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November 30, 2000 - Access Hollywood previewed Britney's special on Fox tonight. Be sure to tune in.

November 29, 2000 - We're getting several reports from the message boards of Britney Spears being on hand for *NSYNC's concerts in Los Angeles. Trying2GetIt in the message boards reports that Britney was visible in the VIP section during This I Promise You, saying, "Well,when they came over to the VIP section she was in Justin totally started showing off for her! It was so adorable.  He started doing the running man and the cabbage patch and all thos old dances trying to make her laugh and she did and they were both doubling over. Then he smiled and started singing to her for real. It was sweet."

November 27, 2000 - Entertainment Weekly's Hot Sheet lists at number 14: "Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake. Word is they're house hunting together in Florida. Yes, they're nearing retirement age."

November 27, 2000 - Britney Spears special on FOX "There's No Place Like Home" will be broadcast 8-9PM and set from her native Louisiana.

November 27, 2000 - Spin lists Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did it Again as the #13 Single of the Year saying, "Shake ya azz - watch yo'self! Shake ya azz - show me what you workin' with!" Huh?

November 25, 2000 - Jay Leno was joking on the Tonight show what he's thankful for, saying he's thankful for all the stuffing on television and showed a picture of Britney Spears and Pamela Anderson in the background.

November 25, 2000 - Britney Spears is featured in a pair of autographed picture auctions on ebay. The first shows Brit in a tight top, item #507148035, is unbid at $21.99 and ends November 25th. The other, item #502919858, is bid at $25.45 and ends November 28th.

November 25, 2000 - Liveonrelease's provocatively titled "I'm Afraid Of Britney Spears" will be featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming 20th Century Fox comedy film Dude, Where's My Car?

November 25, 2000 - Britney Spears was featured commenting on songs in the MTV 100 Greatest Pop Songs special being run on MTV.

November 23, 2000 - Worldpop reports Britney Spears will be the first celebrity guest on Johnny Vaughan's new talk show when it debuts in the New Year. Vaughan is currently the host of The Big Breakfast until year's end.

November 21, 2000 - The New York Daily News' Mitchell Fink reported that Justin and Britney were spotted in Miami house hunting, though not necessarily for a home together.

November 12, 2000 Rav Singh reports that Britney Spears has admitted to him that she's been receiving B12 vitamin booster injections explaining, "I just have them to give me that little extra push."

November 19, 2000 - Britney Spears' mom updated her diary on the 9th, talking about delays in building the new house and how she's tired of their existing home. Lynne also mentions how happy Britney is to be recognized by Madonna at her concert in New York. Check out the full report at BritneySpears.com.

November 19, 2000 - iToymaker.com has unveiled Britney Spears' 3D animated alter ego on jumbo screens at her sold-out London concert last Thursday. She'll use the 3D Britney on the rest of her tour and on her official site.

November 18, 2000 - Helena went to the *NSYNC Toronto show Thursday night and gave a recap and posted some pictures from the show. From the looks of it, the Britney tattoo rumor is false.

November 17, 2000 - A poll on MTVasia.com asking if Britney Spears should marry Justin Timberlake resulted in 72% of the people saying no, with 16,039 total votes cast.

November 17, 2000 - Dees Sleaze reports that Britney Spears is warning all teenage girls planning on getting their belly button's pierced not to because that two seconds it takes to get the piercing is the most excrutiating experience you'll get in your life. They also report Britney had her right nipple pierced.

November 16, 2000 - Jay Leno joked Wednesday about how Britney Spears mom told reporters she liked her VMA strip tease, saying "Well at least she'll have something to fall back on."

November 16, 2000 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca reveals that Justin Timberlake is upset over a column he ran a few weeks ago leaking that Justin's been on the prowl for women when Britney isn't around. Spies tell Ted that Justin sent out angry emails to friends for leaking the story.

November 15, 2000 - TV Guide reports that Britney Spears has pulled out of her guest spot on Buffy that was planned. Co-executive producer Marti Noxon told TV Guide, "We're still going to do the episode, we're just going to do it with someone else."

November 15, 2000 - Entertaindom.com reports Britney Spears plays The Vegetable Game with her dancers to cope with stress. Spears reveals the rules, "You can't show your teeth and you have to say 'tomato, tomato, tomato,' or 'asparagus, asparagus, asparagus,' to a beat. You can't help but laugh. We just goof off and have so much fun"

November 14, 2000 - Britney Spears has been nominated for Best Female Artist and Best Album (Oops!... I Did it Again) in the 2001 American Music Award which will be seen January 8th on ABC.

November 14, 2000 - The Enquirer is coming in with additional details on Britney's "drunken binge" in Germany. A witness reveals, "She was smoking Marlboros - and she even took a few sips from the Jim Beam and Cokes her bodyguards were drinking. At one point she was dancing wildly on the bar and gyrating to rap tunes played by the club DJ. She got a round of applause for that."

November 14, 2000 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca responding to what was Madonna's intentions in wearing a Britney shirt at her concert, "She's been quite vocal about how much her daughter adores Britney. Ain't it grand?"

November 14, 2000 - MMC castmate Kerri Russell is commenting on her fellow castmates to EW Online saying, "I love going to the newsstand and seeing someone I knew when they were 12 on the cover of Rolling Stone. It cracks me up. JC is mostly my age, but Britney, Christina, and Justin were in a younger age group, so I'm more protective of them. When I hear that someone's written something negative about any of them wearing skimpy outfits, I get upset. They're 18, give em a break!"

November 11, 2000 - Mitchell Fink of the New York Daily News reports Friday 1that Justin Timberlake was overheard in the greenroom of The Rosie O'Donnell Show bragging about plans to buy pearls for "my girl", as he described Britney. He further explained the pearls were "part of a whole package."

November 11, 2000 - When *NSYNC was on Regis yesterday, he questioned Justin about the Mitchell Fink article Friday Justin replied, "I'm not saying anything!  What if she's watching?"

November 11, 2000 - EW.com reports that Britney has responded to what Madonna's rep termed "lighthearted tribute" to Spears at her concert in New York. Spears said, "She's my idol. For her to dedicate -- [even] ironically -- my favorite song on the album is incredibly flattering and sweet."

November 10, 2000 - *NSYNC's Joey called into the Howard Stern Show on Wednesday. Howard asked Joey if he's ever seen Justin and Britney messing around, and Joey said he's never even seen them kiss and he doesn't know much about their relationship. Howard also questioned whether Britney was really a virgin especially if she had her nipples pierced. Howard later asked, "Can't he just get her high and bang her?" and asked to speak to Justin, but he was away on a photo shoot while Joey called in.

November 10, 2000 - This week's Star has a column entitled Beastly Britney talking about how she's gone from a Disney shopping angel to a brat. Besides pictures of her flipping off photographers and sticking her tongue out, they included this photo of a shirt she wears that is censored, but presumably says "f*** you".

November 10, 2000 - TRL had an election vote Wednesday and the winner for best moves was Britney Spears, followed by Ricky Martin and Justin Timberlake.

November 10, 2000 - The Sun reports that Britney has now asked Prince William's younger brother Prince Harry to a party at London's Planet Hollywood next week to mark the end of her European tour, and Buckingham Palace has said Harry would love to go if he can get out of his school night curfew obligations.

November 10, 2000 - Entertaindom.com is asking people what is their favorite Britney rumor. So far, an overwealming 62.3% said the one that she has breast implants is, with the other 4 options taking the rest of the vote.

November 10, 2000 - Liz Smith is reporting that Madonna wore Britney t-shirts not to make fun of her, but out of maternal concern, since she's aware of how it is to be the object of obsessive press attention. The song she dedicated to Brit was "What It Feels Like for a Girl".

November 10, 2000 - music365.com reports that Britney Spears is a favorite to play in The Lost Girls, a belated sequel to the 1988 movie The Lost Boys, which will be directed by Joel Schumacher.

November 10, 2000 - The Chicago Sun Times reports that Britney Spears was originally up to play Adam Sandler's angel mother in Little Nicky, who is the spawn of Satan in the flick. But after further debate, the role went to Reese Witherspoon, though it's unknown whether Spears schedule could have accommodated the role anyways.

November 10, 2000 - Britney Spears is pictured with MTV's Ananda Lewis in December's Spin.

November 9, 2000 - The #1 question asked in Spin's 20 Questions this month, "Didn't Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera look like dancers for the teen version of Showgirls at this year's MTV Video Music Awards?"

November 9, 2000 - TVguide.com reports that Britney Spears is now working on a second book, this time a fictional book that again will be co-written with her mother Lynne.

November 8, 2000 - Today on the Rosie O'Donnell show Justin was asked "Are you dating Britney Spears?" and Justin paused and then said "Yeah." 

November 8, 2000 - During a free show at the Roseland Ballroom in New York, Madonna sported two different Britney shirts though she seemed to be taking a shot at the singer when Madonna dedicated a song to Britney that included the verse, "Strong inside but you don't know it/Good little girls they never show it/When you open up your mouth to speak/Could you be a little weak." She sang most of the song on her knees.

November 8, 2000 - Britney Spears is pictured here cupping her breast during her concert in Holland last Saturday... So the Germany show on the RMAs must've been from days before.

November 8, 2000 - The weeks old story of Britney getting her nipples pierced has resurfaced in a story in the New York Post Monday, who again report she did it when in Hawaii during April.

November 8, 2000 - We now have conflicting stories as to whether Britney was drinking at Leipzig on Halloween, as the Lond Express reports, Britney "acquainted herself with a number of cocktails including White Russians (a mix of vodka, coffee liqueur and cream), Pina Coladas (rum, coconut cream and pineapple juice) and Soul Kisses (orange juice, Dubonnet, vermouth and whisky)." What’s more, "some claimed to have seen her take a few slugs of the Jim Beam-and-Coke she bought for assorted bodyguards and roadies who accompanied her into the club. She was also said to have indulged in white wine and a bottle of Sekt (German champagne)." But the London Daily Mirror reports, Britney "kept her squeaky clean image intact" by not drinking, "and while her entourage may have spent a fortune on exotic cocktails, Britney kept her head and got high on life."

November 8, 2000 - In an Abstracts.net poll asking if you think Justin wants Britney to shut her mouth about their relationship, 74.1% of you said yes, while only 25.9% said no, with 3008 total votes.

November 8, 2000 - Somewhat unimportant now that Justin's already admitted it, but this weekend's Parade magazine in the Sunday newspaper adressed the Justin Britney romance, with the columnist telling a questioning reader that rumors the two are engaged aren't true, but she did say the two were dating.

November 6, 2000 - Britney Spears was on the Radio Music Awards last night via satellite from Hanover, Germany. Those watching who had thought she'd had breast implants may have been surprised by the lack of cleavage in her outfit, further proving that in fact there is cleaver stuffing going on to achieve her busty look. They showed a video clip from her song Stronger performed in Hanover.

November 6, 2000 - More news on Britney's Halloween party in Germany, as Entertaindom.com reports Spears was seen dancing on top of the bar, smoking cigarettes, and drinking vodka during her party that reportedly cost $12,000. After leaving, Britney was seen still holding a cocktail glass and left her coat in the bar.

November 6, 2000 - Check out Entertaindom.com for a series of Britney Video clips, including questions during her press conference in Germany.

November 5, 2000 - Britney Spears will perform at Z100's seventh annual Jingle Ball 2000 to be held December 14th at Madison Square Garden in New York. A portion of the proceeds from the event will go to the Ronald McDonald House and PAX charities.

November 5, 2000 - A rock band called the Sunbabies are on MP3 with a song called A Love Song For Britney admitting to saying, "You know that stalker who got arrested outside your house, that was me." No word if the song and other Britney Spears songs were done strictly for publicity.

November 5, 2000 - Britney Spears is featured in an autographed photo being auctioned on ebay. The picture, item #484944532, is bid at $20 and ends November 6th.

November 4, 2000 - Details on Britney's night of drinking and smoking at Leipzig in Germany on Halloween can be found here.

November 3, 2000 - An interesting Britney Spears page that Scientists at the University Of Essex in England apparently developed can be check out here, as she helps explain mathematical formulas.

November 3, 2000 - This LL Cool J gossip where Britney and the rapper are told to have done a duet allegedly titled That's My Ass, was due for release on the rappers album G.O.A.T. only to have it pulled because of Britney's people worrying about the sexual nature of the lyrics was originated on 101Britney.com we're hearing. Sorry, like their Rick Roberts story, I don't buy it.

November 2, 2000 - Britney Spears will host the American Music Awards January 8th in Los Angeles. Nominations will be announced November 13th. It's unknown whether Britney will be performing as well.

November 2, 2000 - Again from the message boards... "This morning on the Craig & Co radio show (B102.7 in Baltimore, MD) the Hollywood correspondent, Mike Evans, said Travolta and Newton-John would be doing Grease 3 (maybe not titled that) and they would play a married couple with 3 kids--2 of the *NSYNC guys and Britney Spears would play the kids."

November 2, 2000 - The premier of Britney Spears Making the Video for Stronger which was delayed and caused some angry reactions from execs at MTV will be airing now November 3rd, this Friday... We hope!

November 2, 2000 - A message board poster today says she saw on a Britney message board that she'll be on another Fox Special entitled There's There's No Place Like Home, which is set to air November 30th at 8PM.

November 2, 2000 - Katey Couric is taking shots at Britney Spears in this week's Star magazine. The mother of two said, "She's too provocative and sexual for her age. She's not what I'd like my daughters to be."

November 1, 2000 - Britney Spears took home "Best Female Artist" award at the TV Hit Awards 2000 at the Wembley Arena in London.

November 1, 2000 - The New York Daily News has a feature article outlining how MMC spawned a series of stars with quotes from Britney and Christina, check it out here.

November 1, 2000 - Dees Sleaze reports Britney Spears has said she wants to play an evil character in a movie roll and she's asking for $1 million to act in a role.

November 1, 2000 - Here's the latest celebrity doll that features Britney Spears, dressed as many women on our message boards prefer she'd look onstage.

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