LOS ANGELES, Calif. (November 26, 2007) – Britney Spears is planning to shoot the video for her next single on Tuesday, according to Us Weekly.

Spears is expected to shoot “Piece Of Me,” a track from her new album “Blackout” in Los Angeles, beginning at 8 a.m.

The crew is reportedly shooting at the Hollywood Athletic Club on Sunset Boulevard.

A source told Us Weekly that Wayne Isham will direct the video. He previously directed her 2002 video for “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman” as well as videos for Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow and Joss Stone.

Fifteen extras are expected for the video shoot and one body double for Britney, the magazine reported.

Source: Accesshollywood 

Today marked yet another hearing in Britney Spears epic custody battle with ex-hubby Kevin Federline. Los Angeles County Court Commissioner Scott Gordon met with lawyers from both camps in a closed session, in an effort to keep the proceedings out of the media spotlight. Neither K-Fed nor Brit were present.

On the docket today was a request from the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services for access to various sealed documents in the case. The agency is reported to be investigating both Britney Spears and Kevin Federline in relation to child abuse charges involving their two sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston.
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British tabloid News of the World claims Britney Spears is planning to adopt twins from China.

The newspaper’s Rav Showbiz column announces: “The desperate singer has told friends she’s in the final stages of talks with an adoption agency and plans to go ahead with the move very soon.

“Friends feel that Britney has decided to adopt the two six-year-old tots from China in a frantic bid to fill the void left by losing her sons to K-Fed,” it continues.

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Britney Spears may have many reasons for being the dysfunctional person that makes it in the tabloid headlines on an almost daily basis. Us Magazine put together a report in their current issue that detailed a troubled childhood.

Us Magazine reported that Britney Spears’ paternal grandmother committed suicide at age 31. In June 1966, Emma Jean Spears shot herself with a shotgun at the grave site of her infant son that died only after three days after being born. She suffered from depression and it was eight years after that she killed herself after three other attempts at suicide.
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SALEM - OMG! Britney Spears and Central Catholic graduate Michael Marchand, 29, are “good friends.”

While celebrity magazines report the Salem native is dating the famed songstress, the young man’s mother won’t confirm that.

“I know that they’re just good friends,” said Pam Marchand in a telephone interview yesterday. “I really can’t say anything more than that.” Read the full story