K-Fed lawyer says there's no sex tape

Almost from the instant that Britney Spears filed for divorce from Kevin Federline earlier this month, rumors spread about the existence of a sex tape, presumably with which K-Fed would extract as much money from a divorce settlement as possible. Adult film mogul David Hans Schmidt reportedly said last week that Federline offered to sell him the tape. This week reports surfaced in the UK's Daily Mirror newspaper that Spears intended to beat K-Fed to the punch by posting the tape online, possibly on MySpace.

In a statement issued today through Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, K-Fed denied the existence of a sex tape and defended his client from the negative backlash he's faced since Spears' filing. "There is not a sex video of Kevin and Britney in existence," Kaplan said in a statement. "It goes without saying that the stories of Kevin attempting to sell such a video are patently false and anyone who reports that they have information of such attempts is either lying or reporting the lie of someone else. It would be impossible to comment upon and correct all of the other misinformation about Kevin that appears on a daily basis and consequently no attempt has been made, or will be made, to do so. I hope that the public and media will keep this in mind before assuming accuracy of facts from Kevin's silence."

Both Spears and Federline have filed for custody of the couple's two children, 1-year-old Sean Preston and nine-week-old Jayden James.

Lennon garb, Harrison guitar up for auction

A guitar played by late Beatle George Harrison in 1963 is expected to fetch more than £100,000 ($190,000) at a London auction that also includes clothes worn by fellow Beatle John Lennon. The Harrison guitar, a Maton MS-500 Mastersound, goes on the auction block November 30, the fifth anniversary of the rocker's death. John Lennon's hand-painted psychedelic shirt, designed by Mick Jagger's brother Chris, is also for sale with an estimated price of £45,000 ($85,500). The Cooper Owen Music Legend auction includes nearly 300 pieces of rock and pop memorabilia, including a shirt Lennon gave to a fan in 1963, which he described as his favorite. A Sgt. Pepper album sleeve signed by all four Beatles has been estimated at £40,000. Unreleased recordings by the Rolling Stones and a rough version of the very first Mick Jagger and Keith Richards composition will also be included in the collection.

Kanye to enter Formula 1 car

The bear mascot that graced the covers of Kanye West's is set to cruise the streets of Valencia, Spain at some ridiculously fast speeds. West has entered a car in the Formula BMW World Finals this weekend to benefit the Kanye West Foundation and the United Nations World Food Program. "Creating opportunities for people to dream and achieve is part of the core focus of the Kanye West Foundation," West said in a statement. "The Kanye West Foundation is glad to partner with Philip Major for such a global event. We view our participation as a race to help humanity and hope to raise awareness about my foundation and the United Nations World Food Program." The Kanye West Formula BMW USA car will be driven by Philip Major, a 17-year-old driver from Ottawa, Ontario. Major was recently chosen as the Motorsport Club of Ottawa Novice driver of the year and awarded the Dewar Trophy.

Yorke calls for tougher fishing laws

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke doesn't eat fish, and thinks that major changes to fishing laws must be made to avoid seriously depleting the populations of the world's oceans. In a post made this week on his band's Web site, Yorke called for stricter fishing laws to be passed to prevent fish from becoming extinct. Yorke said that demand from supermarkets is threatening the future of fish. He called for fans to support a Greenpeace campaign aimed at encouraging world leaders to enforce sustainable fishing.

"Supermarket demand for fish (not that I eat fish or meat) has meant we are fishing to extinction," Yorke wrote in the post. "What I find particularly offensive are the enormous nets they use that drag everything up. Supermarkets should be made to source their fish responsibly and governments should act in the interest of our future to regulate for sustainable fishing--not this mass production/destruction s***. I respect people's right to eat fish, but every time I watch the guys in the band sitting down to their whatever it is with scales I quietly wonder how it's arrived, and what was destroyed and killed or thrown away to get it."

Bjork film gets US distribution deal

Matthew Barney: No Restraint, the documentary about the making of Barney's 2005 art film Drawing Restraint 9, has landed a North American distribution deal through IFC Entertainment and the Weinstein Company. Producer-director Alison Chernick's film follows Barney and wife Bjork to Japan for Drawing Restraint, which was shot on a whaling vessel near Nagasaki and attempted to create a "narrative sculpture" conveying the story of two land mammals who turn into whales. For the film, Barney famously used 40,000 pounds of petroleum jelly. Chernick's film will be released December 20 at New York's IFC Center and on video-on-demand.

Master P pens business book

He famously built his No Limit Records rap empire out of the trunk of his car, and now Master P is ready to share his business insight with the world. P--real name Percy Miller--has written Guaranteed Success, an educational book about benefiting from the power of hip-hop from a financial standpoint. "It's time to educate our people in financial investments, real estate, and taxes," Miller told AllHipHop.com. "Hip-Hop is a $4 billion dollar per year industry and it's time for us to take ownership of our shares." The book will also be available on CD and DVD.

"I've matured, and it's time for a career change and to think out of the box," said Miller. "If I want to run the music industry, I'd hang out at the music award shows with Jay-Z, Puffy, and 50 Cent. Now that I'm on Wall Street, you could find me hanging out with Curtis Oakes, Robert Kiyosaki, Donald Trump, and Ervin Johnson." Miller's No Limit Records has sold more than 75 million records worldwide.