Britney Spears,Paris Hilton and the best of fashion week

some celebrity first-time mothers and organizations stuck up for her, especially after video footage shot through a restaurant window hit the internet, clearly showing Spears clinging to her baby and crying after the tripping incident. By the fall, the public scorn seemed to shift and redirect toward Federline - especially after he was spotted all over L.A. and Vegas, partying with cronies, while his wife, now pregnant with their second son was M.I.A. When a bedraggled Spears was forced to do damage control by sobbing to Matt Lauer on a notorious “Dateline NBC” interview in June, fans began counting down the days until Spears come to her senses and left the man they considered the ruin of the old Britney. The week the wannabe rapper released his first album, Playing with Fire - to a unanimous and expected critical beatdown - the public got its wish. On Nov. 7, Spears filed for divorce from Federline, citing “irreconcilable differences” and asking for physical and legal custody of one-year-old Sean and two-month-old Jayden, but for Federline to receive reasonable visitation rights. Spears gave the date of separation as the day before - the same day she flaunted her revamped post-pregnancy physique during a surprise appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman” (CBS, 1993- ).

Not long after her son’s birth, however, Spears found that the media had zeroed in on something more sensitive than her fashion sense or choice in men - her mothering skills. In a quick succession of scandalous incidents, starting in early 2006, Spears was photographed driving with her infant son on her lap; with her infant son in the wrong car seat, facing the wrong way in a convertible - and finally - tripping on a NYC street, almost dropping the baby, while teetering on heels and trying to hold onto a glass of water. The public lambasting of Spears as bad mom was at an all time high that spring - enough that by the third incident in New York,

Also Credited As:
Britney Jean Spears
Born:
on 12/02/1981 in Kentwood, Louisiana
Job Titles:
Singer, Actor, Music producer
Family
Brother: Bryan Spears. born c. 1977
Father: Jamie Spears. born c. 1953
Mother: Lynne Spears. born c. 1955
Sister: Jamie Lynn Spears. born c. 1991
Son: Jayden James Federline. born September 12, 2006; father, Kevin Federline
Son: Sean Preston Federline. born September 14, 2005 in Santa Monica, California; father, Kevin Federline
Significant Others
Companion: Columbus Short.
Companion: Fred Durst. announced on the "Howard Stern Show" that he slept with Spears in 2003; Spears denied they were ever involved
Companion: Justin Timberlake. member of the popular singing group *NSYNC; the two appeared together on the "Mickey Mouse Club" in the early 1990s; dated for three years; split in 2002
Companion: Nick Carter. member of the singing group "Backstreet Boys"; rumored to have dated in 2002
Husband: Jason Allen Alexander. married in Las Vegas on January 3, 2004; marriage annulled 2 days later

Husband: Kevin Federline. began dating March 2004, while his ex-girlfriend was pregnant with their second child; engaged in June 2004; married September 18, 2004 at a private home in Studio City, California ; filed for divorce in November, 2006, citing "irreconcilable differences" and asking for legal and physical custody of the couple's two sons
Companion: Fred Dunst. rumored to be dating as of January 2003; no longer together as of February 2003
Companion: Justin Timberlake. member of the popular singing group *NSYNC; the two co-starred on the "Mickey Mouse Club" in the early 1990s; reportedly separated in 2002
Companion: Nick Carter. member of the singing group Backstreet Boys; rumored to be dating as of September 2002
Education
Professional Performing Arts School, New York, New York, 1991
Park Lane Academy, McComb, Mississippi
Milestones
1987 Began dance lessons at the age of five (date approximate)
1989 Trained as a gymnast at age seven (date approximate)
1990 Auditioned for the Disney Channel series "The Mickey Mouse Club"; at eight was considered too young by producers
1991 Moved with mother and sister to New York City to pursue an acting career
1991 Starred in the Off-Broadway production "Ruthless", a comedic remake of "The Bad Seed"
1992 Competed on the syndicated talent series "Star Search"; won for her debut performance, but was defeated the following week
1993 Was a cast member on "Mickey Mouse Club"
1997 Signed with Jive Records
1998 First single, "...Baby One More Time"
1998 Went on a promotional shopping mall tour
1999 Guested on an episode of the sitcom "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (ABC)
1999 Released multiplatinum debut album "...Baby One More Time"
2000 Appeared in a McDonald's commercial filmed in Canada but refused to film a non-union United States-produced commercial for Clairol's Herbal Essence shampoo during the commercial actors' strike; donated $1 of each ticket sold at a concert in California to the SAG Foundation
2000 Followed up with the successful sophomore effort "Oops!... I Did it Again"
2000 Lent her vocal talents to an episode of "The Simpsons", playing herself
2001 Hosted the American Music Awards telecast on ABC
2002 Feature film acting debut in "Crossroads", directed by Tamra Davis
2002 Opened restaurant called NyLa in New York; terminated her relationship with the restaurant citing mismanagement and management's failure to keep her fully apprised in November 2002.
2002 Started production company called Britney Spears Productions
2003 Recieved Star on the Hollywood walk of Fame
2003 Released fourth album "In the Zone", which featured Madonna on it's first single "Me Against the Music"
2004 Received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording for the song "Toxic"
2004 Signed a five year deal with Elizabeth Arden to develop fragrance, cosmetics and skin care products
2005 Starred in a six-part reality series titled "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic" (UPN), which mixed footage shot during the pair's whirlwind engagement in 2004.
2006 Guest starred on an episode of "Will & Grace," (NBC) as a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show
Returned to Louisiana