Check out these new photos from "For The Record" that MTV.com released today. I love the one of Britney in the red stripey shirt... what about you?

"Written, composed, sang, performed, arranged, and edited by me.

And to answer your questions- to transform into Britney: lots of tanning was involved, obviously dark brown contacts and several wigs (did not dye my hair for this video.) " - Venetian Princess

Papa Jamie Spears is taking special care to ensure that his daughter, pop star Britney Spears, doesn’t fork over any of her hard-earned cash without securing his approval first.

And that’s precisely why Brit won’t be sending out any high-quality, glossy Christmas cards this holiday season.

We hear Jamie, who has indefinitely been placed as conservator over all of the 26-year-old’s affairs, recently pulled the plug on an elaborate photoshoot Britney had planned for this year’s family Christmas card after discovering the pictures came with a $20,000 pricetag.

“She wanted to rent real reindeer and even buy fake snow,” a Spears snitch spills in this week’s edition of Star Magazine. But when Jamie, who as her conservator has control of her finances, heard the bill would be $20,000, he hit the roof. “He asked why she couldn’t just put the kids in Christmas sweaters and use her digital camera.”

3/30/2009
Britney Spears
Allstate Arena
Type: Concert
Time: 7:30pm
Price: $150, 65, 39.50
On Sale: 12/6/2008 12:00:00 PM

Britney talking about her upcoming album "Circus". Posted on BRITannica's MySpace.

She answers the following...

Talk about the album

Why is the album called Circus?

Talk about the single, Womanizer

what is the concept behind the Womanizer video?

Talk about the recording process

What is the song Circus about?

Compare Circus to Blackout

What was it like winning 3 VMAs?

Want a chance to win tickets to Britney's first show on tour? Then listen up!

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Grand Prize: "A trip for 2 to the opening night city. Trip consists of two (2) round-trip airfare tickets, 2 nights hotel accommodations, ground transportation from the airport to the hotel, to the concert and back to the hotel, and two (2) tickets to the Britney Spears concert."

The contest does not launch until Dec. 2nd, but once it's live it will simply be a register to win. As long as you have a username and password on their site and sign up for the contest you're eligible. Sounds simple enough!

UPDATE: Readers have been emailing in about the FINE PRINT:

Britney Spears has sparked speculation she’s dating again.

The singer was snapped with a mystery man this week, as they headed to an LA sushi restaurant.

But the hunk tried to his best to cover his face as he drove her around in his Porsche.

Britney, 26, has not had a serious relationship since she split from ex-husband Kevin Federline, 30.

Art is therapy:

"I think I married for the wrong reasons"

Madonna has told Britney Spears not to marry again.

Spears - who divorced husband Kevin Federline in 2006 - reportedly sought advice from the Material Girl singer after performing with her recently, and on the subject of men, Madonna - who recently annouced she would be divorcing husband Guy Ritchie - left no question about what she thought best for both of them.

A source says, “Britney asked Madonna if she will ever marry again after her split from Guy.

“Madonna not only said she wouldn’t but told Britney to forget about marriage. She said it just doesn’t work for girls like them.

“Madonna clearly sees a lot of herself in Britney because she seems very eager to help her.”

An inside source has sent in these exclusive pictures for BreatheHeavy fans to enjoy! They are on-set pictures of Britney and her dancers during the "Circus" music video shoot, as well as several set pictures which includes a circus ring and hallway.

Britney Spears may well be on track to make a spectacular professional comeback with her new album Circus, but in the upcoming MTV documentary, Britney: For the Record, she bemoans her fettered existence, comparing it to unending incarceration.

“There’s no excitement, there’s no passion,” Britney is quoted as saying in the documentary by The Sun.

“I have really good days, and then I have bad days. Even when you go to jail you know there’s the time when you’re gonna get out.

“But in this situation, it’s never ending. It’s just like Groundhog Day every day.”

Britney, who was placed under a conservatorship by a California court in February after a public meltdown, longs to be liberated.

“I think it’s too in control. If I wasn’t under the restraints I’m under, I’d feel so liberated. When I tell them the way I feel, it’s like they hear but they’re really not listening.

“If you do something wrong in your work, you can move on, but I’m having to pay for a long time.

“I never wanted to become one of those prisoner people. I always wanted to feel free.”

For the Record documents Britney’s return to showbiz with the upcoming release of her sixth studio album Circus. It was shot over three months during which Britney allowed MTV unfettered access to her life. She says the documentary will clear up any misunderstandings about her life in the past.

Britney: For the Record airs exclusively on MTV November 30 at 10 p.m.

Talk about a turnaround — Britney Spears started 2008 barricaded inside her L.A. home with her son while the police and ambulances waited outside. And now, less than 11 months later, she's got a hit single, an album ready to drop in two weeks, a 2009 tour in the works, and OK! has just confirmed that she'll be taking part in one the biggest annual Yuletide tradition: the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree!

Sources close to the pop superstar confirm to OK! that on Dec. 3, the day after she turns 27 and her new album, Circus, hits record stores, Britney will be in the Big Apple for the 76th annual tree-lighting extravaganza. What's still unclear is whether or not she'll be performing at the ceremony, or just hanging out with host Al Roker for the NBC broadcast of the event.

If Britney does perform, this could be her first live performance of her own songs since the 2007 Video Music Awards, where a dazed Brit slouched through a half-hearted production of her single, "Gimme More."

The recently reformed singer did step out onto stage on Nov. 6, when she made a cameo appearance at Madonna's concert at L.A.'s Dodgers Stadium. The mother of two and the Material Girl sang a duet of Madge's hit, "Human Nature."

To check out the tree-lighting ceremony for yourself, tune into NBC on Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. ET.