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June 29, 2003 - Britney Spears has been replaced as Pepsi's spokesperson by chart rivals Beyonce Knowles of Destiny's Child and Shakira, but she'd still like to clarify her preferences. WENN reports the singer saying, "Actually I prefer Red Bull. I know that's really bad, but when I have photo shoots to do and I'm really tired, I drink Red Bull and apple juice. It really pumps me up."

June 29, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Worldofbritney.com has three videos of the VH1 show called 'The Fabulous Life Of Britney Spears'. You can download them (105 MB) here."

June 29, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Okay, so today I was at the Olive Garden In Los Angeles with my girls and we weren't getting ANY service. After about an hour wait, our waiter comes up and apologizes saying"My boss made me take care of all the chaos because Britney Spears just came in and fans were surrounding her." I looked over and saw her and 3 other girls snackin' on the bread and just lookin really chill. One of my girls said, "Go over and get an autograph." So I did.I went over to her with a pen and 3 napkins and asked her, "Can you sign these for me and my friends?" She said, "Of course! I am so glad only one of you came up. I like it when I can talk to one fan at a time one-on-one." She signed them and even bought us dessert!"

June 29, 2003 - Star magazine reports Britney Spears and a bunch of her girlfriends recently went to see 'The Italian Job' at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles. The Spears posse were screaming with excitement and jumping out of their seats during the final car-chase scene. And afterwards, when Spears was leaving the theater, she gushed to one of her friends, "I wish Mark Walhberg didn't have a girlfriend. He's SOOO hot!"

June 29, 2003 - From the Las Vegas Review Journal today: "Get a life: That was a Britney Spears impersonator, complete with phony bodyguards, in the crowd at the Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera concert at the MGM Grand on Saturday."

June 29, 2003 - Us Weekly reports Britney Spears' bodyguard Big Rob "felt betrayed" after the singer decided to use another security company. Rob says, "[Her team] questioned my ability to take care [of Britney]. I worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I gave her 180 percent." He added,"When a client wants to go out, you can't do anything about it unless it's a hostage or safety risk. You can't stop her or Janet Jackson, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez. You cannot control someone over 21 years old." Britney's rep told the mag that the singer is only "taking an extended break" from Big Rob.

June 27, 2003 - 'It's Good to Be Britney Spears' premieres on June 29, at 10 p.m. on E!. The show tracks her rise to fame, her shopping habits and extravagant lifestyle. Read more, including a "sky cam" of Britne's New York pad and the "bling box", showing Britney going from Mouseketeer to millionaire, here.

June 27, 2003 - Groovevolt.com caught up with a pal of Britney Spears following her admission in Star magazine saying in regards to drug use: "Let’s just say that you a reach a stage in your life where you are curious. I was curious at one point…Was it a mistake? Yes." A pal said the tabloid shouldn't jump to the conclusion that it was cocaine, as they had reported earlier. "She did not say what drug she used. It could have very well been pot, x or any other drug on the street," the pal explained. "Honestly, she didn’t even say that she used drugs. The way the story is written in a way to make them look good and to down Britney." Read more.

June 27, 2003 - Britney Spears did a tell-all interview with Star magazine (republished in The Sun) in which she responded to reports of her drug use, which blew wide open after Star magazine alleged the singer used cocaine at a Miami Beach nightclub late last year. "Let’s just say you reach a stage in your life where you are curious," Spears hinted. "And I was curious at one point. But I’m way too focused to let anything stop me. Was it a mistake? Yes." Read more.

June 27, 2003 - Chad Hugo, one half of the Neptunes production team and a member of N.E.R.D was recently interviewed by Entertainment Weekly. Here's what he had to say about some of the artists he's worked with. On Justin, Hugo said, "He's self-contained. He wrote his own harmonies, his own riffs. The only difference is he's white, but he's dope. The kid's got soul." On Britney, he said, "She works hard. She created herself as an icon -- like the girl next door, but successful." Read more.

June 27, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Brave-Girl.org earlier posted that 'From Love To Hate' will be Britney Spears' new single. Well, now Brave-Girl.org is saying that it was a rumor and was just put out to see what kind of reaction it would get."

June 25, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Worldofbritney.com reports that Britney Spears attended the Justified Stripped tour on June 21st in Las Vegas. She stayed for the whole show. Her ex-*NSYNC boyfriend even sang to her a part from take it from here, or looked in her direction and sang, still trying to be inconspicuious. She signed autographs, took pictures with fans, She wasnt hiding, she didnt have any bodygaurds with her. The ushers tried to keep people away from her but she insisted on meeting the fans."

June 25, 2003 - britneyslave writes "A fan at the recent Justified and Stripped concert took two pictures of Britney Spears in the audience. She is wearing army attire with a bandanna and a hat. Check out the pictures here."

June 25, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Tantalizing.net reports that you will soon start to hear Britney Spears new single in seven days along with her shooting her new video for the song."

June 23, 2003 - Top of the Pops caught up with Jennifer Ellison for a Q&A and asked whether she feels that in looking like Britney Spears, whether it will work in her favor. "I think it could go both ways," Ellison said. "She's done so well and she's gorgeous but if people think you have modelled yourself on them then you can get a bit of flack in the press. I think it can go both ways. It doesn't bother me because at the end of the day I don't model myself on her. I'm making a conscious effort to stay away from anything she has ever worn." Asked who she'd like to work with, the Britney look-alike naturally responded, "Oh it's gotta be Justin Timberlake. I'd love to work with him." Check out the entire interview here.

June 23, 2003 - Us Weekly quotes Britney Spears commenting on her piano playing ability: "I don't know what C is or, like, all that, but I do my own thing." Spears recently showed off her skills on a news segment on MTV"s Total Request Live.

June 23, 2003 - While a source close to Britney Spears' family says the singer split with bodyguard Big Rob because she switched security firms, another source tells Us Weekly that his closeness to Spears may have been the actual problem. Rob "treated her like a sister and not a star who needed watching over. He turned a blind eye like a family member would, and he didn't see things objectively or [look out] for her best interest." Whatever the case, the family source added, "Everyone is sad about it. He's part of the family."

June 23, 2003 - britney_rocks_2003 writes "Daniel Ostrow from Forbes Magazine, writes to worldofbritney.com, heres what he said about Britney Spears being off the list: "Ruben, I’ve been coming to your site every day since some time in year one and it pains me to say that my company has dropped our favorite super star off the 'Top 100 List'. Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that some of us here at Forbes still think she’s #1. If she gets back on top with this next album I’ll see what I can do about getting our editors to include you in the story... Thanks for all the great work.""

June 20, 2003 - The Washington Post reports a free concert that will include performances by Britney Spears and possibly Mary J. Blige and a patriotic tribute to the U.S. armed forces will highlight the NFL's opening-weekend festivities on the National Mall on Sept. 4. The Washington Redskins and New York Jets will play the first game of the season later that night at FedEx Field. Read more.

June 20, 2003 - Someone writes "NM News reports Britney Spears is in depression because her managment, who thinks she's too fat, wants her to lose weigth. Since her split with *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and the divorce of her parents, Britney has stopped doing exercises. To forget all her problems, she turns to food only to get bigger. Check out the article scans (page1 / page2)."

June 20, 2003 - The Associated Press reports that Britney Spears is amongst the stars set to get a star on Hollywood's celebrated Walk of Fame. The new inductees, who represent motion pictures, television, radio, live theater and recording, were announced today by Johnny Grant, chairman of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

June 20, 2003 - Us Weekly reports Britney Spears has parted from her longtime bodyguard Big Rob. Britney switched security firms and asked Rob to join them so he could carry on protecting her. But he wanted to stay put. "It was very hard for Britney because she loves him,"" a source revealed. "He treated her like a sister and not a star who needed watching over."

June 19, 2003 - The Sun has photos of Britney Spears on the new ride Scream at the Six Flags Magic Mountain complex in Valencia, California with pal Lauren Melkus. Check out the pictures here.

June 19, 2003 - britney_rocks_2003 writes "Britneyzpears.com reports Macy Gray likes Britney Spears. During her concert on Oxygen Network a fan asked her what album she listened to, that would suprise people. She said: "People are shocked when I say that I like Britney Spears first CD. It's a good CD. I like it!" This is not the first time she praised Britney, in an earlier interview she's praised the song 'Baby... One More Time', by saying it was her favorite song."

June 19, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Worldofbritney.com has a scan of the latest issue of BOP Magazine (July 2003). There is a full spread of Britney Spears's 10 Tips to Confidence. Check it out here."

June 19, 2003 - Us Weekly reports Britney Spears has parted from her longtime bodyguard Big Rob. Britney switched security firms and asked Rob to join them so he could carry on protecting her. But he wanted to stay put. "It was very hard for Britney because she loves him,"" a source revealed. "He treated her like a sister and not a star who needed watching over."

June 18, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Las Vegas Review Journal reports that The Venetian will have a soft opening of its new 1,000-suite tower and will be the site of a major charity event June 28th featuring Britney Spears and Gloria Estefan as hosts."

June 18, 2003 - Sports talk show host Jim Rome is weighing in on the latest Britney Spears rumored controversy with her NFL opening weekend concert gig. On reports that the league is threatening to pull Spears unless she cleans up her hard-partying, Rome said, "It’s not like Britney stepped out of a convent. So if the NFL is looking to Britney Spears to capitalize off of her ‘All-American’ image, they might want to look elsewhere. We’re talking about football fans. A young, nubile, pop star cavorting on stage is not reason for them to turn away in disgust. What they’ll probably do is get pissed for not having TiVo." Read more.

June 18, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Rollingstone.com's message board is letting fans vote for who will be on the cover of the next issue. You can vote for people such as Britney Spears, Halle Berry, Jessica Simpson, and many more. You must be registered to vote. Vote for them here."

June 18, 2003 - Entertainment Tonight reports that Britney Spears has failed to make this year's Forbes Celebrity 100 list. The magazine blames the pop princess's self-imposed hiatus and the slow down of the teen pop craze as the reason, which caused *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys to fall of the list as well. Rankings are based not only on the stars' earning power within the last 12 months but also by their media presence. The youngest to make the list was 15-year-old Hilary Duff, who came in at #96. Read more.

June 18, 2003 - britney4ever writes "A woman who looks like Britney Spears emailed the webmaster of Worldofbritney.com telling her experinces with people who think she's Britney. You can read 25-year-old April's story and see her pictures here."

June 16, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Rockontv.com reports that Britney Spears will have a show called 'The Fabulous Life'. The show will show you Britney's rise to fame, her lifestyle, her clothes and her spending habits. This airs on VH1 June 27th at 1:00pm."

June 14, 2003 - A spokeswoman for Madame Tussauds museum in London revealed more details on their waxwork featuring Britney Spears with throbbing breasts was revealed. "There are plans to make a new figure of Britney Spears," a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. "She'll be very sexy and she'll have heaving bosoms. But this is only in the very early stages of planning." Read more.

June 14, 2003 - This week's FlyScreen features an old clip of 5 questions with Britney Spears when she was in Australia, including whether she's ever eaten dog food. They also play her 'Boys' video. Watch it here.

June 14, 2003 - britney4ever writes "On Friday, Tonight Show host Jay Leno made a joke about Britney Spears's wax sculpture. He was like, "Britney Spears' new wax sculpter in London will be given inflatable breasts that will move as she breathes. In other words, it's more realistic than the actual Britney.""

June 12, 2003 - The Sun reports Britney Spears' waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s in London is undergoing a transformation to become a raunchy pole dancer with boobs that throb. "She will be our raunchiest model ever," an insider promised. "For the first time we are installing balloons in her chest so her boobs heave in and out. She is hanging upside-down in the pose and when the waxwork is unveiled it will give our male visitors one hell of a treat." Read more.

June 12, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "People magazine reports Von Dutch is helping Britney Spears produce her on clothing line. Von Dutch has been seen on other stars such as Christin Augilera, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake and Brittany Murphy. See the article scan here."

June 12, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports that Britney Spears was at Crunch Gym on Lafayette St. the other day, where she took a morning sculpt class, then jumped on a treadmill for a half hour.

June 12, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Starfanatic.org has some captures of Britney Spears in Soho, New York on Wednesday (June 11). She is eating and smoking. Check them out here."

June 11, 2003 - Star magazine reports that Britney Spears and her lil' sister Jamie Lynn were recently shopping in Nordstrom in Los Angeles. Jamie Lynn insisted on picking up the bill and begged Britney to open a charge account after learning the store gave shoppers a 10% discount to open one. She did and Jamie saved about $100.

June 10, 2003 - britney4ever writes "In the new Vanity Fair issue some young celebrities were asked "the question": Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera? Here are the answers!"

June 10, 2003 - Blender magazine featured remix website GoHomeProductions.com in its new issue. The site features 'Daft Britney', featuring Britney Spears' 'I'm A Slave For You' and Daft Punk's 'Voyager'; 'Backstab Me One More Time', featuring Britney Spears' 'Baby One More Time' and The O'Jays 'Backstabbers'. Check out those remixes and more here.

June 10, 2003 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports that Britney Spears missed her kid sister Jamie Lynn's graduation from sixth grade because she was apparently too busy recording.

June 10, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Shockyourmind.org has some captures of Britney Spears riding the new "Scream" roller coaster at Six Flags in Valencia, California on Sunday (June 8). It looks like she had a lot of fun, and she was being really goofy. She was there with her brother, his wife Lauren and some other people. Check them out here."

June 9, 2003 - A source tells the New York Post that the NFL is threatening to pull the plug on Britney Spears' headlining gig at the concert kicking off the NFL season if she doesn't stop partying and winding up in the gossip pages afterwards. "They called her manager and said if she didn't settle down, she was not going to be the headliner," a source claimed. "They don't want anyone associated with any kind of scandal." A source close to the singer denied the claim though, saying, "Britney will be the headliner."

June 8, 2003 - Anonymous writes "In the new edition of UK music industry trade paper 'Music Week', there is a small part talking a little about Britney Spears' new album and one of its producer. They say, "Beyond his S Club hits, Solomon, who is published by Rondor and managed by Adrian Adams of Artists and Media in Los Angeles.... has two cuts on the forthcoming Britney Spears album, which were mixed last week by Spike Stent. 'One is called Stay, which sounds like Massive Attack meets Coldplay meets Britney' he says. 'It will surprise alot of people'. His other Spears collaboration is a track called Touch Of My Hand. 'It has an old beatbox vibe with all these ambient sounds on top and a Middle East kind of feeling,' he says."

June 6, 2003 - A Manhattan night life regular tells his buddy and gossip columnist Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times he is beginning to worry about Britney Spears. ''The last three times I've seen her, she really looked kind of haggard and way too tired-looking for a kid her age,'' he said.

June 5, 2003 - Courtney Love tells Vanity Fair scribe Steve Garbarino that she still has the hots for former flame Edward Norton. She says, "I dumped him for a movie role. If that isn't shallow I don't know what is." As for his current girlfriend Salma Hayek, Love insisted, "He'll never marry her . . . for one, he can barely understand half of what she's saying." Read more.

June 5, 2003 - A woman who says she was manhandled so that Britney Spears could have her favorite table at Lot 61 the other night is fuming, and went straight to the New York Daily News to vent. "She's a bitch, and she thinks she can throw people around," contends Jacqui Andrews, who alleges that she was forcibly ejected from her seat when Spears arrived at the Chelsea club Monday night around 11:30. She explained, "I was picked up physically, moved out of the way and thrown on the floor - so that [Spears] could sit there. She sat there and watched the whole thing and was laughing about it." Spears rep denies the singer laughed at Andrews and said, "Britney would never enter a club without knowing her table was ready." Read more.

June 5, 2003 - A source tells The New York Post that Britney Spears was "very tipsy and very wild" at Lot 61 on Monday night. The singer arrived at the club at around 11:30 p.m. and left close to 2:30 in the morning. The spy revealed, "She was dancing on the banquettes and could barely keep her eyes open. She's been getting soused a lot lately, maybe her family or friends should step in." Spears rep insisted that her client is doing nothing different than any other woman her age does, adding, "She's not out of control."

June 5, 2003 - XxsharikaxX writes "It's not over between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC? Access Hollywood went behind the scenes at Christina and Justin's Rolling Stone shoot. Christina Aguilera said, "He (Justin) and Britney made a great couple. I have a feeling that there's going to be some reconciliation. I don't think it's over.""

June 5, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "An *NSYNC fan from the JJB said that Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake were interviewed by Western New York. The *NSYNC fan said: "They were sitting elevated with the stage in the far background. They got asked about the MMC and Justin said it's an accomplish ment they were on a show at 12 year olds and here we are a decade later. We enjoy music and enjoy what we do. They got asked about the tour, Christina mentioned tomorrow is their first show together, but Justin started in Europe. A kid asked who are their role models. Justin said his parents, especially his dad. Christina said her mother, cause she was strong dealing with what she went through with her father. The girl said Justin we got to ask about the Britney situation, Christina started to laugh and said you know everything you need to know. The interviewer said, 'I know I know you're going to hate me.' Justin said 'I don't hate you I don't talk about it anymore, there is way too much speculation and it's got a life of it's own and it doesn't exist for me, as far as I'm concerned, I'm on tour so I don't talk about that stuff.'" You can see video captures of them on E! doing the same interview here."

June 5, 2003 - 'American Idol 2' winner Ruben Studdard tells Access Hollywood he met Britney Spears backstage at Z100's Zootopia concert in New York on Sunday (June 1). "I just met Britney Spears. That's all I'll say," revealed Ruben. "She's a nice girl, man. She's a Southern girl and me and [Clay Aiken] are both Southern gentlemen. There was kind of a connection there, you know. Britney, we love you." Read more.

June 5, 2003 - Courtney Love tells Vanity Fair scribe Steve Garbarino that she has songs to spare for her forthcoming solo album 'America's Sweetheart'. "I have 32 songs just staring me in the face," she says. "It's like when Bob Dylan fell off the motorcycle. I have songs to spare. I think I'll give Britney one." Read more.

June 5, 2003 - RollingStone.com reports Britney Spears' 'Stronger' and Mary J. Blige's 'Keep Your Head' have been remixed and included on 'Songs for Life', a new compilation to help raise money and awareness to fight the spread of AIDS in fourteen sub-Saharan countries in Africa. The album comes out July 22nd. Read more.

June 5, 2003 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports Britney Spears is flogging carbonated tea in Japan.

June 5, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Shockyourmind.org has seven pictures of Britney Spears attending the TJ Martell Foundation Humanitarian of the Year Gala, in New York Tuesday night. You can see the pictures here."

June 3, 2003 - tiffified writes "Hello magazine reports Charlotte Church is talking bad about Britney Spears. She says, "Britney, she's gorgeous - but she wears far too much make-up." She also takes a personal blow to Christina Aguilera by caling her "a slag" and says that Jennifer Lopez has no life. Read more."

June 3, 2003 - Q102's Q Concert 14 featured LL Cool J, Third Eye Blind, Tyrese, Jewel, Lisa Marie Presley, Fabolous, Ginuwine, Wayne Wonder, Bowling For Soup, Daniel Bedingfield, Britney Spears, Carson Daly, and Lillix. Check out pictures of all the acts at Q102com and check out LFI for photos of Britney Spears.

June 3, 2003 - Aerosmith, Kelly Clarkson, TLC, Mariah Carey, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Jewel, Third Eye Blind, Wayne Wonder, Simple Plan, Tanto Metro & Devonte, Daniel Bedingfield, *NSYNC star JC Chasez, Bowling For Soup, Ginuwine, American Idol stars Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken, and special guest-hosts Britney Spears and Lisa Marie Presley were on hand for Z100's Zootopia 2003 on Sunday (June 1) at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Check out pictures from FilmMagic, GettyImages (show / pressroom), LFI, WireImage, and Z100.com.

June 3, 2003 - KTLA has a clip on the press conference where Britney Spears announced she was auctioning off 170 personal items -- including clothes, photos and tours with the singer -- to raise money for needy children. Watch the clip here.

June 3, 2003 - Avril Lavigne's label is streaming a clip from the bonus material on her forthcoming live CD coming out in September. In the clip, Avril and someone else are in the cockpit of an airplane goofing around, closing with Avril singing the Britney Spears hit, 'Oops, I Did It Again'. Watch it here.

June 3, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Worldofbritney reports that a while ago MTV News reported a story about Cris Judd being Britney Spears' next choreographer and tour director. But on May 30th, during an interview with Q102, Britney denied the rumors of having Cris Judd as a choreographer."

June 3, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears will be on the next cover of the Australian version of Cosmopolitan. See the scan of her on the cover here."

June 1, 2003 - The New York Post reports Britney Spears was spotted at Don Hill's, where she went to see local hard rockers Fixer. Afterwards, Spears drank vodkas at the Freak Show after-party at the nearby club Flow.

June 1, 2003 - britney4ever writes "On Friday (May 30), Britney Spears was in Boston for the 'Kiss Concert Special'. They interviewed her and she said that her new single will probably come in two months and her album will come out in October. She also said that her tour will probably start in January 2004 and she said that she's single right now. You can see the pictures of her here."

June 1, 2003 - The Sun reports Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has revealed *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake phoned him in a jealous rage when he began dating his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears. "Justin starts buggin’ out," Durst said. "I’m like, ‘You know what, this is like a bad movie." As for his thoughts on the short fling with Spears, Durst insisted he had no regrets. "I had a good time," he admitted. "Given the opportunity 90 percent of guys would have done the same."

June 1, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears did an interview on TRL with Quddus about her new album and also gave them previews of three new songs. You can see video captures of her at ShockYourMind.org."

June 1, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Britney Spears' mother Lynne posted a new message today. She writes, "It has been a busy month for all of us again. Britney is still recording into the wee hours of the morning. She called me one morning and was ecstatic about a song she'd written that night. There is nothing better than to hear her so excited." Read more."

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