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... Yes, she's a girl with problems. Yes, Britney's messed up her career, her marriage, motherhood, etc. But when Dr. Phil McGraw showed up at her hospital to help her "get real" with her "issues" - supposedly with her family's blessing - there's one thing that happened to Britney Spears that took the meaning of "wrongness" to a whole new level. "He's crossed the line," mental health pros wailed after he appeared before Britney (reportedly on the invitation Lynne Spears, Brit's mom) and then turned the private meeting into very public plea to "treat" the troubled star on a special...

Dr Phil, called into help Spears family as Britney mnelts down, went public with plans to air it on a special "intervention" show.

In an internal email issued this afternoon, Los Angeles Associated Press assistant bureau chief Frank Baker notified his staff of a major policy change."Now and for the foreseeable future," he wrote, "virtually everything involving Britney is a big deal." OMG, did you hear? Britney is a BIG DEAL, y'all! Nervous breakdowns are totes the most efficient way to achieve household name status. Memo after the jump.

"Britney is having a whole host of problems that no one can diagnose for sure," said Dr. Robi Ludwig, a New York psychologist. "Clearly, though, she is troubled."

Troubled pop singer Britney Spears was released from a Los Angeles hospital following a visit from talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw, gossip website TMZ.com reported Saturday. Spears was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by ambulance on Thursday after a nearly three-hour police standoff, in which authorities tried to mediate a custody row between the entertainer and her ex-husband Kevin Federline. "Sources say the hospital released her without notifying any of the principles involved in the ongoing kiddie drama," TMZ.com reported Saturday. The website says McGraw -- a well-known psychologist and author who first gained fame for appearances on the...

Media helos overhead, LAPD asking for traffic control....fans and papparazzi overrunning streets.

Part II of "leave Hillary Alone." Oh Man...Part II is funnier than Part I. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0SVisr22Y

Remember the infamous "Leave Britney Alone" video? This will make you fall off the chair. Slick Willie doing "Leave Hillary Alone." It's in two parts but it's hilarious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVR8eLG_s7g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0SVisr22Y

It appears that Hillary is in the process of jumping the shark similarly to the Fonz and Britney. Consider the following: Hillary screw-up on immigration driver's license issue planted questions at rallies and debates Bill's ineffectualness desperate attacks on Obama Britney: screw.... never mind implants? K-Fed's rap career? desperate cry for help shaving her head Bleach blond trailer trash is as bleach blond trailer trash does

Kevin Federline is through with being the bad guy, or so he says. The Fed-Ex tells Details magazine (via MSNBC) that he's glad to be getting more acting gigs, but he feels he's been typecast thus far. "I'd actually like to play somebody other than a bad guy or an ass," he says. K-Fed has been named one of the mag's "50 Most Influential Men under 45."

I ran a quick comparison of stats for Britney and Hillary. View the startling results here, and get one commentator's preliminary opinion ! (The excitement never stops !)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Britney Spears defended her parenting and chastised her critics, lamenting "how cruel our world can be," in a brief interview on Ryan Seacrest's radio show Wednesday. these days, also spoke about her new album "Blackout" during the seven-minute talk, during which she giggled frequently as her assistant, Alli Sims, and friend, Sam Lufti, laughed and shouted in the background. When "American Idol" host, who has a morning radio show on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, asked Spears if she was doing all she could for her children, Spears replied, "Oh God yeah." "People say what they want...

Britney Spears looks set to draw the ire of the Catholic Church after partaking in a photo shoot which sees her cavorting with a priest in a confessional booth.The black-and-white photos, taken to promote her comeback album 'Breakout', evoke Madonna circa-'Like A Virgin'. They feature Britters clad in fishnet stockings and short black dress, and sporting a large silver crucifix. The 'priest', who looks to have spent more time studying the art of hair design than theology, looks reasonably happy in the pictures, which you can see here.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The congregation of Southland Christian Church is being asked to send letters of love and support to troubled pop star Britney Spears, described by the pastor as having made "devastating life choices." "Take a few minutes and write a note to Britney Spears," pastor John Weece said in a sermon and in a blog on the church Web site. "No preaching. No criticizing. Just love. As a church, let's love Britney the way Jesus loves her." Weece said the idea came as he watched repeated reports of Spears' reported problems with drugs and alcohol and the loss...

On Sept. 13th, Texas Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw announced in a speech to the North Texas Crime Commission that Texas authorities had apprehended terrorist suspects who were sneaking across the Mexico/U.S. border. Shouldn't such a report be running through the MSM like wildfire? Yet, the MSM seems to be ignoring this explosive report with only local Texas news sources, a few Jihad watchers and bloggers having picked up the Director's statements. The AP did have a report, shockingly enough, but few other MSM services seem to have found it as of yet... even though the story is about a...

LOS ANGELES - Oops, she dinged it again. Paparazzi took pictures and videos of a puppy-toting Britney Spears steering her car into another one as she tried to turn into a spot in a Studio City parking lot. Then assessing the damage to her own car only. Then heading off to shop. But the tale of the tape made it clear to the owner of the parked car just who it was who scraped up her silver Mercedes-Benz. Kim Robard-Rifkin, 59, told the entertainment Web site CelebTV.com on Wednesday that nobody from Spears' camp had contacted her about the damaged...

They eat Doritos, chug soda, chew gum and stay up late - just like Mommy. These are just a few bad habits Britney Spears lets her baby boys - Sean Preston, 22 months, and Jayden James, 11 months - indulge in when they are away from dad Kevin Federline, Us magazine is reporting. Spears feeds her kids "total crap" and passes them off like hot potatoes to unqualified nannies when they start fussing, sources tell the mag, due on stands Friday. "She fed Sean ice cream before bed because the cold would make him sleepy," said a source. "She would...

Excerpt - LAS VEGAS: Britney Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened two photographers after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa, the photographers said in a statement. Spears yelled "I am going to kill you!" and cursed at Andrew Deetz, a photographer who says he was beaten by Spears' bodyguard on Thursday, according to a statement released Tuesday by Deetz's lawyers. ~ snip ~

Britney Spears booed for lip-synching at Florida concert 10:00AM Tuesday May 22, 2007 Britney Spears was booed by fans after being caught out lip-synching during a 'live' performance. The troubled singer was performing at the House of Blues in Florida on Saturday night when technical glitches saw her backing CD skip repeatedly, exposing her miming. A source is quoted by gossip website TMZ.com: "It was an ugly scene. The crowd started jeering and heckling her. Britney looked absolutely devastated." "When the CD started skipping during the song Do Somethin', Britney hid her face and turned her back. Then, when it...

Britney Spears is set to write a scathing review of her own life in a planned book a report from Star magazine declares. It is said that it will spare no one - as the pop princess will reportedly unload on everyone from her exes to her family on the way she perceives that she has been treated. According to a report from the New York Daily News she has said she was devastated when Timberlake revealed on national radio that the two were sexually active - and that she was no longer a virgin.