Details of Britney’s birthday bash and her first ex goes to jail
Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Britney Spears’ first husband is behind bars in Los Angeles, serving a 10-day sentence for drink driving. Jason Alexander, who was married to Spears for just 55 hours at the beginning of 2004, was sentenced to jail time after failing to complete a court ordered alcohol rehabilitation program for a 2006 DUI arrest, according to Star magazine. Ironically, the prison term comes a day after Alexander’s ex-wife celebrated her 27th birthday and released her comeback album, Circus, which in on course to top the charts in the U.S. next week.
Following a pair of performances on Good Morning America on Tuesday morning, the superstar birthday girl was back to her some of her old diva tricks as she arrived more than an hour late to shoot her pre-taped segment for the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at NYC’s Rockefeller Center.
One eyewitness tells OK! Magazine that Britney had been scheduled to appear live on Wednesday night’s broadcast, but that plan was ultimately scrapped in favor of a pre-taped “message.”
“She was originally supposed to perform live and then she wanted to pre-tape her performance instead,” the source says. “Then she didn’t want to do that. She keeps changing her mind and now she’s not performing at all.”
Following her delayed appearance at Rockefeller Plaza, where it took multiple takes for Britney to record her “Happy Holidays” message, it was off to the Rainbow Room high atop 30 Rock for dinner with her family.
For her birthday celebration Britney finished off her big day at NYC hotspot Tenjune, where the singer and her party of around 50 people, including Lance Bass, Jeremy Piven and Russell Simmons, took over the entire back room for a private party.
But unlike most celeb birthday bashes, where top-shelf booze flows like water, there were no bottles of alcohol permitted at the tables — only VitaminWater and Red Bull — though guests could order cocktails at the bar.
The club itself was transformed into a mini circus for the night. The ceiling of Tenjune looked like the inside of a circus tent; there were popcorn machines that said “Britney Spears;” a ringmaster on stilts stood at the front of the club, while jugglers and gymnasts wandered about. All of the cocktail waitresses wore top hats resembling the one Britney wears in the “Circus” video.
Brit arrived at Tenjune around 11pm and the entire crowd at Tenjune sang “Happy Birthday” to her while she stood on stage smiling. Around midnight, three people carried out the huge cake out for the birthday girl.
The pop star spent the early part of the evening dancing and chatting with her crew of dancers in the back room of Tenjune, but after the clock struck midnight it was time for her to hit the club’s main dance floor.
“She was laughing and grinding with her friends,” one partygoer tells OK!. “The bodyguards formed a circle around her and she danced with her assistant and dancers. She was tossing her hair that had fallen out of a bun and really getting into the music and having a good time.”
Britney Spears may have torn up Manhattan on Tuesday night celebrating her 27th birthday, but on Wednesday, it was all about spending time with her boys.
On Wednesday afternoon, Britney took Sean Preston, 3, and Jayden James, 2, on a major shopping spree at NYC’s famous FAO Schwarz toy store, where an eyewitness says she spent hundreds on toys for her two adorable but seemingly spoiled boys. Brit brought her parents Jamie and Lynn Spears along for the trip and for good reason! Someone had to hold all the stuff as the boys tore through the store! Spies say the boys were treated to anything they could get their tiny hands on!
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