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Wednesday
March 20, 2002
Britney On The Lycos
Top 50 Week: 135
Britney moves up one
more spot on the Lycos 50 for the week ending 3/16/02, she is at the #4
position. She has been on the list for 135 weeks.
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Timberlake 'amused'
by Britney split stories
Justin Timberlake
was amused by press reports that he and Britney Spears had split up.
A spokeswoman for NSync
says the reports were "just a rumour."
She says Timberlake
and his bandmates were laughing about it.
The spokeswoman also
denied NSync are splitting up.
She says the band,
who have been together seven years, are taking "a little hiatus" of about
eight months and should be back together by early next year.
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Crossroads Was #16
With $1.1 Million
Britney Spears' movie
"Crossroads," in its fifth weekend, fell five places to No. 16 with $1,122,304
as its total rose to $36,203,756.
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This Week Britney
On The World Charts
Charts & Ratings
world chart update for Britney.
"I'm Not A Girl,
Not Yet A Woman" on the single charts:
Austria #10
Netherlands #11
Italy #16 (debut)
Germany #19
Switzerland #24
Belgium #48 (debut)
"Britney" on the
album charts:
Austria #19
Canada #22
Belgium #30
Switzerland #30
France #37
Italy #41
Sweden #44
UK #45
Ireland #53
"Overprotected"
on the single charts:
Argentina # 9
Italy #15
Denmark #19
Czechia #23
Sweden #26
Belgium #28
Canada #32
Ireland #32
UK #41
Netherlands #71
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Britney Spears in
the Restaurant Business?
Pop star Britney Spears
will be the co-owner of a new restaurant, tentatively called Pinkey after
her nickname.
The eatery will be
run by restaurateur Bobby Ochs, who has previously teamed with celebrities
Marla Maples and Patrick Swayze, according to Crain's New York Business.
The restaurant, on
East 41st Street, will be a moderately priced American bistro, Crain's
is reporting in its issue on newsstands Monday. It is scheduled to open
by the end of May.
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Press. All rights reserved.
This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Jaylo, Britney And
Nelly Sway In Space
The geezers wanna
rock but the kids wanna pop.
With that in mind,
the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre is firing up the lasers this Saturday to
the sounds of Top 40 radio.
Laser Pop Power features
the hottest tunes from the airwaves painted in laser beams across the domed
roof of the Planetarium Theatre.
Artists in the new
show include Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado, Destiny's Child and ABBA Teens
in a 45-minute show that features the images and sounds of popular music,
full-concert sound, giant format high rez video and more lasers than a
Jedi Knight convention.
"It's by far our most
popular show," says the Science Centre's Todd Jones. "It's Top 40 stuff,
Jennifer Lopez, Backstreet Boys."
Lasers first met music
at the Planetarium in the summer of 1978.
The mind-blasting shows
are still going strong two generations later.
"Our evening laser
shows appeal to an older audience, so that's why we've gone with Pink Floyd
and Laser Zeppelin," says Jones. "But the younger kids -- and we get a
lot of parents as well -- like the Top 40 tunes."
With showtimes daily
at 2pm and 3 pm, isn't the Science Centre worried about the truancy officer?
"It's just for Spring
Break," says Jones.
"And then we go to
weekends and holidays at 2pm."
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Britney And Becks,
Digitally Together
Autograph hunters' hopes dashed.
Anyone hoping to see
Britney Spears upending David Beckham with a crunching tackle when the
pair film their World Cup Pepsi advert together will be disappointed to
hear that they will never even meet. Pepsi has decided that it is just
too expensive to fly all its stars – including Becks, Britney, Brazil’s
Rivaldo and co – to the same location for filming, and will instead shoot
each stars action sequence separately, splicing them together by the magic
of modern technology to make it look like they are all playing together
on the same field. Looks like Brooklyn will just have to wait for that
Britney autograph.
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BRITNEY SLINKS ONTO
GBA!
Pop siren Spears funking
on Nintendo's handheld has to be seen to be believed. We have the technology.
Head on inside
She wants you to hit
her one more time. Oh yes she does. Now you'll be able to bob your head
to Crazy and Over Protected on the train with THQ's pop-tastic GBA title
Britney's Dance Beat. See our all exclusive shots of the delectable Ms
Spears trashing around, tossing her hair, thrusting her hips and generally
pumping fit to burst. Yeah, you wish.
Unlike the PlayStation
2 version of the title, you get to actually be Britney. You'll be able
to imagine that's you, Britney "Timerlake-crusher" Spears. Imagine that.
Imagine dancing in front of the mirror, your pert chest bobbing energetically,
before you decide to slowly pour a glass of water over your head, throwing
your hair back. Just imagine that.
Er... Britney's Dance
Beat charges you with hitting the buttons in time to the delightful lady's
electrifying power pop. It's standard rhythm-action with the major attraction
of some of the most recognised music in the world and a mini super-fox
strutting away on your GBA screen.
You'll get this in
May. Try to keep your calm in the meantime.
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Ditches Britney From Sex And The City
Sex And The City lead
star Sarah Jessica Parker personally vetoed singer Britney Spears' planned
appearance on the hit TV show. Parker, 36, "threw a fit", according to
American magazine Us Weekly, after learning of the plan to feature the
curvy 20-year-old in an episode of the saucy American show. "I worked too
damned hard to get this show to where it is today, and I'll be damned if
I'm going to be upstaged by a Mouseketeer," a source claims Parker ranted,
referring to Britney's previous TV experience as a youngster on The Mickey
Mouse Club show. The source goes onto claim, "When it was announced Britney
would appear on the show, Sarah felt it was nothing but a casting gimmick.
And she wasn't happy that a 20-year-old would make 36-year-old Sarah look
like a much older woman."
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Britney Spears Mulls
Clothing Line
P. Diddy has one.
So does J.Lo. Could Britney Spears be the next pop star to come out with
a clothing line?
"I have thought about
that," Spears told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "That would
probably be something I do when I take a little break; because I love clothes,
I would really be able to put all my time and energy in to it."
Spears has gotten as
much — if not more — attention for her clothes as her music. Teens have
copied her sometimes revealing garb, to the chagrin of some parents, and
her fashion choices have landed her a spot on Mr. Blackwell's worst dressed
list.
Recently, the 20-year-old
branched out into acting with her film debut, "Crossroads." She said she's
looking at other scripts and hopes to make another movie within the next
two years. But now, her focus is her music.
"Maybe when I become
not passionate about what I do, and when my steam is going down, then I
will definitely just take a year off maybe go to school, or maybe, I don't
know ... open up a clothing store or something," she said. "But right now,
it's like — I don't know! I love doing what I do so much!"
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What's Up With Britney?
Ever since Britney
Spears told reporters in Cologne, Germany, last week that she and boyfriend
Justin Timberlake hardly get to see each other because of their hectic
schedules, rumors spread that the happy pop duo has parted ways.
Now, London's The Sun
is reporting that Spears, 20, canceled out of a Top of the Pops appearance
because she is suffering from exhaustion.
The pop princess left
thousands of fans disappointed when she also canceled her Paris concert,
where she was to perform after the premiere of Crossroads. According to
the tabloid, Spears left the film in a waiting limo before the end credits
even rolled.
Despite reports that
Timberlake was seen all over Los Angeles with a mysterious brunette, embracing
outside a restaurant and later dirty-dancing at Hollywood nightclub A.D.,
Spears has adamantly denied rumors that the two have split.
Spears, on the other
hand, is rumored to have turned to hers and 'N Sync's teen choreographer
Wade Robson for comfort. Robson, you may recall, was the one who was questioned
in 1994 because he said he'd slept in the same bed with Michael Jackson
(although he told authorities that nothing bad had happened).
The plot thickened
when Spears was spotted having a public cry at Les Deux Café in
Hollywood earlier this week with actress Tara Reid. Reports also surfaced
that Spears has stopped wearing a diamond friendship ring given to her
by Timberlake.
A columnist for The
Sun said: "She has grown up--but as the outfits have got smaller, so have
the record sales.
"She was once seen
as the new Madonna, but industry skeptics feel she could be heading for
burnout and be muttered in the same breath as '80s teen stars Tiffany and
Debbie Gibson."
Spears, however, seems
to have a backup plan. In a recent interview with the Associated Press,
the singer, who made Mr. Blackwell's worst-dressed list two years in a
row, said she is not ruling out the world of fashion.
"Maybe when I become
not passionate about what I do, and when my steam is going down, then I
will definitely take a year off maybe to go to school or...open up a clothing
store or something."
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"Britney" On The Billboard
200: Week 18
"Britney" continued
to fall this week and fell 1 spot to #26 on Billboard 200 Album chart.
BILLBOARD 200 HISTORY:
Britney
week (18) ending 03.16.02
#26
week (17) ending 03.09.02
#25
week (16) ending 03.02.02
#9
week (15) ending 02.23.02
#14
week (14) ending 02.16.02
#17
week (13) ending 02.09.02
#25
week (12) ending 02.02.02
#22
week (11) ending 01.26.02
#21
week (10) ending 01.19.02
#20
week (09) ending 01.12.02
#14
week (08) ending 01.05.02
#12
week (07) ending 12.29.01
#4
week (06) ending 12.22.01
#3
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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Britney Gets Her Kit
On
Britney Spears strips
to her undies in her new movie - but puts her kit on in a new advert for
Pepsi.
The chart star has
pulled on a stylised football strip to play soccer in a commercial to be
screened before the World Cup Finals this summer.
Britney's advert is
also believed to feature England captain David Beckham.
The singer is reported
to have split from boyfriend Justin Timberlake - but she still denies it
in public.
She has a lucrative
multi-million-pound deal to promote Pepsi.
However Britney, whose
movie debut Crossroads is shortly to be released in the UK, has been spotted
in recent months drinking rival beverages.
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Glass Broken At French
Premiere Of Crossroads
WENN reported that
BRITNEY SPEARS was caught in the middle of a security scare in Paris, France,
on Tuesday night when a stone was thrown through a glass door just feet
away from the singer. The pop princess was whisked into a cinema staging
the French premiere of her debut movie CROSSROADS by a swarm of bodyguards
as glass shattered onto the red carpet outside the event. Minutes later,
Britney was escorted from the premises to a waiting fleet of cars as fans
screamed after her. Police are investigating exactly what happened and
whether the singer was in fact a target.
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Britney Planning To
Go Home (Rumor)
WENN reported that
BRITNEY SPEARS has cancelled a romantic break with JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE -
to return to the comfort of her mother. The sexy singer, reported to have
split from her 'N SYNC singer fiance, had planned to visit her new Florida
home, which Justin helped pick, for the first time following her current
European promotional duties. However, Britney has cancelled the plans to
instead go home to visit her mother LYNNE, dad JAMIE and sister JAMIE LYNN,
11, in her native Kentwood, Louisiana instead. Whilst Lynne would not talk
about the break-up, she confirmed the change of plans, "We always plan
to do things, and at the last minute changed our minds. "Britney still
hasn't seen her new place in Florida - she has seen plenty of pictures
and a video, but not the real thing. "Hopefully, she will get a chance
to see it on her next vacation. A trip to Florida would be great after
the cold weather we're having. "Hopefully we'll have some good weather
for Britney to enjoy the short vacation. One thing is for sure, we can
always shop!" It is thought Britney could not face the prospect of going
to the home, on exclusive island Key Biscayne, she found after a romantic
Florida holiday with Timberlake, who is reported to be now dating someone
else, last year.
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Britney Considers
Herself Streetwise
WENN reported that
BRITNEY SPEARS insists she's streetwise - despite being chaperoned by an
entourage of bodyguards and her mother since the age of 16. The busty blonde
plays troubled teen LUCY in new film CROSSROADS, and insists she's far
more hip than her character. The singer says, "I think she's kinda naive
and very unassuming, whereas I'm more streetwise. "Who knows, maybe if
I wasn't in the job I'm in, I wouldn't be like that." And when asked if
she would leave her Louisiana home to go on a road trip like Lucy, Britney
is adamant she'd stay with her folks - she adds, "I'd miss my family. I
could never backpack or anything like that as I'm used to my comforts.
"My character should have phoned home more to say she was OK.
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