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BRITNEY SPEARS has certainly come a long way since her dramatic breakdown in January. Back then she was looking bloated, spotty and a million miles away from the fresh faced young teen who made it big with Hit Me Baby One More Time.

But, she's now back to looking great, as you can see in this picture of her imitating the front cover Vanity Fair, featuring Pretty Woman star JULIA ROBERTS. Clutching a rose with her teeth, Britney holds up the magazine with a huge smile on her face.

The picture has been released at the same time as reports suggesting that the star is due to make a spectacular comeback worth a whopping £5MILLION.

According to a source who spoke to our sister paper The News Of The World, the singer is poised to perform at a mega-bucks one-off Las Vegas show, followed by a string of dates.

The source confirmed: "The concert will be one to top them all - a spectacle.

"It will have jaw-dropping lights, amazing costumes and a performance from Britney to roll back the years."

Britney last had a No1 single in the UK in 2004.

She will play the gig at Palms Hotel And Casino in Las Vegas at the end of the year.

Her record company, Sony BMG, have given the thumbs-up despite Britney's shambolic show at the MTV Video Music Awards last year.

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Jamie Spears... ever so not selfish. He's like a saint! Lets start a new sainthood called Saint Jamie Spears. The man who gave up everything (catering) for his daughter...

Britney Spears's father Jamie quit his catering job to dedicate himself full-time to overseeing the pop star's affairs, court papers show.

As a result, Jamie Spears was given $10,000 in back pay to cover the first month of his co-conservatorship of her estate, which started Feb. 1, according to the documents. He was awarded a $2,500 weekly salary beginning in March.

"The responsibilities he has assumed as conservator ... have required [his] full-time attention," says the request for "replacement compensation." "As a result, he has been unable to continue to his prior employment and he has lost his source of income which he needs to pay his living expenses."

Since Jamie Spears took over his daughter's personal and professional affairs, the singer has secured expanded visitation with her two sons, who live with Spears's ex-husband Kevin Federline.

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It's OK! mag so you know her dad was on the phone with them this morning like "Yeah, we'll be back tomorrow... yeah, it's important."

Britney Due Back in L.A. Tomorrow

Though Britney Spears has been enjoying her time in Costa Rica with fellow scandal-magnet Mel Gibson and his family, OK! has confirmed that the pop star should be back home in Los Angeles as early as Monday morning, as her presence is required at an important meeting.

"She has a previously scheduled custody mediation meeting," one insider confirms to OK!, adding that it's highly unlikely the singer will call in sick to this gathering. "With the tight leash that her dad has on her, it would take an act of God for her to not be there."

Brit and Mel departed for his family home in Costa Rica last Thursday. The two have apparently grown close since their first meeting over dinner at Romanov in L.A. back in March.

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'I am not pregnant - it is just my medication that makes me bloated', says Britney

Britney Spears has denied that she is pregnant with her third child and says that her bloated tummy is simply down to new medication she is taking.

The singer spoke out after pictures after pictures published this week showed the star smoking a cigarette with a suspiciously bloated stomach.

A source close to the family says that Britney has been struggling with her weight ever since she had her second son Jayden James, 20 months, and the medication has not helped.

The pop star has been back in training in preparation for a comeback, spending plenty of time on the treadmill - but despite all the effort, she is failing to regain the svelte figure which made her famous.

And for the last few weeks Hollywood has been buzzing with rumours that Britney may be pregnant again.

The star denied the rumours shortly before heading on a break to Costa Rica with recovering alcoholic actor Mel Gibson along with her father and his wife.

The unlikely party flew from Los Angeles in a private jet, headed for Gibson's seaside home in the tropical Central American paradise.

A friend said: "They're just going away for a few days to relax. Mel and his wife Robyn clearly saw a woman in crisis and wanted to extend themselves in any way possible.

We all are well aware of the "is she or isn't she?" scandal that occured last week. X17 published shocking photos of Britney that revealed what looked to be a giant baby-bump that seemingly appeared overnight, while smoking a cigarette outside her Beverly Hills home.

A "spokesperson" for Britney wants to clear the air of the pregnancy scandal in a statement to The Sun:

"I want to make completely clear that Britney is NOT pregnant. There's not going to be a statement - she's just not." Sounds like a statement to me!

A friend close to Britney, aka the same "spokesperson" goes on to say "It's a mix of water retention, unflattering clothes and people liking to analyze everything she does. Britney's getting herself together slowly but surely and isn’t going to mess that up. She’s far too busy to even be thinking about a baby right now."

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Here's another new picture of Britney on "How I Met Your Mother - Everything Must Go" taken from the latest edition of US Weekly magazine. She looks so so stunning! Click the pic above to view the full set!

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Well, WTF do you expect for a dollar?

If you’re having problems sleeping, keep this cover of OK magazine by your bedside.

It is SOOOO BORING.

Yes, OK magazine scores exclusive photos of Jamie Lynn Spears’ baby shower, but the story line is a real snoozer!!!!

Sisters reunited?

Does the reader care this much about the “rift” being healed between Britney and Jamie Lynn?

I suspect that OK had to agree to a super-soft cover story in-order to secure these pictures.

If the mag had followed my advice from earlier this week, the cover would have been much stronger!

On to the insets…

OK asks the question is John the one? That’s all they got?

Then you get Katie and Suri’s vacation in NY - another WEAK line! It’s simply a label that says NOTHING.

Bottom Line: It’s great to have a big checkbook to buy photos - but it’s what you do with the photos that creates big sales.

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Cover of the Upcoming Issue of Life & Style Weekly

On another note, it looks like Life & Style is experimenting with a new design for its cover with the “style” bar covering up the bottom of the Britney photo.

Looks nice - but covering up Britney on the treadmill is A BIG MISTAKE.

I had to look closely to see that Britney was on the treadmill.

If you just saw Britney on the treadmill, the reader would actually think that Britney was speaking to the Life & Style while she was on the treadmill. (Please note, it is possible that the bottom of the picture is cut-off, but if that was the case the photo could have been blown-up. Or the creative director could have lowered Britney a tad.)

Let’s talk about the style bar. There are four items with prices. Does the reader really need to be told what each item is, e.g. sunglasses? Instead, I’d rather see a description or a benefit of the product.

And then there’s the insets.

Mariah Carey is “Head over Heals in Love.” I guess Life & Style couldn’t confirm that Mariah was married. This appears to be a safe line that covers L&S’ ass in case the Mariah marriage story is was fake.

Brad and Angelina are in France for the birth. Thanks I knew that! And that picture looks ridiculous. Why are they waving?

OK! Mag... the one that paid the Spears' family for the Jamie Lynn pregnancy story got the "exclusive" shower pics as well. Obviously part of the deal.

Doesn't Britney feel a bit like a loser being forced into her sister's magazine deal? Seems pretty convenient for the family that she had her nervous breakdown just in time for some sell-able family photos...

Hot off the press: Check out a just-released snap of Britney Spears at her sister Jamie Lynn’s baby shower in Louisiana last week.

The mum-to-be tells the upcoming issue of OK! magazine, out next week: “It was wonderful to be able to spend time with her and just be girls again. We painted our nails and did stupid stuff, and we had our private time too. To just be sisters again was wonderful.”

Jamie Lynn is due in late June.

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Can someone please tell me if NPH is supposed to be gay on HIMYM too?

FIRST PEEK: Britney Spears' Return to How I Met Your Mother

It wasn't tough for Britney Spears to decide to reprise her role as ditzy receptionist Abby on CBS' How I Met Your Mother.

"I had such a great experience the last time I was on the show that I couldn't wait to come back," the singer said in a statement Monday. "I was really looking forward to working with this cast and crew again.

"Everyone was so nice," she added. "Abby is going to have a lot of fun!"

This time around, Spears' lovable but ditzy Abby no longer pines for Ted (Josh Radnor). She falls for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris).

According to a CBS release, the "couple" — who don matching V-neck baby blue sweaters — go to the show’s local hangout bar to "flaunt their new relationship in Ted's face."

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Britney Spears is heading home today for a big reunion with her younger sister, Jamie Lynn, an insider tells Life & Style exclusively. The occasion? Jamie Lynn’s baby shower!

Britney is leaving LA today to arrive in Kentwood, La., in time for tomorrow’s baby shower at mom Lynne Spears’ house, Serenity. Britney was last seen in Kentwood in November 2006.

“The shower’s on Saturday at Lynne’s house,” the insider tells Life & Style.

“At first, Jamie [Brit’s dad and also her guardian these days] didn’t think it was a good idea for Brit to go. He thought it might create chaos in Kentwood, and he wasn’t sure he wanted to put Jamie Lynn — or Britney — in the middle of that.

“Britney can’t travel without Jamie’s permission, so she worked really hard to talk him into it; it was so important for her to be there for her little sister. He finally gave in, knowing it’d be good for Brit and Jamie Lynn to finally see each other.”

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But they probably just mean their hearts not legally or we all would have heard about it before it went to print...

Britney Wins Boys Back

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The UCLA Medical Centre has been under scrutiny because of confidential details of celebrity treatment being leaked to the media, most notably the medical details of Britney Spears’ breakdown (her psychiatric records were supposedly closed to generally employee access) and Farrah Fawcett’s cancer treatment. Now it seems that at least one employee, Lawanda Jackson, is going to face criminal charges about the incident.

The indictment refers to an unidentified national media outlet, but a source familiar with the matter confirmed that the paper was the National Enquirer.

According to the indictment, Jackson received at least $4,600 from the publication through checks made out to her husband. The agreement lasted from about 2006 until at least May 21, 2007, according to the indictment.

Jackson faces up to 10 years in prison if she is convicted of the charge. Such charges involving the disclosure of medical records are rare.

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While anyone in the public eye gives up a certain amount of their privacy, it is absolutely wrong to violate someone’s medical records, particularly for the paltry sum of $4,600.

Sounds pretty typical.

The National Enquirer has details of the diet and fitness regime Britney’s on in an effort to lose 20 pounds and kick start her comeback, and I hope they have some of the details wrong it because it sounds grueling. Supposedly Britney’s newly re-hired manager, Larry Rudolph, put her on the program, and this would make sense because he is also the person who is said to be brokering the deal to have her represent Bally Total Fitness.

Here are the details:

« “Six small meals a day of specially prepared organic food - chicken, salads, vegetables and other low-fat fare.”

« Pampering treatments for encouragement and appearance such as facials, hair and skin care treatments

« Working out “with a trainer, three times a day, five days a week.”

« “She’s been ordered to do a staggering thousand stomach crunches a day on her own.”

[Details and quoted text from The National Enquirer, print edition, May 5, 2008]

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It's been a trying few months for Lynne Spears. First her youngest daughter, Jamie Lynn, went public with the shocking news of her pregnancy in December, when she was just 16. Then in January, her oldest daughter, Britney, 26, was hospitalized twice for mental illness — before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, say insiders. Since then, an exhausted-looking Lynne, 52, has been shuttling back and forth between her home in Kentwood, La. (near where Jamie Lynn is staying), and Los Angeles, where Britney lives, trying to care for both girls while keeping quiet about her family’s troubles.

But on April 20, Lynne finally broke her silence, giving an exclusive, emotional interview to Life & Style. And she didn't hold back. When asked about Jamie Lynn, now 17, Lynne spoke frankly.

"I'm a bit disappointed that my youngest daughter got pregnant at such an early age. All I can do is turn to God for answers and just leave it in his hands."

But despite her frustration over the situation Jamie Lynn has gotten herself into, Lynne is trying to look on the bright side. "Jamie Lynn will be a wonderful mother," she says. "She really has a way with children — she's a natural nurturer. I just wish she had waited a bit."