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Britney
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Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in Kentwood,
Louisiana.
The
current Princess of Pop began her performing career in local productions
and church choirs before going on to appear in commercials and
off-Broadway plays.
At
the age of 11, young Britney joined a 1990's revival of The Mickey
Mouse Club TV show, appearing with future teen-pop stars Christina
Aguilera, J.C. Chasez, and Justin
Timberlake.
As
a result, Jive Records gave her a record contract in 1994, and
keen to promote her Mickey Mouse Club image, began producing such
early hits as the sweetly saccarine Soda Pop and Born
to Make You Happy.
Spears' perky
innocence was short-lived, however, when her racier second album
Oops!...I Did It Again entered the album charts at number
one and sold 9 million copies.
It seemed
good-girl Britney
became naughty-girl Britney practically overnight, followed by
a series of hits like I'm a Slave 4U accompanied by videos
that began to equal and even surpass Madonna
in various states of undress.
Her off-stage
antics were headline-making, as well, when she broke up with boyfriend
Justin Timberlake and then married childhood friend, Jason Alexander,
in a Las Vegas wedding that was annulled days later.
Her
most well-known onstage scene-stealer was as a presenter at the
2003
MTV Music Video Awards - when she indulged in a makeout session
onstage with her idol, Madonna.
The
following year, Spears
announced her marriage to dancer Kevin
Federline and hinted at plans about starting a family.
However,
in 2005 Spears was back in high profile with a new video, Do
Somethin' and picked up her first Grammy
Award for Toxic in the Best Dance Recording category.
Shortly
after, however, Spears confirmed tabloid rumors that she was,
indeed, pregnant with her first child and later
gave birth to a
baby boy, Sean Preston, on September 14, 2005.
The
Tabloids Scream - Baby No. 2 - Divorce - Sex Tapes & Crotch
Shots
However, almost
immediately following their joyous birth announcement, rumors
began to surface that the couple's strained relationship had led
to a trial separation.
Sources
point to the stress brought about by the almost $1 million dollars
of Spears' money that her husband has spent on outfitting his
failed music career. (See kevinfederline.com).
In related
reports, DivorceKevin.com
has sprung up to bill itself as "the home of the anti-Kevin
movement", establishing a competition to guess the correct
date of a formal split.
Over the past
year, the pop star had been the subject of headlines once again
- regarding pregnancy No. 2, with a
six-month pregnant Britney splashed across the cover of the August
issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine.
Meanwhile,
news of the Spears-Federline split were finally confirmed when
Spears filed divorce papers on November 7, 2006 in Los Angeles
County Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences."
The reported $1 million divorce settlement, with joint custody
of their two children, became final in March, 2007.
The 24-year-old
singer sought custody of the couples two children, Sean
Preston, 1, and newborn Jayden James while rumors
widely circulated that cash strapped Federline - now known as
"Fed-Ex" - was attempting to sell a sex tape that was
taken on the couple's honeymoon for a reported $65 million.
Most recently,
Britney Spears has regained her "Web celeb" status with
a recent spate of crotch
shot photos, published following her divorce news and taken
with new party gal pal, Paris
Hilton.
In February,
a very bald Britney was spotted by a local TV station in an L.A.
tattoo parlor - the day after she reportedly checked
in and out of a Caribbean rehab facility. Spears has now reentered
rehab in California, but not before going ballistic on a reporter's
van outside a local gas station.

OK!
Magazine reports
on Britney's meltdown.
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Behind the
headlines, the star's personal struggles are believed caused by
postpartum
depression due to multiple pregnancies occuring over a short
period of time. The cause is related to hormonal imbalance, with
mild-to-severe symptoms of emotional upheaval or even dangerously
psychotic behavior.
Britney
Latest : Not ... OK!
Spear's is
reportedly about to embark on a $100,000 makeover with plans for
liposuction,
a tummy tuck
and a breast lift to help relaunch her sagging career.
Meanwhile,
she has also recently sparked a publishing war involving Vanity
Fair, OK! and Allure
magazines bidding for her promised tell-all interview.
In July, OK!
magazine reported that they had won interview rights with an incoherent
Britney, which resulted in an on-record
"meltdown" and a "disastrous
photo shoot".
Britney
Goes Topless
In July, the
pop star was the subject of a revealing expose by a college student,
20-something Matt Encinias, who in July reportedly romped
around with a topless Britney and entourage at an LA hotel pool
party.
According
to Encinias, he met his poolmate five hours earlier after turning
up to appear as an extra in her new music
video.
Yet another
topless pool session was photographed showing Spears in a purpoted
"Lesbian
Love-In" with former personal assistant Shannon Funk
which were published by the London tabloid The Sun and in OK!
Magazine in August.
"Fed
Up" K-Fed Gets Custody
Meanwhile,
ex-husband Kevin Federline has finally made his move to win primary
custody of the former couple's children, Jayden James and Sean
Preston, reportedly citing her recent odd behavior and party girl
antics.
In addition
to twice-weekly drug tests, an LA judge ordered Spears to spend
eight hours per week working with a "parenting coach,"
who was to observe her interactions with her children.
Britney
Returns to MTV
More hot buzz
also surrounded the orchestrated comeback of the beleagured pop
star as the opening act on this year's MTV
Video Music Awards. with
a new single,
Gimme
More which premiered in late August ahead of a new album,
Blackout, released in October 2007.
"Gimme
More" was her first official single since "Do Somethin'
" from her greatest hits album released in 2005.
Britney
Spears :: The Official Web Site
- All the latest news and tour dates, photos, desktop wallpaper,
links to favorite audio clips, an online shop, fan letters and
fan club updates.
Britney
Spears - britney.com - Jive Records - Her record label
pays tribute with a biography, news updates, feature magazine
articles, video clips and photo gallery.
Britney
Spears - Wikipedia - The complete biography including
early childhood career, her rise to fame and recent personal struggles,
with photos, audio files, discography, related links & resources.
World
of Britney - The monster fan site with a huge cache of
orignally produced videos, news updates, photos and newsletter.
The
Britney Spears Picture Pages - Watch the young Britney
grow up in three full photo galleries, including one-stop browsing
for the complete lyrics
to all her major hits.
Britney
Spears on LAUNCH - News, interviews, video and audio clips,
and check out that photo
gallery...
Hot
Celebrity Wallpaper - Britney Spears - Put her on your
desktop available in various resolutions.
Britney
Spears Spelling Correction - A report from Google on the
thousands of ways her fans look for the star - with the most popular
including Brittany, Brittney, Britany and...
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