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7:21 PM

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More court documents in the ongoing custody battle between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were released Thursday, which revealed some intimate details about their finances. Federline earned more than half a million dollars in 2006 - mainly from entertainment and endorsement deals - but minus business expenses, he grossed only $7,436 that year. Spears earns close to $737,000 per month. Federline receives $15,000 a month in child support payments from Spears. He is entitled to child support until Sean and Jayden become adults, since Spears is the higher earner. The documents also reveal that Federline earned $3,300 in royalties in 2006 for his debut song "Popozao." His and Spears's monthly expenses were listed as follows:
Spears:
- $102,000 on entertainment, gifts and vacations
- $49,267 on mortgage payments
- $16,000 on clothes
- $4,758 on eating out
- $2,500 on phone bills
Federline:
- $5,000 on entertainment, gifts, and vacations
- $7,500 on rent
- $2,000 on clothes
- $1,500 on eating out
- $750 on phone bills
In other Spears news, her onetime manager, Johnny Wright, is suing the singer, claiming she owes him in excess of $15,000 in back commission. The suit, filed in Florida on Monday, states that Spears was obligated to continue paying Wright Entertainment Group for deals negotiated when Wright was her manager through 2008. According to the suit, Spears stopped paying commissions in 2006.

12:13 PM

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Actor Mark Ruffalo and his wife Sunrise Coigney have welcomed their third child, a baby girl. The daughter was born in LA, and is sister to 6-year-old Keen and 2-year-old Bella. No other details were given. Coigney owns the LA boutique Kaviar and Kind.
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9:58 AM

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With an 18-month-old daughter, a young marriage, and responsibility for a major movie studio, Tom Cruise isn't getting his beauty sleep. "Just like everybody else, you just work it out," Cruise tells Entertainment Tonight about his hectic schedule in an interview airing Thursday, according to the Associated Press. "We've gotten pretty good at organizing everything. I don't sleep much anyway." Cruise, 45, marks two one-year anniversaries this month: his marriage to Katie Holmes, and the deal that put him and producing partner Paula Wagner in charge of United Artists studios. Family life with Holmes, 28, and daughter Suri is "all very good, all very lovely," he says. "I have a lot of respect for [Katie] as an artist, as a woman. She's a very strong, gracious woman. She's very funny, a great comedian." The UA job, on the other hand, has him feeling like a student again. It's "kind of like film school," he says, "like a dorm with all hands on deck. We're all very supportive and very honest." Cruise admits he'd eventually like to try his hand at directing. "I will one day," he says. "I've always wanted to. I've been offered things to direct but have to find the right piece." As for his current sleep deprivation, Cruise looks on the bright side. At least it's not due to anxiety, as it was in his younger days. He recalls, "I remember lying in bed at 18 going, 'Man, I just really hope I don't get fired.'"