If you're wondering what was going through Britney Spears' head during her erratic era, you are not alone - so does she.

"I sit there and I look back and I'm like, 'I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?"' Spears said in an interview to air on MTV on November 30, two days before the release of her new album.

"I've been through a lot in the past two or three years, and there's a lot that people don't know."

The 90-minute special, Britney: For The Record, was executive-produced by Spears' manager Larry Rudolph. It features behind-the-scenes footage of the singer and her talking about her life over the past two years.

She's got a lot to talk about: In that time span, she has got divorced, been through a custody battle, gone to rehab, had very public meltdowns and had one memorably bad performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Now on the comeback trail, Spears is releasing her sixth album, Circus, in the US on December 2, her 27th birthday.

Spears says she's hoping this TV special will "set the record straight" about her life.

BRITNEY SPEARS' ex-boyfriend has confirmed he owns a sex tape featuring himself and the US singer.
ADNAN GHALIB, the British pap whom she dated during her breakdown, says he WILL sell the tape for the right price.

He told Heat magazine: "There is such a tape, but I won’t discuss prices for hypothetical enquiries.

"Unless there is a locked-in deal, I will go no further.”

An unconfirmed source claims the two-hour X-rated footage features Britney naked wearing just a pink wig and was allegedly shot while on holiday in Mexico.

Adnan added: “I am not interested in selling out any other details about Britney. “

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DOCTORS have been left baffled after a woman complained of a bizarre medical condition saying her eyes open and then stay shut for three days at a time.
Australian Natalie Adler claims she has suffered with the condition for four years.

The 21-year-old from Melbourne said: "My eyes are closed for three days and then open for three days.

Spasming

"Something happens overnight (on the third night). I go to bed and I can open my eyes, and then when I wake up the next day I can't. Nobody knows why."

Ms Adler's problems started at school after a nasal infection.

She said: "I just never got better.

"I woke one Sunday and my eyes were swollen. It was the day before an English exam.

"My eyes started closing intermittently, really randomly, but within a few weeks they were closing for three days."

Experts cannot explain the condition.

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Royal Eye and Ear Hospital associate professor Justin O'Day said: "Natalie's a mystery. She's a one-off and we don't have a diagnosis.

"It's unusual to see somebody with this degree of spasming and eyelid closure, especially at this age."

The doctor said a condition called blepharospasm – random muscle spasms forcing the eyes to shut – could offer some explanation.

On days where Ms Adler's eyes are closed, she says she can see from a small slit in her left eye.

And on days when her eyes are open – marked in her diary – Ms Adler tries to do as much as possible.

She said: "On my 18th birthday, my eyes were closed, but on my 21st they were open, so I had a party."

David Blaine completed his "dive of death" stunt in New York on Thursday by plunging more than 40ft to the ground - and then disappearing from sight.

The 35-year-old magician has spent three days hoisted by his heels over the Wollmann Rink in New York's Central Park.

But his stunt, which was billed as an attempt to hang upside down for 60 hours, disappointed many curious onlookers who found him standing upright on a cherry picker, drinking water and relieving himself during frequent breaks.

The New York Daily News declared "Give us a break" while several observers and bloggers labelled the US illusionist a "cheat".

Blaine was suspended from a four-storey high metal frame, but was frequently only a few feet from the ground as he spoke to fans face to face.

But at the end of a televised two-hour finale on ABC, a smiling Blaine waved to the crowd as he stood upright on top of the 44ft-high metal frame.

Attached to a series of wires with a safety harness, he then jumped from the structure to the ground before being hoisted back up again and, wearing black, disappeared into the night sky.

His latest stunt brought back memories of when he endured abuse, ridicule and the occasional missile from the visiting public as he spent six weeks crouched in a 7ft by 3ft box over the River Thames in London in October 2003.

Before being hoisted above the ground from his ankles in New York, he told reporters he intended to drink through a straw and urinate through a catheter during the stunt.

But when it came to the reality, Blaine took five-to-ten minute breaks every hour, drinking water but not eating as he stood on the raised platform while disappointed spectators looked on.

MISCHA BARTON treated a lucky London cabbie to more than just her fare money last night.

The Hollywood beauty inadvertently flashed a boob at the taxi driver after popping out of her dress, as she leaned over to open the car door.

Sexy Mischa was arriving at the Fashion For Relief show at the Natural History Museum when she fell victim to the wardrobe malfunction.

Maybe she misread the venue’s name and thought she was heading to the Au Naturale Museum.

But Mischa’s fashion faux-pas did nothing to slow down the party girl, who was later spotted downing triple vodkas into the wee hours at Zavvi’s 1st anniversary rooftop party in Oxford Street.

The O.C. star arrived at the do at 11pm, immediately tucking into the free-flowing booze and refusing to use the ladies’ loos, according to onlookers.

One witness said: “Mischa was up to mischief, ordering triple vodka cranberries all night and running around like a mad woman.

“She dropped a drink on a security man’s foot and would only use the private disabled toilet.”