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We have seen this girl move uphill to the top of the charts and then downhill to the top of the headlines with mental health concerns that lead to an absolute upheaval in her life where she lost just about everything. There was a time when nobody thought Britney would be able to make it back, and once she lost custody of her children it seemed like her demise was set in stone. But Britney wouldn’t let us think that for long, as this year she has made a comeback like nobody expected. Gone are the days where she has to count weeks before she gets minutes with her babies, or count pennies as she takes an allotted $1500 weekly allowance as doled out by her father and conservator of her estate, Jamie Spears. This week Britney proved that she is back in charge with her life as she has recently gone above her $1500 weekly allowance to purchase a home to the tune of $9 million dollars. And the fancy digs you see here are not her new home, but rather the humble abode she has leased while she waits for her new home to be built very close by. The new leased home is called the Chateau Suenos, and is being leased by Britney for a cool $19,000 a month while her new home is being built. Britney’s new home is not expected to begin construction for at least another year as she goes through the planning, development, and contracting of the home, but this one will ‘do for now’. It is a 10,300 square foot home in The Oaks development which is a gated community that will ensure her privacy. Included in her little rental are an Art Theater, Wine Cellar, Elevator, Grand Master Suite, Full Guest House, Garage with underground Auto Lift, Sparkling Pool with Mosaic Tiled Infinity Spa, and impeccably landscaped grounds to name just a few amenities. Britney has already started moving into her new home, and has been seen toting toys and children items into the home as it is presumed that her babies Sean Preston who is 3, and Jayden James who is 2 will be spending more time with her. About the move we see a new Britney, the mom we grew to love once upon a time, and it is not her chart topping hits or her fabulous comeback that makes her beam, it is her boys.

I just took my babies to our new home, and they loved it! I can’t wait to move in!

And, as she settles into her new temporary digs, she is working on selling her current six bedroom, six bathroom Los Angeles home for approximately $8.8 million dollars. The reason she chose a home outside of L.A.? She wanted a neighborhood such as a gated community that was more quiet and less trafficked by paps and fans. She wanted something more accessible to parks and recreation locales for her little ones. And pretty impressive as well I might add. It sounds like Britney is just checking things off her list left right and center when it comes to coming back with a vengeance!

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

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