Photo Credit: Splash NewsMadonna and Lourdes again - we think everyone over dramatized the supposed "gaunt" look Madonna had the last time she was photographed with her daughter. Maybe she was sucking on a Lifesaver! Can't help but smile at the two Mickey Spillane type tough-guy bodyguards.
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Britney Spears have six new men in her life and not one of them is a photographer or a boyfriend. In case you hadn't noticed, she is now shadowed by armed guards trained by the Israeli military. She's shelling out $25,000 a week for the hired muscle and now her every move is watched by at least two guards, all the time. Her private security forces check out all restaurants, hair salons, even coffee shops - before she enters. (For WHAT, we can't imagine.) Britney can boast that she has the best security in Hollywood - presumably they protect her from everything, including herself.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and a teenage son and daughter popped into Gelson's in Pacific Palisades on Sunday. The Governor pushed the shopping cart and told the kids which fruits to pick out. He wore loose khaki shorts and a golf shirt, plastic shoes, and looked "healthy and tan." When they finished shopping, Arnold sent the kids to the checkout line and he closely examined pastries in the Victor Benes bakery department. (This same pastry shop has proven to be Janet Jackson's downfall) Shoppers WERE surprised that there seemed to be absolutely no secret service bodyguards anywhere in sight.
Bodyguards can be nothing but trouble at times. Britney Spears just fired her crew of security guys and it's getting to be a habit because it happens every few months. Insiders say it's because after a few months of togetherness, the guards and their boss become friendly. The guards get very protective of their employers and start to give them advice like "Are you sure you want to go to Hyde tonight - there are loads of photographers there." Since Britney doesn't like being told - or advised - what to do, she gets rid of them! Her former guard Big Rob is suing Britney for unpaid overtime etc, but he still occasionally works for K-Fed. Naturally, that aggravates her!
