Britney Spears to Sing and Dance Live on Cindy Lauper Tour

Britney Spears is set to "surprise" fans with a one-off appearance on Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tour when it stops in Los Angeles on Saturday. The singer will perform one song at the Greek Theatre gig, which will also feature Lauper, Erasure, Debbie Harry, The Dresden Dolls and The MisShapes with Jeffree Star.

Britney Spears will take to the stage with two female background dancers, her choreographer Misha Gabriel tells website www.People.com. She last appeared live in May, when she lip-synched her way though a series of brief 15 minute concerts at the House of Blues.

Britney Spears 2007: Personal struggles and career activities

In January, Spears lost her aunt Sandra Bridges Covington, with whom she was very close, after a long battle with breast cancer. On February 16, 2007, Spears entered an off-shore drug rehabilitation facility in Antigua. She stayed, however, for less than twenty-four hours. . . The following night, Spears went to a haircutting studio in Tarzana, California and subsequently shaved her own hair off with clippers. A few days later, on February 20, 2007, Spears admitted herself to a treatment facility in Malibu, California. A statement by her manager read, "We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time."

naked Britney Spears left the facility briefly but returned on February 22, 2007. The previous day Kevin Federline had requested an emergency hearing regarding the custody of his children with Spears but his attorney announced that his client asked to cancel the court appearance. No further explanation was given. Spears left rehab on March 20 according to her manager who said she was released after "successfully completing their program". Spears has been recording a new album with producers Sean Garrett and Jonathan Rotem among others.

Hot Britney Spears Complains, Billboards Removed

Radio station billboards that featured unflattering photos of a bald, scowling Sexxy Britney Spears have been taken down after the pop star's attorneys threatened legal action.

In a letter to Clear Channel Communications Inc. dated Thursday, Spears' attorneys accused the company of 'offensive, unauthorized commercial exploitation' of the 25-year-old singer, and demanded that the three billboards in the Tampa area be removed. The letter was posted on The Smoking Gun Web site.

The billboards, advertisements for WFLZ FM's 'The MJ Morning Show,' depicted a bald hot Britney Spears and show host Todd Schnitt along with the slogans 'Total Nut Jobs,' 'Shock Therapy' and 'Certifiable.'

'We have confirmed that the billboards are down,' Clear Channel spokeswoman Michele Clarke said Tuesday. She referred other questions to the Clear Channel offices in Tampa, whose representatives didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

'Clear Channel has removed the billboards, and I'm not happy with that,' Schnitt told the St. Petersburg Times.

A call to the Los Angeles attorney who signed the letter to Clear Channel wasn't immediately returned Tuesday.

Hot Britney Spears completed a monthlong stay at a luxury Malibu, Calif., rehabilitation treatment facility in March after attracting an onslaught of media attention for wild behavior that included partying with Paris Hilton and a stop at a San Fernando Valley hair salon, where she shaved her own head.

Julia Roberts Gives Birth to Baby Boy

(Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts gave birth on Monday to a baby boy, her third child with husband Danny Moder, People magazine reported on its Web site.

Roberts and Moder, who are also parents of two-year-old twins, welcomed Henry Daniel Moder at a Los Angeles hospital, her spokeswoman told People.

"The Moder family is doing great," Marcy Engelman said.

Engelman was not immediately available for further comment.

Roberts, 39, who won an Academy Award for playing the title role in the 2000 film "Erin Brockovich," married Moder, a 38-year-old cameraman, in 2002 at her ranch in New Mexico.

Roberts gave birth to twins Phinnaeus and Hazel in November of 2004.

Hot Britney Spears News : Oprah Most Powerful Celebrity

TALK show queen Oprah Winfrey has replaced Tom Cruise as the most world's most powerful celebrity and jailbird Paris Hilton has dropped off the annual Forbes magazine list of the 100 most influential stars.

Golfer Tiger Woods ranked second while singer Madonna was No. 3 on the list, which aggregates earnings and media presence to evaluate a celebrity's power.

Winfrey jumped two spots on the ninth annual list, released on Thursday, with earnings of US$260 million (S$400 million) from various media ventures. Woods moved up from No. 5 but made less than half Winfrey with US$100 million in the past 12 months.

Editor of the Forbes Celebrity 100 Power List, Lea Goldman said Winfrey's ranking was no surprise.

'She is pretty much a top five perennial, just based on her earnings alone she usually ranks up there,' Ms Goldman said.

The Rolling Stones, who Forbes said earned US$88 million this year, took the fourth spot.

After making the Forbes rankings for the past three years, hotel heiress Hilton was off the 2007 list. Also not making the cut were actress Lindsay Lohan, who has not made the list since 2005, and singer Nude Britney Spears, last ranked in 2002.

'We look at celebrities as brands and when you talk about those girls, you're talking about diminished brand value,' Ms Goldman said.

'It's not enough to just be a headline, and it's not enough to pocket a paycheck - you have to have both.'

Cruise dropped to No. 8 from top spot last year, yet still showed his power by securing a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to revive United Artists movie studio.

Two other actors broke in the top 10 this year and surpassed Cruise with Brad Pitt hitting No. 5 and Johnny Depp taking the sixth spot.

Singer Elton John moved up this year's list to No. 7 from the 16th position with US$53 million in earnings, while Jay Z, the rap star-turned-music executive and boyfriend of singer Beyonce, made his debut at No. 9, with US$83 million.

Director Steven Spielberg rounded out the top 10 with earnings of US$110 million. -- REUTERS

Paris Hilton Goes to Jail, Shocked Her Get Out Jail Free Card Doesn't Work

Last night while you were knocking back shots on limoncello in tribute to Bobby Baccalieri, Paris Hilton had another woman's hand up her ass. And amazingly we're not talking about a wild MTV Movie Awards after party, but a pre-prison strip search.

TMZ reports:

TMZ was there when Paris Hilton turned herself in to Sheriff's authorities Sunday night.

It didn't go down at the jail. Paris' mega-lawyer, Richard Hutton, picked her up at her parents' house at 10:30 PM. Hilton, Hutton, mom Kathy and sister Nicky then drove to the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles -- commonly referred to as the Twin Towers -- where Paris officially surrendered to the L.A. County Sheriff to begin her 23-day sentence.

The Sheriff devised the plan of surrendering miles away from the actual site where Paris will be doing time because the crush of paparazzi at the jail created a potential safety hazard.

Paris was then driven to the jail in Lynwood, where she is now serving her sentence.

And how will Paris be spending her time in the can? Sneaking in her personal tanners and trying to decide if it's spelled "j-a-i-l" or "j-a-e-l". Our gossip prison warden, FemaleFirst, reports:

The bosses of PARIS HILTON's favourite tanning salon are hoping to cut through red tape in a bid to service the socialite in prison.

Sunset Tan owner Devin Haman, who also helps to keep Britney Spears bronzed, is trying to arrange at least one professional visit during Hilton's upcoming 23-day prison stint - so the heiress can top up her tan.

Haman says, "We're trying to arrange a tanning appointment while she's in there."

And according to the New York Daily News, Paris is planning to write a dear diary-style tell-all on her time in the clink. Which, considering TMZ is reporting that Paris will spend 23 hours per day in solitary confinement, should be riveting. "Deer dairy, Today I caunted things. Their is won matres in my sell, atey nine tiles on the floor, foor walls (won is made of bars), and I have ten tows. I tryd to caunt the hares on my head, but it got hard after won hundred."

With Paris in jail and Lindsay in rehab and Britney just too sad to look at, we're in for a sad month in the world of gossip. We'll have to rely on stories about Hayden Panettiere having latte binges and getting dangerously close to a caffeine intervention. We might have to learn the names of the girls from Laguna Beach and that other show, Kind of Like Laguna Beach, but Not, or whatever it's called.

Oh, and if you revel in other people's misery, watch Sarah Silverman almost make Paris cry. It's really kind of sad, actually.

Britney Spears Saved An Elderly Couple from A Jellyfish-Infested Beach during her Mexico Holiday

The 25-year-old singer - who stayed at Punta Mita's Four Season hotel over the weekend - warned two older guests to be careful when strolling along the picturesque waterfront.

Singer Britney Spears reportedly told the older couple: 'Be careful, there are lots of Man o' War jellyfish washing up on shore, you don't want to get stung.' Britney Spears - who travelled to Mexico with a friend on Thursday (31.05.07) and arrived back in Los Angeles on Sunday (03.06.07) - showed off her tanned and toned figure in a skimpy thong bikini during her relaxing sunshine break.

A source added: 'Hot Britney Spears seemed happy and carefree with her friend.' Just days before heading off on her exotic trip, nude Britney Spears confessed on her personal website she was 'lost' and had 'hit rock bottom' when she suffered her breakdown earlier this year.

The mother-of-two blamed her excessive partying and her split from husband Kevin Federline for her erratic behaviour which included shaving Britney Spears head and checking into rehab.
Britney Spears wrote: 'Recently, I was sent to a very humbling place called rehab. I truly hit rock bottom. 'I realised how much energy and love I had put into my past relationship when it was gone because I genuinely did not know what to do with myself, and it made me so sad. I confess I was so lost.'