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Britney Spears' Circus is coming to town, and "Womanizer" looks to be the main attraction.

The lead single from Spears' birthday-targeting album, opened at No. 96 based on airplay alone last week. This week, digital sales and expanded radio rotation helped "Womanizer" rewrite the record books with a historic jump to the top of the charts.

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The world is about to find out whether there are, in fact, 12 past-their-prime pop stars looking to make a comeback in Los Angeles. Yes, jury selection has begun in Britney Spears' delay-plagued trial on misdemeanor driving without a license.

The long-awaited search for a jury of Spears' peers began in Judge James A. Steele's Van Nuys Court this morning, with the first pool of 30 potential jurors undergoing questioning.

To whittle down the pack, prospective jurors were asked if they had any connections to Spears; one woman, Juror No. 19, said she knew Spears' manager but was not automatically dismissed.

Two reporters, however, were, after violating judges' orders not to use cell phones in the courtroom.

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For T.I., the Paper Trail keeps leading to No. 1.

In what's been a remarkable month for the Atlanta rapper, his latest album remained on top for a second straight week, burying new releases by Bob Dylan, Oasis, Rise Against and, whether he likes it or not, Tim McGraw.

Paper Trail moved another 177,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, per Nielsen SoundScan, while its lead singles, "Live Your Life" and "Whatever You Like," remained Nos. 1 and 2 on the Hot 100 chart.

But they may not be there for long: Britney Spears' "Womanizer" sold 286,000 downloads to top the Digital Tracks chart and should debut high when the singles chart is released tomorrow.

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For Britney, fragrance is the sweet smell of success. Witness the fact that she just realeased her seventh scent: Hidden Fantasy (read all about it here). The other six being, of course: Curious, Fantasy, In Control, Midnight Fantasy, Believe and Curious Heart.

Which got us to thinking: If she's done seven fragrances already, we know that she'll eventually do eight.

But what will she name it? Take our poll below or show us you've got more real scents than we do by naming one for her in the comments section.

Sticking it to the dawg in your life has never looked like so much fun.

The brand-spanking new video for Britney Spears' "Womanizer," which had its world premiere tonight on ABC's 20/20, has a little bit of everything: Cherry stems, wigs, a syncopated ass-whoopin', xeroxed buttocks and some quality naked writhing time in a sauna.

Translation: It's Britney, bitch.

So, does this feast of the flesh remind you of the Spears of old, or, better yet, does it give you hope for the Spears of the future? Do share your critiques in the comments section...

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If we were that airbrushed, we wouldn't have anything to hide, either.

We can't offer you an advance whiff, but here's the ad for Hidden Fantasy, the seventh addition to the Britney Spears fragrance collection, available for your spritzing pleasure in January 2009.

And a happy new year it will be for many: Brit's first scent, Curious, made $100 million in its first five weeks on the shelves.

Hidden Fantasy—boasting the tagline "What do you have to hide?"—is being touted as a "seductive scent that is all about expressing the many mysterious sides of a woman."

Some sides being a bit more alluring than others.

Britney Spears is reminiscing about what life was like at the crossroads.

"I'm a smart person, what the hell was I thinking?" the comebacking pop star asks herself, probably rhetorically, in an upcoming MTV documentary addressing where she went wrong—and how she's getting herself back in the zone after coming thisclose to becoming a total lost cause.

Or worse, yesterday's news.

The appropriately, albeit tentatively, titled For the Record is slated to premiere Nov. 30 on MTV, two days before she turns 27 and releases her sixth studio album, Circus.

"So much has gone on over the last couple of years and there's a lot that people don't know about me that I want them to know," Spears said in a statement about the 90-minute special, which will feature the divorced mother of two answering what we'd like to believe will be tough questions about her recent past, as well as behind-the-scenes footage of her latest adventures recording, shooting her "Womanizer" video and making personal appearances.

"I wanted to make this film because I started to feel like I wasn't being seen in the light that I wanted to be seen in," she added. "This is an opportunity to set the record straight and talk about what I've been through and where I'm headed."

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Plea? Puh-leeze.

The attorney in Britney Spears' forever-pending driving-without-a-license case has rejected a final deal from prosecutors.

The seemingly no-brainer offer would have had Spears pay a measly $150 and spend a year on probation in exchange for copping to the misdemeanor charge and avoiding an embarrassing trial in the case.

But the "Womanizer" singer's attorney, J. Michael Flanagan, is sticking to his guns that the 26-year-old comeback queen, who long ago corrected the violation and obtained a valid California driver's license, should face nothing more than a $10 fine for her misdeed.

"We don't want a misdemeanor," he told E! News. "This should be an infraction. No probation."

That means the trial is on for Oct. 15.

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It looks like Jamie Lynn Spears' oven is bun-free.

In response to a story in today's National Enquirer claiming Britney's sister is again with child, a rep for the 17-year-old confirmed to OK! magazine that "she is not pregnant."

What's more, a source who lives in Jamie Lynn's native Kentwood, La., tells E! News: "I talk to [her mom] Lynne all the time. Believe me, she would have mentioned if that little girl is expecting again. That's just a bunch of made-up crap."

Case closed. For now.

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OK, lawyers. Britney Spears has to face the music, you hear?

A three-judge panel has refused to throw out a year-old misdemeanor charge against the popster for driving with an invalid license, a case that's finally scheduled to go to trial Oct. 15 after months of legal wrangling on Spears' behalf.

No explanation was given in the one-page ruling, but the decision was unanimous. A pretrial hearing is set for Wednesday.

Spears' attorney Michael Flanagan filed a 51-page motion in Los Angeles Superior Court Sept. 29 to "immediately stay all proceedings" with the hope that the appellate judges would move to dismiss the charge, which Flanagan has disputed as an example of Spears' celebrity being used against her.