Britney Spears Lights Up New York City
Britney Spears was on hand last evening to help the City of New York light the Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center for a pre-taped event that will air on the live TV special featuring Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx and more on NBC tonight. As you may recall, Britney got her day off to an early start yesterday when she appeared on Good Morning America in the early AM and it looks like she just kept on going. Here are a few pics of Britney (looking absolutely gorgeous) taping a segment at the Rockefeller Center New York City Tree Lighting Ceremony event last night and some info on the NBC special that airs later on tonight:
Rockefeller Center is about to get a lot brighter. On Wednesday evening, the 76th Christmas tree-lighting ceremony will be held in midtown. The eight-ton 72-foot Norway spruce will be illuminated at 8:58 p.m. in the center’s plaza near the skating rink and the gilded statue depicting Prometheus bringing fire to mankind. The tree, which is 40 feet round, has been decorated with 30,000 energy-efficient LED lights on 5 miles of wire, topped with a massive crystal star. It was donated by the Varanyak family in Hamilton Twp., N.J. Beyonce, Tony Bennett, Harry Connick, Jr., and Jamie Foxx are among the entertainers scheduled to perform. While the first official lighting was in 1933, the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was put up two years earlier during the Depression in the mud by workers building the Art Deco complex. Among those expected to attend the ceremony is a Pascagoula, Miss., family whose new home was built in part with lumber from last year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, an 84-foot-tall Norway spruce. Tracey Davison and her four young daughters were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. They had moved into their first apartment just two days before the storm nearly destroyed their neighborhood near the Gulf Coast. Subsequently, Davison, a 40-year-old assistant teacher, and her daughters, with a few suitcases and bags in tow, lived in a friend’s home, at her brother’s, in a docked cruise ship and a Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer. Then Davison and Ashunti, 10, Nylah, 9, Majsa, 8, and Karly, 4, were chosen to receive a new Habitat for Humanity home that former President Jimmy Carter, among others, helped build, Davison said. The three-bedroom baby blue home was finished in September and the family moved in a couple of weeks ago. Davison says she pays a “very affordable” mortgage. Lumber from last year’s Rockefeller Center tree was used to build two-by-fours that were placed in the walls and floors in the home’s living room, Davison said. “It’s kinda like Christmas before Christmas,” Davison said after arriving in New York City. “It was a dream come true. We’re very very excited to be in the house.”
Aww … it sounds like a really great event this year. I’m glad that Britney was able to be a part of it (methinks that Brit Brit will be flying back to SoCal sometime today, which is why she won’t be on the live special tonight — I understand that she will be appearing live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show tomorrow, tho). I managed to make my way up to Rockefeller Center Monday afternoon and I got to see the massive unlit tree. The tree and the ice skating are two of the most beloved Xmas traditions that NYC has to offer … at this point, it really is beginning to look a lot like Xmas. OY!
[Photo credit: Splash News, Source]
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December 3rd, 2008 at 7:11 am
she looks stunnig, damn it!
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:17 am
she looks darling, like Jackie-O. I love it, she looks like a mom too, lol
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 am
You were 2 blocks from where I work! Next time we do lunch! :
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December 3rd, 2008 at 7:28 am
She looks fantastic! I love the coat, the hair and the gorgeous smile!
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:32 am
Agreed with the rest of the comments. Britters looks damn good in that jacket- very classy! Love the hair too. Just shows to go that our girl Britney can work any look. :)
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:49 am
Yes! I totally called that one! She looks stunning! It’s like every time she goes out she looks even better, this is great!
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:51 am
she looks fantastic!! …the classiest and happiest look so far…I’m so glad for her!
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 am
wow she looks gorgeous….i cant believe she looked sooo BAD a year ago and now she looks like that….if she can do it, theres hope for the rest of us :)
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 am
She looks so pretty!!
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:27 am
Looking great, Britters! :)
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
she looks amazzzzzing! :)
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:10 am
looove her coat – she looks simply stunning!
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:24 am
gorgeous!! so nice to see.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Darn, she was more fun when she had a bald head and was throwing umbrellas through windows! JK. Mental illness is NO laughing matter…so I’ll stop now.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 am
She looks so classy there. I love it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:51 am
aww she looks cute. im lovin the hair!
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
What a great look for her. I wish whoever helped her with her wardrobe there would come up with some better concert outfits for her. The other stuff is too dated looking.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
she looks so pretty and happy!
to avi-ew
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
B(eautiful) [ritney]
S(exy) [Spears]
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
She cleans up wonderfully. Love the outfit–she looks chic!
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December 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
whoa she looks really good here- good for her!!!!
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:17 pm
she looks SO pretty!
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