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Britney Spears rolls out of bed and catches an early morning flight out of LAX airport in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old pop princess was accompanied by one of People magazine’s hottest bachelors, her older brother Bryan (yes, the one in the hat and glasses).

Her father, Jamie Spears, also came along for the ride. A hearing to determine if he would remain daughter Britney’s conservator was delayed yesterday because the Spears family is apparently going on vacation. Also yesterday, an L.A. court commissioner agreed to allow Jamie to sell Brit’s Studio City home.

Forget thigh-high, that slit is nearly hip-high!

Charlize Theron showed off her gorgeous gams in a gorgeous black dress with a daringly high slit at the Hancock premiere at Vue West End Cinema in Leicester Square on Wednesday in London.

Hancock doesn’t open in the States until Friday, July 2. Can’t get enough Charlize!

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Ms. Theron’s nearly hip-high dress slit — TOO HIGH or JUST RIGHT?

Gisele Bundchen sure knows how to work those tube socks
John Mayer wears cute shorts
Marisa Miller brings on the Maxim-um hotness
Was Jessica Simpson’s “Real Girls Eat Meat” t-shirt an attack on vegetarian Carrie Underwood (Tony Romo’s ex)?
Britney Spears still looks pregnant
Naomi Campbell rages on
Jon Stewart riffs on Cali’s same-sex marriages
Anne Hathaway uses a dirty joke to break the ice.
ABC has extended Jimmy Kimmel’s contract through 2010.
Ashley Olsen canoodled with new beau Justin Bartha Monday night at the Cinema Society and ACLU Screening of Trumbo. The couple walked the press line separately, but huddled closely most of the night and were spotted kissing.
Daddy-to-be Matthew McConaughey had to be helped out of Nicaraguan bar Iguana after having one too many drinks on June 6. The glassy-eyed actor was photographed dancing with an assortment of women – and even tried to kiss one of them - over two nights of fun at the bar. Mateo admitted to being trashed in an email to the Daily News and also says he’s still looking for a flip-flop he lost while partying.

Jennifer Lopez poses with a few special grade-schoolers at their Staten Island school on Tuesday.

The 38-year-old singer/actress put on a special graduation concert Tuesday when she performed at a Staten Island school for autistic children. J.Lo even got to see the group of 10-and-11-year-olds perform her song “Let’s Get Loud.”

“The kids don’t even really understand how famous she is,” said the kids’ teacher Kathy Amati. “They just really like her singing and dancing.”

Read more about this story at Staten Island Advance.

Pictured below: Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony arriving with their twins in Zaventem (in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium) on Wednesday. (Marc is holding Max, J.Lo is holding Emme.) Marc is expected to give a concert on Thursday in Antwerp.

Sienna Miller joins costars Matthew Rhys and Keira Knightley at a photocall for their new movie, The Edge of Love, on Wednesday in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Sienna just confirmed that she’s set to play Maid Marian alongside Russell Crowe’s Sheriff of Nottingham in the new remake of Robin Hood.

“I just found out,” Sienna, 26, tells the BBC. “It’s the most exciting news in the world. It’s ridiculous. But there’s this looming actor’s strike, so it’s not 100% sure that it’s going to be made, but it’s looking pretty certain.”

Crowe will team up with Gladiator director Ridley Scott again for Robin Hood.

But not with Chris Brown!

The 20-year-old R&B queen was spotted dancing and having a blast at the re-release party of her third studio album, “Good Girl Gone Bad”, at Club Guest House in New York City on Tuesday night.

Earlier in the day, the Barbadian beauty recorded her guest spot on MTV’s Total Request Live.

Rihanna has also been nominated in three categories for this year’s Teen Choice Awards: Best Female Artist, Best R&B Artist and Best Single (”Don’t Stop The Music”).

Mario Lopez has been named People’s Hottest Bachelor. The 34-year-old actor/exercise guru bares all in the new issue, on newsstands Friday.

Can you believe it? NUDEY PICS IN PEOPLE MAG, Y’ALL!!

Other bachelors who made the cut: The Hills star Brody Jenner and his BFF Frankie Delgado, American Idol champ David Cook, actor/singer Terrence Howard, Bryan Spears (Britney and Jamie Lynn’s older brother), 300 hunk Gerard Butler, tennis star James Blake, Rock of Love star Bret Michaels, Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg and SNL writer Akiva Shaffer, Hunter Johansson (Scarlett’s twin brother, younger by three minutes), Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and the Gossip Girl guys (Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford).

Check out the slideshow to see the other Hottest Bachelors at People.com.

DO YOU THINK Mario Lopez is the hottest bachelor in Hollywood?

Sarah Michelle Gellar carries a big brown bag while shopping in New York City on Monday.

The former Buffy the Vampire Slayer star recently posed nude for charity to raise funds for skin ailment sufferers.

Jane’s Addiction rocker Dave Navarro, Hairspray actress Amanda Bynes and Leila Ali, daughter of ring legend Muhammad, joined her in the nude photoshoot.

The photos raised £1,000 in an online auction, The Mirror reports.

U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) arrives for services at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, June 15, 2008
U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama celebrated Father's Day by calling on black fathers to become more active in raising their children.

Obama, accompanied by his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, took part in Father's Day services near their house at the Apostolic Church of God -- a large, predominantly black church in the South Side of Chicago.

In his 30-minute speech, Obama spoke about the particular struggles of African Americans and noted that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households.

"What I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children -- all of our children -- a better world," he said.

The Illinois senator said American men need to become more responsible parents. He criticized African-American fathers who "have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men."

Obama bluntly said: "Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father."

Obama reminded the congregation of his firsthand experience growing up without a dad. The Illinois senator said he was lucky to have loving grandparents who helped his mother.



U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) wife Michelle (3rd L) and their daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 9, listen as he speaks during services at Apostolic Church of God in Chicago June 15, 2008
He got support, second chances and scholarships that helped him get an education. Obama's father left when he was 2.

This was Obama's first time attending a church service since he announced last month that he had quit Trinity United Church of Christ, which he had attended for 16 years, as he sought to calm concerns about comments by pastors there.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee heads back to the campaign trail on Monday with a trip to Michigan, a key state in his November face-off with Republican candidate John McCain.



U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listens during services at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, June 15, 2008.

U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) shakes hands at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, June 15, 2008

U.S. President George W. Bush walks with Britain's Queen Elizabeth in the St George's Hall, Windsor Castle, southern England June 15, 2008

U.S. President George W. Bush is greeted by Air Vice Marshall David Walker as he arrives at Windsor Castle for tea with Britain's Queen Elizabeth in southern England June 15, 2008

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and First Lady Laura Bush walk at Windsor Castle after visiting Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Phillip in Britain June 15, 2008

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) walks with Britain's Queen Elizabeth, followed by first lady Laura Bush and Prince Philip in the St George's Hall, Windsor Castle, southern England June 15, 2008

Space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, June 14, 2008, capping a successful expansion job at the international space station, now more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery returned home on Saturday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending its 14-day construction mission for the International Space Station.

Discovery, with seven astronauts aboard, touched down at 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT) at Kennedy, the space shuttle's home port, NASA TV showed.


Space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, June 14, 2008, capping a successful expansion job at the international space station, now more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab.
Weather conditions at the landing site were near-excellent for Discovery's homecoming, with light sea breezes, good visibility and scattered clouds at 3,000 feet.

The shuttle continued to come to a full stop on the runway 15 shortly. "Everything looks very good," NASA TV commentator announced.

"Beautiful land, Mark, and congratulations on a great mission," NASA's Mission Control Center radioed to Discovery commander Mark Kelly.

"It's great to be back, great for all of us to be part of a great team and to leave the station a little bigger and a little bit more capable," Kelly replied.

Discovery blasted off into space on May 31, delivering Pressurized Module -- the main part of Japan's Kibo to the space station.

During the 9-day stay at the orbital outpost, astronauts performed three spacewalks. They successfully installed the new module, which is now the biggest of the nine rooms on the station.

The astronauts relocated Kibo's attic-like storage module, which was delivered in March by U.S. space shuttle Endeavour, from a temporary place to the permanent location on the top of the new module.

This is the second of three shuttle flights that launch components to complete Kibo. In the third flight planned in March 2009, Japan and NASA will launch Kibo's porch-like external platform for exterior experiments.

Discovery astronauts also did some maintenance work for the station. They replaced a nitrogen tank, repaired the power supply for one television camera, and inspected the Solar Alpha Rotary Joint on both sides of the station.

Using a new toilet pump delivered by Discovery, station residents repaired a balky toilet in their service module.

In addition to the construction work, Discovery also delivered a new resident for the station. Discovery astronaut Gregory Chamitoff switched places with Expedition 17 Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman, who returned to Earth aboard the shuttle.

"Overall, the mission's been a great success," Discovery Commander Mark Kelly told reporters from space on Monday. "I certainly have a great crew and they're well trained, but there's also a little luck involved."

Although the mission itself went almost flawlessly, Discovery left behind a damaged launch pad on May 31. Some 5,300 bricks flew off the flame trench when Discovery blasted off, most possibly because they were not attached properly to the underlying concrete wall when the pad was built in the 1960s for the Apollo moon shots.

However, NASA managers are confident the launch pad can be fixed in time for the next shuttle flight in October, by Atlantis to give the Hubble Space Telescope the final service call.

The optical microscope on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows soil sprinkled from the lander's robot arm scoop onto a silicone substrate in this handout image released on June 13, 2008. This is the first sample collected and delivered for instrumental analysis onboard a planetary lander since NASA's Viking Mars missions of the 1970s
New observations from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander provided the most magnified view ever seen of Martian soil, showing particles clumping together even at the smallest visible scale, the mission science team reported on Friday.

In the past two days, two instruments on the lander deck -- a microscope and a bake-and-sniff analyzer -- have begun inspecting soil samples delivered by the scoop on Phoenix's Robotic Arm.



View from the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the first impression dubbed Yeti and shaped like a wide footprint -- made on the Martian soil by the robotic arm scoop on Sol 6, the sixth Martian day of the mission, (May 31, 2008). Touching the ground is the first step toward scooping up soil and ice and delivering the samples to the lander's onboard experiments.
Images from Phoenix's Optical Microscope showed nearly 1,000 separate soil particles, down to size smaller than one-tenth the diameter of a human hair. At least four distinct minerals are seen, the team said.

"I'm absolutely gobsmacked that we're now looking at the soil of Mars at a resolution that has never been seen before," said TomPike of Imperial College London, who is a Phoenix co-investigator working on the lander's Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer.

The sample includes some larger, black, glassy particles as well as smaller reddish ones. "We may be looking at a history of the soil," said Pike. "It appears that original particles of volcanic glass have weathered down to smaller particles with higher concentration of iron."

The fine particles in the soil sample closely resemble particles of airborne dust examined earlier by the microscope.

"This is the first time since the Viking (Mars exploration) missions three decades ago that a sample is being studied inside an instrument on Mars," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith on Friday.

Stickiness of the soil at the Phoenix landing site has presented not only challenges for delivering samples but also scientific opportunities.

"Understanding the soil is a major goal of this mission and the soil is a bit different than we expected," Smith said. "There could be real discoveries to come as we analyze this soil with our various instruments. We have just the right instruments for the job."

A Manhattan entrepreneur has found his own way to "have fun" and to profit from the U.S. presidential race -- putting the candidates' faces on condom packages.

Benjamin Sherman, who created the company Practice Safe Policy, has been selling condoms named after Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain around the world for several weeks.

Sherman said the Obama condom carries the slogan "Use With Good Judgment." The McCain version says "Old but not expired." McCain is 71.

According to the website, McCain condoms "are battle tested, strong and durable, for those occasions when you just need to switch your position!" McCain served in the military in Vietnam and was held as a prisoner of war there.

While the company can't guarantee the condoms are 100% effective, it says it's certain "that without wearing one, there's likely to be an Obama-Mama in your future."

"We've done it in fun. People are not actually going to use these condoms," said Sherman, 26.

The 9.95-dollar-per-pair "keepsakes" are so popular that Sherman said he had nearly sold out and expected to order a second shipment this week. He declined to say how many condoms were in each order.

The condoms are generic and the candidates are featured only on the packaging.



A Manhattan entrepreneur has found his own way to "have fun" and to profit from the U.S. presidential race -- putting the candidates' faces on condom packages

A Manhattan entrepreneur has found his own way to "have fun" and to profit from the U.S. presidential race -- putting the candidates' faces on condom packages

Singer Melanie Chisholm, also known as Mel C of the Spice Girls, arrives at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, June 15, 2008

Reality Television star Kristin Cavallari arrives at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, June 15, 2008


Actor Rainn Wilson arrives at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, June 15, 2008

A model presents a creation of the students of Beijing ESMOD Fashion and Art College, member of the ESMOD International Fashion University Group based in France, at the central hall of 798 art zone in Beijing, capital of China, June 15, 2008. The fashion show, mainly displaying the creations of the first batch of graduates, was a demonstration that showed the effect of the cooperation on fashion education between China and France in recent years.







A model presents a creation of the students of Beijing ESMOD Fashion and Art College, member of the ESMOD International Fashion University Group based in France, at the central hall of 798 art zone in Beijing, capital of China, June 15, 2008. The fashion show, mainly displaying the creations of the first batch of graduates, was a demonstration that showed the effect of the cooperation on fashion education between China and France in recent years.