For Britney Spears' father Jamie, his one wish for his little girl's big day is that she will be married a free woman. Mr Spears has been the conservator of his daughter's affairs for almost four years after the singer's life spiralled out of control in 2007.

But that could all change very soon if Jamie gets his wish and is able to convince a judge to halt the conservatorship before Britney's upcoming nuptials to fiance Jason Trawick. A judge handed control of Britney's mass fortune, as well as all other aspects of her life, over to her father after her very public meltdown.

At the height of her problems Britney lost custody of her two children, Sean Preston, now six and Jayden James, now five, shaved her head and had to be forcibly strapped to a hospital stretcher after refusing to hand over her children to their father Kevin Federline.

But Britney has managed to put all the drama behind her and is back on top in all aspects of her life- motherhood, love and career. Because of Britney's incredible improvement and the stable nature of her relationship with Trawick, her father is hoping a judge will accept his request.

A source tells the Sunday Express: 'Jamie wants to go to court in early February so Britney will be a free woman in every sense when she marries.'According to the source Jamie is hoping the conservatorship will be dropped in time for her nuptials, which are reportedly due to take place on Valentine's Day on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Here is hoping Jamie is successful!

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Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline has been rushed to hospital after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a reality show. The former dancer was doing a series of training drills with new AFL team Greater Western Sydney as part of Channel 9's reality show 'Excess Baggage' when he was struck down with chest pains.

Paramedics at the scene suspect that Federline suffered a minor cardiac arrest. He has been taken to Blacktown hospital where he is undergoing a series of blood tests, the Herald Sun reported. Federline, 33, was expected to remain at the hospital overnight.

It is not clear whether he will be able to return to the show. In recent times he has been nicknamed "K-Fat" because of his weight gain. Federline said he decided to become a contestant on 'Excess Baggage' "to become fit, healthy and buff once more".

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Pop star Britney Spears' sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, will be the ringbearers when she marries third husband Jason Trawick this summer. The 30-year-old Toxic singer will tie the knot with her former agent later this year and she wants Sean Preston, six, and five-year-old Jayden James, her boys from her marriage to second husband Kevin Federline, to play a big role.

"It's going to be a very intimate wedding with only immediate family and very, very close friends. It will probably be a destination wedding in a very warm, tropical location. There is absolutely no drama with the planning of the wedding and Britney will probably wear an off-white dress that will show off her killer bod," a source said.

"Britney's sons are absolutely going to be a part of the ceremony as ringbearers, and Jason has something very special planned for the boys that will take place during the wedding."However, Spears won't be marrying Trawick until she has settled several lawsuits against her as she wants to start married life with a clean slate.

"Britney doesn't want to get married until all legal matters have been dealt with. She wants to begin her life with Jason on a fresh clean slate," the source added. Besides Federline, Speard also had her first marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander annulled after just 55 hours in January 2004.

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Since premiering at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, this tongue-in-cheek homage to a dubious pop princess has already enjoyed several successful seasons in various cities.

It does not really matter how accurate the facts are or that the 'real' Britney's bizarre antics and troubles have created a multitude of jokes. Britney Spears The Cabaret seeks to play with, tease, even illuminate both the performer and the person.

The creative duo of Dean Bryant & Mathew Frank have managed to create a fascinating, often hilarious and at times touching biography of a life lived thus far. A life that is given more dignity and class than reality suggests.

Dean Bryant's writing and direction is the driving force that manages to capture the innocence of a child sent out to work and a confused adolescent struggling to graduate to adulthood. This works for most of the 70 minutes' running time. Unfortunately the last few scenes tend to be too dark. The tone here needs to be lifted somewhat to deliver a lighter ending.

Mathew Frank has done a superb job at re-arranging the icon's music catalogue into something quite interesting and even classy. Songs take on new meanings and become the perfect backdrop to the monologues. What was once over-produced tracks, is now given a slicker cabaret-style charm with just Frank on piano.  

But of course, the star of the show is the stunning Christie Whelan. Over the last few years, this very talented performer has cemented herself as a true musical theatre leading lady. Here she shines, not only in the persona of Britney, but in her delivery of both monologues and lyrics. Whelan knows how to be very funny, but can quickly turn the card and evoke not only sympathy but even admiration for her Britney. We dont see a victim. We discover a survivor.

Britney Spears The Cabaret is a simply staged production, but one that will keep finding a captive audience. The talented trio of Bryant, Frank & Whelan have created a show which may even surprise Ms Spears herself.  

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Britney Spears has been called a multitude of things - Among them, the queen of pop and a performance artist. She showcased the polished side of her many personalities in front of a sold out crowd at the Hp Pavilion in San Jose. Her show contained a massive stage, two solid opening acts and a barrage of visual effects. It was just what her fans were expecting and they made their approval evident with ear splitting screams.

Rapper extraordinaire Nikki Minaj kicked the night off. Minaj is slowly proving that she can be comfortable in any situation. The female Weezy flew through a 45 minute set which showed off her singing, rhyming and even her acting skills. It is an arena tour after all, so Nikki was sure to include a storyline which revolved around one of her alternate personalities named Roman. Although it really didn't work, the music made up for it.

Minaj has a good balance of straight up rap and pop hits that are featured on Kids Bop albums. Fans of one side of Minaj aren't necessarily fans of the opposite side. Somehow, she was able to bring her songbook and personalities together for a live set that was entertaining.

The countdown started 30 minutes before Spears emerged on stage. Another feat Britney has accomplished: she can create a frenzy without even entering a building. Finally the clock expired and Britney appeared center stage in one of dozens of costumes to be worn throughout the night. Spears wasn’t alone on that stage. She had a crew of dancers following every move she made. Other Spears employees were dancing on separate tiers of the massive set up and catwalk while Britney launched into one of her dozens of hit songs.

The fact that Spears has kept herself relevant enough to continue to sell out arena tours is a startling feat. Say what you will about the songstress but one thing is for sure. She knows how to move tickets. She also knows how to put on a show. Two years ago she had a string of sold out gigs in the Bay Area that featured a circus theme. This year was a little different. But the atmosphere still had a circus feel. Whether that was accidental or not it merely added to the spectacle.

Face value of each ticket was also startling. For a premium seat fans were expected to shell out upwards of 300 dollars. Which they happily did. Scalpers were having a field day in the parking lots surrounding the venue as tickets quickly became a hot commodity. This is expected every time Britney comes into town and she makes sure to give everyone their money's worth.

Sure, at times Spears seemed a bit robotic. Like her head wasn't in the game. After doing this for so long the allure of a cavernous stadium full of screaming people may have worn off. But when Spears lifted up from below the stage straddling a giant guitar and ended up thirty feet above her admiring fans, it was a pure Britney moment. One of many highlights. The music may be annoying to some, dance club fodder that will soon be forgotten. But for millions of people the spectacle and grandiosity of a Spears concert is worth the price of admission. And Britney never lets her fans down.

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Former minder Fernando Flores, 31, says he is ready to lift the lid on threesomes, orgies and lesbian snogs during the Toxic singer's wild tours. He claims he has lined up a million-dollar deal with a major publisher for the book, whose release is set to coincide with Britney's third marriage to Jason Trawick, 40.

Ex-cop Flores told a pal: "Britney has a huge sexual appetite and, from what she told me, her tours were an anything-goes environment. "I heard stories of threesomes, orgies, girls making out — things that would make your hair stand on end.

"She had a lot of young, attractive dancers around her on tour, and things would get crazy. There was drinking, drugs, steamy sessions in hot tubs, all sorts of things."Flores, of Orange County, California, told his pal how mum-of-two Britney once boasted of a steamy session with a gaggle of girls.

He said: "I was in her bathroom and saw this picture of her in a tub with some girls. It was very sexual. She told me, 'That was on tour and s*** got crazy'. "I asked what she meant and she said they all got it on. Her and the girls."

Flores worked for Britney, 30, in 2010. He tried to sue her for sexual harassment, claiming she repeatedly stripped in front of him and tried to bed him. Flores launched his sexual harassment lawsuit in 2010 and is due to be heard in court this year. Britney's team have pledged to fight his claims and last night her spokesman hit back and denied the latest allegations.

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Britney Spears posted this now very popular video of her son, caught dancing along to a video game.

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In the upcoming issue of V Magazine, Britney Spears discusses her management team, calling them "her second family," and poses for photos with them. Well, the second part of that is up for debate. The images have attracted considerable scrutiny, with some remarking on how quickly Spears seems to have slimmed down for this particular shoot.

"She has clearly been working out regularly in an effort to achieve such a healthy, lean look," the Daily Mail (UK) notes judiciously. Fans were less PC. "Photoshopped a dillion! That's her head on someone else's body," remarked one fan site. "Even Ray Charles can see the terrible 'Cut and Paste' job."Weight-wise, it's not like Britney has been letting herself go lately. In fact, she's thinner at the end of her recent tour than she has been in months. The lighting is off and her body seems to glow almost unnaturally. Are they posing with a Britney cardboard cutout? Or is that really Brit's face on someone else's body?

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It's among the most famous kisses in TV history. At the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards, pop icons Madonna and Britney Spears shared a lip lock on screen. During an interview on ABC's "Nightline" on Thursday (Jan. 12), the Material Girl fondly revisits the moment.

Madonna says of the smooch with Britney, "Nice moment, good kisser, cool." But when asked whether she'd do it again, the 53-year-old says, "No, I already did it. I don't like to repeat myself."

Perhaps this last comment about not repeating herself shouldn't be much of a surprise from a woman who seemingly reinvented her image every year during her heyday. That said, she didn't comment about a follow up kiss with Christina Aguilera.

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Last month Britney Spears announced her plans to tie the knot to Jason Trawick, her former agent, in a sporadically capitalised, exclamation mark-heavy tweet. “OMG,” the pop star wrote. “Last night Jason surprised me with the one gift I’ve been waiting for. Can’t wait to show you! SO SO SO excited!!!” Social media cynics’ confirmation came a few days later when Spears flashed an engagement rock at Trawick’s 40th birthday bash. By then there was mounting speculation as to what the bride-to-be would wear on the big day; Spears may not be the most stylish celebrity on the planet, but her sartorial choices (double denim, red PVC and midriff tops) are, at the very least, memorable.

Of course, this won’t be Spears’ only wedding to date. The first cab off the rank — which can best be summed up as “shotgun nuptials in Las Vegas” — saw Spears walk down the aisle in ripped jeans and a trucker cap; she was wife to childhood friend Jason Alexander for all of 55 hours. Spears made a second attempt at matrimonial bliss in 2004. She wore a strapless gown by Monique L'Huillier and a tiara, but it was an occasion marked by the groom — perennially undershirt-clad dancer Kevin Federline — giving attendants white tracksuits with the word "Pimp" written on the back, and revellers chowing down chicken wings. The newlyweds shared home videos of their courtship on a reality show, Britney & Kevin: Chaotic, and, for a while, things seemed ok. But, eventually, the relationship turned sour. Enter: Britney’s head shaving / crotch shot phase, and K-Fed getting fat enough to be a contestant on weight-loss series Excess Baggage.
 
So, what can we expect for wedding instalment number three? We might very well see more chicken wings; according to a source with Perez, Spears wants “a traditional Southern-style wedding with comfort food, surrounded by her family, her two sons and all of her childhood friends.” As for the frock, the Belfast Telegraph is reporting that Spears is “thinking about asking one of her favourite designers, someone like Betsey Johnson or her friend Jeremy Scott. If it’s Jeremy, it’ll be more futuristic. If she picks Betsey, it’ll still be edgy but more traditional, with a lot of layering.”


 

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