1996.
He also served as professor of dramatic writing at Pennsylvania’s Carnegie Mellon University and has held teaching posts at prestigious colleges including Yale, Princeton and New York University.
Miller is his only survivor.

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Actress EVA MENDES has been cast in her sweetest role to date - as a Global Pleasure Ambassador for an ice-cream brand.
The Hitch star has been recruited by Magnum ice-cream to work alongside the firm’s Professor of Pleasure, who is conducting the world’s largest study into the causes of happiness.
She says, "I’m really happy to be Magnum’s Pleasure Ambassador because I am a huge chocolate fan. And I’m also a big pleasure seeker and believe in guiltless pleasure. If you’re going to do it then just enjoy every second of it, life’s too short!" Mendes is also set to host a Pleasure Summit in Europe next month (Apr09).

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Actress HEATHER GRAHAM has found love with the director of her new movie, young filmmaker YANIV RAZ.
Graham met 32-year-old Raz on the set of Son of Mourning, their new comedy - and when shooting wrapped they switched their business relationship for a romantic one.
Speaking during a charity trip to Hawaii, the 39-year-old Boogie Nights star tells Us Weekly, "We didn’t start dating until after we were done filming."

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