Britney Spears just updated her Twitter account with the message …

“On my way to Kentwood…. five days left! So excited! ~Britney”

… in order to give us the head’s up that she is heading home for the last few days before she kicks off her new tour The Circus starring Britney Spears in New Orleans, LA. BUT, before she gets the party started in NOLA, she took a moment to pause so that she could spend some quiet alone time playing with her children at home here in LA:

I have to say that my fave pics of Britney Spears are the ones when she is with her sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James. After the jump, check out a few more photos of Britney and sons playing together at their SoCal home …

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Kevin Federline and his new ladyfriend Victoria Prince were spotted making their way out of their weekly bowling game in Hollywood, CA last night … and by the looks of K-Fed bowling ball, he was in a pretty happy mood:

Now that K-Fed’s ex-wife and sugarmama Britney Spears is just about to embark a new tour, he is lookin’ to get paid a nice and tidy sum of money on a weekly basis for the duration of the tour just so that she can have her children with her on the road. I imagine the prospect of this new money coming in is another reason for K-Fed’s smile. Man, he is such a tool. This bowling ball would look really cute if almost anyone else was carrying it … under K-Fed’s arm, it just looks lame.

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Vicki B. was spotted driving around SoCal in a (new?) black Bentley convertible taking great pains to hide as much of her head as possible. Um, is that a trucker hat I see plastered on top of her head?!?

HMMM … I wonder what ON EARTH could force the usually impeccably dressed Vicki B. venture out in public lookin’ like this?! Don’t get me wrong, I don’t see anything wrong with dressing down and lookin’ comfy but VB does not ever go out in public lookin’ like this. She’s wearing a trucker hat, y’all … that’s weird. Could she be embarrassed to show her face around town since Les Beckhams will be staying in LA after hubby David Beckham very publicly proclaimed that he didn’t want to return to LA? Could she be nursing an unsightly blemish and was on her way to pick up some ointment to help clear it up? Could she have blown a fuse and is merely malfunctioning to the point that her robot sense of style is slightly out of whack? The possibilities are endless … but I must say, it’s a nice change of pace to see her lookin’ so normal. Even so … I wonder what her problem is. Any guesses?

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Entertainment Weekly magazine is reporting that Hollywood actress and movie producer Drew Barrymore is among the folks being considered by Summit Entertainment to direct the third installment of the movie franchise version of the Twilight Saga. Because the theatrical release of The Twilight Saga’s Eclipse has been set for a mere 7 months after the first sequel The Twilight Saga’s New Moon will be released in theaters, a different director will need to be at the helm of the third movie. According to EW, Drew Barrymore is in the running for directing duties:

As Summit Entertainment looks to lock in a director for the third installment of the Twilight series, Eclipse, the company is talking to a select group of directors — including actress-turned-helmer Drew Barrymore, EW has learned. While this news may come as a surprise to some, Barrymore did just finish work on her directorial debut, Whip It! starring Ellen Page. Neither Summit nor Barrymore’s reps would comment for this story.

Interesting. It remains to be seen who else is in this “select group of directors” under consideration but I hope that, like Drew, there are a few female directors in there. As you may or may not know, Drew’s production company made the new Charlie’s Angels movies that those turned out pretty cool. I have no idea what kind of job Drew might do as director of a movie like Eclipse but … I’d be willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. It sure does seem like a whole lot of Hollywood folks want to get their fingers in the Twilight Saga movie franchise pie … which kinda sorta worries me. What do y’all think?

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Okay Buffy fans, listen up … it’s contest time. Amber Benson, who played the beloved character Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, just released her debut novel Death’s Daughter this past Tuesday and she has graciously agreed to autograph a few copies for me to give away to a few lucky Pink is the new Blog readers:

From the book description:

Calliope Reaper-Jones so just wanted a normal life: buying designer shoes on sale, dating guys from Craig’s List, web-surfing for organic dim-sum for her boss…

But when her father—who happens to be Death himself—is kidnapped, and the Devil’s Protege embarks on a hostile takeover of the family business, Death, Inc., Callie returns home to assume the CEO mantle— only to discover she must complete three nearly impossible tasks in the realm of the afterlife first.

Amber tells me that Death’s Daughter is the first in a series of books that she will pen of her heroine Calliope Reaper-Jones … so you CANNOT miss out on reading this book.

In order to help a few lucky Pink readers out there, I am giving away three signed copies of the books in a new contest starting today. If you would like to be entered for a chance to win a signed book, all you have to do is send in a Buffy the Vampire Slayer-related photo like this …

… OR a picture of what YOU think Calliope Reaper-Jones looks like. You can base your ideas on the book cover or come up with one of your own imagining. I will accept submissions until next Sunday March, 8. There will be three signed books up for grabs and the best entry will be guaranteed a personalized autograph from Amber Benson herself. Isn’t that fun??

In case you simply cannot wait to get your hands on a copy of Death’s Daughter, you can order a copy from Amazon HERE or pick up a copy in your local bookstore.

Submissions for the contest should be sent to pinkisthenewblog@gmail.com with the subject line Amber Benson Contest. Get crackin’, I hoping there will be a lot of fun submissions :)

Much love and thanks goes out to Amber for helping out with this contest, I’m currently reading Death’s Daughter myself and I am loving it! I know you will, too!! Good luck!!

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So … I made it back home to SoCal without incident. I left my mom in really good spirits, she seemed very much back to her old self (save for the really dark bruises on her face). Her injuries aren’t getting her down so I was cool with not letting them get me down too. She is a remarkable woman, I love her dearly :)

My flight home from Detroit was pretty unremarkable … it left on time and arrived a bit early. My seat was in the last row so I wasn’t able to recline but I got an aisle so I was happy. I read a little and then watched the Sex and the City Movie on my iPod again. I think I’ve seen it, like, 10 times already but just like the eps from the series, I can watch over and over again.

I’ve been kicking around the notion of getting a desktop computer for my office and now that David and I have set up shop in our new home, I’m lookin’ to get off the laptop on a daily basis and work on a desktop computer. Best Buy had the HP TouchSmart IQ500 mega computer that I’ve been thinkin’ about in stock so I figured there was no time like the present:

My new baby has a 640Gb harddrive, 4Gb of RAM, an HDTV tuner and all the bells and whistles that one would expect from a new PC. I’ve been a big fan of HP computers for years now, so I’m thrilled with my new purchase. The touchscreen is really very cool … not that I plan to be dragging my fingers across the screen all day long (it has a wireless keyboard and mouse) but it’s a fun option. I’m still working on my tiny Sony VAIO TZ170N but I hope to be working on the new computer by the end of the weekend.

No plans for tonight just yet … but David and I have been talkin’ about a quiet weekend alone … we’ll see :) Happy Friday, y’all!!

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• Woot! Aussiebum releases a new set of promo images :)
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• Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson take Marley & Me to Italy.
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• Axel Rose refers to former bandmate Slash as a “cancer”.
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• At last, Brad Pitt wins something.