Pop beauty Britney Spears is employing Hollywood's finest wedding planner to ensure her forthcoming nuptials abolish painful memories of her impromptu marriage to Jason Alexander.
The pop star -- who stunned the showbiz world when she wed school pal Alexander in a rushed Las Vegas ceremony in January, only to have the marriage annulled 55 hours later -- has hired celebrity planner Yifat Oren to lay on the best party possible when she walks down the aisle with dancer Kevin Federline in November.
A source tells Page Six, "She's versatile, so if Britney decides to do something in keeping with her Louisiana roots, Yifat has also been known to use gingham tablecloths and burlap napkins for a more rustic look."
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Spears has rejected the traditional white wedding dress in favor of a bright red gown.
The star is desperate to avoid the stereotypical images associated with weddings, and is adamant she won't be walking down the aisle in white.
However, she's planning to exclude her famous pals from the wedding party, preferring instead to enlist her old school pals as her bridesmaids, according to Britain's Daily Star newspaper.
A source says, "Britney wants to wear something different and has refused a white dress. She has been dropping hints that she will wear bright red.
"And she is toying with the idea of having five bridesmaids, whom she will pick from her school friends. Everybody who is playing a part has been asked to keep it quiet, but two of the groomsmen are thought to be dancers from her tour.
"No expense is being spared, and it's building up to be the wedding of the century."
BRITNEY SPEARS has chosen the famous Beverly Hills Hotel for her wedding to dancer KEVIN FEDERLINE.
The pop princess is planning to marry on November 20 — and has already got in some practice for her wedding night, as our pictures show.
Britney, seen here getting raunchy with her fiancé by a hotel pool, decided the old fashioned Hollywood hotel would provide the perfect romantic setting.
These latest pictures come three days after the singer was photographed swigging from a miniature whisky bottle in the middle of the afternoon.
I think it’s fair to say Britney is now a bona fide rock ’n’ roll icon.
She is prepared to fork out £1million for her big day and is spending more than £100,000 alone on special white tulips which she wants flown in from Amsterdam.
An insider who works for the Beverly Hills wedding planner who Britney has hired, said: “She loves the tulips and wants the whole place decked out with them.
“She has also specified that she wants 300 bottles of expensive Cristal champagne.
“She hasn’t decided on a wedding breakfast menu yet but has said she isn’t skimping on anything. She said she wants a massive affair that is nothing like the Las Vegas cheap wedding she had before, which was annulled after just 55 hours.
“Britney is already having her white wedding dress designed and says it will be very traditional.
“She is having five bridesmaids including her sister Jamie and one of her oldest friends from school. She has been scouring wedding magazines for ideas but her mum Lynne has a lot of input too.
“The plans are getting more and more lavish by the day. It’s real fairytale stuff. She had originally decided on the Bel Air hotel but then moved it to the Beverly Hills.”
The hotel is one of the oldest and most famous in Los Angeles.
OZZY and SHARON OSBOURNE renewed their wedding vows there in 2003 and it was a regular haunt of Hollywood legends such as MARILYN MONROE and ROCK HUDSON.
FIRST BIG DAY
GROOM: Jason Alexander
DATE: January 2004
LOCATION: Little White Chapel, Las Vegas
GUESTS: None
FLOWERS: None
OUTFIT: T-shirt, baseball
cap, ripped jeans (no knickers) COST: £500
SECOND BIG DAY
GROOM: Kevin Federline
DATE: November 2004
LOCATION: Beverly Hills Hotel, California
GUESTS: 400
FLOWERS: £100,000
OUTFIT: Couture
designer gown
COST: £1million
On Wednesday Lynne revealed that plans for the wedding were “well ahead” and said: “All I want for her is something really nice, something really beautiful.”
My pictures show the raunchy singer shoving her hands down Kevin’s pants as they snog on a balcony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in LA.
And as the pair sunbathe by the pool, Britney reveals that she too can’t avoid the dreaded orange peel. Although just 22, she clearly has a spot of cellulite on her bum.
But it’s not all bad news for Brit — she looks truly sensational with her impressive tan as she climbs in and out of the pool.
And at least she has taken The Sun’s tip and changed that stinky pink bikini that we revealed she had worn for four days in Hawaii recently.
1st: I don't think sticking your hands down anyones pants in public is a very good idea. I am all for the saying "there is a time and a place" but most celebs don't seem to know that saying.
2nd: One minute they whinge she has celulite, the next they say she looks stunning. Besides, everyone has cellulite, it's natural, it's normal. If my butt looked like that I would not care anyway!
Pop beauty Britney Spears will marry fiance Kevin Federline in a lavish wedding at the Beverly Hills Hotel this November, taking her vows for the second time in a year.
The singer, 22, is already busy arranging the finer details of the glitzy occasion, with the help of a wedding planner and her mother Lynne.
According to insiders, the estimated budget for the wedding is a cool $1.8 million and Britney is particularly keen on covering the venue with white tulips from Amsterdam at a cost of $180,000.
A source close to her wedding planner says, "She loves the tulips and wants the whole place decked out with them.
"She's also specified that she wants 300 bottles of Cristal Champagne. She hasn't decided on a wedding breakfast menu yet but has said she isn't skimping on anything.
"She wants a massive affair that is nothing like the cheap Las Vegas wedding she had before, which was annulled after just 55 hours."
Stunning Britney shocked the world by marrying high school friend Jason Alexander in a quickie ceremony on New Year's Day, and is determined to make the most of her second nuptials on November 20.
The insider continues, "Britney is already having her white wedding dress designed and says it will be very traditional. She is having five bridesmaids, including her sister Jamie and one of her oldest friends from school. She has been scouring wedding magazines for ideas but her mom has a lot of input, too.
"Kevin just goes along with anything they say. The plans are getting more lavish by the day. It's real fairytale stuff."
Pop beauty Britney Spears is considering sharing her lavish November wedding with her legions of international fans -- by beaming it live around the world on TV.
The singer will marry Kevin Federline, her boyfriend of three months, in a romantic ceremony in California and is determined to prevent the media from ruining her big day.
So, instead of staging the nuptials under a blanket of tight security, Britney is thinking about giving everyone full access to the event via the power of television.
An insider tells Britain's Daily Sport, "She has the fan base around the planet to pull this off -- plus it could reap millions in television revenue.
"No celebrity of her status has ever taken their vows in front of a global audience. She certainly doesn't see herself as another Princess Diana, but there's no question that if one pop star can pull this off it will be Brit.
"She wants her people to go ahead with negotiations with TV networks for a syndicate deal. It also delights her that the paparazzi will be left out in the cold."
American celebrity magazines are engaged in a hot bidding war over the rights to publish photos of Britney Spears' lavish November wedding.
According to insiders, top publications including Us Weekly and People are desperate to secure the rights to the snaps but have a policy not to pay celebrities directly in such deals.
Instead, it looks like British magazine OK! will do a deal with Britney and then reach a separate agreement with People, "so People couldn't be accused of checkbook journalism."
A source whispers, "Catherine Zeta-Jones got more than a million for her wedding photos and Britney's much hotter."
Meanwhile, Spear's spokesperson says, "We have received calls from all over the world. Nothing has been decided."
The singer will wed dancer Kevin Federline in California on November 20.
MADONNA wants Britney Spears to get married in a mystical Kabbalah ceremony.
The pop princess, who plans to wed dancer Kevin Federline in November, recently converted to the controversial branch of Judaism.
Now leading Kabbalah members, including the Material Girl, are pressuring Britney to make her lavish wedding the first celebrity Kabbalah nuptials.
But Britney has clashed with her mother Lynne over the plan to have a white wedding that is basically of Hebrew origin.
An insider claimed: 'There's some real resistance from her family, who are devout Baptists.
'But maybe there's a way to incorporate elements from both faiths, and make everyone happy.'
Britney has had two Kabbalah-inspired tattoos in tribute to her newfound faith, according to the source, and often wears red string on her wrist.
The insider adds: 'Madonna has been urging her to have a Kabbalah-type wedding.'
The two singers have remained close friends since their infamous MTV kiss last year.
Like all Jewish weddings, a Kabbalah wedding consists of the groom breaking a glass with his foot after the couple exchange their vows. The ceremony also takes place under a hoopah, or canopy decorated with flowers.
Of course, Britney will want to make sure that her wedding is perfect after the disaster of her first marriage.
Back in January, she tied the knot with childhood pal Jason Alexander in Las Vegas.
It lasted an embarrassing 55 hours before Britney had the marriage annulled.
She later explained: 'I do believe in the sanctity of marriage, I totally do.
'But maybe there's a way to incorporate elements from both faiths, and make everyone happy.'
I think that is the best way to do it whenever you have inter-religious marriages. You have to take into consideration everyone's beliefs and try to make it a ceremony that reflects that. I don't think Madonna should push Britney to do anything she doesn't want to, but Britney's mum shouldn't pressure her either. It is Britney's day and she should be the one to choose (with Kevin, of course) what happens.
Bride-to-be Britney Spears is planning to wed dancer Kevin Federline in her southern home state of Louisiana.
According to E! gossip columnist Ted Casablanca, the singer's press representative has been leaking false wedding information to the media, leading reporters to the suspected venue of the Beverly Hills Hotel.
But a source close to Spears says, "This Beverly Hills Hotel wedding stuff is complete disinformation. All to throw the press off the scent."
Pals of the superstar also claim the pair, who began dating in April, will wed in August, instead of the original date of November.
The source adds, "It's going to be much, much sooner (than thought)."
Spears is reported to have refused her parents' request for a pre-nuptial agreement but, by transferring the ceremony to Louisiana instead of California, if the couple do split Spears' millions will be much safer.
schmiggens said this in post #16 : Spears is reported to have refused her parents' request for a pre-nuptial agreement but, by transferring the ceremony to Louisiana instead of California, if the couple do split Spears' millions will be much safer.
Why does it differ according to which state your in? What is the actual difference in the laws between the states? Does it matter what state you live in, or only where you got married? Confusing!
Looks like Britney Spears will have a little help footing her wedding bill.
The singer is said to be planning a super-lavish white wedding for this fall, and a source says a “wild bidding war” has erupted among celeb magazines for rights to publish the pics. A number of top U.S. mags are after the photo rights, says the insider, but some of them, such as People magazine, supposedly don’t engage in the practice of paying a celebrity directly — it’s considered checkbook journalism — so they’re working on ways around it.
There’s discussion, says that source, that a U.K. magazine such as OK! could pay Spears the big bucks, then the U.S. magazine would buy them from OK! “so People couldn’t be accused of checkbook journalism” says the insider.
The source says it looks like bidding will easily pass the seven figure mark. “Catherine Zeta-Jones got more than a million for her wedding photos,” says the source, “and Britney’s much hotter.”
A spokeswoman for People magazine had no comment, and an OK! rep couldn't be reached. "We have received calls from all over the world," Spears' spokeswoman told The Scoop. "Nothing has been decided."
The singer, 22, also is planning to have a mini-fairground built in the garden of her new home -- so that her beau's 2-year-old daughter Kori and 3-week-old baby Kaleb can play when they visit their father and his future wife.
A source says, "Britney is really excited about playing the cool stepmom, and she doesn't think children love anything more than a fair out the back.
"She knows that it is a bit over the top but if it brings a smile to the children then she will be happy.
"Britney also thinks that when the toddlers get older, they will want to have a place where they can play and laugh together.
"She is aware how expensive it is but is still desperate to have a fun park."
God, don't let her turn into some kind of female Michael Jackson, living in her own wierd place with her own weird fun park. She's well on her way, lots of wierd behaviour, some rumoured plastic surgery. Dear God.
Britney Spears wants an exotic place for her honeymoon. And Brazil may be her destination. The information came from members of Britney's crew. The country is said to be Britney's suggestion. Her fiancé Kevin Federline apparently, loved her choice. The only doubt is where the singer may want to stay. She has at least three options. The beauty of Rio de Janeiro, a calm trip to vist the beaches in Bahia or same adventures in the Amazon Forest.
Pop beauty Britney Spears is planning an exotic honeymoon in Brazil with her fiance Kevin Federline, according to her pals.
The singer is delighted Federline has agreed to celebrate their marriage in South America and is now trying to decide whether to stay in Rio de Janeiro, near the beautiful beaches in Bahia or in the Amazon rainforest.
A spokesman for luxury travel company VIP Brazil says, "We could take them to Rio de Janeiro to stay in a private Copacabana penthouse, then be flown via helicopter to stay at a millionaire's private home in Buzios, where Brazil's rich and famous play.
"Our honeymoons are customized to meet the expectations of even the most demanding guest. They would be personally escorted by our English speaking tour guide."
schmiggens said this in post #23 : "We could take them to Rio de Janeiro to stay in a private Copacabana penthouse, then be flown via helicopter to stay at a millionaire's private home in Buzios, where Brazil's rich and famous play.
"Our honeymoons are customized to meet the expectations of even the most demanding guest. They would be personally escorted by our English speaking tour guide."
BRITNEY SPEARS and her husband-to-be are thinking of getting matching tattoos before they wed.
The couple have been poring over designs as well as wedding brochures.
A friend said: 'They want to get something symbolic that will mean something to them for years to come.' The couple had planned to go under the needle on their wedding morning, but Britney's mother Lynne said no.
She wants the marriage to be traditional, and that means the groom not seeing the bride in the morning.
If Britney keeps getting tattos, she's not going to have any bare skin left by the time she's thirty.
Still it's a cute gesture. Tattoos last forever though, so just hope this marriage lasts forever, not 55 hours like the last one.
Britney Spears has designed a £150,000 playground for her back garden to keep her fiancé's kids happy.
The singer, 22, ordered a pool with slides, giant playhouse, swings, roundabout and activity centre reports The Sun.
Britney will become stepmum to Kevin Federline's two-year-old daughter Kori and newborn son Kaleb if their wedding goes ahead.
A builder at her £3million house in Malibu, California, said: "She wants no money spared on the garden. She takes her role as stepmother seriously and can't wait to watch them having fun."
Shar Jackson, 25, who Kevin, 26, dumped for Britney said: "She seems nice and Kori likes her. I don't bear her ill will."
Britney is said to be marrying in Santa Barbara in November.
She reportedly cancelled a summer ceremony after a row with Kevin.
The sexy star has reportedly ditched plans to marry fiancé Kevin Federline at their Malibu home - and hopes to wed at a Catholic monastery instead.
Britney, a Kabbalah devotee, plans to hold her November nuptials at California's Serra Retreat Center, to please both her and Kevin's religious parents.
A source close to the star revealed: "She postponed her original summer at-home wedding because she wanted to please both her family, who are practising Christians, and Kev's who take their Catholic faith seriously.
"They feel the monastery could be their ideal venue.
They can always arrange a Kabbalah blessing later."
Britney has now been spotted wearing rosary beads and a crucifix, as well as her red string Kabbalah bracelet and 'Addicted to Kabbalah' t-shirt.
It's tricky to put three religions in one ceremony. Christian and Catholic and Kabbalah don't exactly go together well either. Godo luck to her, I am sure it will work out somehow.
Days before she walks down the aisle with fiancé Kevin Federline – in her new video, that is - Britney Spears' mind is clearly on wedding white. The pop princess took a spin round Beverly Hills in a sparkling white sportscar, wearing a flouncy little white frock and carrying her cute little white dog in her arms.
The big day for her real wedding to Kevin has yet to be set, but Britney, grounded after damaging her knee in a dancing accident, is busy, busy, busy. Apart from hitting the chicest boutiques in LA with her puppy in tow, the songstress was also seen visiting a medical centre, and the video for her cover version of Bobby Brown's My Prerogative is due out next week.
Britney will be off shortly to spend some time at the Spears Foundation Camp for the Performing Arts, which aims to help youngsters improve their performing skills. There's some relief on the schedule, though, as she's reportedly been turned down for a gig at the Republican Convention, which opens in New York this week.
And there's still time for relaxation: she and Kevin recently slipped off for what Britney's mum Lynne described as "a wonderful, relaxing trip" to Lake Tahoe, where they chilled out, doing nothing more strenuous than fish, rest and enjoy plenty of good food.
Britney Spears is reportedly spending a staggering $90,000 on a 72-hour hen party to mark her last few weeks as a single girl.
While her fiance Kevin Federline goes gambling in Las Vegas for his stag bash this weekend, the singer will be partying with eight of her closest friends at her $5.4 million Malibu mansion, where she will provide a stripper, free-flowing alcohol, luxurious cosmetics and movies -- although their wedding is not until November.
A friend says, "Britney has really pulled out all the stops, she wants both herself and Kevin to have stag and hen weekends they will remember forever.
"She doesn't really want the attention of going out on the town, so she has opted to have a party at home, but it won't be your average girls' night in. There will be movies, pampering and even a stripper."
Spears also reportedly is paying thousands of dollars for Federline's Vegas bachelor party. She will splash out $10,080 a night to rent the luxury three-room "Real World" suite in the Palms Casino Hotel for her beau and his friends -- including his ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson.
Spears's agent Leslie Sloane Zelnik explains, "Britney is friends with the owner of the hotel, so you do the sums."
Ironically Spears stayed in the same suite during her infamous January partying session with school pal Jason Alexander, whom she was married to for 55 hours before it was annulled.
schmiggens said this in post #36 : Ironically Spears stayed in the same suite during her infamous January partying session with school pal Jason Alexander, whom she was married to for 55 hours before it was annulled.
That's just wierd. Why do they do that? I think for their wedding night J-Lo and Marc Anthony stayed in the suite she would've stayed in had she married Ben. Wouldn't you want to be as far as possible from memories of your ex-partner at your wedding to someone else? I just don't get it.
Madonna might be Britney Spears' mentor when it comes to being the Queen of Pop, but it looks like the younger chart princess takes the crown when it comes to pricey parties.
Multi-millionaire Madonna went for a decidedly thrifty option – a low-budget knees-up at a London pub – for husband Guy Ritchie's 36th birthday bash this week. The Material Girl hired a £30 private room at Mayfair's Punch Bowl for around 20 of her hubby's closest friends, who gathered for an evening of live Irish music and ale, according The Sun newspaper.
In contrast, Britney looks set to take the hen party to a whole new level, reportedly planning a three-day, £50,000 blowout as she bids farewell to singledom. The bachelorette soiree, for just eight of the bride's most intimate pals, will be held at her Malibu mansion. And future husband Kevin Federline won't be without some stag fun of his own, taking his buddies to Las Vegas for an extravagant weekend.
Britney might want to note that more expensive doesn't always mean better, however. "Guy said his party was the best night out he's had in ages," said a guest at Madonna's do. "He stayed on until 3.30am and was in a right old state, telling his pals how much he loved them and singing at the top of his voice."
Britney Spears and fiancé Kevin Federline are having personalised his 'n' hers tracksuits made to wear before their wedding.
The couple are planning to wear the matching leisurewear in the lead up to the ceremony, which is set to take place at Santa Barbara's lavish Bacara Resort in November.
Britney's tracksuit will be emblazoned with the words 'Mrs Federline', while Kevin's will have the slogan 'The Pimp'.
The sexy singer is not the first star to have a pre-wedding tracksuit - Hollywood actress Kate Beckinsale wore a white tracksuit bearing the title 'Mrs Wiseman' before she married director Len Wiseman earlier this year.
Kate then wore a bikini with her married name written across her bottom during her honeymoon.
Meanwhile, Britney - who is currently planning a three-day hen party at her Malibu mansion - is in talks with top designer Vera Wang to make her wedding gown.
Wang has previously created bridal dresses for former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Lopez, before she cancelled her wedding to Ben Affleck.
Britney Spears fiancee Kevin Federline plays Robin Hood as he leads his band of merry men and two girls to Houstons restaurant in Santa Monica,Los Angeles to kick off celebrations for his bucks night. Present was Kevins father,mother and grandparents but bride to be Britney held her family gathering elsewhere at the classic Miramar Hotel just down the road. After Kevins party finished dinner they headed off to the Miramar to Kevins private bungalow where the party turned raunchy with girls showing off their assets to the cheering of the gathered men including the groom. It is widly rumoured that Britney is following old tradition where the bucks and hens nights are held the night before the wedding and that the bride and groom have seperate events and also sleep seperately before the big day which hopefully as speculated is today the 18th of September.
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline Out Clubbing. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline hold hands as they go clubbing at Exsees nightclub, which used to be Dublins, on the Sunset Strip. The pair, who are rumoured to have tied the knot, lead fans and media on a wild goose chase in which they went to the Fairmont Hotel, two house parties and then clubbing. The couple were accompanied into the club by both families. Federline's family even wore the white tracksuits with Pimp Daddy sprawled on the back which he issued to all male members of his party.
I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation as to why Britney Spears is walking around topless on her balcony, but I can't really come up with anything. Judging by the dishelveled hair, she probably just finished having sex with whoever she has sex with which, according to my calculations, if half the popoulation of Alabama.
Anyways, all anybody really cares about is that the last picture has an apparent nipple in it. I say 'apparent' because it looks more like a giant wart than anything else. A giant nipple-shaped wart.
I am pretty sure that these are old photos. I am pretty sure I have seen them before, back around the same time that the balcony grope happened. But several web sites are touting them as new photos so I am not so sure anymore.
Surely when you know the world is waiting outisde your house to take pictures with long lens camara's you don't walk around nude. Well I wouldn't, but I am not Britney Spears.
I thought I had seen them before and I was right. Someone has gone through the old ones and touched them up, messed up her hair and added that wierd non-nipple thing.
I don't know why, some people just have too much time on their hands.
You might as well get a rag and carry it around with you ! 
