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It happened to Brangelina, and now Britney says it's happened to her too: Stolen vacation snaps.

Britney Spears is claiming that pictures of her family on vacation that appeared in a celebrity glossy last week were "stolen by an unknown perpetrator," according to a statement released by her record label.



Jive Records released a statement on Saturday saying that "personal vacation photos" belonging to the Spears-Federlines were stolen, and that the couple is "outraged and saddened" about the theft and are having the matter investigated.

The snaps, which appeared in Us Weekly and on various Internet gossip sites, show the happy family – Brit, K-Fed, and young Sean Preston – mugging for a camera on a private jet and playing in a hotel room, as well as a somewhat startled-looking Sean sitting in a stroller with his parents flanking him.

The Spears' allegation comes not a week after police recovered photos of the Namibian baby shower of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie from a home in Westfield, Mass., as TMZ first reported last week.

As of this morning, Us Weekly couldn't be reached for comment.

Meanwhile, Britney has managed to derail the career of one of the co-stars of her sister Jamie Lynn's show "Zoey 101." According to Page Six, Britney told Alexa Nikolas she would "never work in this town again" back in November after she and Jamie Lynn, the show's star, got into a spat on the set of the Nickelodeon series.

It now seems that Nikolas' character meets with a "bad accident," according to a Page Six source who's seen the script for the show's new season, and that because the character, named Nicole, is popular with the show's kids' audience, the sisters Spears are trying to keep the incident on the down-low. Reps for the show and for the Spears didn't return phone calls for comment.

Jess' Toughs Allegedly Rough Up Photographer

Jessica Simpson's bodyguards had an alleged run-in with a newspaper photographer at a club in the Hamptons over the weekend.

John Roca, a lensman for the New York Daily News, claims that four of Jessica's bodyguards "jumped on me like a chicken on a June bug" when he tried to take pictures of her at the Pink Elephant nightclub in Southampton. Roca said that he asked to photograph Simpson, who was wearing a "plunging bustier, miniskirt, and iridescent heels" while lounging on a divan, perhaps celebrating her first weekend as an officially single woman.

The bodyguards then grabbed his camera and ripped the memory card from Roca's pants. Simpson spokesman Rob Shuter says that the security was from the club, but Pink Elephant sources disagree, claiming that the heavies were employees of Jessica.


Is Brandy the Next Star?

Singer-acress Brandy is filling in for the fired Star Jones on "The View" this coming week, fuelling speculation that she could be on the short list to be a permanent co-host.

The starlet is currently occupying a judge's chair on the NBC show "America's Got Talent" next to David Hasselhoff and Piers Morgan but will be appearing on the ABC morning show Wednesday and Friday, according to PEOPLE magazine. "These tryouts are for consideration for the permanent gig," says the magazine's source.

Last week, "One Life To Live" star Renee Goldsberry filled in at the last minute, and veteran soap actress Susan Lucci will be at the table with Barbara, Joy, and Elisabeth on Thursday.

Ebert Has Emergency Operation, Thumbs Up for Recovery

Film critic Roger Ebert was "doing well" this morning after emergency surgery to correct complications from previous surgery for cancer, and was in serious but stable condition at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

A blood vessel near a cancerous growth on Ebert's salivary gland burst on Saturday and he was rushed to the hospital to repair the rupture. The condition is not considered life-threatening and the Chicago Sun-Times critic is expected to make a full recovery. Ebert has had cancer surgery three times previously.

Matthew Perry and Darren Star in Seat-Saving Row

Sitcom star Matthew Perry and sitcom creator extraordinaire Darren Star had a little tiff over the weekend over some saved seats at a movie theater.

Page Six reports that Star went with a friend and the friend's niece and nephew to the Century City multiplex to watch "Superman Returns" and found four seats blocked off with tape, as is the custom at a film's premiere-except that this wasn't a premiere.

When Star asked why the seats were reserved, cinema employees said it was for Matthew Perry, who Star subsequently confronted in the theater's lobby about the seat-saving. Perry wouldn't budge, so Star had to move his group.

Perry, through his rep, replied cheekily: "I really enjoyed the movie, although it is slightly implausible that a man can fly."

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31. This broad will do anything to keep her name in the headlines! An interview with Matt Lauer, semi-nude pics (thank god), and now her vacation photos stolen!HMMM, sounds like a problem she had a while ago, when her sons pics were "stolen".

Posted at 3:27AM on Jul 4th 2006 by Roxanne

32. I think people exaggerate how celeb moms are. I always see lots of famous mothers with their babies. They aren't as bad as people make them out to be. They are people too, and their love their babies just like regular people. Just because someone is not constantly photographed with their baby doesn't mean they aren't with it all the time. How often do we see Angie with her baby? Never. I have no doubt she is always with her baby. Besides, when did fulfilling your parental obligations become reason to honour someone? If you're gonna have a kid, thats what you gotta do. Doesn't make you special or better than anyone. It just makes you a parent, just like anyone else.

Posted at 9:16AM on Jul 4th 2006 by bugaboo

33. she should of stayed blonde she only wants attention and she always says she doesnt want the attention

Posted at 11:23AM on Jul 4th 2006 by taylor

34. People you need to get a life and leave Britney and Keven alone. They are people just like us and they are entitled to have their privacy just like anyone else. Some parts of relationships and what you do between family should be kept private and if they dont' want their vaction pictures in magazines that is understandable. In any relationship their are private moments that no couple wants to be made public but just because they are famous people think they have a right to make it public. Whether their happy, not happy, getting a divorce or whatever that isn't something that any couple wants everyone to know about. Look and Nick and Jessica their whole divorce is all over the internet and in magazines. That is a private matter between them its no one elses business but because they are famous its made public. I feel so sorry for them, yes the money has to be nice but with that they can't do anything without having their picture taken and a story written about it, which most of the time its a lie. And as for Britneys baby situations come on people all parents make mistakes she is a new mother its going to happen. Shes not the first parent to put her baby on her lap while driving, and most people that have done that you didn't have a mob of camera men at your car she did what she thought was best in that situation to protect her baby which is what a good mother would do. Everything that has happened with her baby there is someone else out their that the same thing has happened to, but because she is famous people have to take pictures and put it all over the news that she is a bad mother just to sell a story. Shes not a bad mother she is a human being that will make mistakes as a new mother. Shes not perfect and thats what kids do they fall they cut their knee. Whats next when he starts to walk and be falls and scraps his knee write a store brits a bad mom because her son falls off his tricycle and scraps up his knee come on people just leave them alone she deserves her privacy just like anyone else. Brit and Keven best of luck with your family and the new baby on the way. :-)

Posted at 2:08PM on Jul 4th 2006 by Melissa

35. I don't know... it seems to me that she's trying a little too hard to be like angelina jolie.

AJ had her kid in Namibia... couple of days later Britney wants to have her second kid in namibia... Britney dyes her hair dark a la Angelina Jolie... Now her pictures are "stolen"--- like AJ's were.

And if you look closely at the picture, it seems that Britney is trying a little too hard to pucker her lips and make them look poutier... hmmm... who has the poutiest lips in Hollywood???

whatever... as long as she doesn't waste tax dollars on the FBI (aka Angelina Jolie), i don't really care what she does. She could start having sex with her brother for all I care.

Posted at 8:45PM on Jul 4th 2006 by tiff

36. Melissa, it seems to me that you are the one who needs to get a life, after all you are the one wasting your time defending the indefensible. Responsible parents do not drive with their babies on their laps because it is dangerous and against the law. Responsible parents do not attempt to hold a drink in one hand and a sqirming baby in the other because it is an accident waiting to happen. Worship Britney all you want but don't insult our intelligence by claiming she behaved sensibly on either of these occassions. Is she the only mother on planet earth who has not heard of the car seat, or the stroller? If the rest of us behaved as stupidly with our babies we wouldn't just get one visit from child protection, they would be living on our doorsteps.
As to the privacy issue, do you honestly believe that either Britney, Kevin, Nick or Jessica want a life where no one has any interest in interviewing them or taking photographs? If you do then I suggest you seek help. Their lives depend on getting their faces on as many magazine covers and on television as often as possible. And if they crave privacy so much why choose to parade themselves in reality shows deliberately set up to give their fans and everyone else a giant sized glimpse into those private lives you claim they are trying to protect? Also publicity shy people are pretty unlikely to appear on the cover of a high profile glossy magazine while six months pregnant. Did Angelina do this, or Julia Roberts. or Gwen Stefani? No, just Britney who is supposedly so desperate to be left alone. Save your pity for those who need and deserve it.

Posted at 6:18AM on Jul 5th 2006 by Paulie

37. I would believe that the pictures were NOT stolen if she actually had her people hype the fact that they were stolen to get more people to view them. But they just released a small blurb a few days ago that no one mentioned.

I think they are photos from her nanny's camera sold to Us Weekly now that she's been fired lol Trust me, if Britney had any hand in this Us Weekly would expose her OR her people would call the FBI Brangelina style.

Besides, those pics are OLD lol From February.

Posted at 5:42AM on Jul 6th 2006 by Johnny

38. Okay, first of all, Britney Spears has brought all of this sh*t on herself by being WILLINGLY stepping into the spotlight as a sex idol. She does the things she does for attention, and, unfortunately for her, she got a return on her investment. Secondly, I know who the "unknown perpertrator" is: IT'S THE MEDIA, YOU DUMBASS! Oh my God, is it REALLY that complex of a concept for Mrs. Spears to get... ? Wait! I guess it is. I mean, she WAS mentally challenged enough to marry Kevin "Famous-for-being-famous" Federline. Oh, and by the way, just because you're a celebrity doesn't give you the right to besmirch American tradition: your name is Britney Federline, Your Whoreness. Live with it.

Posted at 10:14AM on Jul 7th 2006 by Aaron

39. Please stop focusing on Brittney!!!! She's nobody! She can't sing never could! She was made a millionaire under false pretenses. My dog sings better than her. Stop putting her on a petty stool. Leave her in her trailer. She made the look as a stripper but a singer? if it weren't for the backup singers, singing for her god knows how she would pull that off. Look at old footage people!! Save your money!! Stop making her rich! She doesn't deserve it.

Posted at 5:17PM on Jul 23rd 2006 by Brenda

40. Brittney a celebrity??? What a joke!!! For what? Sucking a singing! You call that singing? You stupid people that bought her music need hearing aids.

Posted at 5:21PM on Jul 23rd 2006 by Brenda

41. poor her

Posted at 5:24PM on Jul 23rd 2006 by Brenda

42. My God Brittany. Go ahead and ruin a young girl's acting dreams. Alexa and Jamie were just being normal teenagers. And to the producers of Zoey 101-BAD IDEA! your ratings will plummet without Alexa/Nicole. She is the reason why I watch the show. Rehire Alexa and let the show run normally or else it will most probably be cancelled.

Posted at 1:38PM on Sep 2nd 2006 by Zach Kuhn

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