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While Britney Spears tunes up for a new album and world tour, a lawyer for the reforming pop princess is telling the court she's not really up to handling a driver's license issue.

For what seems like the umpteenth time, attorney Michael Flanagan is seeking to derail a trial in the case of Spears and her MIA California driver's license.

He filed documents today in Los Angeles County Superior Court requesting a stay in the proceedings because she remains under the control of a conservatorship.

"The Probate Court has found that [Spears] lacks the capacity to retain counsel," Flanagan writes. "As a result, [Spears] is currently unable to participate meaningfully in this matter." (View the documents.)

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Will Miley Cyrus get her wish of playing a younger, cleaner Carrie Bradshaw?

News hit last week that Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell will pen a series of books for the young adult audience following the iconic Carrie in her early years.

The author herself tells E! News she doesn’t mind Miley as a potential for Carrie Jr.

“I think she’s adorable,” Bushnell told us at an intimate bash for the release of her new book One Fifth Avenue at the Salvatore Ferragamo Rodeo Drive boutique in Beverly Hills.

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While Bill Maher gets a childlike delight in exposing right-wing agendas, don't expect him to procreate anytime soon.

Maher tried his hand at Emmy swagging this weekend, stopping by the Kari Feinstein Style Lounge in Beverly Hills. When men's clothing vendor ACDG offered the comic a charity T-shirt supporting a cause called Kids Among Stars, Maher glanced down at the piles of free goods in his hands, looked up and scoffed, "I hate kids."

No matter, as Seth Rogen is a big enough kid for all of us. Ladies chatting at the Reebok booth, visited by the likes of Balthazar Getty and Kristen Bell, had a dirty little tidbit about the Superbad scribe.

The sports line offers a customizable shoe called CustomRBK, wherein any star (or lowly pedestrian with cash or charge) can have a word up to nine characters stitched onto the back of their shoe. Rogen, apparently, broke the bank in expletives he tried to get past the sneaker censors.

"They kept returning his requested words, because they violated Reebok's service agreement," a source said. "He finally got away with EATPOO."

Awww. And who says you cant always get what you want?

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The staff at Travis Barker's Los Angeles boutique Fast Life are mourning one of their own and wishing only the best for another.

Barker's friend Chris "Lil Chris" Baker, who managed the store, was one of four killed in the South Carolina Learjet crash that left the former Blink 182 drummer and DJ AM severely injured. Both are in critical yet stable condition at the Joseph Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga.

E! News spotted concerned-looking supporters gathering at Fast Life, which features pop-punk gear for men and women, at around 1 p.m. A motorcycle adorned with yellow flower arrangements and a T-shirt were placed outside the store.

While staffers declined to comment on last night’s events, sources told us the vibe within the boutique was shocked and somber.

“There's no music on, people are sitting or standing quietly," one insider said. "The staff is shuffling stock around the floor."

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VMA performance or not, Miley Cyrus is pumped up for Britney Spears to do whatever she's doing at the MTV self-love fest this weekend.

Cyrus is in New York City, prepping for a huge gig at CBS' upcoming Condé Nast-sponsored Fashion Rocks charity concert featuring music legends and fashionistas to benefit cancer research. When popping out of a midtown rehearsal space yesterday, photogs asked Cyrus if she was looking forward to Spears' do-over.

"It will be awesome, I can't wait," she said.

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David Arquette has found a new passion after the demise of his FX series Dirt—designing menswear.

Reports last week said the often outlandishly garbed Arquette will partner with equally eccentric singer Ben Harper on a collection called Propr (spelled correctly). And by spelled correctly we mean that this is the incorrect spelling David and Ben have chosen.

E! spotted Arquette out last night with wife Courteney Cox at Veuve Clicquot's fifth anniversary celebration for West Hollywood eatery Il Sole, where the actor and producer could speak of nothing but his forthcoming duds.

"David is so excited about his fashion line, its releasing next month," an onlooker said. "He was telling everyone about it, from guests to staff."

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Is Woody Allen’s Scarlett Johansson obsession sliding into a Friends fetish?

Perhaps, as Allen may be courting Jennifer Aniston for an upcoming film. Allen and Aniston, joined by his wife Soon Yi, were spotted dining at Beverly Hills staple Madeo last night.

There's speculation Allen may be interested in featuring Aniston in a forthcoming project, and E! News can confirm that Woody indeed has a new film brewing.

“It’s top secret, we’ve barely heard anything,” industry sources tell us. “But he’s definitely writing it.”

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Brody Jenner enjoyed an extended 25th birthday celebration in Cabo San Lucas over the weekend with his Hills castmates in tow.

Jenner, along with Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge, reveled in all-night partying and daily beach lounging at the LG Villa, a private mansion in the Mexican resort town.

The trio, as well as Jenner’s buds Frankie Delgado and Doug Reinhardt, arrived Thurs., Aug. 21—Brody’s actual birthday—and got down to some serious fun.

“They went bananas,” a source tells E! News. “They partied until about 3 a.m.—cocktails, birthday cake, in and out of the pool.”

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The fate of Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour just got a whole lot sweeter.

Despite rumors that the pop icon's elaborate world tour would be scrapped on account of illness—inspired by a seemingly sprained ankle—a rep for the singer’s concert promoter, Live Nation, tells E! News the show will go on.

“We haven’t canceled any shows, it’s a full go starting on [Aug.] 23,” says the rep.

Meanwhile, the singer’s longtime rep Liz Rosenberg came to E! News to set the record straight on reports that the Material Mom is thisclose to adopting another child…

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Kanye West updated his blog last night with a video from a tour stop at Madison Square Garden that features a surprise performance by Jay-Z.

The two impresarios debut a never-before-heard track from Jay-Z’s anticipated forthcoming album, Blueprint 3, in which he implores the ladies out there: Keep your tops on, Beyoncé is in the house.

“Ask Yeezy / I got girls on shoulders showing me their chi-chis,” Jay raps to the NYC audience. “I’m like life ain’t fair / Chill baby girl, my girl is here.”

Who else gets the cold shoulder from Jigga during the show?

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What's one way to cover up a former flame and simultaneously declare your ladylove? Color in an old tattoo and have your gal-pal get one to match, if you're Lindsay Lohan.

New pictures have surfaced of Linds and Samantha Ronson rocking identical small, black heart tattoos on their hands.

First acquired in July 2006 with then-beau Harry Morton, Lindsay's tattoo (on her left hand between the thumb and index finger) was white in color. She has since had the tat outlined with black ink, and Ronson has replicated the heart on her own left hand.

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Maybe it's beauty time, not boudoir time, keeping Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson off the streets and the paparazzi at bay.

Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton mouthed off on Thursday, saying that Lohan and Ronson's relationship is responsible for keeping the starlet from the party scene, thereby reducing the local paparazzi presence. Turns out Lindsay and Sam were indeed holed up in L.A. over the past few days—indulging themselves in beauty treatments.

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