What do you do when you’ve spent most of your day in court trying to get your kids back? That’s easy, you party!
That’s exactly what Britney Spears did Friday night after her court appearance. Britney met up with her friend/cousin Alli Sims and they both headed to Ketchup to meet with Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo(the guy that’s reportedly dating Sophia Bush).
"[Spears] walked around the restaurant into the lounge where she met up with some people," an eyewitness told People magazine. "She didn't eat or drink …[It] seemed like she was rounding up people to go to [out]. She was very friendly and smiley, in and out."
"Alli was meeting up with Tony and his friends at Ketchup and Britney wanted to come along. Tony and Alli have been good friends. They've known each other for a little over a year. "
After their short time at Ketchup Britney and Alli headed to hot spot Les Deux where they were later joined by Romo. Spears was "sitting with her friends and Tony. Everyone was just hanging out. Brit was upbeat, really seemed fine."
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Only a year ago,
Hot Britney Spears was the toast of the entertainment world after dumping her husband and making a triumphant appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman" looking fit and happy just a few weeks post-partum.
What a difference a year makes.
In the months that followed her sassy surprise visit to Letterman, the pop star began partying hard with Paris Hilton, was frequently photographed without wearing underwear, angrily shaved her head in apparent defiance of her mother and struggled with alleged drug and alcohol problems that resulted in her losing custody of her two baby boys to a man most assumed was the deadbeat parent of the ill-fated union.
But observers say Spears's stunning fall from grace has unintentionally been one of the most successful public relations campaigns in entertainment history as the Louisiana-born musician has become a household name the world over.
"Everyone's talking about her, everyone has an opinion, 'Gimme More' is being downloaded by millions of people - she's huge," Elaine Lui, a correspondent for CTV's "ETalk," said Tuesday in an interview from Vancouver. "It's been the mother of train wreck PR campaigns."
Seth Feller, president of the Toronto-based Word of Mouth PR, agrees.
"The kind of coverage that she's been getting over the past year is more than anything I've ever seen for any artist ever," Feller said.
The brisk sales of Spears's single, "Gimme More," seem to be proving the veracity of that old PR adage "there's no such thing as bad publicity." The song is the first single from her upcoming album "Blackout," slated for release on Oct. 30, and has been an iTunes darling since August.
The infectious dance song was still No. 1 on the Canadian iTunes website on Tuesday and No. 3 on the U.S. iTunes list.
But no high-powered PR agent is orchestrating this wildly successful public relations blitz. Spears currently has no representation after being dropped by her latest agent a few weeks ago - she's apparently ensuring she stays in the public eye all on her own.
The dawning of every day brings more sordid Britney news: on Monday night, for example, she was booked for an August accident in which she rammed into a parked car and then left the scene of the accident. Almost every day, a sea of paparazzi photograph her doing everything from filling up her gas tank to dropping by Starbucks and emerging from pricey hotels late at night, prompting many to wonder why she doesn't just stay home and avoid the melee.
But Spears is said by those closest to her to be stubbornly defiant and resistant to advice. She also apparently courts the shutterbugs who hound her - on Monday, for example, she was offered the chance to leave the L.A. county jail via a backdoor, but chose to wade back into the paparazzi throngs with a smile on her face.
Feller says that sort of behaviour is going to backfire.
"The fact that she's been literally taking the media for a walk every time she goes out somewhere has hurt the hell out of her," Feller said. "She's very much approaching the tipping point. The train eventually does stop, the wreck eventually does happen, and people are rapidly losing patience and sympathy."
Although Spears's inexplicably bizarre behaviour has come at a terrible price, Lui says, people continue to care about her.
"It's achieved a financial goal - obviously she's out there, she's got recognition, her music is selling, but at what cost? Losing her kids, losing her mind, losing her hair," Lui says.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britney Spears' first studio album in four years will be called "Blackout," her label said. The Jive Records release is due in U.S. stores on November 13, and a day earlier internationally. The album title "refers to blocking out negativity and embracing life fully," said Jive, a unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
Its first single, "Gimme More," soared 65 places to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart Thursday after selling 179,000 downloads. It marks her first top 10 hit since "Toxic" in March 2004, and her best showing on the chart since her smash debut "...Baby One More Time" hit No. 1 in 1999. Spears lip-synched to "Gimme More" during her infamous performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last month.
While her professional fortunes appear to be improving, her personal life remains troubled. Spears lost custody of her two young sons last week to her ex-husband Kevin Federline. A Los Angeles family court on Thursday issued strict rules governing her visitation rights, including a requirement that a monitor be present whenever the pop star is with them.
Britney Spears' last album, 2004's "In the Zone," sold poorly relative to her earlier releases.
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Britney Spears lost custody of her children after ex-husband Kevin Federline accused her of failing to take a drugs test.
The 'Toxic' singer, who was ordered by a Los Angeles court to hand over two-year-old Sean Preston and one-year-old Jayden James to Kevin until further notice on Monday (01.10.07), is said to be fuming after Kevin's legal team claimed she had missed a random drug and alcohol test.
Britney's attorney Sorrell Trope told People magazine: "There was a claim by Mr. Federline's attorney that she had not complied with a previous order the court had made - before I came on board as lawyer - about having a random drug and alcohol test.
"There's no evidence that she actually failed a test."
The court treats failure to take a test the same as actually failing a test and has scheduled another hearing for today (03.10.07).
Last month, Judge Scott M. Gordon said Britney showed "a habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol" and ordered her to take twice-weekly drug tests.
Federline, who was "thrilled" after receiving temporary custody of his sons, is yet to comment on claims Britney missed a test.
Monday's custody decision was also made because Britney couldn't provide a California driver's licence.
Trope explained: "We weren't able to prove compliance with what the judge ordered.
"Specifically, the judge ordered that by 10am on Monday morning, both parties show valid California driving licences. I've been unable to produce evidence of that."
Britney, whose Louisiana licence is not valid in the state of California where she is currently living, applied for a valid licence soon after handing her sons over to Kevin's bodyguard on Monday.
Last month, the singer was charged with driving without a valid licence and leaving the scene of an accident after she hit another car.
She faces up to six months in jail if found guilty.
Britney and Kevin - whose divorce was finalised in July - had originally been granted joint custody of their sons.
Britney's erratic behaviour - which has seen her indulge in wild partying, allegedly take drugs, publicly shave her head and enter rehab - sparked Kevin's decision to fight to become the boys' primary carer.
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