Britney Spears... head-turner

WASHINGTON: Pop star Britney Spears sported a newly shaved head when she dropped by a Los Angeles tattoo parlour and quickly drew a crowd.
The
Friday evening visit to the “Body and Soul” tattoo shop in the Sherman
Oaks district of Los Angeles came on the same day as People magazine
and other entertainment media reported that Spears, 25, had recently
entered a rehabilitation center in Antigua and checked out a day later.
Spears
representatives could not be reached for comment on the rehabilitation
reports, but the Access Hollywood entertainment news outlet cited a
spokesperson denying them and saying she was not in rehab.
Los
Angeles television station KABC showed video of Spears entering the
parlour with a small tattoo visible on the back of her neck and her
head completely shaved.
Tattoo artist Max Gott told the station
Spears got a “dainty” new tattoo. “She got some cute little lips on her
wrist - red lips, a little pink,” he said.
Outside, police controlled a large crowd of onlookers and cleared the way for her to leave.
Spears
reached pop stardom with hits such as “Oops!... I Did it Again,” and
developed a reputation for a reckless spontaneity, including her
two-day marriage to a childhood friend.
A mother of two young sons,
Spears has acknowledged that her image had taken a beating in recent
months. She has become a regular fixture on the circuit of big-city US
nightclubs since her split in November from husband and former backup
dancer Kevin Federline.
Spears and celebrity Paris Hilton recently
made the cover of Newsweek magazine with a story headlined The Girls
Gone Wild Effect and a poll of readers who said celebrities like them
were having too much influence on young girls.
In January, Spears
posted a message on her website acknowledging the negative publicity
while writing, “I look forward to coming back this year bigger and
better than ever and to reaching out to my fans on a more personal
level.” – Reuters