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Wednesday
July 24, 2002
Crossroads" Released
On DVD Today July 23rd!
If you already
haven't gone out to your local video store or pre-ordered Britney's 1st
feature length movie "Crossroads", what are you waiting for? "Crossroads"
was released today in a Special Collector's Edition DVD. Unfortuently,
it has not been released in VHS format for home use, but the DVD dose include
Bonus Content with On-Camera Welcome from Britney Spears, Commentary With
Director Tamra Davis, Producer Ann Carli and Writer Shondra Rhimes, "Making
of Crossroads," "First in Line: Inside the Crossroads Premiere," 7 Deleted
Scenes with Introductions by Director Tamra Davis, "Break Through Britney"
and much much more! This DVD is a must have for any Britney Fan!
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Britney On The List
Of The Top Selling Tours For The First Half Of 2002
According to USA Today,
Britney has come in as the 8th best selling tour for the first half of
2002. Here is what the top 15 where:
1. Paul McCartney -
$52.8 mill. - 407,127 tickets - 27 shows.
2. Elton John/Billy
Joel - $44.4 mill. - 408,395 tickets - 23 shows.
3. Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young - $34.9 mill. - 435,176 tickets - 40 shows.
4. 'N Sync - $33.2
mill. - 519,160 tickets - 36 shows.
5. Dave Matthews Band
- $24 mill. - 572,392 tickets - 33 shows.
6. The Eagles - $20.6
mill. - 226,551 tickets - 18 shows.
7. Green Day/Blink-182
- $19.7 mill. - 622,950 tickets - 45 shows.
8. Britney Spears
- $18.9 mill. - 323,234 tickets - 23 shows.
9. Jimmy Buffett -
$17 mill. - 351,878 tickets - 18 shows.
10. Barry Manilow
- $14.7 mill. - 242,201 tickets - 65 shows.
11. Neil Diamond -
$14.2 mill. - 233,591 tickets - 20 shows.
12. Kenny Chesney
- $13.9 mill. - 510,084 tickets - 60 shows.
13. Alan Jackson -
$12.7 mill. - 357,715 tickets - 44 shows.
14. Robin Williams
- $12.4 mill. - 145,691 tickets - 39 shows.
15. Brooks & Dunn
- $11.8 mill. - 345,736 tickets - 38 shows.
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Britney On The Lycos
Top 50: Week 153
Britney went down
one spot to #4 this week on the Lycos 50 for the week ending 07/20/02.
She has been on the list for 153 weeks.
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Britney Is Nominated
For 3 MTV VMA's This Year!
Britney Spears is
nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards this year for her video “I’m A Slave
4 U” (“I’m Not a Girl Not Yet a Woman” was surprisingly not nominated).
She is nominated for:
Best Female Video:
Britney Spears-
“I’m A Slave 4 U”
Pink- “Get the Party
Started”
Shakira- “Whenever,
Wherever”
Ashanti- “Foolish”
Michelle Branch- “All
You Wanted”
Best Dance Video:
Kylie Minogue- “Can’t
Get You Out of My Head”
Britney Spears-
“I’m A Slave 4 U”
Dirty Vegas- “Days
Go By”
Pink- “Get This Party
Started”
Shakira- “Whenever,
Wherever”
Best Choreography
in a Video:
Britney Spears-
“I’m A Slave 4 U”
Kylie Minogue- “Can’t
Get You Out of My Head”
Usher- “You Don’t
Have to Call”
Mary J. Blige- “Family
Affair”
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I'm Sexy Pop Star's
New Brit Of Stuff
BOYBAND singer Marc
Terenzi gets my vote as the luckiest b*****d in pop after announcing that
he is Britney's new man.
After splitting from
N-Sync star Justin Timberlake, Spears has dried her tears and is back in
business with Marc, a member of new boyband outfit Natural.
Marc, 21, blurted out
pop's biggest secret to me in an exclusive interview this week.
He said: "I'm dating
Britney. We've known each other for about five years but I've only been
seeing her for about two months."
They met before Britney
was famous at her manager's home in Orlando.
"She's always great
company and we bonded together as friends," said Marc.
"We are always there
for each other. When she split from Justin we became very close and started
to see each other in a different light.
"She's been through
a lot with Justin and has come out the other side much stronger. Britney's
a great person, she's caring and sexy."
Marc and the band—Ben
Bledsoe, J Horn, Michael Johnson, and Patrick King Jr—have already scored
a top ten smash in the US charts with debut single Put Your Arms Around
Me, to be released here in two weeks.
They're now on a two-month
promotional tour of Europe—which means the romance with Britney will be
on a slow burn.
"It's hard at the moment
because we're on opposite sides of the world. But we keep in contact by
phone or e-mail. I won't see her for a couple of months but after that
we'll try to find some time. We're taking things as they come. Who knows
what the future holds?"
Don't like to mention
this, mate, but Justin and Britney split because ...work kept them apart.
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Brit's A Bit Like
Enrique
BRITNEY SPEARS’ latest
song about her split with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE is set to get her into more
trouble – with ENRIQUE IGLESIAS.
Britney has been singing
the ballad, My Love Was Always There, on her American tour and telling
fans it is a special track taken from her forthcoming album.
It has been heavily
hinted that the song is dedicated to ex-love Justin. It contains moving
lyrics about a lost love.
She sings: “If I had
just one wish, I’d go back to the moment we kissed, but no matter how hard
I tried, I can’t get you outta my mind.”
But Enrique’s management
are investigating claims it is a blatant copy of a song he has written
called Maybe.
His song includes the
lyrics: “If I had one single wish, I’d go back to the moment I kissed.
No matter how I try, I can’t live without you in my life.”
A source at Enrique’s
label Interscope says: “Enrique heard the track and recognised it straight
away.
“The lyrics are almost
exactly the same and the piano melody is identical. It’s a joke.
“He’s not really angry,
just puzzled as to how someone so big could go about copying him so blatantly.
It’s almost flattering in a way.
“We are looking into
the matter.”
The Enrique track,
which the heart-throb co-wrote, is included on his multi-million selling
album Escape.
His fans have flooded
websites dedicated to the singer with complaints about the new Britney
song.
I have heard both tracks
and can confirm Britney’s weepy number is almost identical to Enrique’s.
Britney’s as-yet-unnamed
fourth album is due for release later this year.
Meanwhile, Britney
has her hands full with another matter — babysitting her little sister
Jamie Lynn.
She is helping out
while her mum Lynne cares for her own sister, Sandra, who is battling cancer.
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Lynne's Corner Update:
"The End of Dream Within a Dream"
Britney's tour is
coming to a close soon. I'm sure there will be lots of bittersweet tears
shed at the last concert date. Everyone on tour is like family. Many of
the same people have been with Britney since the beginning. Not that there
will be no more tours - just not anytime soon!
It's definitely time
for a hiatus. Brit already has her "down time" plans in motion. She has
a new Manhattan apartment to decorate and she's in the process of writing
her new music. There are also several more scripts she's reading. Brit
still hasn't visited the Florida condominium.
I've also asked for
her help with caring for Jamie Lynn in my absence while I am caring for
Britney's Aunt Sandra. It's been a long and laborious procedure for Sandra
but everything is looking really good. Thank you for your prayers.
Jamie Lynn has a busy
schedule coming up. She's loving her new show and all the kids she works
with. It's a very busy summer and as always, time is passing too quickly
for me. We have a steady flow of Jamie Lynn's friends visiting out here
in Los Angeles. That makes every day a holiday!
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Concert Review: Britney
Spears Dances Into State
Pop singer Britney
Spears put on a concert Friday night full of hip swaying, smooth dance
moves and special effects that left her 17,000 fans screaming for more.
The 20-year-old celebrity
delighted her mostly young female audience at the Ford Center with an 85-minute
show, featuring more than a dozen costume changes and catchy songs.
Oklahoma City is one
of the last stops on her "Dream Within a Dream" tour, but she still showed
the same high energy that her fans saw on her HBO special at the tour's
kickoff in Las Vegas.
Fireworks popped, confetti
flew, bubbles floated and water fell as she and her dancers pranced up
and down the L-shaped, oversized stage. Twice, they used a floating stage
to soar over the crowd.
She started with "Oops!
... I Did It Again," appearing in a midriff-baring black sequined-outfit,
then moved quickly into "(You Drive Me) Crazy."
This was a concert
full of audience participation, particularly when she stopped dancing for
a moment to sit next to her piano player on the bench.
She sang a new song,
"Mystic Man," that she said she wrote on the road, then moved to her hit,
"I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet a Woman." Fans sang the loudest of the night as
they swayed and waved blue and green glow sticks.
The concert was about
dancing as much as singing, and her moves were eye-catching and only occasionally
too racy.
She stripped down to
a green bikini top, green- and-gold sequined skirt and gold boots for her
next-to-last number, "I'm a Slave 4 U." She came back quickly for her rain-drenched
encore, "Baby One More Time," waving as she descended out of view.
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This Week Britney
On The World Charts
Charts & Ratings
world chart update for Britney.
"I Love Rock and Roll"
did not move much from last week's positions and it continues to stay strong
around the world while "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" still appears
on some charts. And "Britney" continues again to fall down the charts at
a slow pace.
"Anticipating" on
the single charts:
France #47
"I Love Rock and
Roll" on the single charts:
Sweden #16
Belgium #17
Australia #19
World #22
Austria #24
Switzerland #33
Netherlands #35
Italy #39
Germany #39
"I'm Not A Girl,
Not Yet A Woman" on the single charts:
Czechia #11
Russia #12
Switzerland #81
"Britney" on the
album charts:
France #35
Ireland #35
Austria #40
Belgium #41
Australia #42
Netherlands #77
Switzerland #100
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Britney Mentioned
In Abs' New Single
Abs Breen, former
frontman of UK boyband Five, releases his debut solo single "What You Got"
August 19th in the UK. The cheeky first single from this 23 year old Edenfield
born crooner, has critics praising him left and right. Containing a sample
of the 1970's UK chart topper "Uptown Top Ranking" by Althea & Donna,
Abs goes on to sing about how he's got a girlfriend but hey, this other
girl is fine too..in fact "She's like Britney Spears, Baby hit me one more
time."
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Britney Receives 2
Emmy Nominations
Britney has received
2 Emmy Nominations this year, and they are:
Technical Direction,
Camerawork, Video for a Series:
"Late Show With David
Letterman: Episode 1668," CBS
"Saturday Night
Live: Britney Spears," NBC
"Survivor: Africa:
Finale and The Reunion," CBS
"The Tonight Show
With Jay Leno: Episode 2230," NBC
Technical Direction,
Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special:
"A&E in Concert:
Sting in Tuscany ... All This Time," A&E
"The 74th Annual Academy
Awards," ABC
"America: A Tribute
to Heroes," (various networks)
"Britney Spears
Live From Las Vegas," HBO
"The Carol Burnett
Show: Show Stoppers," CBS
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Britney Has White
House Admirer
A Britney Spears website
is being accessed from the White House.
The site's operator,
Daniel Rhodes, believes the fan is in the Executive Office - possibly a
Secret Service officer.
Mr Rhodes said, if
this was the case, the officer "was being a little lax on the job".
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Britney Denies Collapse
Reports
Britney Spears has
denied reports she collapsed on stage "like a rag doll" at a concert in
America.
Gossip magazine National
Enquirer claimed the singer became dizzy and light-headed after a crash
diet of raw vegetables and water.
But a spokeswoman for
the star says the claims are "complete rubbish".
Britney's weight has
been under tabloid scrutiny since splitting from boyfriend Justin Timberlake
earlier this year.
Reports claim her weight
gain was triggered by over-eating after her emotional trauma, reports the
Daily Express.
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"Britney" On The Billboard
200: Week 36
"Britney" slipped
1 spot this week to land at #99 on the Billboard 200.
BILLBOARD 200 HISTORY:
Britney
week (36) ending 07.20.02
#99
week (35) ending 07.13.02
#98
week (34) ending 07.06.02
#104
week (33) ending 06.29.02
#94
week (32) ending 06.22.02
#98
-
week (05) ending 12.15.01
#4
week (04) ending 12.08.01
#5
week (03) ending 12.01.01
#3
week (02) ending 11.24.01
#2
week (01) ending 11.17.01
#1 (debut)
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