Yesterday we learned the sad news straight from Britney Spears’s manager Larry Rudolph that Britney will NOT be performing at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards this year … Larry was denying a report that came from E! News last week that quoted celebrity hairstylist Kim Vo who claimed that he was designing a hairstyle for Britney to wear for her MTV VMAs performance. He was clear to insist that she would be performing and seemed eager to take credit for “breaking the news” which E! News was happy to run with. In light of Larry’s denial, E! News went back and asked Kim Vo for comment, which he did:

Last week, we told you all about a special hairstyle Britney’s mane man Kim Vo was preparing for an epic VMA comeback performance. Unfortunately, it turns out he was only speaking theoretically. Brit’s manager Larry Rudolph released this official statement today: “Contrary to media reports, Britney was never slated to perform on this year’s VMAs. She’s in the middle of recording her next album, which is going amazingly well, and her focus remains on the studio.” Of course, we went back to check with Vo if this was accurate and not some cover for a surprise performance, but he confirmed: “Any ideas that we have about her hair are always theoretical. And we always have to be prepared. But she is not performing and so we don’t have to worry about that.”

What a loser. Clearly, he was spouting off information that was blatantly untrue in the hopes of getting some press … which is totally lame, especially since his lie was totally shot down almost immediately after he opened his mouth. I guess the lesson here is that we should never believe or even listen to Kim Vo whenever he tries to “spill the beans” about his hairstylist secrets. I think he just ruined Shear Genius for me :(

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Woot! It’s really beginning to sound like my suspicions that Britney Spears will, in fact, be performing at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards next month are correct. E! News is reporting that celebrity hairstylist (and judge on Bravo’s Shear Genius) Kim Vo has spilled the news that he is designing 3 different hairstyles for Britters for VMAs night — one for red carpet, one for the show and one for her live performance:

[C]hatty hairdresser … Kim Vo … told E! News exclusively that he just may be creating three VMA looks for the “E-mail My Heart” singer. What could Britney possibly need three different hairstyles for? … The first look would obviously be for the red carpet. Vo says he and Brit are still “feeling out” ideas about how that will look. The second style would be for the show itself, probably something “more chic, like a side ponytail.” And look No. 3 would be for her PERFORMANCE! That’s right, we said performance. For such an event, Vo and Brit want something “more quintessential Britney.” “Performance” and “quintessential Britney” said together could only mean our girl is definitely coming back to us.

See, the only thing that gives me pause right now is the bit about the “side ponytail”. Vo saying something like that makes me think that he may be kidding … but that still doesn’t mean that she won’t be performing, my gut still tells me that she will.

And since we’re on the Britney Spears tip, here are a couple of supercute pics of Britney enjoying a lovely afternoon (this past Tuesday) with her son Jayden James (presumably Sean Preston was there, too) and a little friend of his … who just so happens to be Kingston James Stefani-Rossdale:

How cute are these pics … and I love that Gwen is cool with letting Britney watch her baby boy. Mebbe once Gwen finally births her baby, Britney will be asked to do some more babysitting in the future?

Also this week, Brit Brit was seen making her way out of Conway Studios here in LA lookin’ as smiley as can be …

… it’s unclear if she was working on her new album or if she was, perhaps, rehearsing for her rumored VMAs performance. In any event, she looks great and life seems to be going really well for our dear Britney right now. I hope the best is yet to come … we shall soon see.

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Former Charlie’s Angels star Jaclyn Smith made a personal appearance on Military Island in Times Square here in NYC yesterday for a kick-off event in celebration of the second season of the Bravo competitive reality TV show Shear Genius. Here are a few pics of Jaclyn at yesterday’s event who not only talked up her new show on Bravo but also dished to Extra TV about the possibility of a real Charlie’s Angels reunion movie:

Shear Genius host Jaclyn Smith broke news to “Extra” about good friend Farrah Fawcett and about a possible Charlie’s Angels reunion. As for Fawcett, who’s been waging a war against cancer, Smith declared, “She’s doing great. She’s holding her own and she is strong and I’m proud of her. She is fighting …” Smith confirmed that ALL the original Angels are interested in revisiting the roles that made them 70’s sex symbols! “We’d like to do it if it’s right … If we have a script that is ‘today,’ it would be fun. I think to bring us back together for the right reason,” she said.

Woot! A Charlie’s Angels reunion like this would be awesome … as much as I liked the modern Charlie’s Angels movies that starred Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu, I would love to see the original Angels getting together again. It’s great to hear that Farrah is doing well. I just love her. Anyways … I’m also excited for the season 2 premiere of Shear Genius on Bravo tonight … as much as I don’t really care about “hair care”, I think that Shear Genius is a fun show that makes it seem interesting (in the same way that Top Chef makes cooking interesting as well). Besides, it’ll be a good show to tide me over until Project Runway returns on July 15th!

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