MEL B: SPICE UP PAY DEAL Scary wants £2.2m from Simon
AMAL Clooney has performed many nifty moves in courtrooms – now here she is as a disco diva.
The British lawyer, married to Hollywood star George Clooney, 56, lit up the 1970s-themed Halloween party in a shimmering outfit.
She was almost unrecognisable with the huge shades and even bigger hair.
Amal, 39, who gave birth to the couple’s twins four months ago, joined supermodel Cindy Crawford, 51, and her tycoon hubby Rande Gerber, 55, at the bash in Los Angeles. MEL B has told Simon Cowell what she really, really wants – a pay rise.
Scary Spice, who is locked in a bitter divorce battle with husband Stephen Belafonte, is hoping for a 20 per cent hike to return to America’s Got Talent.
That would see her wages increase from £1.8million to a mouth-watering £2.2million.
In August, Simon promised he would look after the 42-year-old Yorkshire-born Spice Girl, who is facing an expensive divorce trial with movie producer Belafonte, 42.
The lurid case, involving allegations of wife-beating and threesome sex with the couple’s German nanny Lorraine Gilles, 26, is due to begin at Los Angeles superior court on November 6. Former X Factor judge Mel – full name Melanie Brown – desperately needs more money for her mounting legal costs.
She has reportedly been ordered by a judge to pay Belafonte £ 30,000 a month “emergency spousal support” plus £100,000 towards his legal fees until the divorce is settled.
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“She was an integral part of the show’s s success, with so much being ng written about her life and then talked about after the broadcasts.
“Not only did d her talent pick k win the series, but she and Simon dominated the show’s dramatic moments. The network NBC know they have a great judges’ formula, which is the key to most of these shows. “Mel is looking for a rise around the 20 per cent mark. She is confident she can get it as Simon wants her back too. “She feels the longer she keeps them hanging on the greater the chance of landing the rise.” Simon and N NBC were delighted with Ame America’s Got Talent’s finale au audiences. They were at a six-year high, w with 15 million fans tuning in for two nights. Simo Simon admitted Mel is making him go after her. He sai said: “I have to chase them all over the world to pe persuade them to co come back.”