Even tho I don’t like running multiple contests at the same time (my Twilight Prize Pack contest still has a week to go ’til I pick a winner), this new contest is too good to pass up. I have been given the opportunity to give away — to one lucky winner — Britney Spears’s entire music catalog of CDs and DVDs:

Up for grabs for the sole winner is a copy of the albums Baby One More Time, Oops … I Did It Again, Britney, In The Zone, Britney Spears’ Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, B IN THE MIX – THE REMIXES, Blackout and Circus. Additionally, the winner will also win a copy of the DVDs Britney Spears Live From Las Vegas, Britney Spears: Live and More!, Britney: The Videos, Britney Spears: In The Zone, Time Out With Britney Spears and Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. That’s one hell of a prize, y’all!

So … if you would like to enter for YOUR chance to win this awesome prize, all you have to do is send me a Circus-themed photo of you (mebbe with family or friends) to pinkisthenewblog@gmail.com with the subject line Britney Contest to be eligible. Y’all know that I love fun photos so send me some good ones — and please make sure the pics have a Circus theme (mebbe you dress up like a ringleader or a lion tamer or you attended a circus recently). This contest is open to all Pink is the new Blog readers, you don’t have to be in the US to win. I will accept submissions for this contest up until December 2, when Britney’s new album Circus is released in stores. Then I will select one eligible submission at random and that person will win all of the listed CDs and DVDs.

So what are you waiting for … send in your pics!!!

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon appear to be settling into the doldrums of married life mere months after they were quietly (and spontaneously) wed earlier this year. Mimi and Nick slipped away to Mexico this weekend and appeared to be enjoying a very relaxed (some might say boring?) vacay together. Here are pics of the couple relaxin’ on the balcony of their Mexican digs this past weekend:

Could it possibly be that Mr. & Mrs. Cannon have morphed into an old married couple already? Could it be that the spark of new lurve has diminished a little? Could it be that Mimi actually has bunions? Well, considering the deadly heels she likes to wear all the time, it’s conceivable … it’s all conceivable. Call me crazy but I still have a hard time picturing these two enjoying a settled married life together.

[Photo credit: Splash News]

Okay, seriously … no celeb father spends as much time playing with his kids as Hugh Jackman does. While there may be other celeb dads who spend a lot of time with their kids, I can’t think of another who spends as much time playing with his children as Hugh does. Over the weekend, we got to see a few hawt pics of Hugh doing a bit of training with his personal trainer at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia and today we get to see a few more pics of the wet and half-nekkid Hugh … but this time, he’s enjoying a day at the pool with his children Oscar and Ava … behold:

Dang … wouldn’t it be amazing to be able to enjoy a playdate with Hugh Jackman? I mean … yeah. Anyways … Hugh’s playtime with the kiddies this weekend wasn’t relegated to just wet fun … he and daughter Ava (dressed as Snow White) spent some time at a local park as well:

All I know is that Hugh Jackman looks like a fun dad. Those kids are very lucky to have him. And we are very lucky to watch them sometimes. Le sigh.

[Photo credit: INFdaily, Bauer-Griffin]

Beyoncé (aka Sasha Fierce) is on the cover (all three of them) and in the pages of the new issue of V magazine and in her coverstory interview talks about the other side of her personality that comes out when she is on stage. A fitting topic, considering B is getting ready to embark on a 110-date world tour very soon. Here is Beyoncé’s V mag cover (one of three) and a portion of her interview:

She’s known as the sexy, strong, fierce singer famous for her stylish outfits and curvy figure. But Beyoncé sheds her tough outer skin to reveal a softer side in a new interview as she begins the exhaustive preparations for her 110-date tour starting next year. “When I’m onstage I’m aggressive and strong and not afraid of my sexuality. The tone of my voice gets different, and I’m fearless. I’m just a different person.” And the name of that different person? Her alter ego, ‘Sasha Fierce’, whose name is the title of the second CD of her new 17-track double album. “It’s a way for me to differentiate what I do onstage from who I really am – It’s a way for me to not lose myself, to keep my life in perspective, because it’s really hard sometimes to stay on earth when you’re a celebrity. There’s so much going on, and so many people give you whatever you want and say everything you do is great. At this point, I kind of have it down. I know boundaries, and I can look at somebody and say I don’t want them in my circle. I’ve been doing this for twelve years professionally, and I’ve learned. it’s easier now. Fame is a lot of work, but it doesn’t consume my life. I’m not obsessed.” The singer tells V Magazine (www.vmagazine.com) that her new tour will be “stripped down, but also bigger” than 2007’s appropriately titled ‘Beyoncé Experience’ … “It’s funny because right before the show I’m under the stage making sure my double-stick is in the right place, my pack is turned on, and my shoes have the stickies on the bottom so I don’t slip – all of these things that are so not glamorous. Then I take my last slip of water, clear my throat, close my eyes, and tell myself: ‘You are fierce. You are fierce. You are fierce!’ And the second I take that first step and hear the crowd, I kind of transform. By the time I get up to the stage, I’m in the zone. It’s like I’m ready for war.”

Okay … I’m not trying to hate but she does sound a little bit crazy here. I mean, I get that she feels she has an alter-ego when she gets on stage but to talk to that alter-ego and name it … and then utter “you are fierce, you are fierce, you are fierce” is a bit odd. I am so amused by the famously wealthy. After the jump, check out a few pics from Beyoncé’s V magazine spread as well as the alternate magazine covers …

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Gothy film director Tim Burton is hard at work on a new big screen live-action adaptation of Alice In Wonderland and, of course, Johnny Depp has been cast in a major role. HERE is our first look at Depp in full costume as The Mad Hatter:

As far as Mad Hatters go, I don’t think Depp is as jovial as Disney’s version but looks more menacing than the Batman villain. I think I like this look … it’s deffo very Burton. What do y’all think?

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While I am having a great time here in Detroit, I’m SO NOT feeling the snow :( Yesterday, the Detroit Metro area got a new dusting of snow that started early in the day …

… and continued to fall for the rest of the day. There hasn’t been much accumulation so far but the ground is white and it is coooooold outside.

So, I ended up spending the entire day inside with Sarah and Mark. Sarah and I watched TV for most of the night, talked about going to a movie and decided to stay under the covers ;)

Tonight, I’m hanging with my parents before a bunch of us meet up for dinner. It may not sound exciting but I’m having the time of my life :)

• Quantum of Solace was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend, pulling in more than $70 million bucks to enjoy the biggest James Bond movie opening ever.
• Heather Locklear gets charged with driving while under the influence … of prescription meds.
• Paul McCartney hopes to release the newly found, unreleased Beatles track.
• Might Led Zeppelin reunite sans Robert Plant?
• Prince talks to The New Yorker about his new Jehovah’s Witness ways. He sure is singin’ a different tune from his wild days in the ’80’s.
• Michael Jackson gets sued by Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain for $7 million bucks.
• President-elect Barack Obama wins big ratings for 60 Minutes.
• Amy Winehouse speaks, an interpreter is needed.
• Click HERE to watch the first movie trailer for the Star Trek prequel movie.
• Breaking news from the BBC: Sharks poop, too.
• Do.Not.Want.
• While Danity Kane was in Las Vegas this weekend, Aubrey O’Day was roaming the beach looking for work.
• Britney Spears is back in SoCal, contemplating new gigs and celebrating new nominations.
• Another establishment decides they don’t want Brandon Davis around.
• Isaac Hanson of Hanson is 28, Rachel McAdams is 30, Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck) is 45 and RuPaul is 48 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
• KISS refuses to quit.
• Nine Inch Nails get a new drummer.
• THIS is how Witherppe share custody of their children over the holidays.