For those less fortunate, from Britney

Aah, the generosity of the rich. How moved Britney Spears was, seeing children in need on American Idol Give Back. She rang in an offer of about thirteen grand to the pledge line, with no thought other than doing some good. We're sure the "leaking" of the donation to InStyle magazine wasn't part of the original plan.

Thirteen thousand quid might seem awfully small for a woman of Britney's means, but then again, we thought she wasn't actually in charge of her own financial affairs at the moment. Let's hope her people don't have to make one of those phonecalls telling the poor kiddies that the pledge of cash came from a woman who has had her chequebook taken off her.