LOS ANGELES – The arrangement that puts Britney Spears' father in control of her personal and financial affairs has been made permanent by a court commissioner.

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I don't doubt her father has her best interest at heart. Still. Can't help but hope she has been able to smuggle part of her wealth off-shore and where no one but she can get to it.

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There are two things that most unnerve me in movies. One is a person standing on the edge of a cliff or some other high place where they might fall. The other is seeing someone lose their fortune.