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Can Brit Save Career with Big Surprise?

Posted Aug 15th 2007 8:19AM by TMZ Staff

It could be the last chance for Britney Spears to be more than a tabloid tart – yet another "surprise" performance, this time at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Rush & Molloy report that, as rumor has it, Brit-Brit is getting ready for a not-so-secret splash at the VMAs, and that she's been prepping with manager-mogul Jeff Kwatinetz (recently canned by Kelly Clarkson, as TMZ first reported). Her record label, reports the News, is "worried any missteps (or a no-show) could hurt her comeback." Unlike chicken-greased photo shoots or topless hot-tub hookups, of course.

Meanwhile, the rash of subpoena-serving in the Britney-K-Fed divorce spread Tuesday, with another of Brit's ex-assistants and her manny-bodyguard getting their own speedy deliveries. Shannon Funk, who TMZ caught cavorting with OK! mag staffers, and Daimon Shippen, the manny who many thought might be a paramour, were served at the airport and getting of his car, respectively, reports People.

Imus Slapped with Suit by Rutgers Baller


And now, the deluge. Shock jock Don Imus got rapped with his first civil suit stemming from Nappy-Headed-gate, as Rutgers' star center Kia Vaughn filed a lawsuit yesterday alleging libel, slander and defamation on Imus' part, reports ABC News.

Vaughn's lawyer, Richard Ancowitz, says that the suit was filed "to restore the good name and reputation" of Vaughn, and that by calling his client and her team "nappy-headed hos," the I-Man "referred to [Vaughn] as an unchaste woman," which is apparently untrue. Imus, of course, settled with CBS Radio, which fired him earlier this year, for $20 million.

Kim K – I'm Just a Flat-Assed Waif!


Kim "The Tush" Kardashian just shakes her bootay head at the notion that she's had any kind of gluteal implant, but claims that she's small potatoes compared to her much more bodacious relations. "I'm Armenian; you should see all the women in my family," says Kim to King magazine (via Page Six). "The women have bigger breasts and bigger butts." (Gulp.) Kardashian says blame it on her genes: "That's how I was born. I'm not gonna fight it."

Party Favors: Ellen Nabs Hillary for Season Premiere ... Crystal Wants Conan's Slot?


She had the first President Clinton on her show, and now Ellen DeGeneres will be getting the (prospective) next President Clinton as she rolls out the first show of her fifth season. Sen. Hillary Clinton will be joining Ellen in New York as she kicks things off in NYC Sept. 4 and Sept. 5, and the funnywoman promises other "big surprises" beyond. ... Speaking of comics and talk shows, could Billy Crystal of all people have been angling for Conan O'Brien's slot once Big Red moves to "The Tonight Show"? Page Six reports that Crystal wants a late-night show, something in the range of, oh, five years at $20 million a year.

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16. WTF is the big deal with Brittney topless in a hot tub with some guy. She's single!

Posted at 9:12AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Mikey

17. My friend has an aunt who is Armenian and she is very mean.... please don't generalize this to all Armenians!

Posted at 9:16AM on Aug 15th 2007 by I am a size zero...u?

18. SPEARS CAREER IS FINE SHE IS IN THE NEWS ALMOST EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD EVERY DAY

Posted at 9:17AM on Aug 15th 2007 by JOE CAPRIO/CITYLIFEPRODUCTIONS

19. More Greasy and Gummi bear please!!

Posted at 9:19AM on Aug 15th 2007 by HAROLD CARMICHAEL

20. I think its near Turkey, or in Turkey

Posted at 9:47AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Dess

21. Britney needs to stop! Her "pop-days" are so over. She is a woamn with two kids, kind of hard to maintain that same image.

First off, Britney cant sing. Her voice is synthasized with computers and special michrophones. Listen to her voice very carefully, and you will see.

If the girl could really sing, I would love to see her sit down and sing a ballet with no intruments- that will never happen, because she cant. Britney was an image, that was marketed well. When she was young, she had the whole package (fake-voice) she could dance, and was cute, and seemed like a nice girl. The only thing she might be able to do now is dance. Maybe she can go into acting, or Trim-spa baby.

Posted at 9:46AM on Aug 15th 2007 by weee

22. We are such a stupid society these days! I can't believe the crap that people pull.
Suing some radio DJ for being called a name! When no one even knows your name in the first place... Please. That's pathetic. And what are you doing? Suing him for millions and millions of dollars for what? Unchasteness? OMG - I would call you a dumba** but then again you would probably sue me!

Britney, start paying attention to the fact that everyone around is being served papers is probably a sign that you should get your act together. And unless your "new" act is kickass fabulous - stay at home. You are making a fool out of yourself on a daily basis - if you take to the level of performance you could destroy your career globally in one song. Most of us think you are not well or mentally stable right now. I hope that you have someone other than a "cousin" guiding your career and is telling it to you straight. Because from what we have seen so far these past few months, you don't seem to be making good judgements. It should mean something to you, that most of think that Kevin would be the better parent. That says a lot about the downward spiral you are on!

As for Conan... well you better like Conan because NBC made the stupid decision to give him The Tonight Show in a couple of years. I am betting that Leno will regret leaving so early. Not sure how Crystal would do but who would have thought that Craig Kilborn would have a funny host, I certainly didn't.

Posted at 9:55AM on Aug 15th 2007 by just saying...

23. When Imus uttered the comments about the Rutgers womens basketball team, it was said very early in the morning and very few people were able to hear it. However, when the story broke on the national scene, every comentator on the news and entertainment channels used the phrase in full. In other instances( Issiah Washington the F-word, Michael Richards the n-word, the slur was not used, but in the case of Imus, it was repeated with relish by every comentator. Maybe the young woman should expand her lawsuit to include all of the media because they slured her as much as Imus everytime they used the phrase in question.

Posted at 11:30AM on Aug 18th 2007 by gimpychief

24. Why does Britney bother with the microphone? Everybody knows that she lip-syncs, so it's not like she's fooling anyone.

Maybe MTV has joined the ranks of the Paps -- figuring that Brit's going to do something crazy, and that they can host it and reap the ratings? Mind you, given her recent batting average, I'll be very surprised if she actually shows up. And if she does, what kind of a 'surprise' could she offer us? Actually, if she showed up and gave a competent performance, that (sadly) would be a surprise.

Posted at 10:07AM on Aug 15th 2007 by The Joker

25. I don't know how Ancowitz can sue on behalf of this chick for being alluded to as an "unchaste woman" with a straight face when by definition all lawyers are "unchaste men"...

Posted at 10:18AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Injun Mike

26. It takes 20 minutes to ruin your reputation, and 20 years to rebuild it..
I don't think Britney has that much time given her recent behavior..

Posted at 10:14AM on Aug 15th 2007 by sunny

27. This basketball player is making an ass of herself with this lawsuit. Some ambulance chaser must have told her that she could get millions while basking in the glow of her sudo-celebrity spotlight for just a bit longer. I wonder when Al Barfton will file a lawsuit on behalf of the entire team or all African American women who may have had their reputations damaged by Don Imus.I hope the suit gets tossed and she has to pay legal fees for bringing this stupid ass suit. Sistah girl needs to grow the hell up.

Posted at 10:19AM on Aug 15th 2007 by itsallaboutthemoney

28. I thought those wonderful saints from Rutgers were above anything like a lawsuit. They were so perfect and forgiving. I hope Imus gets a great deal somewhere. He deserves it after they way he was treated. How many times does he have to ask for forgiveness.
Enough is enough of that sickening basketball team.

Posted at 10:24AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Pat

29. Britney Spears and Ashlee Simpson should get together and reprise Milli Vanilli. They have the lip-synching dance moves down already.

Posted at 10:38AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Snarksnarksnark

30. Hi there....

Well, I am tired of hearing about Ms Spears....lets leave it alone and hopefully it will all go away...just like other ones that blew it.

Conan O should NOT be the next host of the Tonight Show.....leave him where he is with his own show and his own fans. The Tonight Show is not his kind of thing. I agree the new host should be a man, just because it always has been, not for any other reason. But even though I have said that, I really do think that Ellen DeGeneres would make the best host. People and stars and politicians all love her. The public love her to..she has a way of saying things in public that gets her point across and doesn't hurt as much. She is classy, beautiful and extremely personable and yes, she is gay.....no, I am not.....but I feel Conan does not have enough classs, and me being a Canadian...will never forget how he treated Canadians when he was here.

Posted at 10:36AM on Aug 15th 2007 by Whitebear

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