Inland Empire Community Newspapers • May 10, 2012 • Page A17

GossipSpears has the X Snack-torBRITNEY Spears looks likeshe's a Slave ... for food as sheshows off her cute, little roundedtummy.The 30-year-old was spotted en-joying some chill-out time withher family and friends in Califor-nia.Dressed in a short, red, crop-topthe star flashed her midriff and tat-toos in a pair of very low jeans.Wearing a pair of sunglasses,some messy black eyeliner androcking some bed-hair, she madethe most of her work-free day andtucked into a plate of food.The Circus megastar is taking iteasy before her TV career kicks offagain.Brit's set to be the newest judgingface on The X Factor replacingfired Nicole Scherzinger and PaulaAbdul.The formerly-troubled star hasjust been given the green light toappear on the show after her fiancéJason Trawick has agreed to lookafter her earnings.Simon Cowell is said to be liningher pockets with a rather tasty $15million to sit next to him and LAReid on the panel.Meanwhile, Brit is thought towant her female sidekick on theshow to be former Disney starDemi Lovato.

She's reportedly said that her and19-year-old Lovato - who had abreakdown and entered rehab in2010 - would have great chemistrytogether.

The mother-of-two, who also hadan infamous breakdown in 2008, issaid to love how open and honestDemi was with her fans about hermeltdown.

Britney Spears is set to be the newest judge on the X Factor, andhas reportedly suggested her friend Demi Lovato, picturedabove, join her on the show.

Paltrow featured on The Conversation

Glamming up for a bash inNew York Sunday night,G w y n e t h P a l t r o w

showed off a little too much of herfigure - although her make-up, hairand pins looked perfect. She wasseen posing with the former 1990swildchild and The Word presenterAmanda De Cadenet.The British TV presenter, 39,who now strangely speaks with anAmerican accent, was promotingher new series The Conversation.The show sees De Cadenet talk-ing to a variety of celebrity womenabout personal subjects close tothem.Paltrow recently admitted to DeCadenet that she suffered with de-pression after the loss of her father,while Lady Gaga has freely talkedto her about her past coke use.The bash was held at fellow talk-show guest and designer Dianevon Furstenberg's studio.With Demi Moore as an execu-tive producer, other females re-vealing all under De Cadenet'sspell are Rita Wilson, Eva Longo-ria and Portia De Rossi.On the way to the event, Paltrowwrote on her Twitter page:

"Tonight I am honored to be a partof the premiere episode of @the-conversation on Lifetime. My girl@amandadecadenet got me toTALK."The pair met in the early 90s andhave been friends ever since.She wrote: "My girl @Gwyneth-Paltrow and me en route to cele-brate @TheConversation NYCstyle!"

Katy Perry poses for Adidas

The 27-year-old, posing forfirm Adidas, has changedher hair again, ditching the

purple locks for a darker look withstreaks of blue.It matches a new direction for thesinger, who revealed last week thatshe fancied doing a country album

in the future.She said: “I definitely want to doa Patty Griffin-esque thing at somepoint. It’s something that I’m re-ally excited about because I knowI can do it and I haven’t reallyplayed that card yet.”

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