MTV Britney Spears Week

On November 24, Britney Spears will release her greatest singles collection. In anticipation of the release, MTV will take a look back at all of Britney's biggest singles and music videos. They will be using archival interviews of Britney and conduct new interviews with directors, producers and collaborators that have worked closely with Britney for the past ten years and they will be asking celebrities what their favorite Britney tracks are.

Here's the schedule for MTV's two weeks of Britney coverage- we'll be bringing more to you over the coming days as well.

Week 1

Monday Nov 1: Look back at Baby One More Time and Crazy via archival interviews with Britney, the making of both videos, Melissa Joan Hart interviews Britney on the set of Crazy, director interview with Nigel Dick, Britney Flipbook (1999-2009)

Tuesday Nov 17: Look back at Born to Make You Happy and Oops! I Did It Again via making the video of both videos, archival Britney interviews, director interviews with Nigel Dick and Billy Woodruf.

Wednesday Nov 18: Look back at Stronger and I'm a Slave 4 U via Britney archival interviews, director interview with Joseph Kahn, Britney's best TRL moments.

Thursday Nov 19: Look back at I'm Not a Girl and Boys via archival interviews with Britney and directors Wayne Isham and Dave Meyers .

Friday Nov 20: Look back at Me Against The Music and Toxic via archival interview with Madonna, director interviews with Paul Hunter and Joseph Kahn, fans pick their Favorite Britney Song, expert interviews on Britney's impact on pop culture

Week 2

Monday Nov 23: Look back at Piece of Me via interview with director Wayne Isham, 2004-2009 Flipbook, Fall and Rise of Britney Feature with expert interviews.

Tuesday Nov 24: Look back at Womanizer via director interview with Joseph Kahn, love interest of Womanizer, Celebrities pick their favorite Britney song or video.

Wednesday Nov 25: Look back at Circus, Britney documentary for Circus, Stylists on Britney.

Thursday Nov 26: Look back at Radar, director interview Dave Meyers, Fans pick their favorite music video.

Friday Nov 27: Behind the Scenes footage of 3, experts weigh in on what Britney should do next .

Source: BritneySpears.com

Michael Buble Defends Britney

The following italicized article is from www.news.com.au:

MICHAEL Buble has defended Britney Spears as the controversy surrounding her Australian tour grows.

"You'd think she killed someone," Buble said in Melbourne yesterday. "

As an artist, and a human being, some of what has been written about her is so nasty. OK, she lip-synchs her show, people know that, they make the decision if they want to go and see her do that.

Does she deserve the way she's been completely bashed by the media here? No.

"Mind you, I lip-synch all my concerts, I'm the Milli Vanilli of jazz."

Source: News.au

Britney Spears Fought For 'Oops! ... I Did It Again' Red Catsuit

The following italicized article is from www.mtv.com:

Britney Spears had everyone buzzing after releasing several sexy videos from her debut album, including the pop-tart clips for " ... Baby One More Time" and "(You Drive Me) Crazy." So when Britney released the first video from her second album for "Oops! ... I Did It Again," she decided not to mess with a good thing and once again worked with frequent collaborator Nigel Dick, who this time reinvented Spears as a sexy, otherworldly vixen.

" 'Oops!... I Did It Again' was the first single from her second album, so there's definitely the sense that this is Britney's second album," Dick told MTV News about the expectations surrounding the video's release in 2000.

Like the concepts for her earlier videos, Britney also had a very clear idea of what she wanted for the now iconic "Oops!" clip. "This whole idea was my idea," she told MTV in 2000. "I was like, 'I want to be on Mars, dancing on Mars.' "

But it seems that the pitch she gave Dick at the time was even more specific than just dancing on Mars. " 'I want to be in a red jumpsuit. I want to have a really cute spaceman, but there can't be any rockets,' " Dick said, recalling Spears' request for the now-unforgettable red-latex catsuit. "There was another catsuit, actually, which was fantastic, which I loved, and the night before, I was told that Britney hired this guy that worked with Michael Jackson," the director said. "And so we're going to use that catsuit. So that's the catsuit."

Spears revealed that there was a bit of a freak accident on the set. "There was a camera, and there was an overhead shot, and they were filming me and the camera fell," she said. "And it kind of knocked me out, and there was drama ... but it was fine."

Another key part of the song, when Britney starts talking about "Titanic," posed a bit of a problem for Dick, but it wasn't one Spears felt she needed to deal with. "There's a bit about the Titanic in the middle, and I was like, 'What are we going to do about that?' " he recalled, laughing. "And she says, 'Don't worry. You'll sort it out.' "

In 2000, Spears talked about why the video needed to be effects-heavy. "It's really futuristic. It's going to be the first video that I've done to have a lot of special effects," she said. "I think it's more mature. It's edgier. It's funkier. It's fun."

Source: MTV