US Bazaar August 2006: Britney Spears

[Ariez]

I like the one with her holding her son too. Why aren't they releasing it?

 

[PinkAnik]

I really dont like the cover, and the pics inside. She should stick to blond hair.

 

[peacelover142002]

I shudder to think what the Subscriber's cover will look like.

 

[thehepburn]

that is the real cover. from yahoo news

Britney Bares All By Sarah Hall
2 hours, 24 minutes ago



Apparently, Britney Spears is out to prove she's not a girl and very much a woman.

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Just days after baring her soul on Dateline, the pregnant pop tart is taking a page out of Demi Moore's playbook and baring, well, everything else, for the cover of the August issue of Harper's Bazaar.


The magazine confirmed Wednesday that Spears posed in the nude for the cover and an accompanying feature story and photo spread at a shoot on Thursday.


Unfortunately for Harper's, said photos leaked onto the Internet shortly after the conclusion of the shoot and were available on various Websites as of Wednesday afternoon.


In the images, a newly dark-haired Spears strikes various poses in all her six-months-pregnant glory, sometimes clothed, sometimes not.


A naked Sean Preston makes a cameo in one of the photos, clutched in his mother's arms. A naked Kevin Federline, thankfully, did not make the cut.


After the leak, Harper's released the cover shot for publicity purposes, but informed the non-Internet-using segment of its readership that it would have to wait until the issue hit stands on July 25 to view the rest of the spread.


Spears', shall we say, artsy cover girl stint comes after the singer was reportedly shocked by the negative reaction to her recent tearful Dateline confessional.


In a poll conducted by Us Weekly, 87 percent of respondents said they had less respect for Spears after her sitdown with Matt Lauer. Meanwhile, the New York Post reported that the NBC crew filming the interview was so startled by Spears' disheveled appearance when they arrived that they thought they had the wrong day.


As a result of the backlash, Spears apparently decided to prove that with the help of a little airbrushing, she can be the same Britney we once knew and loved. Except, you know, pregnant.


Meanwhile, according to a report in In Touch Weekly, Spears is considering returning to her roots--and not just the brunette ones. The magazine claims that the Louisiana native is considering moving back home to the town of Kentwood, where she was born.


"She wants to come home," Kentwood Mayor Harold Smith told the magazine. "She's building more rooms for her growing family. She wants a nursery and some kids' rooms."


The magazine claims that Federline is supportive of his wife's wishes, though there's no telling how the move could affect his quest to save the penny.


The couple is expecting their second child together, and Federline's fourth overall, in October.

 

[make_me_whole]

britt sucks the worst choice except hialry duff i've known! what an awful cover.

 

[Ariez]

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[Avant Garde]

Harper's Bazaar going after sites publishing Britney Spears Harper's shoot

In other leaked photo news, Hearst Publications is going after websites publishing images of Britney Spears in Harper's Bazaar. The images of the "come here go away" six months pregnant pop star posing in the buff, shot by photographer Alexi Lubomirski only last week, appeared on websites such as JustJared and Gawker earlier this week.

It's not clear how the images were leaked or stolen. Harper's Bazaar spokesperson Scott Currie told the New York Daily News, "We were not pleased that this happened. It's not what we would have planned."

Source: Celebrity Baby Blog

 

[Juliet]

Oh why Britney, Why??

 

[liberty33r1b]

she is so ugly....

 

[rainglow]

That shot on the rug is borderline p*rno!!

And one thing that bothers me about the cover shoot is the manner in which she's holding her breasts - she's holding them in a very provocative manner and it could have been done much better. Hands on shoulders (crossed or vertical arms), and if she had to be seated she could have sat backwards and looked over her shouler or something....anything to keep the attention on the bump and NOT on the boobs. I dont think these shots are particularly artistic and they almost seem a bit exploitative, imho

I agree that the pregnant female form is beautiful, but there's too much sexiness about this. There's definitely a difference between beautiful and sexy.

 

[Trista]

I'm one of the few who even though I'm not a fan, I like it. I don't like some of the shots but I'm still going to buy it.

 

[ChrissyM]

i don't think that the pregnant naked cover is the best choice if she 'just wanted to be left alone'....

however, i do think that the pictures are the best she's looked in a very long time...
probably thanks to extensive airbrushing... but still..

 

[Mr. Fabulous]

^ I agree to the full extent.

If she wants to make a statement on national television, don't pose with your baby on a cover of a magazine just a few weeks later.

 

[fleur137]

i don't think that the pregnant naked cover is the best choice if she 'just wanted to be left alone'....

yeah thats so hypocritical

 

[Preahya]

LOL....what ever happened to her plea of `leave me alone?`

Her expression on the cover to me is ` Look, noticed me....I`m in the nude.....look.......!! LOL!!

 

[treschic]

On Dateline, I think her plea to be left alone was mostly directed to the hounds of paparazzi that follow her every single day. She does magazines like these, OK! and Bazaar to promote and to be able to speak the truth about her life and not what the tabloids make of it. It's completely appropriate and not very hypocritical for her to do so. Plus, magazines would definitely jump the gun to put Britney on their magazine cover because they know it will sell. It's pretty obvious that America isn't over Britney Spears yet and I'm going to predict they won't be for a very long time.

 

[truebluejen]

Does anyone have the magazine yet?

 

[Avant Garde]

see here: http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f78/us-bazaar-august-2006-britney-spears-45845.html

 

[breathe.couture]

Woops, I feel stupid . Can a mod please delete this one then?

ETA: I actually like her spread. Her expression on the cover is a bit odd, however. Yeah, they're probrably heavily airbrushed, but I think the pregnant female body is beautiful!

 

[Djavanjmiles]

Some people are thinking "Why would she pull a publicity stunt like this if she want to be left alone?" Maybe she thought about that.

That's what I was thinking?