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...only Spears circus that folks are seeing these days is onstage at sold-out auditoriums. "The good news is, she's been able to re-create herself and finish the U.S. tour," says the insider. "While people in Hollywood love seeing a downfall, they are all about seeing people pull themselves together. And it seems, for now, Britney's doing it." (See Britney Spears in the top 10 celebrity-paparazzi showdowns...
...called it a "surefire dance-floor stomper"), and will be part of her upcoming box set The Singles Collection, due out Nov. 24, which commemorates her 10 years in the record industry. Other milestones have passed quietly. Spears just completed the European and U.S. legs of a grueling concert tour with a performance in Las Vegas, the same spot where two years ago she crashed and burned at the MTV Video Music Awards. After a brief rest, she will tour Australia in November...
...force behind the structure: Britney's controversial father Jamie Spears, who has served as her court-appointed conservator since her emotional breakdown in early 2008, assuming near total control over her business and personal life. His continuation of that role has been key for insuring her tour and maintaining her custody agreement with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Proponents of this arrangement believe it has helped Britney stay on track. "The reason for the miracle comeback, the reason she has not been in the news, is so due to Jamie," says the source. "He had a bad rap in the past...
...strong arm of the conservatorship is felt in everything from Spears' curtailed spending to the weeding out of people who are considered bad influences. Even her downtime on the tour was carefully choreographed. When Spears' tour bus pulled into Pittsburgh, Pa., in March, the manager of the local Mad Mex restaurant didn't think twice about Spears' advance team's request: no flash photography, and her tables were not to be offered Red Bull or alcohol. Hard to argue with the results: a low-key meal devoid of drama. The most exciting thing the manager had to say was that...
...Jamie to keep him away from Britney, insists that he knows the pop star "is desperate to end the conservatorship." His take on the current scenario: "She's not entitled to her freedom yet able to make hundreds of millions of dollars for them by performing a world tour." And former Britney BFF Alli Sims believes the Britney machine doesn't stop the drama from happening but is simply more effective in squelching the tabloid stories. "She has so many people controlling her every move, so who knows what's real and what's not?" Sims tells TIME...