Carnival spokesman Robert Slight told how they had contacted a number of celebrities - including Britney Spears, Rod Stewart and Jessie J - but most replied back to say they were not available.
And it can still move pop culture--witness Jessica Simpson's transformation from Britney Spears wannabe to bona-fide star, via the network's Newlyweds reality show.
That may have partly contributed to the demise of Britney Spears' ill-fated union with backup dancer Kevin Federline. (She was 22 and he was 26 when they wed.) Spears tried to bolster Federline's nascent music career when she helped finance and even appeared on her husband's doomed debut album, Playing With Fire, released last year to dismal reviews.
The rest of the festive top five was filled by American artists - although Britney Spears does attempt a British accent in her duet with Will.i.am, Scream And Shout, which was at number three.
Chart-topping singer Britney Spears is to take a break from the music business, following her recent world tour.
She is not the only one to see her songs take a rollercoaster ride around the charts - Beyonce, Britney Spears, Arctic Monkeys and Rihanna have also been affected.
Among others of whom audiences have tired: Britney Spears, Lindasay Lohan and the ever-present Olsen twins.
Consider the divorce settlement between one-time pop tartlet Britney Spears and her ex Kevin Federline, a backup dancer.
Consider pop tart Britney Spears, whose every move from club-hopping to head-shaving has grabbed gobs of tabloid ink.
But by 2002, Justin's high-profile relationship with Britney Spears was falling apart and 'N Sync went on hiatus.
Britney Spears, a repeat offender of lip-syncing crime, made her fake vocals so obvious during an Australian concert that fans walked out.
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Francois Navarre, who as the owner of X17 agency employs teams to trail a cadre of A-listers (think Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan) almost 24 hours a day, says this kind of extreme surveillance is necessary to beat the competition.
Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne and several other high-profile celebrities submitted written testimony in favor of the bill.
Last November Watson did a deal with BMG Music to help launch a new 17-year- old pop singer named Britney Spears.
Also in US Weekly's bottom five: an exclusive interview with Britney Spears on her "new life" and reality-TV star Bethenny Frankel on overcoming an eating disorder.
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His show, now in its seventh season, is a brand built not on gold diggers or Britney Spears' mental problems but on advice about relationships--McGraw got his start as a couples counselor on Oprah.
While the Mondrian in Los Angeles is still hot enough to attract Lindsay (nyse: LNN - news - people ) Lohan and Britney Spears for recent postrehab binge fests, other properties have lost some luster.
From Angelina Jolie's adoptions to Britney Spears and other celebrity births, babies are the new in-crowd.
Some of the most celebrated singers in the world have endured lip-syncing controversies, from Whitney Houston to Britney Spears to Janet Jackson.
Former pop music chart-toppers Jennifer Lopez, Paula Abdul, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera seem to have hit pay dirt by morphing themselves into judges on television talent competitions.
"My personality doesn't work without fame, " says Brand in a flash of self-awareness, before launching into an anecdote about meeting Britney Spears and an elephant.
Bold-faced names like Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts and Britney Spears have bypassed the scores of paps, as they're often called, by tipping off a single photographer or hiring their own to capture big-ticket events such as nuptials and births.
Even Britney Spears snagged a spot on our list, though she toured minimally, lip-synching her way through a handful on House of Blues clubs last spring.
Williams has become a behind-the-scenes mastermind, producing, writing and appearing on hits for rap royals like Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg and less expected acts, such as Britney Spears and garage band the Hives.
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