The last time she performed MTV’s Music Video Awards, the pop princess was lambasted for her “fatty” body and so-so performance. But despite that, MTV is willing to let Britney Spears OPEN the 2008 VMAs. Says the mother of two, “MTV has long played an important role in my career. How can I not be there to kick off their 25th VMAs? I’m excited to open the entire show, to say hi to my fans and to be nominated.” The big question: is Britney Spears bikini body (see below; photos taken last Labor Day weekend) good enough to open the VMAs??

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Britney Spears unintentionally caused some trouble at Bally’s Total Fitness in Culver City last week, when the club accidentally double-booked the same exercise room for both her and another regular scheduled fitness class.

An eyewitness tells OK! that the singer’s trainer booked a room for her at 7 p.m. PT, not realizing that another class was already scheduled to start in the same room at 7:30.

When Bally members showed up for the class, they were told it had been cancelled because Britney was using the room for her private session. This started a frenzy at the otherwise low-key fitness club. Eyewitnesses tell OK! many members thought Britney was behind the mixup and had used her celebrity status to keep the room for herself. [Source]

The fitness club says Britney had nothing to do with the scheduling mixup - they admit it was their fault in double-booking the exercise room.

Sources at the gym also say that Britney has recently been incorporated more vigorous dance training into her workouts - does that mean she’s preparing a big comeback?

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Here’s yet another of those “best and worst bikini bodies” magazine covers (if you’re curious about the others, check out the magazine category archive).

Star magazine features 55 of the best and worst beach bodies in Hollywood - among the best, there’s Britney Spears, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson. Some of the worst include Sarah Jessica Parker, Phoebe Price (the “guess who” on the right) and another one that I can’t identify (the other “guess who” at the middle bottom - can you help me with that?).

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Last night I had the weirdest (and scariest) dream about Britney Spears: she was visiting a prison and was supposed to give autographs to the (male) prisoners, but she ended up getting into a fight with them and being beaten up by them.

To prove myself that Britney’s alright, I’m posting these candid pictures of her taken yesterday (May 5th) as she was leaving Bally’s Total Fitness Gym in LA after a workout.

In some real Britney news, she was back in court today (at an early hour!), hoping to win greater access to her two kids in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Spears‘ early arrival marks a turnaround in the singer’s attitude towards the custody hearings - she has previously snubbed the court by arriving late on at least two occasions, before leaving abruptly - blaming her decision on the media frenzy surrounding her appearance.

Federline was given full custody of Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, after Spears staged a stand-off with police, emergency services officials and childcare experts when she refused to handover her sons following a scheduled visit in January (08).

The former couple has been battling the custody order ever since, but Federline recently relaxed his ex-wife’s visitation rights, allowing her to spend extra time with her kids.

The progress hearing at Los Angeles family court is to re-evaluate the situation, and the hearing is expected to discuss the results of a psychiatrist’s evaluation of Spears. If Spears is deemed competent, Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon, who is presiding over the hearing, could officially amend the agreement and allow the singer more official visits.

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You may remember how a month ago OK! magazine claimed that Britney Spears has lost 15 lbs in just 4 weeks - to support their claims, they used a photo of Britney that was over four years old!

Now it’s Star magazine’s turn to announce that Britney Spears has lost 20 lbs in 30 days. They’re using some new bikini pictures of Britney on their cover, and it does seem she’s lost a little weight, but not as much as they claim!

There are rumors that Brit’s been seen hitting up the gym quite a lot lately (she’s preparing for another appearance on “How I Met Your Mother“) - but dropping 20 pounds in just 30 days seems a little bit unrealistic (not to mention very unhealthy)!

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Last week’s National Enquirer has an article about Hollywood’s “deadliest diets”.

On the cover, there’s Janet Jackson (who dropped 72 pounds in a relatively short time), Britney Spears (”pills cause heart attack drama” - I haven’t heard about that story yet), Tara Reid (who was supposedly secretly hospitalized), Jodie Foster (whose “sudden weight loss” might not be as dramatic as they make it sound) and Beth Ditto (the “guess who?” on the left, who apparently eats a whole bucket of fried chicken and two cartons of ice cream for dinner).

I’m not sure how true these stories (and how real the photos) are, but I agree that eating too little (or too much) can be very dangerous, and even deadly in some cases.

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