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Celeb News: Britney: “No! I like Crossroads! F— you!”
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Britney: “No! I like Crossroads! F— you!”
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“This is scary,” admits Britney Spears, looking mildly alarmed. In an hour, the pop superstar will climb on to a small stage, perch on a stool in front of the worldwide media and numerous record executives, and give “Britney Jean”, her eighth album, its first public airing.
She’ll be joined on stage by her producer, Will.i.am, but the audience will focus on just one person, as she introduces songs, including her new single, Perfume, from an album (now free to stream on iTunes ) that promises to delve further than ever before into the life of this surprisingly shy icon. “I’m eager for people to hear what I’ve been working on,” she adds. But I’m so nervous at the same time, because it’s such a personal album for me.”
“Vegas is definitely a new challenge,” she says. “But I wanted to be able to put on a different type of show. You get to do so much more when you don’t have to put your stage in trucks after the show every night – we got to build a venue specifically for my show. It’s going to be more like a party than a typical concert.” “I need to rehearse more now than I did before,” she admits. “I feel I’m more of a perfectionist these days.”
“The increased scrutiny does make me a little harder on myself these days,” she says. “There are more expectations of me now, not just in terms of what I do, but also in terms of who I am.”
She’s come a long way from her childhood town of Kentwood, Louisiana, a place whose other claim to fame is as the dairy capital of America’s South. “It’s a small town where everyone knows everyone,” she says. “You visit your friends and neighbours without ever telling them you’re showing up.”
“My mom is a wonderful woman,” says Spears. “She’s always been an inspiration to me, but having kids helped me make even more sense of my relationship with her. My sons [Sean] Preston and Jayden are eight and seven now – and not only do I find myself doing some of the things my mom used to do, I also understand why she did them.”
In footage of them outside , Jayden is having a great time posing for the cameras, but at one point, amid the bellowing and flashing of the media, his brother has had enough, and turns to his mother for comfort.
“That was Preston – he’s kind of shy,” she says. “I kind of keep them in their world – their kid world, away from the limelight. I feel that’s a different side of me. ’Cos, you know, it’s a lot to deal with. For a lot of people. Especially if you’re shy, like my boys, it can be overwhelming.”
After two decades of fame how has she learnt to deal with this? What’s the trick?
“Oh,” she says with a laughs, “it’s always overwhelming.”
“There are a lot of songs about heartbreak I can relate to because of the break-up I went through this year,” she explains. “When you go through heartbreak, you just do the things that get you by. Eventually you realise it’s about making the most of life. Even on the album when it talks about having a good time with friends and family, it’s because these are the things that make you happy and get you through heartbreak.”
She hopes the lyrics will inspire others. “There is definitely an element of that. I’ve always followed my heart and pursued my dreams, and I imagine that people find that inspiring. I hope that is the effect I have on my fans and people in general. I definitely want to project a positive energy out into the world.”
Talking about perfume “You put yourself through it again and again,” she agrees. “But each time love takes you over. It feels different every time for me. Every guy who I’ve been with, it’s been a different kind of love. And right now, I’m having a magical love.
In recent years, she’s kept herself busy. “Really busy, actually,” she says. “But it’s been nice. I got to be more of a stay-at-home mom – in fact, I had a whole year off when I was just doing the mom thing.” We talk about her “French country”-style house on the outskirts of Los Angeles, and about the early years of her career, such as when she and Timberlake turned up at the 2001 American Music Awards clad entirely in denim. “It was a pretty carefree time,” she says. “We were just, like, ‘We look great, let’s go!’ I have great memories of that time: there were a lot of rehearsals, but there was also a lot of clubbing and a lot of dancing. I still think the best night of my life was when I was 22 years old. It was New Year’s Eve, and in Hawaii.”
Her smile hints at a fun night, but also suggests that the details are not for public consumption. “It was a long time ago,” is all she will say. “But it was fun.” But, she adds, “I get bored really, really easily so I always have to feel like I’m doing something – I have to get back to work and start working.”
Is the recording studio her safe place now?
“Yes, yes. Definitely. And that feeling of safeness comes through in my music now more than it ever has before – that’s how I feel comfortable making personal music.”
“I did have trouble being overly critical at times but then I’d simply remind myself to be constructive and positive versus mean,” she adds. “Being able to mentor young singers was the main plus point. I think overall it was a positive experience.”
On the topic of Chaotic , the 2005 documentary that granted unprecedented access to her marriage to Federline, she says: “I would never do something like that again.” She purses her lips. It looks as if this is the first time she’s considered Chaotic in many years. “Actually, that was really bad,” she decides. “That was probably the worst thing I’ve done in my career.”
When I ask if that includes Crossroads – her not-exactly-Oscar-winning 2002 film – she looks suddenly outraged and clutches her hand to her heart. “No!” she shouts, springing to life. “I like Crossroads! F— you!”
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...of-me-now.html
You tell them, Brit 
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Yes. That show was the worst thing she's ever done in her career. So was marrying Kevin, but at without Kevin her precious babies wouldn't here so...thanks for the sperm I guess?
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Her taste 
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Is this recent?! omg I love new Brit!
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It was a nice movie, from what I remember.. don't understand tha hate and shade. 
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She's really coming back to life. 
It's like they've been lowering her dosage by a milligram every day since X Factor. 
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Why haven't all of her interviews been like this
Sometimes, I feel it is her needing to work her way back into the interview circuit after the break. Also, sometimes it's the interviewer. This interviewer asked really good questions. I think that's why her Entertainment Tonight interviews are consistently good too. Ditto with the fan chat on Saturday Night Online because the fans asked questions we don't hear often.
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“I like Crossroads! F— you!”
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nnnn; get 'em Brit
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her interviews this era are amazing
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I love Crossroads in all it's corny glory.
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I'm not a fan of crossroads but alot of girls really like it. My sisters aren't really Britney stan but they still watch it often, i've only seen it once.
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I love that movie tho
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I love it.
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