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August 30, 2003 - Britney Spears was interviewed last night by Entertainment Tonight's Steven Cojocaru and when asked about the kiss with Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday, she responded, "This was something that I have been wanting to do since I was a little kid, I cannot just believe this like, friggin happened, I'm like going very major high right now, I feel very cool, no seriously, it was amazing, it was awesome, I feel very blessed and it was awesome." Check out several video clips, including remarks on the kiss by Missy Elliott, Chris Rock, and Madonna's other kiss recipient, Christina Aguilera, here.

August 30, 2003 - bsnews writes "WorldOfBritney.com has a video of the 'Like A Virgin', 'Hollywood' perfomance by Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliot at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday night. To check it out, click here."

August 30, 2003 - Anonymous writes "At the VMA After Party Christina Aguilera attended, they took a close picture of her, in which she has a pin on her leather jacket that says 'I F*cked Britney Spears'. Check out the picture here."

August 30, 2003 - Us Weekly reports Britney Spears was again spotted meeting with Jared Leto at Joseph's Cafe two nights after their much talked about meeting at Dolce in Los Angeles. An onlooker said, "Jared stopped by her table and they had a laugh [about all the headlines]. They spent a total of 10 minutes together."

August 30, 2003 - The Southern Illinoisan caught up with Britney Spears impersonator Melissa Virdo at the Du Quoin State Fair free entertainment tent Friday night, and asked her about the shocking kiss the previous night with Britney Spears and Madonna. "I was kind of shocked," Virdo said. "But then I thought -- you go girl! She's always in the media's eye and has the media attention. I think it was maybe more for the shock value than anything. I think she's trying to shed her little-girl image. She's growing up. She's a woman and she wants to show her sexuality. But you don't expect to see the two divas -- Britney and Christina Aguilera and the queen diva like that." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - WENN reports that Britney Spears now realizes that in order to maintain a romantic relationship she has to be more discreet. "I understand that I need to be very discreet about my private life," she explained. "The lesson was difficult to learn, but I've had to get it through my head in order to have some peace in my life. I couldn't allow myself a real freedom of movement. I know that because of what I do I'll never live as openly as many girls my age. But, look at all the perks." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - The Herald Sun is casting a critical eye towards Britney Spears, claiming "one person is clearly ready and willing to step into the pop star's shoes -- her little sister Jamie Lynn." The explained, "While a dishevelled Britney, 21, was smoking and shopping in Los Angeles a few days ago, just a few blocks away Jamie Lynn, 12, was attending a movie premiere." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Don Hudson of the Charlotte Observer weighed in on 'The Kiss'. He writes, "Watching film of the MTV Video Music Awards from Thursday night, when Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears were making out with Madonna, I've got to say: I was a little saddened. Is that the point where sex has fallen? Where a preprogrammed, prime-time buss between two post-Mouseketeer pop tarts and a fading 45-year-old artistic icon has commercialized sex so much there is no shock value left? I just yawned." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Christina Aguilera was more than happy to speak for Britney Spears regarding their kiss with Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday. "Britney was a little shy at first. Madonna kept having to go, 'Britney kiss me, kiss me,' and of course Britney gets on there trying to do the open mouth thing, and Madonna knew she wanted closed mouth tonight," Aguilera said. Shaun Robinson asked Aguilera, "Did you tell her, 'C'mon Britney, loosen up. This is nothing at all?" Aguilera responded, "Well overall I think she needs to do that but it's OK." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - The New York Daily News spoke with editors from leading music publications for response to Thursday night's big MTV Video Music Awards moment when Madonna kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. "I don't think most people who watched that kiss were thinking about Britney on 'The Mickey Mouse Club,'" said Teen People music editor Zena Burns. "Based on the reaction of the men I was surrounded by, I think they saw Britney in a whole new light. It was like, ‘Hello, nurse!'" Read more.

August 30, 2003 - xanthe writes "It's funny how this Madonna performance on the VMAs has worsened the rivalry between Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. If Britney and Christina hated each other, they would not have performed together. They obviously have some sort of friendship or mutual respect for each other. But their fans are blind to this." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - The Evening Standard has reaction to last night's Video Music Awards kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears / Christina Aguilera. One MTV producer said: "It was sensational, but I wonder what the good folk in places like Provo, Utah state, would make of it. Middle America is not gonna let this one go lightly." *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake said: "I am not saying anything about it - that's how I get into trouble." But Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon said: "I wish it was me she was snogging." VMA host Chris Rock said: "That kiss was good, but where was mine?" Read more.

August 30, 2003 - According to MuchMusic, Christina Aguilera says her kiss with Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday night was "very lovely." Aguilera explained that they kissed several times during rehearsals, but Britney Spears had to be coaxed into kissing Madonna. She says Madonna "kept having to go 'Britney, kiss me, kiss me'.'' Aguilera says Spears did "the open-mouth thing" even though "Madonna knew she wanted closed-mouth" on the show.

August 30, 2003 - Britney Spears was photographed leaving her hotel for MTV's Video Music Awards in New York City on Thursday (Augus 28). Check out pictures from LFI.

August 30, 2003 - Victoria Newton of The Sun weighed in on the choreographed kiss between Madonna and younger peers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. She says, "At 45, Madge is older than Britney and Christina put together. I’ve watched how the youngsters have shamelessly tried to steal Madonna’s thunder in the past few years. But judging by her latest trick, there’s no doubt Madge still has no trouble putting young pretenders in their place." Read more, and check out more pictures from the performance, including reactions from Britney's ex Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC and Madonna's hubby Guy Ritchie, here.

August 30, 2003 - B.J. Sigesmund, entertainment reporter for Newsweek, Thelma Adams, film critic for Us Weekly, and Tom O'Neil, senior editor for In Touch Weekly were on American Morning on CNN Friday morning to talk about the MTV Video Music Awards and of course weighed in on the Madonna and Britney Spears and Madonna and Christina Aguilera kisses. Sigesmund said, "I thought that the first 20 minutes were just amazing. I thought you don't get a bigger pop culture moment than that opening number with Christina and Britney, first of all, long-time rivals. They were doing an amage to one of the biggest and most dichotic moments in MTV history." Adams added, "I just thought she was just sliming them. I mean, I don't know. I guess I missed the big cultural moment." O'Neil added, "I thought this was very unfair throughout the rest of the night that they didn't cut to Britney every time Justin won another award for the video that he slams Britney. That would have been interesting." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - The Britney Spears and Madonna kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards even made it into CNN's political debate show 'Crossfire' on Friday. Chatting about the California recall, conservative co-host Tucker Carlson joked, "A history a group sex is likely to be almost mandatory. Thanks to Arnold, the rules have changed. No Gray Davises need apply. With this in mind, Britney Spears was clearly laying a predicate for a gubernatorial bid at the MTV Awards last night. For those of you who may have missed the show, Spears was joined on stage by fellow singer Madonna, who greeted her with a passionate open-mouthed kiss. It was, needless to say, a ratings bonanza. It was also the unofficial kickoff of the Spears 2012 campaign. That's the strategy, anyway. Of course, if attitudes change between now and then, Spears can always claim she was never living her life to run for governor. It's worked for Arnold." Liberal co-host James Carville said after they shamelessly played the clip yet again on the news network, "Yes, let's play it. I want to see it, yes. Can we show it to me? Do we have some slow-mo there?" Carville added, "I'll tell you what. I'd vote for her." Carlson responded, "On the female bisexuality ticket?" Carville said, "Yes. For her or Madonna. Is she going to run with Madonna?" Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Britney Spears, Carmen Electra, Christina Aguilera, Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, Gisele Bundchen, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Loon, Metallica, Michelle Branch, Pamela Anderson, Paulina Rubio, Q-Tip, Rob Zombie, and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs were on hand for the Playstation 2 and Guy Oseary Video Music Awards after party on Thursday (August 28) at The Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City. Check out pictures here.

August 30, 2003 - Jeanne Moos of CNN got reactions from New Yorkers and celebrities following the Madonna kisses with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to open the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday night. Comedian Dennis Miller remarked, "I am repulsed but strangely aroused." Moos herself said, "The last time a kiss caused such a stir was when Al Gore planted one on Tipper. Sure, there have been other same-sex kisses, from 'All My Children' to 'Ellen,' but none with this star power." And when *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake was asked if he wanted to chime in on the kiss, he responded, "I would have rather chimed in on that kiss on stage." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Mo Rocca of Comedy Central was on 'Live From...' on CNN on Friday to chat with host Heidi Collins about the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday night, and again weighed in on the Madonna kisses with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. He said, "... first of all say I thought the evening was surprisingly flat. I was hoping for something more in the spirit of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1977 'Oui' interview. In fact at moments I became so bored I kept going back to that interview. I have it on microfiche, so I can access it at any time. The -- I suppose the Madonna, Britney, Christina kiss in their mock sort of wedding little setup there was the big highlight for everybody. This was Madonna, once again, being political. This was her rebuttal to Justice Scalia's rebuttal to the Texas Supreme Court decision. Sort of her way of stepping out there and making a statement." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - gymnastdude182 writes "Here is a new picture of Britney Spears posing with a couple NFL football players as part of their Kickoff 2003 campaign. Check the picture out here."

August 30, 2003 - Virginia Heffernan of Slate reviewed the MTV Video Music Awards and spoke about the "orgy of duets" and of course the Madonna kiss with Britney Spears. "Madonna had come as the man—the sugar daddy, maybe, twirling the little girls, keeping them in line, and finally kissing Spears," Heffernan said. "She also kissed Aguilera, to be fair, but the camera barely registered it, and we all know that Madonna has long leered at Britney. Britney swooned into the kiss, her mouth soft. The small thrill of this kiss was real to me because, though girls making out with girls is an old party stunt, this time it came off as female lechery: overmuscled, rich, landed matriarch Madonna (in tails, no less) praying on sweetie Spears, who (in wedding white) hasn't even had a first marriage yet. 'Hollywood,' Madonna cooed as she brushed hair tenderly from Britney's face. 'How could it hurt you when it looks so good?' I expect we'll see this wise-woman/callow-girl romance around more now. Britney and Madonna certainly recalled the matchup in 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' of smiley Cameron Diaz with shrewd Demi Moore, another pure protein icon of perimenopause." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Chart Attack weighed in on the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday, saying *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake out-classed his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears and her lip-locking partner for the night, Madonna. They said, of the kiss: "This was PR manipulation at its shrewdest — Brit gets to seal her new 'I’m not a virgin anymore' image and Madonna, who’s desperation for a hit has only been highlighted by her Gap ad, becomes current again. In contrast to Brit and Madge’s stunts, Spears’ ex-manfriend (and the biggest winner of the night) Timberlake, was a pinnacle of restraint. Dressed in a smart suit and refraining from either putting anyone down or talking about booty, Justin may not have actually deserved to beat out Johnny Cash in a couple of categories — but at least he admitted it, calling for the audience to deliver the Man In Black a round of applause." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - The utterly contrived, lingering kisses with which Madonna chose to draw the cameras at the MTV Video Music Awards show that she is desperate to revive our waning interest, writes Sam Leith of the Telegraph. He says, "In snogging them both, she confuses matters. Britney and Christina, when they were on the way up seven or eight years ago, were rivals. Now they have both been superseded by Beyonce Knowles. So they are vulnerable to getting involved in this sort of silliness - but too foolish to hold out for exclusivity. Madonna got her headlines." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - MTV and police held anti-terrorism talks on Friday amid fears pop's icons Kylie Minogue, Eminem and Britney Spears may be targeted at MTV's 10th anniversary European Music Awards in Edinburgh in November. "High on the agenda at such a big, live event is a fear of terrorist activities," a source told the Glasgow Daily Record. "American stars need to be convinced security is high before they will travel." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh is weighing in on the MTV Video Music Awards kiss between Madonna and younger peers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. He says on his official website, "We had Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera open-mouth kissing Madonna. Imagine you are a militant Islamist, imagine that you are Al-Qaeda. One of the theories that has been bandied about by some to explain why we are targeted by these terrorists is our decadence, correct? They don't like our culture, and they especially don't like the exportation of our culture. Do you think it's possible that this kind of thing could further fuel the fires of hatred that the militant Islamists have for us? I'm just posing a question." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Tenacious D singer Jack Black tells Launch.com his favorite moment of the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday night was the opening number when Madonna planted a kiss on Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. "Britney, Madonna--that was the hot one," Black said. "And if you notice, when she turned to kiss the other chick, not as much tongue--afraid of the skanky sores on the side of her mouth. I calls 'em like I sees 'em and she was holding back on the kiss on the other chick." Read more.

August 30, 2003 - Extra got reaction from celebrities at the MTV Video Music Awards after-party concerning Madonna kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Actor Jason Biggs joked, "The kiss was hot. I couldn’t stand up for five minutes." Britney's rumored ex and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst added, "Definitely the kiss was a cool thing. It brought back a lot of memories. What?" Carmen Electra says, "It was hot." But her fiance Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction played safe with his answer. "I’ve already got the most beautiful woman on the planet," he said. "What’s to be jealous about?" Watch the video clip here.

August 30, 2003 - Which female pop star was best dressed at the 2003 Video Music Awards? Vote for Britney Spears here.

August 30, 2003 - Eminem, Jessica Simpson, Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears, Carmen Electra, Christina Aguilera, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC, Ludacris, were amongst the stars on hand for the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday (August 28) at the Rockefeller Plaza and Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Check out the pictures here.

August 29, 2003 - The Sun has a photo of Britney Spears wearing what they call a "foolish fedora" and "an equally garish ra-ra skirt that resembled a messy splodge of raspberry ripple ice-cream" as she stepped out of a hotel in New York City. Check out the picture here.

August 28, 2003 - The New York Daily News is spoiling the fun for tonight's Video Music Awards. They report that according to a spy at rehearsals, Britney Spears will appear in a white wedding dress on top of a giant wedding cake while singing 'Like a Virgin,' in tribute to Madonna's number at the 1984 VMAs. Then Christina Aguilera will take the stage, dressed identically, and do the same routine. After that, Madonna and Missy Elliott come out and sing Madonna's latest hit, 'Hollywood'. Jennifer Lopez was supposed to be involved too but she had to back out because of filming commitments in Canada.

August 28, 2003 - Hilary Duff was on MTV's Total Request Live on Wednesday and responded to the report that had Britney Spears complimenting her "amazing" music and how she was "completely a light to the world so beautiful, so incredibly sweet." Duff responded, "Oh, that makes me feel so good, you guys. I love Britney Spears. She's awesome. I'm a huge fan. I never met her before, but I hope I meet her at the VMA's. I have all of her CD's and I know all the words to her songs. I think she gets a lot of flak and stuff and I love her. She is awesome."

August 28, 2003 - The New York Post hears that Britney Spears will star in a remake of Kevin Bacon's 1984 'Footloose', directed by Baz Luhrmann.

August 28, 2003 - Britney Spears, Nelly and *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake all owe some of their biggest hits to the Neptunes' magic touch, but Pharrell Williams is quick to honor the people he's worked with. "Snoop, that's my boy man. He's like, anything I've asked him to do he's just done it," Pharrell told Radio 1. "That's my heart right there - Snoop, Justin and Jay-Z, those are my boys right there. Britney's an amazing talent. We wanted to work with her because she's so amazing and unafraid. She steps out. If you repeat yourself you're only inviting stagnation to your creativity, and that's not what I want." Read more.

August 28, 2003 - The Sun reports Britney Spears has admitted she often goes out wearing the same make-up from the night before. "To tell you the truth, it's my make-up from the night before," Britney told a pal who commented on her eyeshadow. "I'm very lazy. God I look scary — very 'Rocky Horror'."

August 28, 2003 - The Sun has more photos of Britney Spears sharing an embrace with one of her tattooed dancers. Onlookers said Britney, who wore a knitted hat, was only sharing a showbiz-style greeting with the hunk. Check out the pictures here.

August 28, 2003 - New York Post gossip guru Liz Smith has weighed in on Britney Spears' recent hookup with actor Jared Leto, who just happens to be the ex-boyfriend of *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake's new girflriend Cameron Diaz. "I don't think Britney is the vengeful type. But she is press-savvy and has an album coming. This 22-year-old also has to fight the perception that she has peaked. It's best to plug a product when the press is hot for your personal life. Voila! Date your ex's current squeeze's ex. Always good for an Us Weekly cover." Smith also says of her new album: "Word on Britney's CD is it's 'very club-friendly, with one killer single in particular, 'Breathe on Me'.'" Read more.

August 27, 2003 - Britney Spears was spotted with one of her dancers in an apparent kiss while filming her new video. Check out the photos from Queen-Int.com here.

August 27, 2003 - Popstar! magazine asked Britney Spears if she had advice for younger protege Hilary Duff. Spears responded, "I don't think she needs advice. She's doing pretty darned good. She is just completely a light to the world. So beautiful and so incredibly sweet. Her music is amazing... she should just be herself and never change!"

August 27, 2003 - A fan on Britney Spears' forum at LiveDaily.com posted a message after meeting the singer at her Britney Spears Camp for the Performing Arts. britneylicous writes, "Hey guys I just got back from my lil vacation at Britney Camp! Ok well I got there and she stays in a cabin with all the counselors and she came out and I got her on tape and she was less then a foot away from me and my friend! She had a on a really cute brown suede camp hat on and a yellow tank top looked like something from American Eagle then jeans on! She looked really pretty! And her hair was blonde and she had extensions in! She sat 2 rows in front of me and when I get the pictures I'll be sure to post them! Bryan her brother and Felica were there with her and Bryan's lil black dog 'Cosmo' was there to! At the end of the show she took pictures with all the campers and then she did an answer and question! She said she's goin' on tour next year and shes performin at the VMA's!" Read more.

August 27, 2003 -  Before he was fulfiling the dreams of a generation of pop wannabes on 'Pop Idol' and 'American Idol', Simon Cowell was making and breaking careers. In today's edition of The Mirror, the 43-year-old music boss with the Midas touch and the razor-sharp tongue talks candidly about the stars he made - and the ones he let slip through his fingers. Cowell spoke of the song that slipped away only to launch the huge career of Britney Spears saying, "When I heard 'Baby One More Time' as a demo, I offered the songwriter a £65,000 Mercedes if he would give me that song. I would have recorded it with Five and it would have changed their career, but Britney got it and look what it did for her." Read more.

August 25, 2003 - The New York Post reports that despite Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez showing up to Madonna's birthday bash, neither have plans to perform with the singer at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday. "Jennifer is working on her movie in Canada," a pal of hers explained. Britney Spears will be in the audience, but won't be performing for her friend Madonna. "She will be there, but as of right now, there are no plans for her to sing," another source told the Post. New rumors indicating that Courtney Love, Mariah Carey, Lil' Kim and Kelly Clarkson will perform at the awards show.

August 25, 2003 - Janet Roberts of Ezine-tips.com is advising e-zine writers to put Britney Spears into every paragraph of their articles. Here's how she found out about this subscription-blasting tool: She found it when one of their hard-working ad salesmen tracked it down after a long, harrowing search. "In a recent study conducted by both magazine publishers and Internet webmasters from around the world, it was discovered that mentioning the name Britney Spears anywhere within a given article is almost guaranteed to increase readership," it said. Read more.

August 25, 2003 - Britney Spears is featured in the new issue of Us Weekly and scans of the 'Britney's Revenge' article (it's too small to read though) and pictures can be found here.

August 25, 2003 - A spy tells E! Online's Ted Casablanca, "I swear Britney was kissing a girl!" Turns out it was long haired actor/singer Jared Leto at the White Lotus in Los Angeles. Ted adds that the couple went into a roped-off room for about 20 minutes while Britney's bad bod-guard stood in front of the door before being rushed out of the club. Later at Dolce, Spears was spotted going into the restroom three times in 1 hour as a bodyguard stood guard. Read more.

August 25, 2003 - The Sunday Mirror reports Britney Spears' romance with Jared Leto is heating up after the pair went on a string of dates, including one where Spears served up the actor/singer some home cooking. "Britney has seen Jared three times this week," an insider revealed. "They met up for an afternoon snack at the Coffee Bean on Sunset Boulevard, a night out at Joseph's Club in Hollywood and a romantic dinner at Britney's place. She cooked him something really special - fried chicken breast, Louisiana style."

August 25, 2003 - The Glasgow Daily Record reports Britney Spears stocked up on 30 pairs of panties at a Los Angeles lingerie store. Britney and her assistant hurried the undies through a checkout before she signed an autograph for an employee. "She was so cool," said the shop worker. "She loved our underwear and said she'd be back for more."

August 25, 2003 - When it comes to sexy, everyone has their favorites. In the September issue of 'InStyle' magazine, celebrities, including Britney Spears, reveal what lights their fire. Watch a video clip from WB11 on the issue, which includes video from Britney Spears' photo shoot and remarks afterwards, here.

August 25, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Read the article featured in Us Weekly Britney Spears Revenge at Justin-T.Com. It is typed up so it is easy to read. Check it out here."

August 23, 2003 - Soledad O'Brien of CNN had the entertainment reporter for Newsweek, B.J. Sigesmund, film critic Thelma Adams from US Weekly, and Tom O'Neil, senior editor for In Touch Weekly on 'American Morning' on Thursday where the talked a bit about the MTV Video Music Awards, which will see Britney Spears in the same building as *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. O'Neil said, "The only problem is, we've got Britney and Justin both presenting, probably performing. So, you know, everybody is going to be talking about... are they running into each other backstage?" Adams added, "Are they dating? I love this. They're dating each other's, like, they're dating Cameron Diaz and Jerrod Leto, who used to be a couple. So, what is this?" O'Brien quipped, "There are only 12 people in Hollywood, and they all date each other." Read more.

August 23, 2003 - gymnastdude182 writes "Will the pop queen, Madonna, perform with pop's princesses Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez? Check out a video clip story on Entertainment Tonight at BSLive.org."

August 23, 2003 - Britney Spears was seen in Los Angeles on Wednesday (August 20). She went to Arby's and ordered a Market Fresh ham sandwich for lunch then had a cigarette with a few of her dancers. Check out the pictures here.

August 23, 2003 - A source who knows Jared Leto tells Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com that reports linking the actor/singer to Britney Spears are untrue. "They basically ran into each other at a party," said the insider, referring to their appearance at Dolce's and Ben Affleck's 31st birthday bash. "Jared thinks it’s hilarious that such a big deal has been made of it all."

August 23, 2003 - Free writes "On Access Hollywood, they just said that rumor that Jennifer Lopez is part of the Video Music Awards performance reportedly featuring Britney Spears and Madonna is false, according to J.Lo's rep."

August 23, 2003 - Madonna's 45th birthday party at her Beverly Hills mansion last weekend saw final discussions taking place about the performance the Material Girl would give at the MTV Video Music Awards with Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez. "It was a fun event but there was still time for some business," a source close to Madonna tells the Evening Standard. "Madonna, Jennifer and Britney talked about the performance and how it would work." The three tried to keep the plans secret, but news leaked after rehearsals began earlier this week. Read more.

August 23, 2003 - The new issue of Star magazine focuses on Britney Spears ploy to exact revenge on ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC, who has turned his affection towards Cameron Diaz, by dating Cameron's ex Jared Leto. "Britney was hurt because Justin fell in love so quickly with Cameron and she had no one," said a girlfriend close to the singer. "But her girlfriends told her to stop moping and start flirting-and it's working." Check out scans of the article here.

August 21, 2003 - People Magazine's Alexis Chiu spoke with Britney Spears on the phone after her hot Saturday night in Hollywood with Jared Leto, the ex-boyfriend of Cameron Diaz, who just happens to be the current galpal of Britney's ex, *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. "If these two become the next 'it' couple then we've got a whole crazy, young Hollywood hot four-way love triangle going on," Chiu told Access Hollywood. "I spoke with Britney yesterday and she tells me they're just really good friends. "She laughed when I asked her if this could possibly be a revenge tactic -- to get together with Justin's girlfriend's ex-boyfriend. Britney laughed and said, 'No way.' 'Hell no' is actually what she told me. They were not seen kissing, they were not seen cuddling, they were not hugging. Apparently, they were not even holding hands." Read more.

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August 21, 2003 - The 2003 MTV Video Music Awards added Britney Spears to its lineup, set to air live on August 28 from New York's Radio City Music Hall. Read more.

August 21, 2003 - UBritney.com has a video clip from Extra which profiled Ben Affleck's 31st birthday bash attended by fiance Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears, who left Dolce's with new rumored flame Jared Leto. They also have clips of Britney and J.Lo headed to Madonna's home, as rumors emerge the power trio will perform at this year's Video Music Awards together in a tribute to the Material Girl. Download and watch the clip, which includes comments from Us Weekly's Tim Baker, here.

August 21, 2003 - Volumized.com has more photos of Britney Spears and Jared Leto leaving Dolce's on the way to Ben Affleck's birthday party. Check out the pictures here.

August 21, 2003 - The Sun has photos of Britney Spears out shopping in skimpy hot pants and an orange baseball cap at market stalls in Santa Monica with her mother Lynne. "Britney is seen around the shops here practically every other day," an onlooker remarked. Check out the pictures, including one of Britney scratching her butt, here.

August 21, 2003 - The Chicago Sun-Times reports that once Britney Spears and Jared Leto got to Ben Affleck's 31st birthday party, they didn't stay long -- and Spears and Leto reportedly left together.

August 19, 2003 - The Sun reports Britney Spears is now dating Jared Leto, the ex-boyfriend of Cameron Diaz, perhaps a ploy to avenge her former lover and *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. Spears and Leto were photographed leaving Dolce in Los Angeles before meeting up again at Ben Affleck's 31st birthday bash. "Britney is upset about seeing Justin looking so close to Cameron," a source revealed. "Jared was a shoulder to cry on, and he and Britney have known each other for a long while as friends. However, in recent weeks they have seen each other regularly and are growing closer. She really enjoys Jared’s company but they were wary of the attention they would get considering who their old flames are." Read more.

August 19, 2003 - New details on the Britney Spears linkup with Jared Leto from the New York Daily News. They report that when they spotted each other at Dolce, a source revealed, "They'd never met before." The pair chatted each other up and found they were both headed for Ben Affleck's birthday party, thrown by Jennifer Lopez and their agent, Patrick Whitesell. They decided to drive over together, and arrived arm-in-arm. Spears' spokeswoman downplayed the Leto linkup saying, "She was out for a girls' night out, and one of the friends knew Jared, who was there with friends, and both groups got together and had a good time." Read more.

August 19, 2003 - Wright Entertainment Group's official website no longer shows Britney Spears as a client, leading to speculation that Britney Spears has dumped Johnny Wright as her manager. Check out his current roster, which includes Justin Timberlake and *NSYNC, as well as Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, here.

August 19, 2003 - gymnastdude182 writes "Britneypictures.org has some pictures of Britney Spears arriving at a dance studio in Los Angeles on Friday (August 15). Check them out here."

August 19, 2003 - The New York Post reports Britney Spears abruptly decided not to cooperate with an NBC 'Dateline' appearance for which she was supposed to appear this fall, and has switched to ABC instead. "Britney's manager pulled her cooperation from 'Dateline' when ABC called up and promised her a huge prime-time holiday-season special," a source reports. "ABC pulled out all the stops for Britney. They see it as a war with NBC, and they want to win. ABC promised Britney her own special, plugs on 'Good Morning America' and 'Entertainment Tonight' and nonstop coverage of her new album, 'Britney'." Read more.

August 18, 2003 - kping writes "Malaysia's Star Newspaper had their fashion police review Britney Spears' outfit she wore recently. Check out what they had to say and a photo of the outfit in question here."

August 18, 2003 - Britney Spears was spotted picking out two miniskirts at Plein Sud on Greene St., reports Blink 102.7 celeb-sleuth Gina De Franco.

August 18, 2003 - Britney Spears' fired bodyguard Big Rob is charging that his dismissal is linked to revelations of Spears' drug use, Blender magazine reports. The big guy feels that he's been unfairly blamed for her wilder lifestyle, saying he was Britney's "best friend" and thatshe "loved him." But now he feels "betrayed." A spokeswoman for Spears denied any connection between Big Rob's ouster and Spears' recent drug use revelations.

August 18, 2003 - Gerri Hirshey of the New York Times spoke with Britney Spears in an interview for their Fashion of the Times issue. Spears talked about some of her favorite foods, some of the bad outfits she's worn in the past, and the scrutiny she gets on the several anti-Britney web sites. Spears says, "People around me are like, 'Did you hear what they wrote?' I'm like, 'Yeah.' Honestly, the biggest thing about celebrity is that you call out for judgment. You just put yourself out there. Not everybody's going to like what you wear." Read more.

August 18, 2003 - NYTimes.com has posted new Britney Spears pictures from The New York Times Magazine 60th Anniversary issue, Fashions of the Times. Check them out beginning here.

August 18, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Chuck Klosterman has interviewed Britney Spears for Esquire magazine, and she was brought up in an interview he gave to the Fargo Forum. This is what he had to say, "I didn't think she was going to be smart. I thought she would be more self-aware, and more media savvy, or media sophisticated. What I came to realize is that it's very possible she had never really given an interview before without being surrounded by handlers. She was completely unprepared to answer any questions beyond, 'What makes you so awesome?' I don't know if Britney Spears has the potential to say something interesting." Read more."

August 16, 2003 - The Sun has photos of Britney Spears out in Los Angeles with pals sporting hair extentions and a beanie hat. Check it out here.

August 16, 2003 - The new Us Weekly includes several photos of Britney Spears and a pal in Los Angeles picking up a copy of the September issue of Esquire magazine featuring ex-fling Colin Farrell on the cover, carefully examining what the actor had to say. "She was engrossed," an eyewitness says. "She read while walking, like she wanted to see real fast if he'd mentioned her." But there was no mention of Spears, as Farrell only spoke of his pregnant ex-galpal Kim Bordenave. The witness added, "Nothing about the article bothered her."

August 15, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears appeared on Entertainment Tonight on Thursday and gave them a behind the scenes look at her photoshoot for InStyle magazine. Download the clip at bsdirect.net."

August 15, 2003 - Anonymous writes "StarFanatic.org has 5 pictures of Britney Spears seen shopping in Hollywood with her bodyguard on Wednesday (August 13). Check them out here."

August 15, 2003 - For Britney Spears' playful shoot with InStyle, a small indoor forest was actually built for the singer -- who danced the day away listening to Prince tunes. Spears also talked about what is sexy in a guy, "I don't like it when people take themselves too seriously ... a guy has to be very comfortable in his skin and just be funny. I find that very attractive." Read more.

August 14, 2003 - britney4ever writes "I just saw a preview of Britney Spears' In Style magazine photoshoot on Entertainment Tonight. She's wearing a green bikini top. They were talking about what she finds attractive in a guy. Check it out tomorrow and download the preview at Gobritney.com."

August 14, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Britney Spears was photographed wearing a T-Shirt that says 'Confidental' as she streches out her back leaving a Hollywood recording studio after putting the finishing touches on her latest album. Check out the pictures here."

August 14, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Worldofbritney.com reports that on in Australia's Channel V, they mentioned Britney Spears new album will be most likely hip-hop based with both Timbaland and Missy Elliot's protage Tweet signed on as producers, but the real big news was that they mentioned the title. Now they said it very sure of what they were talking about, and they are a very reliable source so its highly likely that the new album will be called, according to them, 'More Than You Know'."

August 13, 2003 - Ahead of Britney Spears performance to kick off the new NFL season, the singer did a photo shoot for NFL.com. Spears is featured wearing sexy versions of an umpire jersey, and outfits for the Jets and the Redskins. Check out the pictures here.

August 13, 2003 - gymnastdude182 writes "Britney Spears seen getting into her car with 3 camera men snap shooting her every move. Check it out here."

August 13, 2003 - ISIFA.com has several photos of Britney Spears going shopping for clothes with a few of her friends. Check them out here.

August 13, 2003 - Which pop star's father do you think is most prone to violence? Vote for Britney's father Jamie, or not, at Popdirt.

August 11, 2003 - britney4ever writes "You can see the new Britney Spears Video Music Awards 2003 advertisement here. The VMA's air August 28th at 8 PM ET/PT."

August 11, 2003 - Britney Spears was spotted reading the new issue of Esquire magazine with Colin Farrell on the cover, where she started playing around with the paparazzi. See the pictures here.

August 11, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Last week, Britney Spears was seen smoking in Santa Monica, California. Check out pictures of the singer here."

August 11, 2003 - Britney_rocks writes "Well this is my story! Ok, so I was walking in to Starbucks to buy a drink for myself, and I walk in and see this woman has a hat on big ponytail and was ordering some sort of coffee, so automatically I thought, 'That's gotta be britney!' So I walk up to her and she turns around and I bump into her to see who she is! And to my amazement, it's who else but britney! Then I was like, 'Sorry Ba-Ba-Britney', and she was the sweetest thing ever, she's like, 'That's ok hunny!' I was about to cry there. I asked for her autograph because I was like, 'I'm in Los Angeles and someone famous has to be here!', and she was totally nice, and wrote me a little note saying thanks for being such a great fan! I almost started to cry!"

August 11, 2003 - WENN reports Britney Spears is frustrated in her inability to ditch her smoking habit ahead of the launch of her new album. "Britney's tried everything from nicotine patches to acupuncture to try and kick it for good, but it's no use," a pal revealed. "Her mom is always on at her back about it."

August 11, 2003 - Check out an autographed photo of Britney Spears from a boxing workout here.

August 11, 2003 - Despite reports that Britney Spears may play Daisy Duke in a movie version of 'The Dukes of Hazzard', a source close to the singer told Us Weekly, "It's not true - Britney's manager was asked if she'd be interested, but Britney didn't even know anything about it." The single Spears may have changed her tune since then after learning Bo and Luke Duke would be potentially played by Paul Walker and Ashton Kutcher.

August 11, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears has made a commercial for NFL since she will be part of the Kick Off. You can download the commercial at GoBritney.com."

August 11, 2003 - Billy Johnson Jr. of Launch.com recently spoke with Kiley Dean, who is the first R&B singer to be released on Timbaland's Beat Club records. Asked if she thought that getting the gig as a background singer for Britney Spears was her big break, the singer responded, "Yeah--you always have to have the door swing open for you somewhere. Mariah Carey was a background singer, so was Sheryl Crow--there's so many people that started out as background singers. Whitney Houston sang background. Everybody's got to start somewhere, and I knew that I've got to pay my dues. But that wasn't even paying your dues--I don't want to say that. That was an experience. It was exciting, I got to learn, it was neat. I got to learn so much through her, with touring and stuff--it was just great." Read more.

August 9, 2003 - The Enquirer reports that Britney Spears made a 2 a.m. visit to Miami's South Beach club Crobar, apparently on the hunt for Justin Timberlake. The singer rolled down her SUV window outside the club and asked, "Is Justin in there?" After being told he wasn't, Britney slipped in with a bodyguard anyways to make sure. After being unable to find her former *NSYNC honey, she split with a pouty look on her face.

August 9, 2003 - Us Weekly profiled Britney Spears this week wondering why the singer isn't dating as her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake has dated a string of women. They also compare a recent look to Reese Witherspoon's 'Legally Blonde'. Check out the article scans here.

August 9, 2003 - Anonymous writes "I work at a sandwich shop on Broadway and just yesterday Britney Spears dropped by with another blonde girl and an older looking woman with longer dark hair. I waited on them and Britney split a reuben sandwich with the other blonde girl and they both had Diet Cokes. Their table was right next to my cashier station and I overheard Britney talking about Paul Walker. She was going on about how cute he was and how excited she was going to be to work with him. The older looking woman kept saying that Britney should call him and Britney kept taking her cell phone out of her purse and pretending to call him acting like a big goofball saying things like, 'Hi Paul Walker, it's Britney Spears, and you are hot.' It seemed like they were all laughing and having a good time, although I'm not sure what the heck she was talking about because I have not heard any news of her working with Paul Walker [they both reportedly are set to star in the 'Dukes of Hazzard' movie]. Oh yeah, and she is extremely beautiful in person."

August 9, 2003 - gymnastdude182 writes "Britnyzspears.com has HQ magazine scans from the August issue of Bliss featuring Britney Spears on the cover. In this edition, Britney talks about how she took her time for this album and who she worked with. She also says that one of her favorite tracks off the album is 'Touch Of My Hand'. She even says she'd never do like ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC did with 'Cry Me a River'. Check out the pictures here."

August 9, 2003 - britney4ever writes "MTV News reports that Britney Spears is getting closer to announcing a release date for her fourth album, but the NFL may have prematurely announced one for her. The NFL web page promoting the singer's upcoming appearance at a September 4th season kickoff concert in Washington, D.C., noted in three places that Britney's upcoming album would drop November 18th. Those mentions have since been removed, but Britney's official Web site (britney.com), having long gone without an update, has new information on it this week, including a line about the album coming out in November. Spears' label, Jive, has yet to announce or confirm an official release date. Read more."

August 9, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Last weekend, Britney Spears made an appearance at the Teen Choice Awards (aired Wednesday night on Fox). You can download her presenting with The Rock at here."

August 7, 2003 - The Associated Press reports Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears may soon be competing on television in addition to the pop charts. Both are kicking around the idea of launching syndicated talk shows that would begin airing in fall 2004, according to experts in that market. Read more.

August 7, 2003 - Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst opened up to Victoria Newton of The Sun telling her that Britney Spears "broke my heart" and added that *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake "freaked" upon learning of their romance. Fred explained, "I was pretty upset when me and Britney ended. Was my heart broken? Yes. Things were getting out of control and Justin was calling her and freaking out. He had never seen her with another guy before. I have run into him a couple of times since then but nothing was said about Britney." Fred added that "the aftermath was the ridiculous part." Read more, including Fred's denial of a romance with former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and an unsuccessful attempt to woo actress Angelina Jolie here.

August 7, 2003 - WENN reports Colin Farrell has denied romancing Britney Spears - insisting he had no idea he'd cause a "media frenzy" after being pictured with the singer at the premiere of his film 'The Recruit' in January. "I was sitting in a hotel with 25, 30 of my family and friends who came over from Dublin, and she's talking to someone in the corner with her friends," he explained. "I'm going, 'Isn't this dandy? We're all having drinks before the premiere.' We then go to the premiere, the limo door opens, we all get out, and it was a media frenzy... I honestly didn't think that would happen. It's not that I'm dumb. I just don't think sometimes."

August 7, 2003 - Miss Frenchie has mixed *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake's 'Like I Love U' vs Britney Spears' 'Slave 4 U' vs Shakira's 'Whenever, Wherever' vs Liberty X's 'Just A Little Bit' on 'Whenever Justin Is Just A Little Slave'. Download the track at boot106.co.uk.

August 7, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears was seen out and about with her friends and assistant in Los Angeles. You can see pictures of her here."

August 7, 2003 - britney4ever writes "The official Britney Spears website has a new Lynne Spears' message. Here's what she writes, "Britney has done several photo shoots. You can look for her in upcoming Esquire, Cosmo Girl, MTV VMA ads and British GQ. Oh, and I hope you didn't miss her in the Carson Daly Roast! She is in a quest to finish this album and is hard at work in the studio as I write. She says it feels like her natural habitat lately. Britney is so ready to share her new music with everyone!" Read more."

August 7, 2003 - ITV reports Britney Spears and *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake are being lined up to film a new television advertisement for Gap, and would net the couple more than $1.6 million each if they agree. Read more.

August 7, 2003 - The National Enquirer reports that when Britney Spears recently picked up a sandwich at Togo's in Hollywood, she found a hair in it and went ballistic. "She was livid," an eyewitness revealed. "But Britney quickly changed her tune when the manager politely pointed out that the light-colored sandwich hair was strikingly similar to Britney's - an didn't match any of the restaurant's employees." Even though Spears realized it was her own hair in the sandwich, she lost her appetite and threw her half-eaten sandwich in the trash.

August 7, 2003 - Star magazine reports that Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera arrived at a Miami Beach club as best friends, but Spears left an hour later after a long argument with Aguilera, which was reportedly about actor Simon Rex. "The music was too loud to hear them," says an eyewitness. "But it looked pretty serious. There was a lot of finger-pointing and flailing arms. A couple of beefy guys were standing by in case they needed to be separated, but fortunately, Britney left before they came to blows." Read more.

August 5, 2003 - The New York Post reports Britney Spears was spotted showing off her tan in a low-cut, white wrap dress, with two friends and a bodyguard at Underbar at the W in Union Square.

August 5, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears recently modeled for an NFL advertisement, as she's part of their Kickoff. But in the ad also confims Britney Spears album release date (November 18), which you can see here."

August 5, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears will reveal two new songs when she comes in this year's football season NFL Kickoff Live' along with Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin and other performers. Britney will perform a mini concert for the NFL Kickoff Weekend in Washington, D.C. She's expected to sing three to four songs, including at least two new ones, her spokesperson said. Aretha Franklin will sing the national anthem. Read more."

August 5, 2003 - Britney Spears, JC Chasez of *NSYNC, Jessica Simpson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jessica Alba, Alyssa Milano, and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos were amongst the celebs on hand for the 2003 Teen Choice Awards on Saturday (August 2) at Universal Amphitheater in Universal City, California. Check out pictures here.

August 4, 2003 - Us Weekly reports that Britney Spears was recently enjoying a relatively mellow night out, smoking cigarettes and dancing with her girlfriends at the Los Angeles nightclub A.D. But around 1 A.M., Spears, 21,was told by her new bodyguard to call it a night. A witness revealed the singer responded, "I dont want to go." The replacement for Big Rob responded with a firm, "We're going". Then, without putting up a fight, Spears and her girlfriends quietly walked out of the club. With the early night, Spears was up bright and early to work out before hitting the recording studio.

August 4, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Tweet-news.com has reportedly said that R&B singer Tweet and producer Timbaland have worked with Britney Spears on one of the songs on her new album. The song is reportedly titled 'More Then You Know'." 

August 3, 2003 - Star magazine has more details on Britney Spears' secret visit to Show nightclub in New York where she previewed two tracks from her upcoming album. Show's publicist Kelly Cutrone said, "The crowd just loved it! People started screaming, 'It's Britney!' The dance floor was really packed. People were dancing very hard to the new stuff."

August 3, 2003 - britney4ever writes "Worldofbritney.com reports that Britney Spears made an appearance at BMG's three-day extravaganza Wednesday night in New York. Britney looked stunning in a white dress when she appeared before Jive Records' label executives to receive a plaque commemorating 50 million in worldwide album sales from Jive President Barry Weiss, who also debuted five tracks from Spears’ forthcoming CD due this fall. You can see the picture here."

August 3, 2003 - Friday Morning Quarterback has news from the BMG party where Britney Spears' new album was previewed. They write, "The stellar production featured Britney's 'sexy and sassy' vocals entrenched in beats that put the boom back in the box! Don't be surprised to hear a surprise guest on the CD's first single." *NSYNC star JC Chasez was also there, and performed four songs that "literally blew the roof off the room." Read more.

August 3, 2003 - britney4ever writes "MTV News reports that Britney Spears has switched choreographers for her upcoming fall tour. Jennifer Lopez's ex Cris Judd is now out, while Jamie King ('Dance Fever') will be keeping the pop singer in step. Auditions were held Friday in Los Angeles for dancers to join her on tour. Read more."

August 3, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "You can see more scans of Britney Spears from the September issue of the UK version of Elle magazine here."

August 3, 2003 - Anonymous writes "According to the Hollywood Reporter, Britney Spears is interested in playing the part of Daisy Duke in the 'Dukes Of Hazzard ' film, which is expected to start filming sometime soon. Ashton Kutcher and Paul Walker are also expected to play the roles of Luke and Bo Duke. Read more."

August 3, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Britney Spears is on the cover of the September issue of Elle magazine. In the magazine, she talks about ex boyfriend Justin Timberlake of *NSYNC, biting her nails, and smoking. Read the article here."

August 1, 2003 - www-dirrty-rocks-it writes "Alright, we all know that they both posed topless, they both looked amazing, I do admit, coming from a Christina Aguilera fan's point of view that Britney Spears looks gorgeous. But why all the disses to Christina? They are both just trying to make a comback to the media, or in Christina's words, the photoshoot that really represents HER." Read more.

August 1, 2003 - hotstuff writes "I know that this is just adding fuel to the fire but its something that I have to voice my opinion on and that is the never-ending debate of: Britney Spears vs. Christina Aguilera. Both are extremely talented and they show that talent in their own ways. Xtina is the prefered singer and Brit is the one people prefer to see when going to a show because she's an excellent performer." Read more.

August 1, 2003 - Sources at Britney Spears' record label, Jive, confirmed to the Daily Mail that the singer herself was the driving force behind her new look, on display in the new issue of Elle magazine. "Britney's very determined to take control of her image," said one insider. "She's not a little girl any more. She's discovered her sexuality and the pleasure of being naughty. The Britney we'll see when the album is released in October will be a very different Britney. We don't expect parents will necessarily approve. But we're hoping to broaden her appeal to grown-ups." Read more.

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