Anthony, PacificCoastNews.com

Well, it has been an exciting close to 2008 for the Spears family as the family got together in New Orleans to celebrate the New Year and celebrate the family news. Newsworthy items of the Spears family at this point include a new marriage amongst them and a new boyfriend for Britney Spears. But oh no, before you make assumptions, it is not little Jamie Lynn and what’s his name that got hitched. No, it was Britney’s lesser known sibling, the one that actually shies away from the spotlight that got married. Britney’s 31 year old brother Bryan married 36 year old Graciella Sanchez, who happens to be Jamie Lynn’s manager. As long as they are keeping it all in the family. Yes, the happy couple got married in New Orleans with Britney, Jamie Lynn, and the whole family present. And later in the day, on New Year’s Eve, Britney hosted a small dinner party for her family to celebrate the union. It was at this point that she introduced the Spears clan to her latest amour, a man by the name of Sandip Soparrkar who hails from India and is an Indian choreographer. And we don’t know too much about this or him other than this actually, but it seems Sandip, and his Indian influence has had quite the effect on Britney. He flew in from India especially for this dinner, and for the party Britney was wearing a red and gold sari that had been a Christmas present especially from him. They saw in the New Year together, and with the family, and there seemed to have been a lot of hand holding and kissing. And I do believe the term ‘besotted’ was used on Britney’s behalf, so we know one reason why she has such a beautiful smile on her face these days. Ah yes, things are looking up for our Britney, and dare we say, almost normal? Let’s hope that smile sticks around for a while.

Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com

Britney Spears is seen here performing on Good Morning America a few weeks ago at the Big Apple Circus Tent at the Lincoln Center in New York City. At the time of the performance, Britney was celebrating her 27th birthday, and had a lot to look forward to and celebrate in her 27th year. Yes, this is one comeback that was predicted well, but still had many nay sayers wondering if it was possible for her to get her act together so quickly. And as we can see, she proved many many people wrong. And with the New Years passing, Britney has, like many of us, stopped to smell the roses per se and think about what changes she would like to see in the coming year. Yes, even the pretty people aren’t completely happy and make their own resolutions to make things a little better for themselves. Britney’s biggest concerns as she creates resolutions this year? She first wants to work in her nail biting habit. Perhaps she needs to only change her manicure colors from colors like ‘Orange you Sexy’ and her yummy nails may maintain perfect form for that one. But even Britney falls amongst the crowd of folks that say that New Year’s resolutions may seem a little pointless, she always breaks them and says the follow through is very hard. I guess she will just have to visit her manicurist more often. But if she were to get serious and change one thing it would be her constant worrying.

I would like to stop worrying so much, because I worry all the time. And to learn how to be happier, just in general. I have to learn to take things not so seriously.

Ah yes, when one is on mood stabilizers it is very difficult to learn how to be happier, but as we can see she is making some good progress there. But is a more relaxed and carefree Britney Spears really the way to go? Perhaps she is doing better by being a little stressed, a little too much of a perfectionist, and the like, because as we can see, worrying a bit has gotten her quite a bit of success off her latest album alone. And as we HAVE seen, a carefree and relaxed Britney has some potential eyebrow raising. We have seen the carefree Britney and it history proves that with her, it is a slippery slope between taking things not too seriously, and leaving the house without her pants. But Britney vows to change, and if we were to make our own predictions, I would guess that she also has her children and more time with them at the top of her priority list this year, and we will probably see this happen somewhere down the line. I also expect that she will attain a strong enough grasp on her basic life skills to fire her conservator money gauging father and take control of her own finances at some point as well. At this point, the climb up is about the same distance as the spiral down for her, but she’s doing well, and well, worried and manicure mess or not, she’s clearly doing something right.

Bobby Rachpoot, PacificCoastNews

Nicole Richie must be sweating in her uggs right now, as though she may have felt that she dodged a bullet when it came to Paris Hilton becoming her new sister in law, along comes another equally chilling notion. Britney Spears. Who for Nicole would be the lesser of two evils? Hard to say. But she may not have a choice, as last week Britney Spears was spotted out and about on a few secret dates with Paris’s ex and Nicole’s brother in law Benji Madden. And though it has not gone past Nicole’s watchful eye, it certainly hasn’t been missed by Paris either, who reportedly ‘saw red’ over the situation. In fact, Paris was so mad, she pulled out her entire arsenal of Mean Girl platitudes saying ‘that girl’s nothing but a dirty Southern trashbag who can only get my sloppy seconds’. That makes her look so classy, doesn’t it? And Britney’s side of the coin sounds like ‘pathetic loser’ when it comes to Paris, and acknowledges that Paris is just jealous because Brit is more famous than she is. Which is a pretty good point, I mean, out of the two, only one of them has a best selling album right now, right? So what is the real story here? Are Britney and Paris pulling out the claws, or is this whole Britney and Benji thing just a way to get some publicity? Or is it just someone starting a rumor to get Paris all riled up? Anything is possible, but I am leaning towards the all fact no fiction side of the coin. Has anyone seen Britney’s promotional calendar lately? Yep, as far as this rumor is concerned, go ahead and file it under when pigs fly.

Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com

Britney Spears Circus Debuts at Numero UNO ~ Bitten and Bound

Pam Anderson Gets Caught With Her Pants Off ~ Hollywire

Ricky Martin Twins Cover Hola! ~ Hot Momma Gossip

Check out Britney on Good Morning America! ~ Bitten and Bound

Miley Cyrus Doesn’t Care about Vanity Fair Scandal Anymore ~ Hollywire

Sienna and Balthazar Working on Working Together – In a Film ~ Hot Momma Gossip

Photo: Edward Opinaldo

Edward Opinaldo, PacificCoastNews.com

Britney Spears Performs on X Factor and It’s SIZZLING ~ Bitten and Bound

Jennifer Aniston STILL Not That Into John Mayer?? ~ Hollywire

Check out Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in Duplicity ~ Hot Momma Gossip

Carlos Costas, PacificCoastNews.com

Has Nick Lachey Dropped Off the Planet? ~ Bitten and Bound

Britney Gets a Week with Her Boys in Lousiana!! ~ Hollywire

Nicole Kidman’s Next Role – First Post-Op Transexual – To Star with Charlize Theron ~ Hot Momma Gossip

Anthony, PacificCoastNews.com

Britney Spears is seen here having just another normal day for herself as she does some shopping in Studio City, California. Seen with a cigarette in hand, she strolls down Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles with the company of her security team. Britney stopped into Old Navy and Banana Republic before she headed home. And Britney was heading home to rumors that she would be repeating history by performing with old friends Justin Timberlake and Madonna at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night. The performance is said to be the grand finale of Madonna’s Sticky and Sweet tour and with Britney and Justin both performing together, in the same room, being civil, some say that perhaps hell has finally frozen over. The rumor was first reported by Ryan Seacrest on his radio show, who could barely contain himself with excitement over the issue:

If Justin and Britney end up on that stage with her…I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite like that before…..

This is not the first collaboration for Britney with Madonna on this tour, as Britney was featured in a video on Madonna’s tour. The video features a claustrophobic panic attack in an elevator and was shown during Madonna’s performance of ‘Human Nature’. Naturally, Justin Timberlake plays the falsetto hook in ‘Four Minutes’. Some close to Britney are a little concerned about her mental state over the whole thing, saying that in many ways, she is still child like. Mind you, the LAST time she performed with Justin Timberlake, she WAS a child, so it may work out to her advantage.