Britney round-up

Britney Spears wanted Kevin Federline dead. Possibly. TMZ is hedging its bets, saying simultaneously that Kevin Federline had no reason to fear for his life, but also that LAPD had investigated "a threat to his life" but closed the case for, oh, lack of evidence, or not really being that bothered, or something along those lines.

Meanwhile, Britney Spears has lost her management company, who decided to not go with a "not touching her with a six foot barge pole" statement and instead made it sound like they were reluctantly walking away:

"It saddens us to confirm media reports that we have terminated our professional relationship with Britney Spears.

"We believe Britney is enormously talented, and has made a terrific record. But current circumstances have prevented us from properly doing our job. We wish Britney the best."

'Current circumstances' meaning 'she's a little bit of a handful', of course.

[Thanks for the Mob-tip to Michael Moran]