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"I think it&amp;#x27;s safe to say that we&amp;#x27;ve all grown up with Britney Spears. Love her or hate her or have no opinion on her at all, you can&amp;#x27;t deny that she&amp;#x27;s had a major presence in--and influence on--pop culture for over a decade now. She&amp;#x27;s had hits and misses. She&amp;#x27;s been off her rocker and totally on her A-game. And you know what? I think she&amp;#x27;s the perfect choice as the new judge of X-Factor. My history with Britney runs deep. As a young editor at the now defunct magazine CosmoGIRL, I remember having the task of creating the perfect mix of songs to play at a photo shoot she was doing for us. I stayed up until 4am painstakingly adding to my iPod everything from Madonna to Michael Jackson. Britney had just broken up with Justin Timberlake so I was careful to include plenty of Backstreet Boys songs and not one by &amp;#x27;NSYNC. Britney let loose and danced till she collapsed on the set in a fit of giggles. I overheard her ask her publcist if she could take home the playlist because she loved it so much. I beamed with pride that I impressed Britney with my musical tastes--but no, I didn&amp;#x27;t give her my iPod. I think that&amp;#x27;s why we love Britney. She&amp;#x27;s the girl you want to protect from a bad break-up. She&amp;#x27;s the girl you want to dance with until your feet are ready to fall off. When she stumbles, you want to help get back to the top. And when she is ready to use her voice and share her opinion--we are ready to listen! So, as Britney embarks on this new chapter--I want to take this as an opportunity to look back at some of my favorite Britney moments that got her there! 1. Breaking Out on the Mickey Mouse Club! I was obsessed with the Mickey Mouse Club in middle school. One of the greatest days of my life was when I got to go to a live taping during a family vacation to Disney World. I couldn&amp;#x27;t resist but to cue up a clip that featured a young Justin Timberlake too! 2. That Sexy Schoolgirl . . . I always thought little Britney was so cute on the MMC--imagine my surprise a few years later when I realized this new pop singer in that sexy school girl uniform was the same girl! . . .Baby One More Time NEVER gets old. I have to bust out singing every time I hear it! 3. Super Bowl XXXV Epic Halftime Show I&amp;#x27;m sorry, but today&amp;#x27;s halftime shows WISH they could top this combo of Aerosmith (by now you all should know I bow down to Aerosmith), Britney and &amp;#x27;NSYNC performing &amp;quot;Walk This Way.&amp;quot; 4. This Outfit is Burned in My Brain Forever I often wonder if Britney and Justin broke up after they saw how ridiculous they looked in matching denim? 5. That Snake . . .and Those Abs! I think this 2001 performance at the MTV Video Music Awards is burned in everyone&amp;#x27;s brains forever . . . I also think I did 1000 sit-ups after watching this too (and may or may not be contracting my abs as I type this) 6. Madonna Kisses Britney (and Christina Aguilera too in case you forgot--which most people did!) I don&amp;#x27;t think it&amp;#x27;s lost on anyone that this Britney versus Christina feud is never ever going to die. X-Factor goes head to head again The Voice. And back in 2003, Britney and Christina were vying for Madonna&amp;#x27;s attention at the MTV Video Music Awards. Blink and you&amp;#x27;ll miss it but Madonna kissed BOTH girls even though Brit got all the credit! 7. Am I the Only One that Like Crossroads? Um, okay, I was just asking . . . but don&amp;#x27;t tell me you don&amp;#x27;t get sucked in when it pops up on cable on a Sunday afternoon too! 8. What About Britney &amp;amp; Kevin: Chaotic? I&amp;#x27;m SURE Britney would like us all to forget her stint as a documentarian (Britney and ex-husband Kevin Federline shot all this footage themselves). The tagline was &amp;quot;can you handle my truth?&amp;quot; It was hard to handle watching Britney heading for a breakdown but there were some sweet and endearing moments too. The world had never really seen Britney so unguarded and uncensored before. 9. Best. Song. Ever. (Besides &amp;quot;. . .Baby One More Time&amp;quot;) This was my ringtone for many a terrible ex-boyfriend AND won Britney her only Grammy award! 10. Her Comeback An argument can be made that after Britney&amp;#x27;s public head shaving, divorce and her dad having to step in as her conservator that she may never have a hit or even make music again (I can&amp;#x27;t even talk about her upsetting 2007 performance of &amp;quot;Gimme More&amp;quot; at the VMAs). She proved us wrong with the 2008 hit album Circus--and stayed on top last year with the release of Femme Fatale! I&amp;#x27;d like to think that X-Factor is just going to keep her where she belongs--reinventing herself while staying at the top of her game! So . . . what are YOUR favorite Britney moments? Anything not on my list? And what do you think about Britney joining the X-Factor judges&amp;#x27; table? More on Britney . . . * Britney Spears May Be Guest Starring on Modern Family...and It All Started with a Tweet * Britney Spears&amp;#x27; Wedding Dress: YOU Decide What She Should Wear! *Happy Birthday, Britney Spears! You&amp;#x27;ve Packed A Whole Lotta Living Into 30 Years Photos and Video: FOX and YouTube "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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