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Spears focuses on new,better life
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NEW YORK — Britney Spears tells OK! magazine she's focused on family life these days, looking forward to her two sons meeting their new cousin, daughter of her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears.
"She's going to come out here for the kids' birthdays," Spears, who lives in Beverly Hills, Calif., says of Jamie Lynn in the Aug. 25 issue of OK! "It will be the first time the cousins meet. I'm sure the boys will be like big brothers to Maddie," who was born June 19.
Spears, 26, flaunts her maternal side in photos with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James on the cover and inside pages of the magazine. There are shots of the family in Spears' pool, including one showing the pop star enjoying a swim with her once-estranged mother, Lynne.
After several years of custody battles, estrangements and high-profile meltdowns, Spears reports life with all family members is calm and pleasant.
Her relationship with her mother, soon due out with a book about the family's life, is "really, really good. I went through a stage when I was in high school when it wasn't
so good, but now I'm at a stage where I really appreciate her a lot more."
She says she's also getting along with her father, James, who's been in control of her personal and professional matters as her legal conservator.
As for being an aunt, it did take a little getting used to, says Spears, who was a little "shocked" while visiting her 17-year-old sister and actress Jamie Lynn in the hospital for the birth of her newborn daughter.
"That was special, but it was also strange because she's always been the baby, and now the baby was having a baby," Spears says. "It was mind-boggling. I was shocked a little bit."
Spears appears to have cleaned up her act in recent days. Last month, she settled a long-running custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline, which allows her additional visits with her children.
She also appears fit and confident in promotional ads for the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards — the opposite of her widely panned appearance at last year's ceremony, MTV has said they are in talks to have the singer appear at this year's Sept. 7, ceremony.
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Britney Spears and her sons Sean, left, and Jayden are shown on the cover of OK! Spears told the magazine she's focusing on her family these days.
Cast of 1970s 'Dallas' reunites
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DALLAS — J.R., Bobby, Sue Ellen and other members of the Ewing clan are getting back together for a "Dallas" reunion party.
Cast members of the popular prime-time soap opera that ran from 1978-91 will return to the Southfork Ranch north of Dallas on Nov. 8 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the show. Several key actors, including Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy, have confirmed they will attend.
Hagman, who played central character J.R. Ewing, a scheming oil baron and cattle rancher; said he was looking forward to the event.
"I may not be able to do the 40th," said Hagman, 76, in an interview with The Dallas Morning News. "Thirty years is pretty good, and the show is still very popular."
The reunion, at the ranch in suburban Parker, north of Dallas, is open to the public. Tickets go on sale Aug. 22 and will cost between $100 and $1,000. The event will include fireworks, a country music concert, a question-and-answer session with the cast and tours of the mansion.
The show is perhaps best known for the "who shot J.R.?" cliffhanger that concluded the 1979-1980 season in which Hagman's character was blasted within an inch of his life.
"Dallas" featured the antics of a wealthy Texas clan that punched, slapped, drank, cavorted and schemed to gain control of the family fortune. The reunion promises to be tamer.
TRIAL
Larry Hagman, is shown in 1981 in character as J.B. Ewing in the popular night-time drama, "Dallas," Cast members of the prime-time soap opera will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the show in Southfork Ranch, north of Dallas, on November 8.
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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Susan M. Speer made her ruling Wednesday afternoon based on a
Cusack
The judge made his ruling based on the recommendation of a court-appointed psychiatrist who evaluated Leatherman and said she was "delusional" and "paranoid."
Leatherman sobbed in court and repeatedly talked over Speer, prompting the judge to issue her several warnings. The judge appointed an attorney to represent Leatherman during her trial, which she says can begin Sept. 9.
trial, but could not represent herself.
psychiatrist's evaluation of Emily Leatherman.The 33-year-old was arrested earlier this year outside of the actor's home.
LOS ANGELES — A judge said a woman accused of stalking John Cusack was competent to stand
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