Britney Spears
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Surrounded by reporters from celebrity photo agencies during one of many coffee runs, what's a train wreck to do? Well, obviously, put on sunglasses at night inside your car and curl up with a good book most of us read in grade school: C.S. Lewis's classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

We assume one of Britney's revolving team assistants / pals (Sam Lutfi, Alli Sims, etc) went to get her coffee while she read from the The Chronicles of Narnia series. We miss the days when Jayden James would also be there. Sigh.

The great Britney Spears devours a good book while behind the wheel of her car and wearing sunglasses at night. Somehow this pic doesn't surprise us much at all.

Hopefully she'll work her way up to the Harry Potter sometime soon.

After weeks of fake album covers making the rounds on celebrity news sites, the real cover for Britney Spears' new CD, Blackout, has finally been revealed.

However, fans still have to wait until October 30 for Blackout to hit stores. Try to contain yourselves over this crushing disappointment. Here's the cover ...

The album's release date was originally scheduled for November 13, but Britney Spears' label, Jive, decided to move up the date after some songs and demos from the record began leaking online. See the official track listing below:

1. Gimme More
2. Piece of Me
3. Radar
4. Break The Ice
5. Heaven On Earth
6. Get Naked (I Got A Plan) *
7. Freakshow
8. Toy Soldier
9. Hot As Ice
10. Ooh Ooh Baby
11. Perfect Lover **
12. Why Should I Be Sad

* - A tip for future guys who want to see Britney Spears naked... get her drunk on margaritas and tell her she's pretty. Her pants (if she's even wearing any) will drop faster than this album from the charts.
** - An ode to J.R Rotem. Just kidding.

The celebrity news media better get its wheels and road maps ready, because it looks like Britney Spears could actually be heading out on tour.

Staff from Us Weekly caught up with the Millenium Dance Studio owner, Robert Baker, who filled the rag in on some of the details of Britney's upcoming tour.

Us: Britney has been a client of yours for some time. What's she like?
Robert Baker: Britney is a wonderful person, and has got the biggest heart out there. She's doing good and decent things that people in the public never see. This is what we see as Britney Spears as a client.

Us: What happened with the auditions Britney set up for today?
Robert Baker: She had a big audition set up for today, but something came up at the last minute, and she rescheduled for tomorrow.

Us: What are these auditions for?
Robert Baker: They are for the video of the second track from Blackout. I heard but I can't confirm that it might be the slightly slower song she was thinking about doing for the VMAs, for a tour. She wants male and females for both.

Us: How do you know she's planning a tour?
Robert Baker: Britney booked a considerable amount of space and time for the next couple of months, and of course we're honored and humbled that she's chosen us again. The tell tale sign for us is her booking space.

Us: How do you feel she's fairing through all these distractions?
Robert Baker: I can't speak for what goes on in people's heads, but I can say that she's strong and she's coming back. She's strong, dedicated, a hard worker and professional. I know I couldn't do what she's achieved.

Us: When did she cancel today's auditions? Were the dancers disappointed?
Robert Baker: I'd rather not say. What I can say, and would like to stress, is that Britney Spears is a talented entertainer, an amazing individual. People buying her record is testament to her ability to come back.

THG NOTE: That or they just love Britney Spears upskirt pics.

After her abysmal day in court yesterday, Britney Spears decided to blow off some steam ... on yet another shopping trip, this time to Neiman Marcus.

Sources inside Neiman's tell TMZ she skipped the fragrance counter and went to makeup, where she purchased $700 worth. Her skin? Not lookin' good!

From there, Britney returned to Marina del Rey, where she hooked back up once again with the great J.R. Rotem - more developments surely to come.

Today's emergency hearing in the Britney Spears and Kevin Federline custody case ended without any ruling.

After meeting in court, the cafeteria, and in chambers regarding Spears' request for overnight visits with her sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, supervised by her mother, Lynne Spears, lawyers for both have "indicated they need to meet further" and will contact the court at a later date.

Earlier, Judge Scott M. Gordon questioned the validity of today's hearing, which was called by lawyers for Britney Spears, and said that the pop "singer" had put herself in this predicament through her own choices.

Gordon told Britney Spears' attorney, Anne Kiley, that he didn't consider this an emergency situation. "Your client made a conscious choice not to do what was ordered," Gordon said. "A choice that put us in this position."

Oh. No. He. Didn't.

The hearing reaffirms last week's decision to give Kevin Federline custody of the former couple's sons until the exes' next court date October 26.

Britney Spears is allowed visits with Sean Preston and Jayden James, but only during the day and if supervised by a court monitor.

Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, said in response to Britney's request to have Lynne Spears monitor overnight visits: "I do not favor family members as monitors. It's an inherent conflict of interest."

In a display of how seriously she takes this, Britney Spears decided not make an appearance in person at the hearing, which took place at 8:30 a.m. in L.A.

Fortunately, no Britney Spears upskirt pic was entered into evidence. Wednesday night, Spears left her house around midnight, drove around town, and arrived at a private house at 2 a.m. She appears to have stayed there all morning.

UPDATE - STORY DEVELOPING: As of 5:30 p.m., Britney Spears will now be allowed one overnight visit with her kids per week - at least for the time being.

A court spokesman said today was the result of a compromise. Kaplan met with Britney's lawyers during lunch and the attorneys agreed to "slightly increase" her visitation. In other words, K-Fed agreed to give Brit a break... and a chance.

Seriously. It's getting a tad old.

Who would have thought, back in 2000, that we'd one day get tired of Britney Spears upskirt photos. But how much of a train wreck singer's axe wound do we really need to see? How many times can a hairless vagina be thrust in one's face without the recipient saying "enough is enough."

There is no reasoning. At this point, more people have seen Britney Spears with no underwear or no pants than know what her last hit song was. Come on, Lynne Spears. We thought you were getting your daughter under control!

But anyway, for those of you aren't bored with this yet and who want another (censored) Britney Spears crotch shot, take a gander at this baby (factory) ...

PHOTO CREDIT: JFX Images / STORY: TMZ

Maybe Britney just needed to get some fresh air for the ol' coin slot after all the stress this custody battle and new album release are putting on her.

Either way, it's not entirely hot, in our opinion. And the court is not likely to give her overnight visits with Jayden James and Sean Preston with a Britney Spears upskirt pic as Exhibit A. Or similar ones that might be Exhibits B-Q.

Britney Spears plans to go to court today with her lawyers to ask the judge to expand her visitation rights to overnight visits with her kids.

We're not sure why she cares what house they stay overnight in, as she'll be out topless or in no underwear somewhere while they sleep anyway. But no matter.

Spears was urged by her lawyers to personally attend the hearing, which is scheduled for 8:30 AM local time in downtown Los Angeles.

According to TMZ, Britney Spears has now had several clean drug tests. Sticking to just alcohol for a whole week and a half? Wow! Better give her the kids back!

Britney's lawyers will use her passed drug tests and other evidence to make their case. They've told Britney her presence will show the judge how much she cares about the kids - she finally gets it and plans to show up.

Currently, Britney Spears has monitored visitation - the kids are deposited in the morning and returned to Kevin Federline in the early evening.

Meanwhile, celebrity gossip reporters recently caught Britney going into a Target in Culver City, where she went ballistic after peeps blocked her from shopping.

Brit was heard dropping the f-bomb, shouting "What the f*%k do you want?!" as her assistant (not Alli Sims, but a new girl!) snapped at a rent-a-cop who was doing little to control the situation. Great times (and low prices) at Target!

As Spears made her way out of the store, Britney was reportedly in better spirits, though, shouting "Bye, y'all!" as she drove off. Sweet gal.

We've been half-heartedly sarcastically passionately asking her to "Gimme More," and, well, now Britney Spears is going to do just that!

Jive Records has decided to move up the release date of Britney Spears' new album, entitled Blackout, from November 13 to October 30.

It's an appropriate album title for Britney Spears, as we all know. The girl has had some problems with the power company turning her electricity off lately.

The reason for the early release? Jive Records wants to put the kibosh on all of this unauthorized leaking of Britney Spears' songs onto the Internet.

Since the album's inception, songs and unfinished material and demos have made their way consistenyly onto celebrity gossip blogs and various music sites where they are easily and publicly ridiculed downloaded.

A Jive spokesperson said in a statement:

"Due to numerous unauthorized online leaks, the record label is doing everything possible to prevent and avoid any further illegal distribution of songs, including moving up the release date of the album to October 30."

You know who's even more excited about this than Jive? Lynne Spears. She's back in Britney's good graces - and back on the payroll just in time to cash in!

After a long period of of estrangement, Britney Spears finally grabbed the phone and called the one person she needed most: the Domino's delivery guy her mom.

Lynne Spears immediately went into action, hopping on a flight on October 5 to L.A. from Kentwood, La., along with 16-year-old Jamie Lynne Spears.

Insiders say Britney Spears was "a bundle of hard drugs nerves" that night as she waited for the arrival of her mother and l'il sister.

"She was extremely excited," says a pal. "She was shaking."

T.H. GOSSIP NOTE: That might just be withdrawal from crystal meth.

Regardless, Britney Spears has been in better spirits with mom Lynne Spears and sister Jamie Lynn Spears in town. Kind of funny that the pic of them together on the People Magazine cover here is actually two separate photos, however.

The Britney Spears clan: back together at last. Minus Britney's Spears kids, who she can't see because she's a chronic user of alcohol and drugs, of course.

"It must have taken a lot for Britney to let down her guard," says Spears' friend Robert Baker, head of the Millennium Dance Complex.

"She felt betrayed by her mom when she first went to rehab. But there are times when you just need your family more than anything."

If anyone needs a mom right now, it's Britney, who can perhaps appreciate Lynne Spears' own pain at being separated from her own flesh and blood.

Spears, who was labeled "a habitual, frequent and continuous" user of drugs and alcohol, is estranged from children Sean Preston and Jayden James, who are living with their father, Kevin Federline, until further notice.

Multiple sources confirm that hell has frozen over Britney Spears has taken and passed a drug test! Ding-dang it! Yee-haw, y'all! I gone get ma kids back!

The quote-unquote singer, 25, had been ordered by a court to submit to drug testing twice weekly as part of her custody battle with K-Fed.

A friend of Britney Spears (who may or may not be Alli Sims or Sam Lutfi) tells Us Weekly, "Her family and friends told her how important it was so she did it. She's trying to do everything right finally."

Except for, you know, not doing drugs in the first place. Or putting on pants while running errands. Or spending time with the kids and not at clubs. Just saying.

In addition to the drug tests, the court has ordered that the troubled Britney Spears must continue to attend individual counseling and parenting classes.

Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, and sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, arrived in Los Angeles on October 5, after a difficult week for the pop-star.

Just a day earlier, a judge upheld his decision to grant Spears' ex, Kevin Federline, sole custody of sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, until further order.

Though Spears had been estranged from her family, a source tells Us that their reunion is going "really well! Britney is happy to be with her mom again."

Aww. At least one of Britney Spears' families isn't broken.

Please, Britney, give us less.

We've already seen Britney Spears topless, wearing no pants, goin' clubbing with no underwear, and pretty much nude. What is an uncut version of "Gimme More" gonna do for us, really? Besides give us an excuse to talk about her?

Not much. But nonetheless, here's Britney Spears topless except for very carefully placed "pasties" in this raw version of the "Gimme More" music video...

As you can see, an almost naked Britney Spears is seen taking off a leather vest while dancing around a stripper pole as she moans "Gimme More." The "singer" then thrusts her body to the beat while holding up her breasts with her bare hands, and sometimes with her vest as well. Oooh yeah, this is HOT stuff.

Sort of. Or not really. Who hasn't seen Britney Spears nude or darn close to it at this point? Take a seat, J.R. Rotem. It was a rhetorical question.