After a roller-coaster 2006, Kevin "Don't Call Me K-Fed" Federline started off 2007 on a high note, defeating WWE Champion John Cena in Miami, Florida before a crowd that included Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal. Reminiscent of Andy Kaufman's legendary match against Memphis wrestling legend Jerry Lawler, Federline sought to expand his "entertainment" credentials beyond rapping, dancing and freeloading. After his stalling tactics served only to irritate the champ, America's Most Hated received help from WWE Superstars Johnny Nitro and Umaga and got the pin after the Samoan Bulldozer knocked Cena unconscious with the WWE belt. As tends to happen in the world of wrestling, Cena got the last laugh: ending the night by laying out Federline with his FU slam.

Federline's "wrestling" skills left a lot to be desired but his innate ability to play a heel showed a natural skill for the performance art of professional wrestling. Quite possibly, Federline has found his calling.

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Britney Spears filed for divorce today from Kevin Federline - big props to my pals over at TMZ.com for breaking the story. I was going to ignore this story, but hey we need the google hits and maybe some of you new folks can learn about some cool bands like the Pawnshop Roses, Grace Potter or the States!

It was K-Fed's second bad news of the day. Earlier on TMZ, I wrote up the very recent news that Kevin had to pay out some cash to electronica star Thomas Dolby for sampling his "She Blinded Me With Science" 80s classic. I was quite pysched as I got to speak to Dolby on the phone. He was a very nice guy and it is cool to see him getting out on the road again after a long absence.

So, where has Thomas been all these years while the likes of K-Fed and Britney have been dominating the headlines? Well, Thomas has been in Silicon Valley making a boat load of cash. Turns out that Dolby created the technology used in nearly 2/3rds of all cell phones to deliver those Britney and K-Fed ringtones all the kids have been buying. His company, Beatnik, serves Nokia and many of the major players.

Now that he's got some K-Fed cash and has carved out quite a tech career, he's getting back into music. He's redoing some earlier stuff, including songs from his first record "Golden Age of Wireless" - which is somewhat ironic and highly prophetic given his recent endeavors and the fact that the record came out in 1982.

Thomas also told me that he has an interesting element to his stage show he's taking on the road this fall. He will wear a small camera on his head that will project up to a big screen behind the stage wear concert goers can watch him "build the layers" of each track. He will, for example, tap out a drum beat, loop it and then layer the next bit of sound such as keyboards. It'll give an interesting live insight into the creative process that Dolby has been working on with the new arrangements.

So, good news for Dolby fans and on the flip side, all in all a bad day for Federline. And, he's even got more "trouble" ahead. While K-Fed may not have asked for the beating he's receiving from his ex-wife and Mr. Dolby, he is asking for one from WWE Champion John Cena. Following a couple weeks of annoying the WWE champ, Federline cost Cena his match at WWE's Cyber Sunday pay-per-view and last night, he challenged the champ to a match on the New Year's Day edition of Monday Night Raw. The beating "America's Most Hated" will likely receive at Cena's hands may not be the genuine physical beating people might like to see, but it should be a satisfying alternative.

Related: Naked Britney Spears Statute Serves As Pro-Life Monument.

More: The Rear View of Britney's Birthing Statute.

Again, congrats to TMZ for breaking the Britney divorce story, major coup once again beating the "traditional" news outlets to the punch.

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