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TAPE: EF02/1103 IN_TIME: 14:40:49 DURATION: 2:23 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: music/performance rights must be cleared DATELINE: various SHOTLIST 1. VS Britney Spears 2. Clip video, Britney Spears, "Overprotected" 3. VS Britney Spears 4. SOT Britney Spears (on whether she is getting a big head, in English) -"to a certain extent" 5. VS Britney Spears 6. SOT Britney Spears (on whether she has lost her virginity, in English) -"I really wish I would have never said anything to begin with because I 'm kinda stuck in this little place were people are always asking me, but uhm you know thats part of growing up and thats just something we all have to deal with so" 7. VS Britney Spears 8. VS SHOTS OF Nyla restaurant 8. Clip form "Crossroads" 9. SOT Britney Spears (on the making of Crossroads, in English) -"If I did something wrong, we'd just do it again" 10. Clip form "Crossroads" 11. VS Britney Spears 12. SOT Britney Spears (English) -"What now?" 13. Medium Justin Timberlake,(feat inset -Alyssa Milano, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera.) 14. Medium Britney Spears (feat inset SOT Marc from boyband Natural, in English) "I'd never say something like that and me and Britney are not going out,so" 15. VS Britney Spears BRITNEY SPEARS' UPS AND DOWNS FOR 2002 2002 has been a tumultuous year for Britney Spears. The news that she has been fired by drinks giant Pepsi was the final indignity which began with disappointing sales of her third album and poor reviews of her big-screen debut in 'Crossroads.' Then a world tour turned into a public relations disaster. In Mexico the press turned on her after she "flipped them the finger", fans chanted at her and she was booed. It's not the first time the twenty-one-old singer has enraged both press and public recently. Her angelic image was initially tarnished when she was booed in London, England and Sydney, Australia. While promoting her film 'Crossroads' in Australia in April, fans where outraged by how little time she spent with them. Even that was a case of 'Oops (I Did It Again).' The pop princess had been booed just weeks earlier at the London premiere of 'Crossroads'. The 20-year-old star enraged thousands of young fans who had waited for hours in the cold, by failing to go on a walkabout or sign autographs before the start of the movie. So, could it be that the once pristine Britney is losing her once Midas touch with her fans? Some in the British press have suggested that the sex kitten image she has adopted in the videos for 'I'm A Slave 4 U' and 'Overprotected' may be alienating her young fans, and hurting her album sales. Whether or not her young followers are turned off by her erotic new look, she can certainly ill afford to upset her loyal fans base again. Then there were problems with her Manhattan restaurant Nyla, which resulted in her breaking off her involvement at the beginning of December after just five months. Finally, a well-publicized break-up with long-tem boyfriend Justin Timberlake, her parents' divorce, and a self-imposed six-month break from the business fueled rumours that Spears' once rock-solid career was beginning to crumble.