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Scary Mel B has talent for courts
Melanie
Brown at one of her court-related visits last year. Picture: Cameron Richardson
Source:
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports
The current battle in the Australian courts involving former Spice Girl Melanie Brown (Mel B) may leave her last stoush with uber-pap Jamie Fawcett in the dust.
As recently reported, the Seven Network has taken the singer to court, alleging that she has broken a contract stipulating she will not appear on another Australian television network in 2013.
This was allegedly why Brown was allowed to go back to the US to take up a role on America's Got Talent, which is currently shooting.
She had also allegedly made it clear to Seven, where she appeared on The X Factor and Dancing With The Stars, that she needed to return to the US for personal reasons: Eddie Murphy wanted more access to the child he had with her.
Seven's executives were understandably gobsmacked when it was recently revealed that Mel B had signed on as a judge on the rebooted Australia's Got Talent on Channel 9, which will film later this year.
Last week, a NSW Supreme Court judge granted an injunction preventing her from appearing on any Australian TV network other than Seven until January 31 next year.
This is where it gets interesting because, according to a well placed source, if Brown contests the injunction, her producer husband Stephen Belafonte may be called to testify.
It's understood that Belafonte is claiming there was a verbal agreement to release Brown from her contract, while Seven are contesting this.
Unfortunately for Belafonte, being called to the stand may give Seven's lawyers the opportunity to examine his record with the American courts under his birth name of Stephen Stansbury.
This pesky and well-documented past stood in the way of the couple being granted permanent residency in Australia under the stringent guidelines from the Department of Immigration, which does not look kindly on anyone with a criminal record.
According to a departmental spokesman, it is not something that is automatically ruled out but there are lengthy further investigations.
Exactly where all this leaves Mel B's position on the AGT judging panel is unclear but if Belafonte is called to testify in the Supreme Court, it could potentially be more riveting than Jersey Shore.
Mel B puts daughter Phoenix in Rose Bay Secondary College and goes mute on Spice Girls reunion
Advocate for Sydney's publioc school but no so about a Spice Girls reunion ... Mel B with her husband Stephan Belafonte. Picture: Sam Ruttyn Source: The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports
Mel B hasn't exactly killed off a rumour that the Spice Girls may appear on the bill at the London Olympics opening ceremony later in the year.
The Channel 7 personality simply went mute when Eddie McGuire put the question on his Melbourne radio show.
After his colleagues fell about laughing at her silence, B said: "I'm a really crap liar," which only served to reignite speculation. However, her former band mates Victoria Beckham (Posh) and Melanie Chisholm (Mel C) have flatly denied that the Spice Girls was reforming for the Olympic Games or the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Mel B also spoke of her decision to put daughter Phoenix, 13, to Rose Bay Secondary College - a public school.
"The teachers are great, the kids are nice. There's always going to be a few little bad kids, hopefully mine doesn't turn out too bad," she said.
"The public schools are great in Sydney, so that's where they're staying and it's less cash for me."
Mel B's selling up in LA with eye to moving to Sydney
Mel B and Stephen Belafonte may be moving to Sydney. Picture: Getty
The Daily Telegraph reports
FIREBRAND celeb Mel B has listed her LA abode for sale as she eyes settling permanently in Sydney.
The loudmouth former Spice Girl -- who was looking to buy in the Harbour City before her X-Factor judging duties finished up last year -- is trying to offload her house in the San Fernando valley (pictured right, with Mel B and husband Stephen Belafonte) for $3.45 million.
She paid $3.2 million for the French country-style five-bedder in 2009.
Sitting on more than 2000sq m, the chateau features eight bathrooms, a gym, movie theatre, pool and recording studio.
It's a far cry from what you would be up for for a place carrying the same price tag in this town.
The curvy singer, her music producer husband and their three kids were renting a sprawling penthouse apartment in Rose Bay, said to be worth more than $8 million, for much of last year.
The New South Head Rd loft had incredible views of the Opera House and Bridge.
Brown's local manager, Sean Anderson, said she was yet to decide where to set down roots.
Yes, they have their LA property on the market," he told Confidential yesterday.
"They are looking at houses in Los Angeles, but are also considering Australia. Mel and her family all fell in love with Australia and the Aussie way of life."
There are rumours she will compete on this year's Dancing With The Stars.
X-Factor judge and former Spice Girl Mel B recently faced deportation
Singer and X-Factor judge Mel B came very close to being kicked out of Australia after a visa bungle. Picture: Nic Gibson Source: The Sunday Telegraph
Article by Richard Clune and Ros Reines, The Sunday Telegraph
X FACTOR judge Mel B has been left red-faced by an embarrassing visa bungle that could have seen the former Spice Girl deported back to Britain.
Immigration officials last week launched an investigation into the British pop star's Australian work commitments after she revealed she had signed on as an ambassador for weightloss firm Jenny Craig in a deal said to be worth up to $150,000.
Brown - also known as Scary Spice - had been sponsored by the Seven Network to come to Australia as a judge for its popular TV talent quest, but her visa conditions prevent her from working for other organisations without securing additional sponsorship.
The guidelines state that international artists who enter the country to work on an Entertainment Visa (subclass 420) must successfully apply for further sponsorship if they undertake secondary work.
While the Department of Immigration would not comment on Brown's specific case for privacy reasons, a source close to the 36-year-old singer confirmed she had been investigated. Her management met with the department and the matter "was now resolved", the source said.
A Jenny Craig spokesman said there was no issue with her contract. At 75 kilograms, Brown is more curvy than flabby, but has declared that she wants to shift 15 kilograms in the next three months - more than Jenny Craig's recommended guideline of one kilogram a week.
The mother-of-three said she wasn't deterred by criticism levelled at her for joining the weightloss program just five weeks after giving birth, saying she liked the structure it provided.
"My husband usually takes care of me, preparing meals for me that are good for me. But he has to keep going backwards and forwards from LA, so he can't look after me all the time," Brown said.
In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Brown also revealed she had been to a number of Kings Cross strip clubs with husband Stephen Belafonte since arriving in Sydney.
"We live an exciting life and we like to let off a bit of steam," she said.
"It keeps the marriage spiced up and alive."
Brown said she was so impressed with the city, she and her husband were considering buying a house in Sydney's eastern suburbs, close to where she is living with daughters Phoenix, 12, Angel, 4, and newborn Madison - in a rented apartment in Point Piper.
Immigration officials last week launched an investigation into the British pop star's Australian work commitments after she revealed she had signed on as an ambassador for weightloss firm Jenny Craig in a deal said to be worth up to $150,000.
Brown - also known as Scary Spice - had been sponsored by the Seven Network to come to Australia as a judge for its popular TV talent quest, but her visa conditions prevent her from working for other organisations without securing additional sponsorship.
The guidelines state that international artists who enter the country to work on an Entertainment Visa (subclass 420) must successfully apply for further sponsorship if they undertake secondary work.
While the Department of Immigration would not comment on Brown's specific case for privacy reasons, a source close to the 36-year-old singer confirmed she had been investigated. Her management met with the department and the matter "was now resolved", the source said.
A Jenny Craig spokesman said there was no issue with her contract. At 75 kilograms, Brown is more curvy than flabby, but has declared that she wants to shift 15 kilograms in the next three months - more than Jenny Craig's recommended guideline of one kilogram a week.
The mother-of-three said she wasn't deterred by criticism levelled at her for joining the weightloss program just five weeks after giving birth, saying she liked the structure it provided.
"My husband usually takes care of me, preparing meals for me that are good for me. But he has to keep going backwards and forwards from LA, so he can't look after me all the time," Brown said.
In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Brown also revealed she had been to a number of Kings Cross strip clubs with husband Stephen Belafonte since arriving in Sydney.
"We live an exciting life and we like to let off a bit of steam," she said.
"It keeps the marriage spiced up and alive."
Brown said she was so impressed with the city, she and her husband were considering buying a house in Sydney's eastern suburbs, close to where she is living with daughters Phoenix, 12, Angel, 4, and newborn Madison - in a rented apartment in Point Piper.
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