Did you watch the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards?

Britney Spears won big at Sunday’s 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home three awards, including Video of the Year.

Though she’s been nominated multiple times throughout her career as an American pop music princess, Brit never got to take home a moon man - until last night.

She kicked off the show with Superbad’s Jonah Hill in a pre-taped skit, where he tried to teach her some relaxation techniques.

He ordered her to close her eyes. When she did, he leaned in and tried to kiss her.

“What is your deal?” she shrieked.

“I care about the VMAs being good,” he replied.

It was funny!

And Britney looked AMAZING!!!!!!!!

Word is that not only will Britney Spears be at this year’s VMA’s, but she will also be opening the show!  Remember last year?! 

I know Britney is in a much better place than she was one year ago.  Frankly, I can’t wait for her to open the show and I sincerely hope she f’n rocks the house.  Creatively, it would be a pretty poetic way to re-launch her career after her strange performance last year.

After spending the past few years in and out of hospitals and rehab clinics, the pop singer is to open the Hollywood ceremony on Sunday, but instead of performing she will deliver something “fun and unexpected”, MTV said.

In a statement, Spears, 26, declined to reveal her plans for the awards ceremony but said she was looking forward to the weekend: “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.”

And there you have it. Kick some serious booty, Brit!

Oh, and we found out what the celebrities are getting in their VMA gift bags. Luxury lifestyle website, ExoticExcess.com has the full list. Check it out!

Britney Spears is looking really great these days.  She also seems to be on a much better path with her life than at the beginning of this year.  Britney has done another interview with OK! magazine and she is talking about how she has gotten back into shape.

“I’m the healthiest I’ve been all my life,” Britney, 26, tells OK!. “My diet has a lot to do with my getting into shape. I have no sugar. I don’t eat fruit or even fruit juice because of the sugar. I eat chicken and salmon and rice. I eat avocados. I’ll have egg whites for breakfast and sometimes turkey burgers for lunch. I try to do just 1,200 calories a day. It may sound like it’s not much, but it’s actually a lot of food if you eat the right things.”

Good for you, Brit!

Yesterday, we told you that Britney Spearsis doing her first magazine interview and photo shoot in nearly two year.  Pictured above is the cover that is set to hit news stands on Friday.  She did the interview with OK! magazine, the same mag she gave a disastrous interview to two years ago.  During that now infamous interview her dog pooped on a Zac Posen couture gown, she allegedly stole clothes from the shoot, and left in the middle of the interview.

In the new interview, Britney talks about her kids, the divorce, and her sister’s pregnancy.  Her father was present for the interview, which includes some quotes from him too.

It seems like Britney is bouncing back from her dark times.  Good!

Britney Spears must be doing some damage control for some of her previous outrageous behavior. Earlier we reported that Britney has done her first interview and photo shoot in nearly two years, with OK!, the same magazine that she previously had a disasterous encounter with. Remember what her dog did to a Zac Posen dress?

And who can forget Britney’s horrid performance at the VMA’s?

MTV has just released two new TV spots featuring Britney Spears for September’s Video Music Awards ceremony.

Both clips show off a much-improved Britney as she hangs out VMA host British comedian Russell Brand — and a mammoth elephant, a reference to the one huge issue they never discuss: Britney’s near-disastrous performance at last year’s ceremony.

In the first commercial, Russell asks the pop superstar if he’s dreaming and asks her to pinch him… “harder.”

And then in the second clip, the two have a bit of fun with Russell’s relative anonymity here in the US, as Brit pretends to not be able to remember his last name. “You will remember that name, because pretty soon it’s gonna be your surname,” he tells the pop star coyly.

Britney Spears is said to have just completed her first exclusive sit-down interview and photo shoot in nearly two years. OK! magazine, the same publication that attempted to deliver Spears’ previous exclusive agreement, is said to be running her tell-all in this week’s issue.

Who can forget just how disastrously the mag’s earlier encounter with Spears was? She took clothes from the set, and her dog did unspeakable things to a Zac Posen dress.  (Dog poo and Zac Posen do not go well together!)

But this time around, a source says that things went quite well. Not only did Spears answer questions (with no couture dresses harmed in the process), but her dad, Jamie Spears, who’s never spoken at length with the media, was forthcoming about Spears’ relationship with her management, Kevin Federline and her sons. The issue is on stands nationwide on Friday.

Lynne Spears‘ tell-all memoir, Through the Storm, is ready to hit the bookstores September 16. Here is your first look at the cover. Apparently the book will include all the details of the Spears family, from Britney’s rise to stardom to her fall from grace and Jamie Lynn’s teenage pregnancy.

Lynne, 53, delves into the lives of her children Bryan, 31, Britney, 26, and Jamie Lynn, 17, in the tome. Among the topics covered are Lynne’s response to Jamie Lynn’s teen pregnancy, Britney’s meltdown and how Britney’s rise to fame affected her family.

The description of the book says:

“Sincere, self-effacing, sometimes spunky, Lynne’s memoir reveals the heart of a mother who has struggled through difficult times and how she has held on to her faith and her sense of humor as she tries to hold on to her family.”

“Through the Storm” will be Lynne’s third book. She co-wrote two books with Britney - 2000’s “Heart to Heart” and 2001’s “A Mother’s Gift,” which was adapted into a TV movie, “Brave New Girl.”

Will you buy a copy of Through the Storm?

Britney Spears must have decided that she needed to make a serious commitment to health after her vacation with Mel Gibson, when photos of her in a bikini surfaced and everyone wondered if she was pregnant again.  No woman wants to be asked if she is pregnant when she isn’t.  Talk about a self esteem killer!

As you can see from the above picture, Britney is looking tight and toned these days.  Apparently, this new body is the result of a strict diet, exercise, and also a lot of money spent. Britney is spending roughly $22 grand a month on a personal trainer, nutritionist and dance choreographer.

The Daily Mail reports:

Her expensive heath make-over included £5,000-a-month on a nutritionist and diet supplements, £4,000 on a personal trainer and £2,000 on a private dance choreographer.

A source was quoted in Closer magazine as saying: ‘She limits herself to 1400 calories a day with one ‘cheat day’ where she’ll treat herself.’

‘She also changed the way she eats, trying to have only two thirds of what is on her plate. It’s all about portion control and fresh food now. And lots of water in place of Red Bull.’

She has also taken on some of Victoria Beckham’s diet tips, eating plenty of steamed fish and snacking on edamame beans.

Britney also endures intensive work-outs with Pussycat Dolls’ personal trainer James Van Daff as well as three-hour dance classes six times a week.

I guess if Britney is going to spend an absurd amount of money on something, at least she is putting it towards taking care of herself.

She looks damn good!

Britney Spears was granted a change in her visitation schedule with her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James at a hearing.

“There was a change in visitation status that was ordered by Commissioner Gordon this morning,” Los Angeles Superior Court spokesperson Alan Parachini confirmed after the hearing, which both Kevin Federline and her father (and co-conservator) Jamie Spears attended. (Britney and Kevin did not address each other during the hearing.)

The details of her visitation, however, are unclear.

A status hearing is set for July 15.

Britney and Jamie Lynn’s momma, Lynne Spears has another book to release.  Lynne was previously right about to release her book on parenting when Britney began to publicly suffer from bipolar issues and then Jamie Lynn got knocked up.  Not surprisingly, the her publishers knew that book would be a disaster and didn’t go to print.  The media still got a good laugh out of it though.

This time around, Lynne will make money off of write about the dark period of Britney’s life.  Maybe it is just how I remember it, but Lynne wasn’t around for the first few months of Britney’s disintegration that occurred right in front of the world’s eyes.  Lynne and Papa Spears came in at the end, and thankfully, Papa seemed to be the one who took the reins in cleaning up Britney’s life.  I would be more interested in reading a book written by Papa Spears - although, I doubt I would buy that one either. Granted, I’m glad that Britney and her mother reconnected, but Lynne’s book would be much more interesting if it hadn’t already been widely publicized that she and Britney weren’t in much contact during that fiasco.  Also, I’m sure Lynne will also expose her “shock” about Jamie Lynn’s teenage pregnancy.  I bet those chapters will be predictable fascinating.

The only thing that I’m intrigued about with this book is what the cover will look like.  Will it be a cover of a somber posed Lynne with pictures of her daughters in the background?  Will they just go for the title printed in a funky font, sans picture?  Will they try to manipulate the public into feeling sorry for Lynne and print a sweet picture of Britney and Jamie Lynn as precious little girls?  Maybe they will go for shock and print the photo of Britney with her shaved head, umbrella in hand, in full attack mode alongside of a picture of Jamie Lynn exiting a Walmart in Louisiana with her giant pregnant belly.

The book — slated for a September release — will be titled Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World.

Ms. Britney Spears leaves a Bally’s Total Fitness after a workout.

Britney seems to be doing much better these days and we’re all the happier for it. 

Britney Spears made an appearance at designer Christian Audigiers’s 50th birthday party and brought her agent/boyfriend Jason Trawick. Trawick also recently vacationed with Britney, her dad, and Mel Gibson in Costa Rica.

Poor Britney. She just doesn’t look happy to us. These two just don’t seem into each other. Maybe they are madly in love, and this picture happened to be snapped at an awkward moment. We want Britney to find happiness though. She seems really sweet and she has been through enough.