My personal life is private: Britney Spears

Singer Britney Spears says she tries to keep her private life away from the public as much as possible.

"I can be pretty guarded with my personal life and I've learned that's okay. I think your personal life is your personal life, and that should stay private," she told popjustice.com.

Spears also revealed that she wouldn't stop her sons - Sean Preston, 5, and Jayden James, 4 - from entering the showbiz, reports contactmusic.com.

"I'd definitely keep an eye on them, but if that's what they wanted to do, then I'd let them go after it. I'd just be very protective," she said.

Britney Spears Unleashes HIAM Teaser #9

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Still unleashing a new clip each day as promised, Britney Spears dished out the ninth installment in her fourteen part pre-release "Hold It Against Me" music video efforts.

Hitting the web on Saturday (February 12) was a seven second visually dazzling piece which sees flashing lights around an empty white platform - on which Britney and a team of dancers emerge.

With the full video set to be released on February 17 at 9:56PM ET on MTV, Spears' video choreographer, Brian Friedman, told MTV News that the singer is "definitely setting the bar" with "Hold It Against Me."

Friedman added, "She's showing that you have to push it as an artist: that you can't just settle, that you can't be calm with your choreography, that you have to make a statement. There's so many people out there competing in this world to be the queen of pop, and she's definitely claiming her throne."

Britney Spears Tops Ashton Kutcher as Twitter Queen

Ashton Kutcher has been surpassed on the popular messaging site by Britney Spears.

Topping the “Punk’d” hunk in terms of followers, the “Gimme More” singer had 4,955,768 faithful while Kutcher had 4,944,221 followers as of Monday afternoon (May 24).

Excited over the accomplishment, Britney wrote, “WOW!!!!! #1 on Twitter. Thank you! Tweet me some questions this morning! xoxo –Brit.”

As for Ashton, he tells of losing his long-held top spot, “I don’t care.”

50 Cent New Record Inspired By Britney Spears And Not In A Good Way!

The rapper told OK! Magazine that a track on his upcoming album was inspired by the public meltdown of Britney Spears in 2007. Check out the full story:

It seems that Britney Spears is the unlikely muse for 50 Cent’s new album.

The rapper has told OK! that he was inspired to write Before I Self Destruct by watching the singer’s massive, head-shaving, umbrella-attacking meltdown in 2007.

Now, to you it might have seemed like a tragic tale of damaging relationships, possible drug abuse and mental illness combining to create the spectacular collapse of a mother’s career and private life.

But apparently it’s all just great material for hip hop songs, according to Fiddy.

“She was the greatest show on earth last year,” the rapper, born Curtis Jackson, 33, tells OK!.

“She was going through her issues in public… It was great to watch her spin out of control because it makes the average person feel better.”

I actually am really looking forward to hearing what Before I Self Destruct sounds like- he definitely had no shortage of material to tap into…