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Jessica Simpson Intimidated By Britney Spears

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

In her buzzed-about new interview in the June issue of Vanity Fair, Jessica Simpson reveals that she quit pop music in 2007 and pursued a career as a country star because she constantly felt like a “runner-up” in comparision to chart rival Britney Spears.

The singer/actress first came up against the pop princess when she auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club at age 12. Britney won a spot on the show — Jessica was rejected. And Simpson admits she feels like she has always been playing catch-up with Spears.

“When I got the letter (from the Mickey Mouse Club) that said I didn’t make it, I just remember that I was giving up and I thought that I was going to die,” Jessica says, recalling the snub. “It’s funny to look at my journals and see all the fears I had to face. (Those girls) all remembered me. I didn’t feel competitive. I was more intimidated.”

Jessica launched her pop career in 1999, just around the same time Britney got her first taste of platinum-selling success. “My album was different (from hers). I released a ballad first. I wasn’t dancing and doing that whole thing. I wanted to set myself apart. But I was always third runner-up.”

Source: Pop Crunch

Brit looks like a Pretty Woman

The following italicized article is from www.thesun.co.uk:

BRITNEY SPEARS has certainly come a long way since her dramatic breakdown in January.

Back then she was looking bloated, spotty and a million miles away from the fresh faced young teen who made it big with Hit Me Baby One More Time.

But, she's now back to looking great, as you can see in this picture of her imitating the front cover Vanity Fair, featuring Pretty Woman star JULIA ROBERTS.

Clutching a rose with her teeth, Britney holds up the magazine with a huge smile on her face.
The picture has been released at the same time as reports suggesting that the star is due to make a spectacular comeback worth a whopping £5MILLION.

According to a source who spoke to our sister paper The News Of The World, the singer is poised to perform at a mega-bucks one-off Las Vegas show, followed by a string of dates.

The source confirmed: "The concert will be one to top them all - a spectacle.

"It will have jaw-dropping lights, amazing costumes and a performance from Britney to roll back the years."

Britney last had a No1 single in the UK in 2004.

She will play the gig at Palms Hotel And Casino in Las Vegas at the end of the year.

Her record company, Sony BMG, have given the thumbs-up despite Britney's shambolic show at the MTV Video Music Awards last year.

The source added: "There's a total of £5million on offer but the onus is on Brit to put in a top show.

"Britney is finally getting her life, and career, back on track and the whole world will see the evidence when she steps on that stage."

Source: The Sun

Madonna Accuses U.S. of "Inflicting Cruelty" on Britney Spears

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

Madonna isn't done speaking out on Britney Spears.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Material Girl — who recently told E! she wants to "go save" the singer — called Spears' situation "very painful.

"When you think about the way people treat each other in Africa, about witchcraft and people inflicting cruelty and pain on each other, then come back here and, you know, people taking pictures of people when they’re in their homes, being taken to hospitals, or suffering, and selling them, getting energy from them, that’s a terrible infliction of cruelty. So who’s worse off?" she asked.

Source: US Weekly

Britney featured in Vanity Fair - Sort of

Vanity Fair: "The new Vanity Fair pays tribute to our favorite ladies of comedy by tarting them up for photos depicting them as the tabloid-fodder stars who unwittingly provide their comedic gold.

Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz snapped the off-the-wall shots of big names such as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for VF's cover story on their trade.

This inside shot features Sandra Bernhard (apparently lampooning Jessica Simpson), Chelsea Handler (Britney Spears), Jenna Fischer (Lindsay Lohan), Sarah Silverman (Amy Winehouse) and Wanda Sykes (Naomi Campbell/Lil Kim). Other funny ladies shot for the spread include Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Leslie Mann, Susie Essman and Amy Sedaris.

Hollywood has come a long way since Lucille Ball broke the gender line for female comics.

"There is no question that there are a million more funny women than there used to be," director Nora Ephron tells the mag."

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