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Britney Plays Peacemaker

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

After a bit of a onstage dustup during the Pussycat Dolls' Friday night gig in Phoenix, no less than Britney Spears herself -- for whom the Dolls are opening on the current tour -- acted as a mediator.

''Remember, business comes first. ... You can hate each other off-stage, but make it work on stage,'' a very reliable Spears source quoted Britney as saying.

Things are increasingly tense between the Dolls. Lead singer Nicole Scherzinger has been looking like she's poised to go solo, and other members of the group are unhappy about recent singles released as ''The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger.''

''It's like a modern version of the old Diana Ross and the Supremes thing,'' said a music industry insider Sunday.

At Friday's concert, things got testy when the Dolls' Melody Thornton thanked the crowd in her Phoenix hometown for supporting her, ''even though I'm not featured!'' Spears thought that led to a ''downer effect'' on the rest of the Dolls set, and a negative lead-in to her own set, the Britney buddy said.

We'll get a chance on Tuesday to see this up close -- and whether Spears' lecture had any effect -- when the tour arrives for two gigs at the Allstate Arena.

Source: Sun Times

Britney The Gardener

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

BRITNEY SPEARS has turned to gardening to keep herself on the straight and marrow.

The songbird, who has a history of mental health problems, has become devoted to a self-help programme called flower therapy — based on horticulture.

She has also been closely studying books about the spiritual aspects of gardening while on tour in the United States.

A source said: “Britney has tried every kind of therapy going. She’s studied yoga, seen numerous counsellors and even experimented with mysticism, but they’ve never been more than passing fads.

“This time seems different though. She’s committed to learning as much as she can about horticulture and how it impacts your well-being.

“Whenever she returns to her California home she’s straight out in the garden working. She’s very proud and knowledgeable about what she’s planted and what is growing around her house.”

Flower therapy uses flower essences to “balance physical and emotional disturbances”.

Toxic singer Britney, 27, had a series of breakdowns in 2007 and was twice sectioned the following year.

She now has random drug and alcohol tests under the terms of her custody deal to keep sons Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two.

And she’s so determined to stay on the road to recovery that she has become a devotee of the self-help manual Chicken Soup For The Gardener’s Soul — by American lifestyle guru Jack Canfield.

The source said: “That has given her a lot of solace.”

Source: The Sun

Britney To Extend Her Tour?

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

MGM officials have told me there are no official plans for any nightclub celebrations there after her show. Britney’s tour is produced by AEG Live/Concerts West, the entertainment conglomerate responsible for Cher and Bette Midler at Caesars Palace and Carlos Santana’s new residency at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel.

Its president, John Meglen, told me: “It is one of the biggest and best-selling tours of the decade. Response and reaction has been phenomenal worldwide, and this weekend date at MGM is the highest ticket-selling gross so far. European fans cannot wait for her to get there, and in many, many venues, the tickets have been sold out instantly, and we’ve had to juggle dates to add more shows to meet the demand.”

Source: Las Vegas Sun

Casey Aldridge Charged in Single Car Crash

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

We've learned Casey Aldridge was charged with careless operation of a motor vehicle (a misdemeanor) after this morning's crash -- and no other car was involved.

Cops tell TMZ Casey was driving on the LA 606, which is in the Tensas Parish in Louisiana, when he lost control of his F-250 at around 1:30 AM. Law enforcement sources say Casey was initially taken to the Riverland Medical Facility in Ferriday, LA -- which is right across the border from Mississippi.

19-year-old Casey is currently at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.

UPDATE: Cops tell us there were three other passengers in the truck with Casey -- but Casey's injuries were the most serious.

Casey Aldridge -- Okay, But Just by a Hairline

Casey Aldridge could have been screwed, but got real lucky -- he's going to recover from this morning's car accident.

We just spoke with a close family member/Baptist preacher who says Aldridge did not have surgery, but did suffer mild brain trauma.

As we first reported, Casey and 3 other passengers were in a single car accident early this morning in Louisiana.

His F-250 flipped over and Aldridge was airlifted for treatment.

The family member said Aldridge suffered a "skull fracture around his hairline" and will be kept at the University of Mississippi Medical Center for 2-3 days for observation.

Jamie Lynn Spears is at his bedside.

We're also told one passenger suffered a broken collarbone, one is getting X-rays on his hip and the third just suffered some bruising.

Three Ejected from Car in Casey Aldridge Crash

Louisiana State Troopers tell us three of the five people riding in Casey Aldridge's truck (they previously told us only four were in the truck) were ejected during the crash -- and Casey was one of them.

Cops tell us while Casey was heading north on the 606 in Louisiana early this morning, he swerved off the right side of the road and into a ditch, then over-corrected his turn back onto the pavement, causing the car to flip. During the flip, 3 people -- including Casey -- were ejected from the car.

The two others who were ejected refused medical treatment at the scene -- and as we previously reported, Casey was taken to the Riverside Medical Center in Ferriday, La. due to what cops called "moderate injuries."

As for whether alcohol was a factor, cops tell us they didn't speak to Casey for nearly four hours after the crash -- due to his hospitalization -- and when they did, they found no reason to suspect he had been drinking.

Just to put this in perspective, cops told us it's 4x more likely for people to die when they're ejected from a car during a crash -- and all 3 who were ejected survived.

Casey was charged with careless operation of a motor vehicle -- a misdemeanor -- and is currently recovering from his injuries at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss.

Source: TMZ

Casey Aldridge Hospitalized -- In Stable Condition

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

Sources tell TMZ Jamie Lynn Spears' baby daddy, Casey Aldridge, is currently in stable condition at a hospital in Mississippi.

We're told he was initially taken to the emergency room, but has just been transferred to another part of the hospital.

Sources say Casey was involved in some sort of car accident last night.

Story developing...

Source: TMZ

She's Baaaaaack...

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

Britney Spears has had a rough road in Vegas, but there are still reasons to love her

Like Pabst and quiche, vomit and velour, Britney Spears and Las Vegas haven't always mixed so well.

To say that Britney has traveled a bumpy road in Sin City is to ignore potholes big enough for wild game to bathe in.

She's passed out in nightclubs, gotten universally skewered for a roly-poly performance at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms, seen her posse tussle with the paparazzi and yawned her way through a House of Blues concert where she pretty much used her fans' ticket stubs as toilet paper.

But you know what, Las Vegas?

Britney Spears is still good for you.

And in honor of her stop at the MGM Grand this weekend, we're going to prove it.

Read on, as we count the ways that Britney is continuing to make the world a better place.

She's no Beyonce, but...

What other females on the pop charts have Britney beat? Certainly not the horribly overwrought Christina Aguilera, who has a better voice to be sure, but not a clue how to use it, and so she over-sings everything, shrieking through her tunes like a cat being fed through a paper shredder, until you're digging at your cochleas with a melon baller.

Kelly Clarkson? She's so boring, we nearly fell asleep simply typing her name. Kelli Pickler? We won't poke fun of her for the same reason we stopped shoving old people down flights of stairs recently: Sure it's a blast, but way too easy. Lily Allen? Apples and oranges. You don't judge "Dumb and Dumber" by how it compares to "Crash," even though the former is more successful at being a lowbrow comedy than the latter is at being a serious drama.

Besides, when it comes to Britney, she's been on a roll for years now. Her breathless, beat-heavy "Blackout" was the best mainstream pop record of 2007, her current disc "Circus" is still more dance floor cotton-candy and even her stab at aping "Ray of Light"-era Madonna, 2003's "In The Zone," reaped its share of killer singles. It's not high art, nor is meant to be: Spears catalog is directed at the pelvis, not the cerebellum.

She makes you feel better About yourself

Britney's foibles get so much run for the same reason that reality TV is big: People love watching others makes asses of themselves in a public forum because it makes them feel slightly less guilty for being such losers themselves. So, Britney gets photographed without her panties on, and you, in turn, don't feel quite as bad for being a career Denny's waitress who sweats nicotine and sadness and whose best friend is a sock puppet. Good for you. Now where are those cheese fries, already?

She's a role model for THE YOUNG PEOPLE

So, she drank and smoked while pregnant, drives around with her kid in her lap like it was a Slurpee with hair and has been known to betroth single-celled organisms upon occasion. Big deal. Does this mean she can't be a surrogate parent to your children, a guiding light in hot pants? Answer: no. To wit, for her first movie appearance in coming-of-age classic "Crossroads" -- think "The Graduate," but with plastic boobs -- Spears refused to utter a particular line of dialogue because it had a swear word in it, and she didn't want to set a bad example for the youths of today. How's that for attempting to better one's fellow man? Scoreboard: Britney 1, Gandi 0.

She's given us her soul!

You are a nothing, a nobody, an empty sack of flesh and castrated dreams, until, of course, you get your own fragrance. Then you enter the realm of people who matter, such as Debbie Gibson, David Hasselhoff and Dora the Explorer. Britney first joined such hallowed company when she blessed us with her "Believe" perfume. The fragrance was pitched as a "confident expression of optimism and individuality" and as a "reflection of her soul." So what if it bore the delicate aroma of a yeti on fire, trapped in an Ozzfest port-a-john? What does your soul smell like, my man? Gym socks and air bagels? Relax, buddy, it was a trick question. If you're not down with Brit-Brit, you don't have a soul to being with.

She makes fun of herself better than anyone else does

Ever caught Britney Spears on "Saturday Night Live"? It's like finding a Heineken buried in a bucket of dead puppies. For about a decade now, that show has been a safe haven for anyone allergic to funny, but Spears has been among the rare highlights in recent years, at her best when lampooning her fake breasts, her penchant for lip syncing in concert and everything else people goof on her for.

Basically, Spears has earned the last laugh.

Even if it is on us.

Source: Las Vegas Review Journal

Brit Travels In Style!

The following italicized article is from www.x17online.com:

Yesterday afternoon we snapped Britney Spears leaving Van Nuys airport on a private jet, and the pop princess rocked a summery sun dress and some wedge heels. So much for traveling in comfy clothes! But can you blame Brit? We'd want to show off that hot body too!

See more pics here!

Source: X17

Music Takes Backseat To Image At Britney Show

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

In her latest incarnation as pop comeback queen, Britney Spears isn’t performing concerts so much as she is staging a show that is a cross between Cirque du Soleil and burlesque.

The music that played Friday night as Spears strutted around three circular stages at a packed Jobing.com Arena in Glendale was almost an afterthought, a pulsating soundtrack accompanying the visual spectacle that this 27-year-old mother of two still generates.

More than any other tour by Spears, this one, named after the singer’s new “Circus” album, is all about image.

The barrage of camera flashes that was nearly non-stop throughout the singer’s 90-minute set as she emerged in one costume after another and made her way to various contraptions designed to show her off to all corners of the arena bore out the fact that the eye was the key to this show.

Speaking of all corners, it’s hard to imagine how the show must have looked to those sitting near the rafters of the cavernous hockey arena, because Spears had none of the video screens that most big acts use to help those in those seats see the onstage action.

Each song brought another gimmick to put Spears, who looks like she hit the gym hard before this tour, on display.

The star ended up in a wheeled lion’s cage early on after she had peeled off a ringmaster’s getup to reveal a sexy corset-themed outfit as she performed the new CD’s title track and her in-your-face 2007 hit “Piece of Me.”

She jumped up to grab a gold stripper pole that was wheeled around during “Radar,” she sat on the curved handle of a giant umbrella that lifted her above the stage for the mellow ballad “Everytime” and she stood in huge, empty picture frames during “Freakshow.”

Despite lots of offstage drama involving divorce, child-custody hearings and public breakdowns in recent years, Spears still has the raw magnetism that only a few pop stars possess.

One girl in her late teens screamed “Oh, my god!” as the lights dimmed to start the show and Spears made a dramatic entrance, dangling from the ceiling on a pair of hoops.

The three-ring stage used on this tour is one of the more lavish and impressive in pop this season.

A long curtain often descended to surround the large main stage and became a circular video screen. Trap doors were everywhere, allowing Spears and her crew, which included clowns, magicians, acrobats and dancers, to appear instantly, seemingly out of nowhere.

The sound was overpowering in places, and many of the set’s songs, drawn largely from Spears’ two most recent (and edgy) albums, had undergone remixes.

It appeared that Spears was lip-synching or singing along to taped vocals much of the time, but that no longer seems to bother fans who have heard murmurs about the star using that crutch for years.

A band that was placed in barely-visible spots around the stage may have been playing along to a soundtrack, too.

Once an energetic and inventive dancer, Spears has severely reined in the moves that used to raise eyebrows and thrill fans.

She had flashes of her old, impressive dance moves during such songs as “Boys,” “Get Naked” and one of the few classics she played, 1998’s “Baby One More Time.”

But much of the show featured Spears walking around the stage to throw down basic dance moves, strike poses for fans or grab the next prop.

Her 11 dancers got chances to show off their own moves during frequent breaks when Spears would disappear.

Spears spoke briefly to the audience a few times with stage banter such as, “What’s up, Phoenix? How are you feeling tonight?”

But the crowd, dominated by young women, went crazy throughout the set.

After all, they were seeing Britney Spears in the flesh.

Source: AZ Central

Life On The Tour Bus For The Dancer's

Khloe Kardashian Talks About Her Circus Concert Experience

Kim and I had never been to a Britney Spears concert so were beyond excited when Melody from the Pussycat Dolls invited us to the show in Anaheim! The PCD's were the opening act for Britney and they did a great job! I love their costumes! AND not to mention their dance moves! It was the perfect opening act to Britney's show! Then the Circus started!!!!!

We seriously had the best seats in the house -- in the sound booth in front of the stage! It was amazing! Britney's show was all that I thought it was going to be! She is such an incredible performer and her body looks great! I mean, if I was constantly dancing my body would hopefully look great too LOL! I have never seen her perform live before but so many people have said this was her best tour to date!

Kim and I had the best time! She totally met our expectations. Britney is definitely back!

See more pics here!

Source: Khloe Kardashian's Blog

Ouch!

Britney Fans Get Engaged On Stage!

The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:

Talk about finding a guy who listens: Britney Spears fan Robert knew his girlfriend Zoyla wanted her wedding "to be like a circus with a ringleader, acrobats and magic tricks," so he tells BritneySpears.com he wanted to propose to her during her L.A. show on April 16, and bam! Done.

The Brit fan says he contacted her manager, Adam, who helped him set the whole thing up.

"I sent him a message on Tuesday telling him about my plan," Robert tells her official site. "He replied on Wednesday, but I hadn't read it until Thursday at noon. I replied but didn't think he would get in touch, since it was only 8 hours to the show. I was out with a friend having lunch when at 4:30 p.m. my cell phone rang; it was Adam. He told me he thought it was a great idea and wanted to do it. I had 2 hours to get everything done; ask her parents for permission, get her grandmothers ring, think about what to say and get us to the venue."

Robert told her their tickets had been upgraded to explain why they were in the VIP section.

When the time came, he simply asked Zoyla if she trusted him, and took her up onstage after the Pussycat Dolls performed.

"Once I was up there, I asked everybody to listen up. My first line was interrupted by the crowd's screaming, which was overwhelming and gave me a lot of energy and confidence," he says. "By this time my fiancée was in tears and shaking. I went down on my knee and asked her if she would marry me, she said yes, we kissed and I put on her ring."

Aww!

As for their wedding plans, the couple is definitely sticking to their theme.

"The plan is to save up enough money to have our own little circus for our friends and families just like my fiancée has always wanted it," explains Robert.

Who says chivalry is dead?

Source: OK Magazine

Britney Tops Concert Tour List

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America in U.S. dollars. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1. (1) Britney Spears; $2,287,230; $100.69.

Source: Jam! Showbiz

The Circus Hits Oakland

FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World

#4 Britney Spears

Like a slightly unhinged chameleon, Britney Spears can change her appearance at the drop of a hat. From schoolgirl to diva, through doting mother to... well, yes, there may have been a slight blip when she and K-Fed split, what with the hair shaving, bingeing and showing off the contents of her 'purse' to all and sundry. But Britney's stormed back up the list and - after a rumoured £60,000 makeover - she's looking, if not her best, then a pretty good approximation of what she once was.

Source: FHM

Britney Is NOT Pregnant

A rep for Brit Brit tells PerezHilton.com exclusively that Spears is not sperminated.

"She's absolutely not pregnant," one of Spears' managers, Adam Leber, tells us. "I have no idea why Seacrest would say that. We have communication with him and he could have checked this."

Source: Perez Hilton

Ryan Seacrest: Britney Is 100% Positive...For A Pregnancy Test

The following italicized article is from www.extratv.warnerbros.com:

This could be the shocker of '09 -- is Britney Spears pregnant with baby number three, y'all?!

Ryan Seacrest talked about it on his KIIS FM radio show on Wednesday, claiming he heard the news from "a reliable source."

The 27-year-old divorcee gave birth to her first child, Sean Preston Federline, in September 2005. Brit Brit welcomed baby number 2, Jayden James, in September 2007.

Her sister Jamie Lynn, 18, gave birth last June. Britney is still under the conservatorship of her father.

Source: Extra TV

Closing Arguments Heard in Britney Restraining Order Case

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

After three hours of closing arguments Tuesday, no ruling was made on whether to extend a restraining order against Britney Spears's ex-manager Sam Lutfi and attorney Jon Eardley.

The singer's father Jamie, who initially filed the request on Jan. 30, alleges that both men have continuously harassed his daughter, adding that Lutfi smuggled a cell phone to her at a hotel.

Samuel Ingham, a court-appointed lawyer for the pop star, 27, told Judge Aviva Bobb, "My client's situation has improved dramatically over the last 14 months. [A permanent restraining order against them] is in my client's best interest ... She has suffered emotional distress."

Bryan Freedman, a lawyer for Lutfi, 34, has denied his client committed any wrongdoing, saying Lutfi was merely responding to Spears's "cries for help," alleging she was seeking to overturn her father's legal control over her life. "Not one threat or act or violence was directed at Britney Spears," Freedman argued.

An attorney for Eardley, Roger Diamond, continuously questioned the validity of Jamie's conservatorship, and argued that Britney authorized Eardley to represent her, although a court has previously ruled that Spears "lacks the capacity" to hire her own lawyers.

The hearing will continue on April 28.

Source: People

No Testifying in Britney's Future; Other Side Says She's "Crying Out for Help"

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

Though obviously fit to be the family cash cow, Britney Spears still doesn't have the goods to testify in open court.

The pop star will not be required to take the stand in her conservatorship's ongoing quest to obtain permanent restraining orders against her former manager, Sam Lutfi; attorney Jon Eardley; and her ex-beau, Adnan Ghalib.

"There was a finding of a judge of the Superior Court that she lacks the capacity to testify," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Akiva Bobb said after hearing closing arguments Tuesday, upholding a 14-month-old ruling that Spears isn't mentally fit to make her own legal decisions.

The temporary restraining orders against all three men were extended until April 28, when the judge will hear rebuttal arguments before making a final decision.

Eardley's attorney, Roger Diamond, filed a motion April 10 to compel Spears to testify before closing arguments were made, but there was no sign of her at the courthouse today.

It's unclear whether the 27-year-old singer, who just played four dates in L.A. and Anaheim, is still in SoCal at the moment. Her Circus tour touches down in Oakland Wednesday night.

In his remarks today, Diamond argued that Spears wanted Eardley—who is said to have collaborated with Lutfi last year to help Spears fight what was then a brand-new conservatorship—to help extricate her from father Jamie's control.

"Britney Spears is crying out for help," Diamond said.

Whatever, the Spears' legal camp said, calling the two men "predators."

Source: E! Online

New Message From Britney

Source: BritneySpears.com

Britney On Gay Marriage

Source: BritneySpears.com

Update: The Circus Hits Anaheim

Guess who won 3 Bravo A-List Awards?

A-LIST ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Awarded to the artist that kept us coming back for more.
· Beyonce
· No Doubt
· Katy Perry
· Britney Spears
· Kanye West

A-LIST ALBUM
Presented to the album that rocked our year.
· Beyonce / I Am…Sasha Fierce
· Coldplay / Viva La Vida
· MGMT / Oracular Spectacular
· Britney Spears / Circus
· Kanye West / 808s & Heartbreak

A-LIST DOWNLOAD
Given to the song that kept you dancing.
· Beyonce / Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
· Britney Spears / Circus
· Coldplay / Viva La Vida
· Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake / 4 Minutes
· Katy Perry / I Kissed a Girl

Source: TT

Britney 'Not Ready For Relationship'

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

Britney Spears is reportedly unable to commit to a relationship because she is still struggling to overcome her failed marriage with Kevin Federline.

The singer, who is currently on her 'Circus' world tour, has allegedly laughed off constant speculation that she is looking for a serious boyfriend.

"[Britney] says it's going to take many, many more years to completely detox from being married to Kevin," a source told Heat.

"She still says being Mrs Federline was the biggest mistake she's ever made."

Speculation that Spears plans on marrying John Sundahl, who she has been linked with in the past, has been labelled "ridiculous".

"Britney doesn't want to do anything until the tour is over," the source added.

"She wants press for her tour and not for an engagment. The idea that she'd actually want to marry someone is ridiculous."

Spears releases her new single 'If U Seek Amy' on May 4.

Source: Digital Spy

For once I believe a tabloid lol..must be the weed from yesterday...