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Britney Spears performed the single from her new album “Femme Fatale” on “Good Morning America” today. Her dance moves aren’t as tight as they once were, but I have to give her credit for trying to make a comeback. Nobody goes to a Britney concert to see amazing live vocals, they go to see an amazing show. And she still puts on a great show.

Not since the candidacy of Barack Obama has anything been hyped quite like the new Britney Spears video for “Hold It Against Me.” Half a dozen 12 second teaser clips were released in the weeks leading up to the videos debut yesterday. The teasers all went viral and created some serious anticipation from both die hard Britney fans and curious onlookers alike. I’m probably somewhere in between. Britney was once a great pop star. Actually, she was the pop star. Then for reasons unknown, at the height of her fame, the apex of her career, she decided to turn into a baby factory and a head case. Her career has never recovered and likely never will. Britney is now what Madonna has become except about 15 years too early. A washed up icon.

That said, she typically does make pretty good videos. “Hold It Against Me” is good in the since that it’s interesting and likely cost a lot to make. You will either love it or hate it. Frankly, I think it’s a little weird. And unfortunately for Sony, I’m no closer to buying one of their TV’s after seeing the video. The song itself is decent, but I’ve heard remixes of it that are better than the original.

What do you think about it?

In a surprising turn of events today, an agreement appears to have been reached between Britney Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline regarding the custody of their two children.

Britney Spears is waving the white flag. She’s given up the fight for her kids, putting an end to her months-long custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

According to Federline’s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, Spears agreed today to give Federline sole legal and physical custody of sons Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, a month before the case was due to go to trial. Friday morning, Spears’ lawyer reached an agreement granting her more visitation time with the boys.

Spears pretty much accomplished the impossible. In 2006, when she filed for divorce, onlookers assumed the court would grant custody to the multimillionaire singer over the barely famous backup dancer. But as Spears’ life spiraled out of control, K-Fed’s stock rose.

“She snatched defeat from the jaws of victory,” said Paul Talbert, family law attorney at Chemtob Moss Forman & Talbert, a Manhattan matrimonial law firm. “K-Fed was the punch line to every joke when this all started, and now he’s basically the father of the year. It’s quite an accomplishment and a credit to his attorneys.”

I think at least for the time being this decision is the best thing for the kids. Children need to be with their mother, but Britney is clearly sick right now and until she gets better the children belong with the most competent parent. The odds were pretty long that Kevin Federline would’ve turned out to be the most competent parent, but to his credit it looks likes he has.

The important thing is that Britney Spears continue to get help for whatever it is that’s wrong with her. The real tragedy would be for her to die prematurely and leave her children to grow up without a mother at all.

-Melissa Gomez

Cool video!

From TMZ:

TMZ has broken story after story in the middle of the night, detailing the second commitment of Britney Spears that occurred in the last few hours. For all of you who have just logged on, here’s a summary:

Last night, Britney’s new psychiatrist went to her home and felt she was a danger to herself and others — partly because of her reckless driving and partly because of her “downhill behavior.” As a result, the shrink launched a plan (days in the making) to have Britney committed to UCLA Medical Center by calling the cops.

Sources tell us the cops knew it was coming. In fact, the plan was for cops and paramedics to take Britney away the night before, but it was scrubbed. Last night, it all went down according to plan. Cops even used code to minimize craziness in transporting Britney to the hospital. Over the police radio, she was referred to as “The Package.”

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ a LA County Superior Court judge has just signed a “5150,” meaning Britney Spears is on a three-day psychiatric hold at the UCLA Medical Center.

We’re told there is a “good possibility” that it will be extended to 14 days. We’ve also learned there have been several parallel attempts to get Britney on a 5150. Her lawyers, Anne Kiley and Tara Scott, secured a new psychiatrist late last week — he’s the one who triggered the 5150 last night.

At the same time, we’re told Britney’s mother, father and brother have been “working closely with the LAPD for weeks” to get her back in for psychiatric care. There is a dogfight now between Britney’s family and Sam Lutfi over who will make medical decisions, however that fight is now put on hold because the judge now makes the call.

Once the psychiatric hold ends, something has to give.

We’ve seen too many young celebrities die recently, and thankfully Britney’s family is doing everything in their power to prevent yet another tragedy from occurring. The paparazzi are like vultures just waiting to feed on her corpse and give the entire world a front row seat.

-Chris Jones

With all the public humiliation that Britney Spears has experienced recently, it’s no surprise that many people thought her upcoming album release would be yet another one. Those people were wrong.

Amazingly, music critics are raving about Britney’s new album “Blackout,” calling it her best work ever. “Blackout” is Britney’s first studio album in over four years.

Hopefully, this professional success will give her the confidence to get her personal life in order. She may not no much about being a mother, but at least she can still make hit records.

-Kristen Jacobs
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