Britney Spears
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It was a hell of a run, one that began with an adorable Catholic school girl teasing her way into our hearts in the "Baby, One More Time..." video.

But Britney Spears' career officially came to an end this evening.

There's nothing left in the tank. Leading off tonight's MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears "sang" her new single, "Gimme More." She lip-synched it (badly), which would have been okay had there been any semblance of dance moves or theatrics. Not so.

All we saw tonight was a limp, uninterested, uninspired Britney Spears, lacking the pizzazz, energy, choreography and all-out hotness that made her famous.

It's a sad day when a performer as dynamic as Spears can no longer dance or even pretend to sing her own songs. But that day is this day. So weak.

Even that body is reduced to a shell of its former self, clearly showing signs of two births. Host Sarah Silverman even joked, "Have you seen Britney's kids? They're so cute! Almost as cute as that hairless vagina they popped out of!"

Not to worry, though. With that outfit she sported tonight, Spears served notice that she's ready for the next phase of her career... Cinemax. Late night.

More photos and video of Britney Spears' VMA debacle to come ...

Maybe Kim Porter should've been jealous of Britney Spears instead of Sienna Miller.

Diddy and the lead performer for tonight's Video Music Awards chilled - and drank, according to their faces below - in Las Vegas over the weekend.

They seem awfully chummy, don't they?

Briddy.

At one point, while a group of celebrities hung out in Pure Nightclub, the rap mogul gave Brit a shout-out, declaring that the singer deserved respect because she had gone through some hard times but "she keeps her head up."

Hear that, Vanessa Hudgens? Nude pics, schmude pics. Just keep your head up.

There actually is news this week aside from Vanessa Hudgens nude pictures.

For example, we already knew Britney Spears would be performing at Sunday night's Video Music Awards.

But now we know a lot more about the performance: TMZ is reporting that the train wreck will begin the show with "Gimme More," the new song that starts with: "It's Britney, bitch!"

The act will include a slew of dancers and aerialists. During the rehearsal, Jayden James' mom was still working in some tricky choreography.

The performance culminates with Britney doing a "trust fall" into the arms of her backup dancers. And we all know how that sort of thing ended last time.

Celebrity gossip site TMZ has learned that attorney Gloria Allred is on her way to court regarding the Britney Spears / Kevin Federline custody fight.

Allred will reportedly inform the judge that she has a secret witness who wants to testify at the September 17 custody hearing.

Allred plans to tell the judge the witness is "intimidated" and concerned about revealing his/her identity (though reports say it's a he).

TMZ's prediction: Gloria is going to get her publicity seeking rear end unceremoniously booted out of the hearing. Tuesday, K-Fed's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, also told Judge Scott Gordon that he had a "secret" witness.

Judge Gordon said, unequivocally "We don't do secret witnesses." Do Gloria and MVK have the same "secret" witness? Signs point to yes.

Left: Britney Spears. Right: Gloria Allred. Hard to say who's hotter.

Meanwhile, Britney Spears' lawyer, celebrity divorce kingpin Laura Wasser, tells TMZ exclusively: "With all due respect to Ms. Allred, she's attempting to bring her own ring to what was already a three ring circus."

We just hope Brit shows up to court in no underwear.

One of the songs - in fact, the first - leaked to Perez Hilton from Britney Spears' new album is causing a little bit of controversy.

And the discussion isn't centered around how bad Spears' singing is on "Baby Boy," the ridiculous, nasally slow jam making the online rounds.

It's whether Britney Spears or someone in the struggling singer's camp / management team ripped the song off somebody else.

Kim Ross, a pop/soul singer from New York City has a song called "Beautiful Lies" - which she claims was written almost two years ago. She published it on her MySpace page (click to listen) in April.

You'll notice it sounds strikingly like Britney's "Baby Boy" if not nearly identical. Below is an unofficial, fan-made video featuring Britney's version of the song (meshed with some unrelated, hot pics of Spears from the olden days).

What do you think? Did Britney Spears gank the track?

Don't it a comeback... she's been here for years!

Actually... call it a comeback. All she's done in recent years is parade around with no pants, go to rehab, get divorced and crank out a pair of rugrats.

We are talking, of course, about Britney Spears, who MTV confirms will be performing the opening number at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas this Sunday. Spears is set to sing "Gimme More," the new single from her forthcoming album.

In preparation for the show, the pop star has been boned repeatedly by worked with illusionist Criss Angel on "some of the moments of the performance." 

Jesse Ignjatovic, the executive producer of the 2007 MTV VMAs, said it was important to secure Britney Spears for the big show's opening number.

"I guess, looking back, we've had a great history with her," he said. "I wanted to start the show in a very big, dramatic way, and she's the one to do that. She'll captivate everyone, and set the tone for the rest of the night. There's no one better."

Spears does indeed have a history at the VMAs. Like the Kennedy assassination, we all remember where we were when she carried that python on stage.

Though a Justin Timberlake source claims rumors of a Timberlake-Spears duet are "patently false," fans should still expect to be surprised.

"She's planning it to be a big comeback performance," a Britney Spears inside source says, adding that the goal is to make it "shocking."

While her new song is getting radio play and she's setting set to perform at the VMAs, Britney Spears' career may not be going down the toilet. But the singer herself still can stink it up in the literal sense. P-U, y'all!

That disturbing imagery aside, for the first time in almost 12 hours, the troubled star was spotted at an L.A. gas station. The strange thing? She was dressed somewhat like a human being! Who woulda thunk!

  Britney Spears looks normal! Well, except for the see-through shirt and all.

The mother of Sean Preston and Jayden James Federline exited the ladies room covering her nose, possibly because of the stench, but also because there was likely a mirror in there, forcing her to get a look at her hair.

Talk about something that stinks! Wooo!

More than a month after his involvement in an altercation in Las Vegas that sent a celebrity news photographer in the hospital, Britney Spears' bodyguard, Julio Camera, has been formally charged with battery.

On July 27, Spears and Julio Camera were outside the spa at the Wynn Hotel when "JC" Camera tackled a photographer, Andrew Deetz to the ground.

Deetz and his associate, Kyle Henderson, claim that while Julio Camera punched and kicked him, Britney Spears threw Sean Preston's baby bottle (probably filled with Coke) at Henderson, screaming, "I'm going to kill you!" 

That's Julio Camera behind Britney Spears on the date in question.

Andrew Deetz filed a complaint regarding the melee, and after an investigation, the Las Vegas District Attorney's office has charged Julio Camera with one count of misdemeanor battery. His court date is set for October 12.

At the same time, it looks like Britney Spears will be cleared of a different kind of abuse... involving her children. Despite her being a terrible parent, she hasn't gone Jude Law or anything with regards to Jayden James and Sean P.

Give it time, though. Give it time.

Last week, The Hollywood Gossip reported that L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services was conducting a child abuse investigation into Britney Spears and the way she's raising her kids (if you can call it that).

We now know more, thanks to TMZ. Apparently, three anonymous complaints were filed July 2, accusing Britney Spears of everything under the sun.

All three allegations were investigated and two were promptly closed out. As for the third, DCFS apparently just dropped the ball and left it hanging.

The complaint that wasn't closed out? Allegations that the dental hygiene and eating habits of Sean Preston and Jayden James are scarily bad.

There's also a claim that her kitchen cabinets were not baby-proofed in Britney's mansions, and the kids could get into dishwashing liquid and whatnot.

Hey, Amy Winehouse does shots of that $h!t for fun.

In any case, the DCFS could have gone to the dependency court and filed a petition, which would signal the Department was taking it all seriously.

That hasn't happened, partly because insiders tell TMZ that, believe it or not, Britney Spears' kitchen cabinets do have proper kiddie locks. Take that, ya'll!

On an unrelated note, we decided to post a picture of Britney Spears to remind you of how hot she used to be. Those eyes are just screaming "Gimme More."

In other news, Perez Hilton has gotten ahold of some new songs from Brit's new record, including this nice one (follow link) called "Got Me High."

Wonder what she's talking about? Her spirits being lifted? Being levitated by Criss Angel and his magic powers? Smoking a ton of marijuana? Who knows!

One day, Matt Encinias. The next, Spider-Man.

After returning to L.A. from a club event in Las Vegas on Friday, Britney Spears shows off a (spider) man in her life during a car ride. As you can see, son Jayden James Federline ain't lookin' too happy... but then again, he rarely is. Would you, if your mom acted like that?

Hey, Britney Spears kissed just about everything else lately. And hey, the lead paint that doll is probably coated with is probably less vile than Criss Angel.

Like many other celebrities, Britney recently got paid a $h!tload of money just to show up at a club opening over the weekend. Her new single, "Gimme More" is supposedly getting rave reviews. We don't know if we buy that, but it isn't awful, at least.

Britney Spears' new album drops November 13. We expect Jayden James to drop - from his high chair to the floor - at least once or twice prior to that date.