Sunday, October 26, 2008

VH1's Scandalist: Top 5 Sexy Brit Vids

It's a countdown of Britney Spears' sexiest music videos and hottest moments, brought to you by the Scandalist and VH1!

5. "Slave 4 U" (2001)


Far, far away, in a sweat-drenched, sun-parched land, dancers slave away on the dance floor, and only Britney can quench their thirst. The singer, clad in leather pants and little else, reminds the world that she isn't just a pretty face (and a hot bod) with her dancing. Gyrating in a sea of dancers, Brit makes it rain, in more ways than one.

Hottest moment: 2:01. The perfectly-timed panting to Brit's modified bellydance.

4. "Toxic" (2004)


Our girl establishes two consistent themes in this high-tech video: she doesn't tolerate bad guys, and she'll dress up as anything you want. She joins the mile-high club as a stewardess, gets the antidote as a superhero, and shows you can be sexy and empowered as herself.

Hottest moment: 2:27. Blink and you'll miss it. Britney washes a long day of fighting bad guys off.

3. "Womanizer" (2008)


Britney takes aim at all those double-talking fellas out there, something she's probably had some experience with. She plays another round of naughty dress-up as happy homemaker, spectacled secretary, punk rock waitress and reckless chauffeur. Four Britneys for the price of one --- you can't beat that.

Hottest moment: Uhh ... take your pick. But we think our favorite Britney costume yet is sauna sweat.

2. "Baby One More Time" (1999)


The pigtails. The school-girl get-up. The wide-eyed naivete. Back in '99, an 18-year-old Brit burst on the scene and burned herself into the minds of men and women the world over. Pop music would never be the same.

Hottest moment: 0:23. When Britney starts breaking it down in the hallway, it's love at first sight.

1. "Everytime" (2004)


Long before her charming turn on How I Met Your Mother, Brit showed off her acting chops in this four-minute meditation on reincarnation. Art imitates life when Brit plays an unhappy starlet harassed by the prying public and a volatile boyfriend. Bonus: Some of the most convincing acting Stephen Dorff's ever done.

Hottest moment: 2:07. There's something for everyone when Britney and Stephen simultaneously strip.

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Jayden's Reaching the Top of the Charts Too!

Celebrities have always had a knack for influencing the top baby names list -- and this year it's no different. Our very own Britney has managed to launch the name Jayden up to the second most popular name for boys in New York City, according to the city's Department of Health. Two years ago, before little cutie Jayden James was born, the name wasn't even in the top ten of the list!

We looked up a little about the name Jayden -- it's a variant of the ancient biblical name Jadon, and it means "Jehovah has heard."

Looking up Jayden's name got me curious about Britney's name and I found out that it comes from the old Celtic clan the Bretons who moved from France before founding and ruling what we know today as England.

We always knew the Princess of Pop was born into royalty!

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Vote for Britney at the EMA's

Hola, hejsa, salut, tag, ciào, witaj and hello to all Britney's fantastic fans over in Europe!


As the resident Londoner, I'm taking this opportunity to reach out to you guys across the pond and let you all know how much we appreciate your support for our girl Britney. We've been reading all your comments and it's so great to see your kind messages. 'Womanizer' hasn't even been released in the U.K. yet (it's out November 24) but I know my fellow Brits will do me proud, and spread the word to make sure 'Womanizer' gets to the number one spot!


So, for those of us over here in the States who might not be as well versed in our European music news... wanted to let the "yanks" know that Britney is nominated for three awards at the MTV European Music Awards this year: i) Act of 2008, ii) Best Act Ever and; iii) Album of the Year (for Blackout)...and you can vote for her to win online! You can vote as many times as you like so get clicking guys! I must have voted 100 times! I think I'll also throw in my vote for the Jonas Brothers in the New Act category... got a secret soft spot (or not so secret, now) for those boys. Who would you nominate for best new act?

The awards are on November 6 in Liverpool and Katy Perry will be hosting!

Vota, votación, vote!

Hmm, I just got a little goose-bumpy, like I just had a little United Nations-type moment there... bringing the world just a bit closer together :) But then again, I'm the girl who cries watching the Olympics!

source: Britneyspears.com

Thursday, October 23, 2008

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Britney Spears: Biography

More than any other single artist, Britney Spears was the driving force behind the return of teen pop in the late '90s. The blockbuster success of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys certainly paved the way for her own commercial breakthrough, but Spears didn't just become a star -- she was a bona fide pop phenomenon. Not only did she sell millions of records, she was a media fixture regardless of what she was (or wasn't) doing; among female singers of the era (many of whom followed in her footsteps), her celebrity star power was rivaled only by Jennifer Lopez. From the outset, Spears' sex appeal was an important part of her image. The video for her debut single, "...Baby One More Time," outfitted her in full Catholic-school regalia and sent her well on the way to becoming an international sex symbol. Yet Spears' handlers seemed to be trying to have it both ways -- there was a definite tension between the wholesome innocence Spears tried to project for her female audience, and the titillating sexuality that enticed so many male fans. Those marketing tactics made Spears a somewhat controversial figure, the subject of endless debates concerning appropriate role models for teenage girls. Early on, Spears tried to defuse the controversy by preaching abstinence until marriage, and even denied that she was consciously cultivating such a sexualized image. Of course, the more provocative and revealing her on-stage wardrobe became, the less plausible that claim seemed. But apart from her ability to tiptoe the line between virginal coquette and brazen tart, Spears had a secret weapon in Swedish pop mastermind Max Martin, who had a hand in the vast majority of her hits as a writer and/or producer. With Martin crafting the sort of contemporary dance-pop and sentimental ballads that made stars of the Backstreet Boys, Spears kept on delivering the goods commercially, as her first three albums all topped the charts.

Britney Jean Spears was born December 2, 1981, in the small town of Kentwood, LA, and began performing as a singer and dancer at a young age. With a nationally televised appearance on Star Search already under her belt, Spears auditioned for the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club at age eight. The producers turned her down as too young, but one of them took an interest and introduced her to an agent in New York. Spears spent the next three years studying at the Professional Performing Arts School, and also appeared in several television commercials and off-Broadway plays. At 11, she returned to The New Mickey Mouse Club for a second audition, and this time made the cut. Although her fellow Mouseketeers included an impressive array of future stars -- *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, Christina Aguilera, and Felicity actress Keri Russell -- the show was canceled after Spears' second season. She returned to New York at age 15 and set about auditioning for pop bands and recording demo tapes, one of which eventually landed her a deal with Jive Records.

Spears entered the studio with top writer/producers like Eric Foster White (Boyzone, Whitney Houston, Backstreet Boys) and Max Martin (Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC). In late 1998, Jive released her debut single, the Martin-penned "...Baby One More Time." Powered by its video, in which Spears and a troupe of dancers were dressed as Catholic-school jailbait, the single shot to the top of the Billboard charts. When Spears' debut album of the same title was released in early 1999, it entered the charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks. Once the ubiquitous lead single died down, the album kept spinning off hits: the Top Ten "(You Drive Me) Crazy," the near-Top 20 ballad "Sometimes," and the Top 20 "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart." By the end of 1999, ...Baby One More Time had sold ten million copies, and went on to sell a good three million more on top of that. Its success touched off a wave of young pop divas that included Christina Aguilera, Pink, Jessica Simpson, and Mandy Moore. Spears was a superstar, drooled over in countless magazines, including a Rolling Stone cover that prompted immediate speculation about the still-17 year old having gotten breast implants.

By the time ...Baby One More Time finally started to lose steam on the singles and album charts, Spears was ready to release her follow-up. Oops!...I Did It Again appeared in the spring of 2000, and the title track was an instant smash, racing into the Top Ten. The album entered the charts at number one and sold over a million copies in its first week of release, setting a new record for single-week sales by a female artist. Follow-up singles included "Lucky," the gold-selling "Stronger," and "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know," which was co-written by country diva Shania Twain and her producer Mutt Lange. A year after its release, Oops!...I Did It Again had sold over nine million copies. Rumors that Spears was dating *N Sync heartthrob (and fellow ex-Mouseketeer) Justin Timberlake were eventually confirmed, which only added to the media attention lavished on her.

For her next album, Spears looked ahead to a not-so-distant future when both she and much of her audience would be growing up. Released in late 2001, Britney tried to present the singer as a more mature young woman, and was accompanied by mild hints that her personal life wasn't always completely puritanical. It became her third straight album to debut at number one, although this time around the singles weren't as successful; "I'm a Slave 4 U," "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," and "Overprotected" all missed the Top Ten. In early 2002, Spears' feature-film debut, Crossroads, hit theaters, but its commercial performance was somewhat disappointing; moreover, her romance with Timberlake fizzled not long after. Spears next made a cameo appearance in Mike Myers' Austin Powers: Goldmember, and contributed a remix of "Boys" to the soundtrack. Meanwhile, sales of Britney stalled at four million copies, perhaps in part because a new breed of teenage female singer/songwriters, like Michelle Branch and Avril Lavigne, was emerging as an alternative to the highly packaged teen queens. Spears took a break from recording and performing for several months, and began work on a new album in early 2003. The results, In the Zone, reflected a wish to be taken seriously as a mature (though still highly sexualized) adult. Predictably, it topped the charts and launched several singles into orbit, including the musically adventurous "Toxic," "Everytime," and "Me Against the Music."

In the Zone hit number one on the Billboard 200, and "Toxic" snagged a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. But by 2004 there were no longer any illusions of Britney's personal life being all wholesome candy canes and kisses. First there was the star's bizarre two-day marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander, followed by the controversial, highly sexualized Onyx Hotel tour, which was eventually canceled (allegedly because of a knee injury) despite positive financial numbers. Starbucks and cigarettes were Britney's constant accessories in the endless paparazzi photos, and the revelation of her relationship with former backup dancer Kevin Federline made the tabloids even more ravenous. Spears and Federline married in September and were tabloid regulars in the months after the ceremony. (A photo of a barefoot Britney leaving a dingy gas station bathroom made the Internet rounds.) The couple also starred in Chaotic, a UPN reality show consisting mostly of their own home videos that was met with howls from the critics and blogs.

2005 was no less eventful for Spears. She released Greatest Hits: My Prerogative that January, but it was the announcement of her pregnancy that really garnered the headlines. Sean Preston Federline was born in September, and a bidding war ensued for first rights to the baby photos. As the hubbub surrounding Sean's birth continued, Britney released a remix album just in time for the holiday season. In 2006, Spears discovered she was pregnant again; shortly after the birth of her second son, Jayden James Federline, she divorced Federline. Early in 2007, Spears went to Malibu, CA's Promises Treatment Center; when she left, she began working on her comeback album and performed a few small shows at House of Blues locations in Los Angeles, San Diego, Anaheim, and Las Vegas that May. Despite ongoing turmoil in her life that summer and fall -- including a disastrous performance at MTV's Video Music Awards -- Blackout arrived in October 2007. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide


Brit's Pics: Red Carpet Stunner

If anyone knows how to work the red carpet, it's Britney! As one of the most photographed superstars in the world, she's walked thousands of them and knows how to strike a killer pose!

Here's a look at the red carpet stunner showing of her best poses.

Nobody owns the red carpet like Britney does!

Click on any image to see the gallery of 43 red carpet photos.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Look, It's Britney!



These tour buses drive by Brit's house fairly often, and it's kind of fun when she gets to see them! Britney was sitting at a stoplight right by her place recently and spotted this bus full of people taking pictures. She stopped and waved for a minute. Hopefully they were able to get some good shots!

Making The Womanizer Video

Hi guys!

By now we hope you've all checked out Britney's new video for "Womanizer," the first single off her upcoming album Circus. Team Britney hasn't been able to get the song out of our heads for weeks... and we don't want to!

We spoke with Britney and managed to get all the juicy details from the shoot... including the name of the gorgeous guy who plays the "Woma-womanizer." Brit says the lucky guy is none other than male model, Brandon Stoughton... only the best for our Brit.

Brit tells us the vid was directed by Joseph Kahn, the master behind the camera of Brit's hits "Toxic" and "Stronger," and was shot in Los Angeles over three days. We guess that's how long it takes to perfect the multiple looks Britney sports in the video. Doesn't she work hard?!

Britney's personas included a limo driver, a sultry satin-wearing seductress, and a wig-donning, tattoo-covered waitress. Brit's waitressing scene was filmed at Elevate Lounge in Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant, located in downtown Los Angeles. We'll have to make a visit!

We love all of Brit's looks in this vid, but which was your favorite? Answer our poll and then click on any image and view the gallery of the waitress look in full size!

by Jennifer