Pop star Britney Spears has been charged with hit and run and driving without a valid licence, a spokesman with the Los Angeles City attorney's office says. The 25-year-old singer was charged with one count of hit and run causing property damage and one count of driving without a valid California driver's licence, both misdemeanours.

A Superior Court Commissioner has ordered Britney Spears to undergo random drug testing and hire a parenting coach to help her raise her children with ex-husband Kevin Federline, court papers show.

A former bodyguard for Britney Spears has offered to testify at a custody hearing about nudity and drug use at her home and his fears for the safety of her two young sons.

Britney Spears looked bleary and unprepared kicking off MTV Video Music Awards show with her new single, "Gimme More." The former pop princess walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. She appeared to have forgotten the art of lip-synching. And, perhaps most unforgivable given her once-taut frame, she looked embarrassingly out of shape.

Britney Spears will open the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday in what promoters are calling the fallen singer's long-awaited comeback.

Troubled pop star Britney Spears has released her first new song in years on the web. The single - called "Gimme More" - is expected to hit radio airwaves as early as next week.

Britney Spears threw a baby bottle and threatened two photographers after they took pictures of her leaving a Las Vegas spa, the photographers said in a statement.

Britney Spears' marriage to Kevin Federline has officially ended. "They are divorced," the pop star's attorney, Laura Wasser, said Monday after a Superior Court hearing. "Everything is finalized."

OK! Magazine has decided to print an interview with Britney Spears which could reportedly damage her attempt at a comeback. Speaking about the decision, editor-in-chief Sarah Ivens said "OK! Magazine spent a heartbreaking day with Britney Spears and witnessed first-hand an emotional cry for help that will leave you shocked and sad."

She has fired her people, fought with her mother and taken an ocean dip in her underwear. Now a bid by pop star Britney Spears to set her bizarre record straight with a celebrity photo shoot has backfired big time.

Britney Spears supposedly wants to save her marriage to Kevin Federline. So, the divorce between the pop star and Kevin Federline is not yet final.

Britney Spears needs your help. The pop singer is asking her "most die-hard" fans to help pick a title for her next album. In a posting on her website titled "You'll Never See It My Way, Because You're Not Like Me," the 25-year-old Spears asks fans to choose from several potential titles.