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Jamie and Lynne Spears, parents of Britney Spears, arrived at L.A. Superior Court Friday afternoon, seeking control of their ill daughter.

Specifically, TMZ reports, they are trying to create a conservatorship, which would allow Jamie and Lynne (who have a daughter Jamie Lynn!) to make the medical decisions on behalf of Britney, as well as control her finances.

A hearing is scheduled for this afternoon (1:30 PST), and underscores the tension between the Spears family and Sam Lutfi, the shady character who, right now, is the primary liaison between the singer and her doctors.

Surrounded by lawyers â€" including their attorney Blair Berk â€" Lynne Spears wore a white jacket while Jamie Spears sent some text messages.

No sign of Sam Lutfi at the courtroom. Or Adnan Ghalib, for that matter.

The court has the power to create a conservatorship, which would allow both Jamie and Lynne to make medical decisions on behalf of Britney Spears, and to control Britney's financial affairs. The 'rents have made it clear: they believe Sam Lutfi has placed their daughter and her assets at risk.

That's their side. What about the bad seed himself? Today, in a telephone interview with Us Weekly, Sam Lutfi blasted the Spears' clan.

"Oh boy, her family is crazy!" he said. "It's just so sad."

According to Lutfi, Britney Spears doesn't "trust anything that her family says. Not a g----n thing."

The hearing is set to begin soon. Stay tuned...

Michelle Williams has spoken out publicly for the first time since her ex-fiance, Heath Ledger, tragically passed away in his apartment January 22.

Williams and Ledger co-starred in Brokeback Mountain (2005), which is how they met. They have a daughter named Matilda Rose. The entire industry is mourning Ledger, but Michelle is taking Heath's (still unexplained) death hardest of all.

Michelle Williams, 27, issued the following statement ...

"Please respect our need to grieve privately. My heart is broken. I am the mother of the most tender-hearted, high-spirited, beautiful little girl who is the spitting image of her father. All that I can cling to is his presence inside her that reveals itself every day. His family and I continue to watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time, and we know that he is with us still. She will be brought up with the best memories of him."

So sweet, and so sad that Heath Ledger is gone.

You can count on Ann Coulter to hate Jewish people, look like a man, throw the word "treason" around way too often, and to generally suck.

But a recent statement that she might back Hillary Clinton in November's general election? That took The Hollywood Gossip by surprise. Check it out ...

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Hillary is locked in a tight race with Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. Ann says she prefers her to presumptive Republican foe John McCain.

We can't imagine that's true, but this race is nothing if not unpredictable.

Stuck in the psycho ward, Britney Spears wanted some In-N-Out.

And we're not talking about the kind of service she's been gettin' from Adnan Ghalib. If you know what we mean!

We mean fast food - and good stuff at that.

The pop star got a craving for some In-N-Out Burger cuisine, and thus dispatched her personal bitch/manager, Sam Lutfi, to a local branch.

Sam Lutfi, who showed up around 4:10 p.m., left at 7:42 p.m. and returned at 8:03 p.m. with a "Double-Double" combo (a double cheeseburger, fries and a drink) from In-N-Out Burger, which he said the singer had requested.

The seedy Osama, who is battling for control over Britney (and has been for some time) then left for good at 8:14 p.m. When asked by celebrity news media if he was worried about Spears, he replied, "I think we all are."

Britney Spears' parents, Lynne and Jamie Spears, spent the entire day with their daughter following an early morning intervention Thursday.

They arrived at UCLA Medical Center around 11 a.m. and left in separate vehicles around 8:35 p.m. shortly before visiting hours ended at 9 p.m.

Spears, who has battled mental problems for a long time, may be involuntarily committed for treatment, as she is deemed a danger to herself and others.

Heidi Montag is, like, one step closer to fulfilling her dream of stardom. Or something. She's got some fake boobs, though, that's for sure.

The star of The Hills has completed her new single, "Higher." Her boyfriend and former fiance, Spencer Pratt, produced the thing. Really.

The track is available on iTunes ... Tuesday. Patience. Patience.

The popular celebrity gossip site Us Weekly has the full track, which you can listen to here. We've got ... something sort of similar!

Here's a short video of Heidi Montag singing the song live, as Spencer Pratt and Perez Hilton both dance like idiots in the background.

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In a rare display of unity, Hollywood rallied to the side of Heath Ledger to protest the airing of a two-year-old tape showing the deceased actor at a drug-fueled hotel party that was yanked off U.S. airwaves.

Hollywood news shows Entertainment Tonight and The Insider had both planned to air the alleged Heath Ledger drug tape on Thursday.

After they had aired portions of the controversial video on the East Coast, the two celebrity news shows said Wednesday evening that they decided against playing the video "out of respect for Heath Ledger and his family."

The decision followed a PR campaign by Ledger's publicity firm, L.A.-based ID-PR, to rally Hollywood celebrities against the shows.

ID-PR sent an e-mail to PR companies, talent agencies, management firms and studio execs, questioning the "common decency" of the programs.

It seems to have worked, although celebrity gossip sites have speculated on and even shown portions of the alleged Heath Ledger drug tape in recent days.

The grainy video does not show Heath Ledger actually using drugs, but he admits to smoking marijuana in the past. The video was said to be taken in January 2006 at the Chateau Marmont hotel on Hollywood's Sunset Strip.

In the last two weeks, several magazines and celebrity gossip sites have claimed that Ledger, who was found dead January 22, went on drinking binges and used cocaine and other drugs. The cause of his death is still uncertain.

Two days ago, Us Weekly reported that Michelle Williams, Heath's ex-fiancee, left the actor partly to shield their baby daughter from his partying lifestyle.

Sources at UCLA Medical Center say Britney Spears has been classified as "G.D." - Gravely Disabled. That, experts say, is a huge, dangerous deal.

According to TMZ, who broke this story, that means the patient is unable to take care of basic needs like obtaining food, clothing or shelter.

Being G.D. is one of the criteria for involuntary commitment.

Several health care professionals say Britney Spears has been falling more and more into a "manic state" due to her bipolar disorder.

She arrived at the hospital Thursday morning around 2:15 a.m., but wasn't admitted until 4:15 a.m. because she was causing a scene.

This recent Britney Spears photo pretty much speaks for itself.

Flying off the handle, Britney accused her mother, Lynne Spears (who was there), of sleeping with her boyfriend, screaming:

"The only reason she's admitting me is because she wants to be alone with her boyfriend! She wants to sleep with my boyfriend!!"

Britney did not clarify if she meant Sam Lutfi or Adnan Ghalib.

In November, she made the same charge about Lynne and K-Fed.

When Spears calmed down, she talked about Sean Preston and Jayden James, how much she misses them and how it's unfair she's not with them.

We love making fun of Britney Spears as much as anyone, but the girl obviously needs help. Here's hoping she gets it this time.

TMZ also reports that the people treating Britney Spears are - thankfully - being praised by colleagues for their compassion and her credentials.

Casey Patridge, sister of The Hills star Audrina Patridge, gave birth to her baby, Sadie Raine on January 22. Hooray!

Their infant daughter - weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces - is the first for Casey Patridge and her fiance, Aaron Hershman.

Audrina Patridge tells Us Weekly, "She is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen and I'm so happy to be an Auntie!"

The Hills' Audrina and Casey Patridge were raised in Yorba Linda, Calif., in Orange County. They also have another sister, named Samantha.

Casey's pregnancy has been mentioned lately as the reason Audrina Patridge has been spending much of her free time in Orange County.

The Hills gossip on the web was that Audrina and Lauren Conrad were fighting, but AP says she was only out of town a lot because of Casey.