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| | Britney Spears hasn't seen her boys since mid-July allegedly, turns down visits | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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To start I should admit that I haven’t yet seen the second episode of X-Factor. It’s sitting on my DVR waiting for me when I get around to it. (I get that Fox wants another Idol, and that Idol expects viewers to commit significant time to the show, but three hours in the first week is too much. That’s a good movie right there.) A quick google search shows that Britney didn’t have any issues, but that producers are trying to push her. They let a Britney superfan guy audition who wasn’t all there mentally, according to Hollywood.com. The guy came out with roses for Britney, did an awful laughable “performance,” and then begged her to acknowledge him. She didn’t. Britney is a tough bitch, I’m telling you.
The Enquirer has some news this week that suggests that Britney might be focusing so much on the X-Factor that she’s not spending time with her little boys. They say she hasn’t seen Sean, 7, or Jayden, 6, since July. I’m just hoping this isn’t true.
The 30 year-old pop princess had a whirlwind summer jetting around the country to film auditions for her first season on “The X Factor,” which premiered Sept. 12.
But instead of seeing her kids during her downtime, Britney has been enjoying romantic dinners and weekend getaways with her fiance, Jason Trawick, a close source revealed.
“It’s as if she’s tired of being a mom because she’s so caught up in her newfound TV stardom,” the source explained. “She’s losing touch with those kids.”
The star’s ex-husband, Kevin Federline, has full custody, while Britney is entitled to visitation several times a week.
“But Britney has been turning down her scheduled visits,” the source continued. “She says she’s too tired or too stressed. It’s shameful!”
According to the source, The last time Britney saw Sean and Jayden was in mid July.
“The boys had hoped to see her before they started school, but that didn’t happen,” said the source. “Instead, Jason arranged for Britney’s mom, Lynne, to take them to the beach for the day.
“These days, Britney’s kids are more comfortable being around their Grandma Lynne than they are with Britney, Lynne has taken on the role of mommy for the boys.
“Britney likes her new life with Jason,” the source added. “She seems to be forgetting what’s really important.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, September 24, 2012]
Well, again I hope this isn’t true or that someone at the Enquirer is jumping to conclusions based on Britney’s lack of photos and Twitpics with the boys. If this is true – I don’t want to shame her for focusing on her career, but it seems like she could at least see her boys once in a while. Two months is a long time! They must miss her.
Remember when she was driving with baby Sean on her lap and when she nearly dropped him while walking in heels and holding the baby on one arm and a highball glass in the other? That’s just a minor example of how far she’s come, but it also goes to show that she’s not the most maternal person. I’m trying to tread lightly here. The most important thing is that the boys are well cared for and loved. It sounds like they have a lot of stability at home with K-Fed and his girlfriend (and their new baby) along with their grandparents. They’re not being neglected. Not everyone wants to be a mother, even after they are one. As a mom it’s hard for me to relate to, but I’m not saying it’s shameful or anything like the Enquirer’s source, you know?
Update: Gossip Cop has a denial of this story from Britney’s people along with the news that Britney told Ryan Seacrest that the boys had a good first week at school. They don’t give a date that she’s seen them other than the fact that they were in Hawaii in July. The last Twitpic I’ve seen of Britney with her boys is from July 5th.
photo credit: WENN.com
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| | Britney Spears hasn't seen her boys since mid-July, is turning down visits | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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To start I should admit that I haven’t yet seen the second episode of X-Factor. It’s sitting on my DVR waiting for me when I get around to it. (I get that Fox wants another Idol, and that Idol expects viewers to commit significant time to the show, but three hours in the first week is too much. That’s a good movie right there.) A quick google search shows that Britney didn’t have any issues, but that producers are trying to push her. They let a Britney superfan guy audition who wasn’t all there mentally, according to Hollywood.com. The guy came out with roses for Britney, did an awful laughable “performance,” and then begged her to acknowledge him. She didn’t. Britney is a tough bitch, I’m telling you.
The Enquirer has some news this week that suggests that Britney might be focusing so much on the X-Factor that she’s not spending time with her little boys. They say she hasn’t seen Sean, 7, or Jayden, 6, since July. I’m just hoping this isn’t true.
The 30 year-old pop princess had a whirlwind summer jetting around the country to film auditions for her first season on “The X Factor,” which premiered Sept. 12.
But instead of seeing her kids during her downtime, Britney has been enjoying romantic dinners and weekend getaways with her fiance, Jason Trawick, a close source revealed.
“It’s as if she’s tired of being a mom because she’s so caught up in her newfound TV stardom,” the source explained. “She’s losing touch with those kids.”
The star’s ex-husband, Kevin Federline, has full custody, while Britney is entitled to visitation several times a week.
“But Britney has been turning down her scheduled visits,” the source continued. “She says she’s too tired or too stressed. It’s shameful!”
According to the source, The last time Britney saw Sean and Jayden was in mid July.
“The boys had hoped to see her before they started school, but that didn’t happen,” said the source. “Instead, Jason arranged for Britney’s mom, Lynne, to take them to the beach for the day.
“These days, Britney’s kids are more comfortable being around their Grandma Lynne than they are with Britney, Lynne has taken on the role of mommy for the boys.
“Britney likes her new life with Jason,” the source added. “She seems to be forgetting what’s really important.”
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, September 24, 2012]
Well, again I hope this isn’t true or that someone at the Enquirer is jumping to conclusions based on Britney’s lack of photos and Twitpics with the boys. If this is true – I don’t want to shame her for focusing on her career, but it seems like she could at least see her boys once in a while. Two months is a long time! They must miss her.
Remember when she was driving with baby Sean on her lap and when she nearly dropped him while walking in heels and holding the baby on one arm and a highball glass in the other? That’s just a minor example of how far she’s come, but it also goes to show that she’s not the most maternal person. I’m trying to tread lightly here. The most important thing is that the boys are well cared for and loved. It sounds like they have a lot of stability at home with K-Fed and his girlfriend (and their new baby) along with their grandparents. They’re not being neglected. Not everyone wants to be a mother, even after they are one. As a mom it’s hard for me to relate to, but I’m not saying it’s shameful or anything like the Enquirer’s source, you know?
photo credit: WENN.com
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| | Britney Spears on her first day at X-Factor: 'I was having panic attack after panic attack' | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The big premiere of X Factor starring Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, L.A. Reid and of course Simon Cowell as judges, is tonight. As part of the build up, Simon has strategically been releasing stories about Britney, because he knows that people are just waiting for her to stir up controversy and/or mess up somehow. Last week, Simon admitted to TMZ that the stories about Britney walking off the X Factor set on her first day were true. This is in contrast to denials made at the time. Simon told TMZ that they tried to smooth the story over with the press, but that it did happen and that Britney had a panic attack. Britney also told Elle Magazine, which she covers this October, that she suffered panic attacks on her first day on set. She said she was “extremely nervous. Like, I was having panic attack after panic attack.”
As part of the big build up to the X-Factor, The Daily Beast has a new profile of Britney’s fiance, Jason Trawick. It’s a well written piece that paints Trawick as a very decent, hardworking guy on one hand but also the architect of Britney’s comeback, and her guardian, on the other. Author Ramin Setoodeh dances around the subject of whether Britney is being manipulated by Trawick. Here are some relevant parts:
Trawick, 40, is often credited with performing a kind of Houdini act on Britney, 30. After her meltdown, which included losing custody of her kids, rehab, hitting paparazzi with her car, being institutionalized, and countless other crazy moments (like the disastrous performance of ?Gimme More? at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards), he?in tandem with her father, Jamie Spears?seemingly helped Britney reappear on planet Earth, at least looking normal. He accomplished this turnaround first as the agent who signed her to William Morris Endeavor Entertainment in 2008. In 2009, their relationship turned romantic. In 2011, Trawick quit his job to focus solely on Britney?and last December, they got engaged.
It?s hard to tell who benefits from this relationship more. Spears is one of the most successful acts in the history of pop music. She?s worth an estimated $200 million and her seven albums have sold more than 100 million copies. But in 2007, after the sad series of bizarre personal episodes, Britney?s career hit a wall. (Through her publicist, Spears declined to comment. Trawick offered to look at questions over email, but never responded.) She returned in her 2009 Circus comeback tour, during which Britney stood glassy-eyed in sold-out arenas, lip-syncing her old hits. Some people noticed the new Spears looked vacant, but it didn?t matter. The tour, an exercise in voyeurism, grossed more than $131 million.
Since 2008, Spears?s dad Jamie has been the sole conservator of her estate. In April a court appointed Trawick as the co-conservator, a situation that arises when a court decides a person ?can?t adequately provide food, clothing, and shelter? for herself, says Meg Lodise, a partner at a Los Angeles law firm specializing in conservatorships. In other words, Britney has all the rights of a child.
Nevertheless, she?s poised to debut as a judge on The X Factor this week, and sources say that Trawick was key in convincing her to accept a $15 million, one-year contract to join the Simon Cowell singing Olympics. During audition rounds, gossip sites were salivating at reports that Spears frequently had to abandon her judge?s perch for a break?it became part of the hype of the show?and, according to one TV source, Trawick was always waiting in the wings. To prove that she?s normal, he?s booked her first magazine covers and talk-show appearances in a while.
The Britney press tour kicked off with a story in Elle magazine?Elle released images and interview snippets last week. Trawick appears in one of the photos; they cuddle as he holds a guitar. He also let it slip to the writer that Spears pursued him, not the other way around. ?OK, that?s enough information, sweetie,? Spears said, interrupting the story. A few days later, a source told Radar Online that Trawick was lying and that he ?had feelings for Britney for a very, very long time.?…
Shy or not, Spears gravitated to Trawick?s outgoing personality, and she started to rely on him more and more. He?s not the typical Ari Gold agent, with the greasy handshake and temper tantrums. According to one close former colleague, Trawick is so easy going, he never even raises his voice. Trawick grew up on Long Island, with dreams of becoming a professional hockey player. When those didn?t pan out, he moved to Hollywood and worked his way up from the agency mailroom. He had a reputation for inserting himself into meetings, but because of his nonthreatening demeanor, nobody objected. Once he became a full-fledged agent, he started handling crossover talent, such as singers who were big enough to big actors and vice versa. His roster included Taylor Swift, Hilary Duff, Paris Hilton, and country star Dwight Yoakam…
Trawick?s former work colleagues liked him, too. But looking back, they noticed a drastic physical transformation once he started dating Spears. The Daily Mail reported he lost 50 pounds by cutting carbs from his diet. He traded his bulky plaid shirts for fitted suits. He always brought a heavy-duty hockey duffel with him to work, but he hit the gym more often and toned down. ?If he was working out, he wanted her to join him,? says a source. In an effort to be healthier, he and Spears both vowed to quit smoking together. (He failed.). And nearly everyone I interviewed stressed how good a parental figure he?s been to her sons?Sean Preston, who turns 7 this week, and Jayden James, whose sixth birthday is Wednesday. On Halloween, he?d order their costumes online and he was constantly buying them toys, like Spider-Man and GI Joe action figures.
Let?s remember that Trawick is romantically involved with a woman who has the same legal rights as a child. It sounds like a potentially difficult situation.
We fans and viewers won?t get a glimpse of the real Spears until October. That?s when The X Factor transitions from taped auditions to a live competition, and we see what Spears looks and acts like without the powers of editing. If she self-destructs in front of the world again, X Factor ratings will go through the roof, but at the cost of her own well-being.
[From The Daily Beast]
So I guess we’ll have to see how Britney does on X-Factor, but at least part of that will be down to editing. Since producers acted like Britney was fine, they may just cut her walk-offs out of the show. It’s hard to tell now that Simon has owned up to it though. That was clever, and I know it will get me to tune in.
As for whether Jason is pulling the strings, maybe he is. Maybe that’s what Britney needs at this time. I don’t know. I just hope that if she feels like he’s controlling her she also feels like she doesn’t have to marry him.
Update: Here’s Britney doing the “Gangnam Style” dance on Ellen:
And here’s another video of Britney and Simon’s interview. She does seem nervous to me.
Here’s Britney at a hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman’s for The X-Factor. She looks happier and much more relaxed than we’ve seen her in some time.
Britney and Jason in Elle:
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| | Britney Spears Bikini Tweet | | Added 12 years ago | Source: HollywoodTuna |
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Last night, Britney Spears posted a bikini picture of herself on Twitter and I must admit, her body is pretty tight. However, she should only be posting booty pictures. Girl doesn’t doesn’t have much to offer in the frontal area. I guess those implant rumors could be finally put to rest.
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| | Britney Spears: "X-Factor" Miami Hotel Hottie | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Kicking off a beautiful day in sunny Florida, Britney Spears exited her Miami Beach hotel this morning (August 8).
Joined by her handsome fianc Jason Trawick, the ?Baby One More Time? singer looked city chic in a black tank top with black leather shorts and black high heels as she strolled over to a chauffeured car.
In career news, it seems Britney?s fellow ?X Factor? judge LA Reid is doing everything he can to sign her to a new recording contract once her deal with Jive Records expires.
Spears owes Jive one more album, and after that she?s a free agent. Reid is chairman of Sony?s Epic Records, and he?s competing against Island Def Jam Motown executive Barry Weiss, who used to work with Britney at Jive.
Weiss told press, "I have a 15-year history with Britney and would love to be reunited with her," while Reid is getting chummy with Spears thanks to the talent show gig.
On a sidenote, a new promo for Season 2 of "The X-Factor" has been released - with the footage available for viewing in the player below!
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| | Britney Spears & Family Say Aloha to Hawaii | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Having gotten their fill of the island life, Britney Spears and family hopped a flight back to the mainland early on Friday (July 6).
Flanked by sons Sean Preston and Jayden James and her fiance, Jason Trawick, the 30-year-old pop star and co. passed through security at the local airport in Maui, Hawaii after spending time together on a fun-filled vacation.
Having spent her Independence Day in the Aloha State, Miss Spears was among the many stars posting well-wishing messages on the Stateside holiday, as she penned, "Happy 4th of July from the Aloha State!" Britney tweeted on Wednesday.
Later treating her followers to a look at her toned swimsuit shape, the "Gimme More" songstress tweeted a shot of her bikini clad self alongside her boys, adding, "Getting ready for some pool time! Having a blast xxoo" she wrote.
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| | Britney Spears Lands in Maui with Her Three Main Men | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Ready to celebrate Independence Day in the The Aloha State, Britney Spears touched down in in Maui alongside fiance Jason Trawick and her boys on Sunday (July 1).
Clad in a white jacket, teal top and jeans, the pop star toted her yellow handbag on her arm while holding young Jayden's hand as the fabulous foursome trekked out of the Hawaiian airport en route to a posh oceanside resort.
The trip to Maui comes as Britney recently took to her Viddy account to post a cute little video entitled "The Dog House".
In the snippet, the new "X Factor" judge is shown standing in her backyard while naggingly saying, "Jason, I'm tired of cleaning up after you, get out of the house!"
Seemingly clear who rules the roost, Miss Spears' obedient hubby-to-be is unseen while heard replying, "Alright, I'm going. I'm going now."
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| | Britney Spears' Cleavage Is Back | | Added 12 years ago | Source: HollywoodTuna |
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Let’s be honest, I’m never going to watch this X-Factor garbage, but after seeing these shots of Britney Spears I may have to change that. Here she is at one of the many auditions, showing off some pretty decent cleavage. Yes please. I wasn’t sure she still had it in her, I’m impressed. Alright, so
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| | Britney Spears & Demi Lovato Bring "The X Factor" to Rhode Island | | Added 12 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Making another stop on their music competition series' search for talent, Britney Spears and Demi Lovato turned up in Providence, Rhode Island for "The X-Factor" auditions on Wednesday (June 27).
The stylish young starlets were joined by fellow judge L.A. Reid as the trio greeted a massive gathered crowd before heading inside the Dunkin Donuts Center - where they'll be taping through this Friday, June 29th.
Tweeting about the latest leg of the FOX show's filming run, Miss Lovato enthusiastically wrote, "So excited for @TheXFactorUSA auditions in Providence!!!! #RIFactor"
As for Miss Spears' judging characteristics, insiders tell that she's very straight-forward with the performing hopefuls, with once source telling press, ?She knows it takes more than having a good singing voice and that you have to be entertaining and have that ?wow? factor. She can really tell the difference between a good singer and a great performer.?
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| | Britney Spears vs. Demi Lovato in San Francisco: who looked worse? | | Added 12 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Britney Spears and Demi Lovato did a brief photo op outside of X Factor auditions in San Francisco over the weekend. We got to see how they’re dressing for the show and both of their outfits fell flat for me. Britney’s shapeless nude lace dress with the short scalloped hemline is not flattering on her hot figure, (I’ve mention that I hate those straight up and down dresses) but she looks great compared to Demi Lovato. What the hell is Demi wearing? She has like an ombre bolero jacket with tiered fringe and 3/4 sleeves over a black dress with mesh cutouts at the neck and stomach. Red Carpet Fashion Awards reveals that this dress, even the shoes, are all from TopShop. You too can afford to look like total crap.
In terms of Britney’s dress, which is Lorena Sarbu, it’s not as cute as the little white Azzedine Alaia number she wore last week, but it’s not bad. At least she’s not wearing one of those super tight unforgiving dresses she favors. Britney’s hair and makeup also look decent, although I’m not fond of the smudged liner under her eye. The X Factor’s styling team includes Ken Paves on hair, a makeup artist named Kristofer Buckle, and stylist June Ambrose. So Britney and Demi have a team of people helping them here. Can you tell? It’s obvious with Britney, since this is what she looks like when she styles herself.
These two look like they get along well, or they’re at least able to tolerate each other. We haven’t heard any news of a rivalry on set. Demi recently retweeted this photo on the X Factor set. They look happy and cute together, and Britney looks more “with it” than we’ve seen in the past. We’ll have to see how this season plays out. I’m honestly a little excited to see it. The X Factor’s second season premieres on September 19.
photo credit: Drew Altizer/ WENN.com
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