Fallen pop star and human being Britney Spears spends a lot of time circling a stripper pole in her new video for "Gimme More," although the editors have used so much trickery to mask her flaws you can barely see what's happening. It goes without saying that these days are over.

At first I thought that this news might be off topic, but this blog isn't just written by a black woman who's slightly obsessed with Beyonce and Barack. This blog is written by a human being, dammit. And as a human being, I am both grateful and sad that Britney Spears has lost custody of her two kids. I would say that I hope this is a lesson to her, but, at this point, we all know better.

Stop gloating, Shar.

[MG]

After briefly veering off course with a very famous white woman, Kevin Federline is back to his black D-lister ways. His newest conquest is Playboy Playmate Nicole Narian, whose previous claim to fame was starring in a sex tape with Colin Farrell. I guess we all have a type.

At club Opera, Nicole and Kevin put on their own show - kissing on the dance floor.

K-Fed had to leave early, but just two nights later he arranged to meet the beauty at another L.A. club, Area.

“They sat on the couch…” revealed a source… “She kissed him a few times.”

Later, says the insider, Nicole spent the night at Kevin’s house.

Hopefully, Shar Jackson had enough prior notice of this new relationship to tailor her PR strategy to include Kevin Federline's new conquest. It worked so well with Britney!

[CB]

• I had no idea Ludacris had it in him. Nice work. [SR]

• And an obnoxious man's spirit is officially broken. [CL]

• Just put the hate back on Flav. Put it back on, now. [C&D]

• Will Mariah Carey show up for the unveiling of this stamp, too? [MSNBC]

• Maybe one day Shar Jackson will have her own thing, but, for now, she's totally fine riding on the Britney Spears train. [Bossip]

Upon the completion of last night's disaster of an award show, my first thought was that it's going to be uglier than Britney's extensions at the MTV offices today. I foresee heads rolling. My second thought was that I needed to rewatch Britney Spear's performance, but I realized I couldn't. It was that bad, for those of you lucky enough to miss it. The woman who used to bring the house down couldn't even lip-sync properly, had serious trouble standing still, let alone dancing, and pretty much put on the most listless, embarrassing, shoddy performance in VMA history. I'm sure there was some sort of sedative and/or alcohol involved. Anyway, it's rough watching a career terminate before your very eyes. Don't think I can do it again any time soon.

And the new format, with the main stage and all the little parties in other rooms, was confusing and annoying, even though it allowed for more performances. The whole thing was sloppy and unorganized. My highlights and lowlights, plus pics galore after the jump.

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• Bobby Brown supposedly lived in his car in the months following his separation from Whitney Houston. I suppose that was when he wasn't living on Superhead's couch. [TMZ]

• Glamour felt the heat from their staffers presentation on professional "Hair Don'ts" and is attempting damage-control. [LAW]

• Detroit, Detroit, Detroit. Get it together in city hall, please. [Bossip]

• Black contractors in New Orleans are hard up for work, since the government only works with big corporations. Well, duh. [MSNBC]

• Ne-Yo is lucky Britney Spears never got a chance to record his tracks. [SP]

• Who cares if I'm the millionth person to say it, this still bears repeating. Britney Spears is completely insane. [MG]

• Calling all citizen journalists, here's your chance to cover the election. [MTV]

• The judge allows approves public viewing of the child pornography tape at the center of R. Kelly's, uh, child pornography charges. The whole thing sounds like a bribe to get the woman in the tape to take the stand. [SP]

• A "mystical" black man. Skittles. Comedy. What's not to love? [QT]

• Diddy's annual white party just lost a bit of it's fire(works.) [E!]

• It's 2007 and people are only just figuring out that there's probably a big market in ethnic dolls? [ABC]

• Why doesn't Ray J just give up all pretense and become a full-fledged porn actor. He obviously wants to. [Bossip]

• Re-releasing your album is unlikely to have the desired effect, Ms. Kelly. [C&D]

• Eddie Murphy calls Melanie Brown and liar and an extortionist. I would say "this is getting ugly," but it obviously got ugly about 9 or 10 months ago.

• I'm past the point of marveling at the fact that K-Fed seems like he would be a better parent than Britney. Now I'm just going to need someone to give him those kids. [MG]

TMZ caught Dave Chappelle in a talkative moment recently, sucking on his ubiquitous cigarette as he left a coffee house last night. In addition to discussing the tantalizing subject of Paris Hilton's now finito stint in jail, Dave inquired as to why paparazzi show such little interest in black celebrities.

I'm with Dave. I'm getting so tired of seeing pictures of Rihanna*. I guess if all of the ignored non-white stars talked to Britney Spears she would tell them they had it made. But it certainly makes my job harder.

[TMZ]

*This doesn't mean I'm going to stop posting pictures of her, by the way. I was just saying.

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Ne-Yo, a guy who has never been short on ego, may be challenging the potency of his magic touch with his latest projects. Penning "hits" for Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, and Michael Jackson could be the greatest thing he's ever done … or a colossal waste of good songs.

Putting all that work into writing songs for people whose dumb and sometimes criminal actions outweigh their musical accomplishments is, if not a fool's mission, pretty damn risky. I'm all for second chances, but he's probably wasting his time. Why not stick with stars who are not recent rehab graduates or suspected pedophiles? He's probably hoping to get a hefty cut of Michael Jackson's Prince Azim money.

[Starpulse]