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ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 NEWS/FEATURES 13 People & Places People Meghan launches project No grounds for my removal: Mr Spears LOS ANGELES, Aug 7, (AP): Britney Spears’ father said in a court fi ling Friday that there are “no grounds whatsoever” for removing him from the conservator- ship that controls her money and affairs. James Spears “has dutifully and faithfully served as the conservator of his daughter’s estate without any blemishes on his record,” the fi ling said. James Spears’ fi ling also says that court-appointed professional Jodi Montgomery, who oversees Britney Spears’ life decisions while her father handles her money, called him, distraught, last month and sought his help with his daughter’s mental health struggles. Montgomery and her lawyer said in response that James Spears “misrepresented and manipulated” the call to use it to his own advantage. James Spears’ fi ling came in response to court papers fi led a day earlier by Britney Spears’ new attorney Matthew Rosengart, which requested an emergency hearing as soon as possible to suspend him from the conservatorship. James Spears said Rosengart “does not (and cannot) specify what the wrongdoing is” to prompt such a suspension. Spears James Spears stepped aside from the part of the conserva- torship that controls his daughter’s life decisions in 2019, with Montgomery taking over, though her of- fi cial status remains temporary. The allegations made by Britney Spears at hearings in June and July that seem to have spurred Rosen- Barbra Streisand presents the award for best musical at the Tony Awards in New York on June 12, 2016. Streisand’s new album ‘Release Me 2’ arrived Friday, gart’s call for her father’s removal, including “seri- Aug. 6. (AP) ous allegations regarding forced medical treatment and therapy, improper medical care, and limitations on personal rights,” are “untested” and involve issues that have long been Montgomery’s responsibility, not Music his, said Jamie Spears’ fi ling. James Spears says the call for his urgent removal is “ironic” considering the call he received from Mont- gomery on July 9. Ed Sheeran to headline NFL’s kickoff concert Concerned “Ms. Montgomery sounded very distraught and expressed how concerned she was about my daugh- ters’ recent behavior and overall mental health,” Streisand remixes her past for new album James Spears said in a personal declaration included with his court fi ling. “Ms. Montgomery explained LOS ANGELES, Aug 7, (AP): Barbra day’s world. for any other reason than to write that my daughter was not timely or properly taking Streisand likes to get things just right. AP: Today’s production technol- about my life. It’s like “been there, her medications, was not listening to the recommen- As impressive as her award-winning ogy improved “Once You’ve Been in done that.” But during the pandemic I dations of her medical team, and refused to even see superstar career as a singer and actress Love,” which you recorded in one take caught up a lot. some of her doctors. Ms. Montgomery said she was is, her success as a director and pro- in the ’70s. AP: What is your process like? very worried about the direction my daughter was ducer is groundbreaking. Until Chloe Streisand: I wanted to sing it in the Streisand: I get up in the morning. heading in and directly asked for my help to address Zhao won best director at the Golden middle of an orchestra — feel that ex- My husband (James Brolin) and I may these issues.” Globes this year for “Nomadland,” perience of being right there. Of course, trade stocks and then I work on my James Spears said they discussed the possibility of Streisand was the only woman ever they forgot to put baffl es behind me so book. Never had to dress up for any- hospitalizing Britney Spears on an emergency psychi- to win that award, a feat she accom- you couldn’t edit it then. You couldn’t body. It was kind of delicious to walk atric hold. plished in 1983 for “Yentl.” raise one element of the orchestra. But around my gardens and rearrange cer- During the pandemic, Streisand, now what’s fun for me is it’s like we’re tain things. But basically, it was about Montgomery acknowledged, in a statement through Paulina Alexis attends the LA premier her attorney Lauriann Wright, having concerns about like so many of us, suddenly had some conducting the orchestra. When I was writing the book. of ‘Reservation Dogs’ at NeueHouse on much-needed time to take on new pro- working on it with my engineer, Jo- AP: Are you ready to go back into Britney Spears’ behavior and mental health, but said Thursday, Aug. 5, in Los Angeles. (AP) James Spears’ stepping down would only help. jects — including her iPhone settings. chem van der Saag, on the iPad during the world now? The statement said “having her father Jamie Spears “My name was always coming up COVID, it was so much fun to have an Streisand: Not really. I like the pri- continuing to serve as her Conservator instead of a as ‘Barbara with three As,’” she said. engineer who could actually add con- vacy. And now look at it again, this neutral professional fi duciary is having a serious im- “You’re supposed to be a smartphone! gas or a marimba or whatever. surge because people don’t want to get pact on Ms. Spears’ mental health.” How come you can’t get my name AP: I was surprised by the radio re- vaccinated. It doesn’t make any sense. At no time during the phone call did Montgomery right?” mix he did for the new single “Sweet I’m so sad for all the people that have suggest Britney Spears qualifi es for a psychiatric hold, After famously calling Apple CEO Forgiveness.” died needlessly over the last two years. the statement said. Tim Cook to get Siri to pronounce Streisand: That’s the one with the I mean it’s just horrifi c. I just have to Montgomery reached out to Jamie Spears because her last name right — no Z sound — beat. have faith in goodness and kindness, she was concerned that an investigation of Britney Streisand learned to override auto- AP: Yes. doing the right thing, and compassion. correction with some advice from her Streisand: What did you think of it? Spears’ allegations, which he was seeking, would be Also: harmful to her. assistant. AP: I liked it. I like the original bet- “The concern that Ms. Montgomery did raise to Mr. Tackling some previously unre- ter. It loses some of its drama by being LOS ANGELES: Ed Sheeran will per- Spears during their telephone call is that forcing Ms. leased songs from her past took a bit more contemporary, but it works for form in a concert to kickoff the NFL Spears to take the stand to testify or to have her evalu- Johnson Humphries more work, but fans get to hear the radio now. season opener in Florida next month. ated would move the needle in the wrong direction for results when her new album “Release Streisand: Right. I have no idea The NFL announced Friday that her mental health,” the statement said. Me 2” arrived Friday. about that kind of thing. I mean the Sheeran will headline a pregame con- Montgomery was “saddened” that the call “is now Variety The Associated Press spoke with record company liked it or wanted me cert Sept. 9 at Julian B. Lane River- being misrepresented and manipulated” by James Streisand, 79, about her new album to do it, I guess. So I did it, but my fa- front Park in Tampa, Florida. The Spears “to gain some sort of tactical advantage in the and life during the pandemic. The vorite is the orchestration as it was. British pop star’s performance will pending proceedings to remove him.” CHICAGO: Paul Johnson, a Chicago interview was edited for clarity and AP: Do you like the idea of kind of take place before the reigning Super The fi ghting between those involved in the conser- house music disc jockey and producer who length. trying something new and seeing how Bowl champion Tampa Bay Bucca- vatorship has grown increasingly heated, and increas- scored a hit with his 1999 track “Get Get AP: “Be Aware” sounds like you it turns out? neers face off against the Dallas Cow- ingly public, since Spears’ dramatic testimony at a Down,” has died from complications of wrote it last year. It sounds like advice Streisand: Yeah. But you know, it’s boys. hearing on June 23, when she told a judge “ I just want COVID-19. He was 50. for helping people through the pan- not my primary focus now. I’ve been A portion of the performance will my life back.” Johnson died Wednesday morning at Lit- demic. doing this book — I started writing my appear on pre-game programs on NBC A hearing to address Rosengart’s petition to remove tle Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago, Streisand: I was talking at that time journals in 1999 in long hand because and the NFL Network. His full perfor- James Spears is scheduled for Sept. 29, unless the where he was hospitalized with COVID-19 (1971) about the Vietnam War. That’s I never learned how to type and now I mance will be streamed on NFL.com judge grants his request to hold one sooner. on July 17, said Camille Harry, one of his what I was thinking about.