February 9th, 2008
For the second night in a row, Britney Spears is hard at work on getting her career back on track. Around 3:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, the superstar arrived at North Hollywood’s Millennium Dance Studios — her favorite place to rehearse her dance moves. And according to some who have seen her these last couple days, things appear to be looking up for the singer.
"Her focus and clarity are noticeable," says one fortunate witness who had the chance to look on as Brit worked on her routine for her upcoming video. "Almost like the old Britney we’ve known and loved."
It looks like this renewed focus on work might be helping to ease the tension between the pop star and her father, Jamie Spears. The two have been at odds since her Jan. 31 hospitalization and the subsequent court order granting Jamie conservatorship over the singer’s financial and medical matters.
But it was a different story Saturday night when, around 6 p.m., Brit’s dad arrived at Millennium to watch his daughter rehearse before they headed back home together. "Before Jamie got there, she seemed to be getting anxious," one witness tells OK!. "And then he arrived and her mood changed."
During a brief Friday afternoon shopping spree, Britney picked up a whole wardrobe of dance clothes at Victoria’s Secret. And one insider tells OK!, "She’s planning to dance almost every day."
Days before her most recent hospitalization, Brit had begun to work on this current routine — for her single "Hot as Ice" — which will feature one of the singer’s famous chair numbers, not unlike the one in the video for her hit "Stronger."
January 28th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
Could Britney Spears be turning things around? For more than a year, the pop star’s career comeback has been completely overshadowed by her personal problems — divorce, custody battles, public breakdowns, rehab and hospital visits — but those who have watched the singer rehearse for her latest video tell OK! that she’s working harder than ever.
"She’s incredibly focused now," explains Robert Baker, owner of Millennium Dance Studios, where Brit has been refining her dance moves for the upcoming video shoot for her song "Hot as Ice." Baker has been in the studio with the 26-year-old mother of two during her rehearsals and says that the woman he’s seen kicking up her heels is a "whole new Britney."
The dance routine for "Hot as Ice" will be one of Britney’s famous chair numbers — the kind she made famous in her video for her hit "Stronger." And it’s rumored that the now-infamous "nip-slip" caught on camera during her rehearsal Sunday night might actually play a part in the "Hot as Ice" video — though it’s unclear how much skin Brit intends on showing.
Of course, Sunday night’s dance rehearsal wasn’t Britney’s only sexy stopover of the evening. Before heading to rehearsal the singer and pal Sam Lutfi had stopped by the Hustler Store on L.A.’s Sunset Strip, where unlike past visits when Brit picked up revealing clothes, she left with only a necklace — and a sandwich.
Following the rehearsal, Brit and Sam joined her cousin Alli Sims and a friend for a late-night showing of 27 Dresses. Eyewitnesses who spotted Britney leaving the theater tell OK! that the singer was teary-eyed as she left the theater.
