The students of St. Catherine of Siena School in Metairie, La., have been through a lot together — especially after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.

Lindsay Hernandez, 14, lived with 21 relatives and friends after her home was destroyed. See-Sha James Hayes, 17, lost her dog and her home, and is still living apart from her parents. Maycie Melerine, 13, misses her lost pictures after everything she owned was lost to the floodwaters. Auntrell Prosper, 17, still has Beyonce posters on her bedroom walls in her devastated home, but she and her family live in a trailer.

The girls sat down for breakfast with City Councilman Jay Batt to discuss the effects of Katrina, but were in for a surprise when they were joined by Louisiana native, pop star and new mom Britney Spears. She stunned the girls when she told them she was taking them shopping “to pick out some really good outfits.”

The surprises didn’t stop there. Their next stop was Emeril Lagasse’s signature restaurant. There, the girls enjoyed a traditional Cajun meal of red beans and rice, fried chicken, and macaroni and cheese.

In between bites and girl talk, the group discussed the serious ramifications of the storm.

“We came back to Baton Rouge and there was no room. We had to go to a shelter,” Auntrell said.

The girls were in for one last surprise, fleur-de-lis pins — the symbol of New Orleans — on blue ribbons. The pins represent rebirth, a reminder of a few happy hours amid the specter of Hurricane Katrina.

“It was awesome. I will never forget it,” Lindsay said.

The Gatorettes

Spears also surprised the school’s dance troupe, the Gatorettes.

After the storm, the dance team was spread all over the country. Now the Gatorettes are back together and ready to practice.

“Coming to dance, it’s a relaxing time to have fun instead of worrying about other things from the hurricane,” said Emily Lococo, 12.

Source: ABC

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This info comes from Cocaine @ BritneyForums.net, so thanks to him for this:

A bunch of 12 and 13 year old cheerleaders were doing a cheer in their school gymnasium. The Good Morning America reporter tells us that some of these girls are homeless (due to hurricane Katrina). Surprise! Britney walks in. The tweens freak out and squeal like the little girls they are. Britney is all “That was awesome y’all.” The girls freak out and tell Britney how much they love her. Well educated Britney replies “Dancing is, like, my favorite thing in the world.” So the girls perform a cheer for Britney. After said cheer one girl replies, matching Britney’s grammar skills, “That was, like, the best part of my life!!!!” Merely moments after the news reporter tells us that some of these girls are homeless, Britney reveals a surprise. She brought bags of CDs and DVDs for the whole squad.

Britney also took four girls on a shopping spree and ate lunch with them. Hopefully we’ll get the video of all this soon! Thanks a lot to jessylynne for this info.

According to Access Hollywood, Britney is going to make a “major career announcement” on the show today! As we reported yesterday, Britney will be doing an interview for Access Hollywood from New Orleans.

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Britney Spears wearing her ring is back with husband Kevin as she visits New Orleans for Mardi Gras celebrations. Britney was also seen throwing beads from a balcony as part of the traditions.

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Tomrrow, February 28th, Britney is going to shoot a new interview with Access Hollywood, to air the same day.

Britney is apparently doing the interview as soon as she finishes her appearance on “Good Morning America”’s Mardi Gras coverage.

Access Hollywood confirmed the news yesterday!

Here is a short interview did for Tyra Banks on the red carpet of the post-grammy party 2 weeks ago. Thanks a lot to Ben from Retronited.com for sending it to me!

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Madonna has done her guest spot on “Will & Grace.”

So has Cher, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and Jennifer Lopez, just to name a few of the celebs who have graced the sitcom’s stage.

And now, after taking several months of maternity leave, Britney Spears is returning to work with a must-see cameo of her own.

In fact, when she made her appearance on the set, she surprised and excited the studio audience so much, the show had to stop just to give her a proper introduction, much to the delight of the crowd.

“I think anybody in their right mind, any celebrity would want to be a part of that,” Britney said of her primetime cameo.

Wearing a knee-length tight red dress, the long-haired blond Britney proudly showed off her post baby body.

But the gum-chewing Spears had a close call right before one scene, when she suddenly needed to lose her gum as the director called “Action!”

Britney quickly spit it out and tossed it backstage just in time to hit the stage.

In her first primetime television episodic appearance, Britney plays a Christian conservative sidekick to Jack (Sean Hayes) on the episode “Jack Talk.”

In the episode, when “Out TV” is bought by a Christian Television Network, Spears is brought on to be Jack’s new religious co-host — until Will (Eric McCormack) and Jack loosen her up. But leave it to Britney to bring her own unique additions to the talk show.

After taping her guest appearance, the pop princess talked about her comedy gig and her castmates.

“It’s just hilarious and I think all the secrets that get shown through the show, it’s hilarious,” Britney said.

And how did her castmates treat the music superstar?

“They are so mean to me,” she laughed. “No, they are amazing. They are so sweet.”

Catch Britney on “Will & Grace” when the episode airs March 30 on NBC.

Source: Access Hollywood

Here is the video preview of Britney on Will & Grace. It shows Britney spitting out her gum right before the director shouts Action! Thanks a lot to hakannayir for the video.

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A heavily guarded Britney Spears enjoys a vacation at a resort on Maui, Hawaii. A cowboy hat wearing Britney enjoyed drinks while her nanny looked after son Sean Preston in a cabanna protecting the baby boy from the sunshine. Britney is seen here checking out a fellow holiday makers young child. Britney was also spotted walking Sean Preston in his stroller and at the beach. The star is reportedly in Hawaii to shoot the video for husband Kevin’s debut video “PopoZao.”

Thanks a lot to Heartache and jenni! Click the image to view all the pics.

I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ve got to say, I’m sick of the rumours that Britney is pregnant again. How can they say she looks fat on the beach in Maui? She looks the best she’s done since giving birth!

Britney and Kevin have already said they’re waiting a few years before baby number 2, so until there’s an announcement everyone should forget about it…

Thanks a lot to Angiebrit2! Click the image to view all the pics.

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Britney has filmed an appearance in the promo for next Tuesday’s Mardi Gras special on “Good Morning America.”

You can download the video here!

Britney Spears relaxes in the waters of Maui while vacationing on the Hawaiian island. Spears has kicked her husband Kevin Federline out of the house because of his wayward behaviour. The pop singer is also on the island in search of a house to rent for 3 months while she records her new album.

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Pop tart Britney Spears has reportedly wrapped up her filming of her new part on the NBC sitcom ‘Will and Grace.’

So - the girl deserves a vacation - right. But did she take it without her husband?

Scattered paparazzi pictures show that Britney and baby Sean Preston in Hawaii and on the beach, but husband Kevin Federline is no where in sight.

The pictures are reportedly from February 20 and will be coming soon to a tabloid near you. But the question being asked is - Did Britney take a vacation to Hawaii without K-Fed?

Source: National Ledger

Britney Spears is secretly visting a famous guru in Beverly Hills, guru Singh Khalsa, see his website, who helped Madonna to recover her voice after Lourdes’ birth. She might need some help after Sean’s birth

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Britney Spears is all smiles as she goes in the rain to Toy R Us store in Los Angeles to buy two kid cages Superyard XT. On her way she stopped at a Kabbalah card reader.

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As you probably rememeber, Asad, who sometimes updates the site, released a couple of Britney mashups last year including “Tick Toxic,” which was even played on some radio stations. Now he’s done it again with Beyoncé’s “Baby Boy” and the instrumental of Britney’s “Overprotected (Darkchild remix)”!

You can download the pack of 4 mixes here

It has been 20 months since Britney Spears was last on tour and more than two years since she released an album of new material. But that doesn’t mean the singer has stopped performing. These days her audience tends to be small – just one wriggly fan – the venue intimate and the singing unplugged. “I’ll sing him ‘Mary had a little lamb,’” Spears says of crooning to her 5-month-old son Sean Preston. “And I make up stuff.” She pauses and considers for a moment. “I found out after the baby,” she says earnestly, “that I can sing!”

It’s one of the many realizations new to Spears since entering Club Mom last September. Motherhood “is such an intense experience,” says the 24 year old singer, sipping a mango margarita at a Mexican restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., down the coast from the newly remodeled home she shares with husband Kevin Federline, 27, and “Sean P,” as the new parents sometimes call their son. Unnoticed by the lunch crowd in tinted sunglasses and a sleeveless geometric print dress, Spears is alternately confident when she speaks about her imminent return to the recording studio and exasperated when conversation turns to the subject of the paparazzi. This is clearly a more resolute, more guarded Britney than the one who once only had to look out for herself. “I’m going to [get back to work], but I’m going to do it with definite balance for my baby,” she says, “because I want him to have the best of both worlds.”

For a star who has led more of her life in the spotlight than out, the challenge now is bridging the dueling worlds of motherhood (“Mary had a little lamb/Its fleece as white as snow”) and pop superstardom (“And everywhere that Britney went/Paparazzi were sure to go”). The singer’s parental judgment came under serious fire February 6 when she drove with Sean Preston on her lap – drawing sharp criticism on behalf of everyone from the Mommy and Me set to the US Secretary of Transportation, who called her actions “irresponsible.” Last week Spears explained that she was just acting instinctively while trying to evade the aggressive paparazzi; now she addresses the incident with caution. “I love my baby more than anything,” she says, “and as unfortunate an experience as this has been for me and my family, if it brings more attention to child safety then I fully support that.”

But ask about the photographers who track her every move, and her frustration is palpable. “I don’t really go out with him,” she says of Sean Preston. “And it’s kind of sad because I can’t walk down the street with the stroller. I’m not expecting people to pity me. I’m just telling the truth. I’ve pulled over and asked the cops, ‘Could you please help me? They’ve been driving recklessly back there.’ And they say, ‘Sorry ma’am, I can’t help you. This is how it is.’ I mean, Princess Diana got killed by one of these people. They’re crossing the line.”

Then she looks up and shakes her head. “I sound bitter. I’m not bitter. I’m doing great. I really am. I’m happy. I’m very blessed. I have a beautiful home, a wonderful family, supportive, loving people around me. I have a great life.”

Now after a year and a half of marriage-and-maternity leave, Spears – who recently made the scene with Federline at the Screen Actors Guild and Grammy Awards party circuits – is resuming her busy life with the pent-up passion of a benched player twitching to get back in the game. Coming up: a guest turn on Will & Grace set to air April 13 (“I have been laughing so much every day on the set!”) and a Feb 28 live appearance on Good Morning America from New Orleans, where she has been active in helping to rebuild her home state via her hurricane relief fund. “I’m not going to be performing,” she says. “I thought instead that it’d be more meaningful if I surprised a group of girls to spend the day with them doing things that I used to like to do in Louisiana when I was younger. I know it’ll be such an emotional trip, but it will also be uplifting to see the city continuing its traditions.”

And then there’s her music. The same exhausted star who told People three months before giving birth that “the pace I was going at was ridiculous” can’t wait to get back to doing what she loves. “This may sound weird, but I miss traveling,” she says, “I miss the road, seeing different places and being with the dancers and having fun. That feeling of being on the stage, knowing it’s your best – I love that. I needed a break, I needed to be hungry again.”

More like ravenous. “She’s a true competitor in the very best sense of the word,” says Barry Weiss, president and CEO of Zomba Label Group, of which Spears’ label, Jive Records, is a part. “I think she knows she’s got a big, big place in the market she wants to reclaim. She says, “I belong out there. I can do these things.’” Spears is more pointed in her critique of the musical landscape. “It’s a huge lull,” she says. “I haven’t seen anybody out there who has had a performance where I’m like, ‘That’s fucking awesome.’ It’s been boring. Nothing’s been WOW to me.”

Aiming for a release later this year, she has been recording in her home studio, experimenting with live musicians and stripping down her sound. “I’ll get on the pian-ah,” she says in her Louisiana twang, more pronounced in person than it is in her public appearances, “and I just play whatever feels good.” Hearing herself sing to Sean Preston had proved a turning point. “When I was little, I would listen to myself,” she says. “But the record label signs you, and you’re just thankful to get a hit song. You can’t really show off your voice and where you came from.”

Which brings her back to Louisiana. Growing Up, “I used to listen to blues music and all that stuff,” she says. “I would like to try and have more influences of that sound. Not that I’m going to be like frickin’ Tina Turner. But you never know.”

Eager as she is to return to performing, she is not yet the Britney who could famously match her backup dancers move for move. Although she is rapidly returning to her pre-baby body thanks to “a combination of cardio, weights, yoga and Pilates and long walks with the baby,” she is still troubled by the 2004 knee injury she sustained while shooting her “Outrageous” video. “It’s fine if I go to the gym and start dancing, but when I really start challenging myself, it starts snapping,” she says. “I just have a feeling if I really go for it, it’s not going to happen.”

She has changed in other major ways as well. The star who let it all hang out on last summer’s reality series Britney & Kevin: Chaotic is now far more protective of her personal life. “I would love to talk about my pride and joy,” she says of her son, “but once you do it with one interview, then the door is open and people take advantage of it.” When asked if she could open the door to talking about her husband, she says “Just a little” before addressing his forays into hip-hop. “He goes into the studio and has his own vibe,” she says. “I’m really impressed.”

Clearly she has been burned by the endless scrutiny of her marriage. “Look at Jennifer Aniston – she went on Oprah just to say she’s okay,” says Spears. “It does affect you to a certain extent. It has to. I don’t take myself so seriously, but when you’ve been poked at and poked at, there’s going to come a time when you’re going to snap.”

Late in the interview, Spears’ face lights up during a call to Federline to arrange their evening plans – the pair exchange easy laughs about Sean P. It is that little guy, after all, who has changed the singer’s world for good. And she is keenly aware that juggling her fierce ambitions with the sometimes messy contradictions of motherhood – that unique mix of vulnerability and invincibility will test her like nothing else. “In the care on the way here, I was crying because I was listening to country music,” she says. “I love LA but I know what I am. I’m a country girl at heart. I long to be at home. I like that simplicity for my child. I really, really do.”

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