Britney Spears Sex Video Biography
Birthdate: December 2, 1981
Birthplace: Kentwood, Louisiana
Britney Spears Childhood and discovery
Born to Jamie Spears, a building contractor, and Lynne Bridges, a grade
school teacher, in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana,
Spears performed in local dance revues and church choirs as a young girl,
and was auditioning for the Disney Channel's New Mickey Mouse Club by
the time she was eight. Although she was too young to join the series
at that time, a producer on the show introduced her to a New York agent;
she subsequently spent three summers at NYC's Professional Performing
Arts School and also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions,
including 1991's Ruthless! In 1992, she landed a spot on Star Search and
although she won the first round, she was beaten by another contestant
in the second.
Spears then returned to the Disney Channel for a spot on the New Mickey
Mouse Club and was accepted. She was featured for two years between the
ages of eleven and thirteen during the 1993 and 1994 seasons. Others on
the show included Justin Timberlake and Joshua Chasez (who later became
members of the pop group *NSYNC), Keri Russell (star of the TV show Felicity),
fellow pop singer Christina Aguilera, and actor Ryan Gosling.
Before long, Spears had recorded a demo tape, which eventually landed
in the hands of a Jive Records executive. She was signed to their label
and began touring American venues for a series of concerts sponsored by
U.S. teen magazines before joining *NSYNC and becoming their opening act.
1998-2001: Britney Spears Early commercial success
...Baby One More Time is Spears' most commercially successful album both
in the U.S. and internationally.
By late 1998, Spears' debut single "...Baby One More Time"
was beginning to impact radio stations and MTV. Led by a music video that
featured the 5'4" brown-eyed bottle blonde dressed as a racy schoolgirl,
among other belly-baring outfits that would soon become her trademark,
the song became an international success, earning Platinum sales and going
to number one in the U.S., as well as Australia, Canada and the United
Kingdom, among other countries.
Her debut album of the same name, ...Baby One More Time, topped the LP
charts in Canada and the U.S. for six non-consecutive weeks. Within a
year of the record's release, the album had become the best-selling LP
by a teenager in history, spawned two U.S. top ten hits (in "...Baby"
and "(You Drive Me) Crazy") and shipped over ten million copies
in the U.S. alone; it would go on to ship another four million copies
on top of this.
In April 1999, she was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
The sexually suggestive Lolita-themed photo spread began a whirlwind of
rumors that the still-seventeen-year-old had gotten breast implants. These
claims were denied by Spears' camp, and seemed to have little impact on
the young starlet's rising popularity.
That summer, she kicked off her first headlining tour, titled the ...Baby
One More Time Tour. By late 1999, Britney Spears had become one of the
year's biggest stars, a claim backed-up in the amount of award nominations
she received that season. In December, she took home four Billboard Music
Awards, including Female Artist of the Year, and the next month won for
Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist at the American Music Awards.
At the Grammys held in February 2000, Spears received two nominations,
including one for Best New Artist. She performed her signature song "...Baby
One More Time" and her then-current single, the top twenty hit "From
the Bottom of My Broken Heart" at the show, but went home empty-handed,
losing the aforementioned award to fellow ex-mouseketeer Christina Aguilera.
After the short-lived Crazy 2K Tour and just two months after her debut
began to die down in steam, Spears was ready to release the lead single
off her sophomore effort. "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke a
record for most radio station adds in a single day and quickly became
a U.S. top ten hit and number one single in other countries, including
the Australia and the U.K.
Oops!... I Did It Again became a massive commercial success upon its 2000
release.
Released in May 2000, Oops!... I Did It Again also debuted at number
one in the U.S. and Canada, and was a similarly huge hit like her debut.
It sold over 1.3 million units during its first week in the U.S., making
it the fastest-selling album by a female artist in history. Within a year
of release, it had shipped over nine million copies in the U.S. alone
(and would go on to ship another million on top of that).
That summer was another busy one for Spears, as she kicked off her first
world tour (titled the Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour) and co-wrote
the novel Britney Spears' Heart-to-Heart with her mother, Lynne. At the
annual MTV Video Music Awards, she gave a performance of "Oops!...
I Did It Again" and The Rolling Stones' classic hit, "(I Can't
Get No) Satisfaction". During her performance, she ripped off a black
suit to reveal a provocative nude-colored and crystal-adorned stage costume
that caused quite a bit of controversy, seeing as the singer was only
eighteen at the time.
Through the year, the top thirty "Lucky" and top twenty "Stronger"
kept Spears on the charts. In late 2000, she won two Billboard Music Awards
(one of which honored her for breaking the record for one week album sales
by a female artist). Then, in early 2001, she hosted the American Music
Awards, performed "Stronger" at the ceremony and was also nominated
twice. At the Grammys, one of her two nominations was for Oops!... I Did
It Again in the category of Best Pop Vocal Album. Again, however, she
did not win.
20012003: Britney Spears Artistic development
In early 2001, Spears struck a USD$7–8 million promotional deal with
the soft drink giant Pepsi. In September of the same year, she performed
at the MTV Video Music Awards, and in addition to criticism for being scantily
clad, she angered animal rights organization PETA for the use of animals,
including an albino python, in her performance.
In November, she released her third album Britney. It debuted at number
one on both the U.S. and Canadian charts, selling over 740,000 units during
its first week in the U.S. The success of this album made Spears the only
female artist in SoundScan history to have her first three albums debut
at number one. Although four million copies of the record have been sold
in the U.S., it was a decline from the sales of her first two albums,
and the lead single "I'm a Slave 4 U" was the album's only hit
in the U.S. Britney was the first album on which Spears assumed some creative
control; she co-wrote five of the album's tracks. To help promote the album,
Spears embarked on the Dream Within a Dream Tour during the same year.
In 2001, Fort Worth, Texas KEGL-FM DJs Kramer and Twitch on created a panic
for her fans when they falsely reported that she and her then-boyfriend,
'NSYNC's Justin Timberlake, were in a car accident involving a pretzel truck
and that she had died in the crash. In reality, they were both alive and
well and had not been in any car wreck. Later, in October 2001, a website
spoofing CNN also stated that she had been killed in a car crash.
In February 2002, Spears had her first starring role in the film, Crossroads.
The next month, Spears' four-year relationship with Justin Timberlake ended.
The break-up was publicized, with rumors circulating that Spears had been
unfaithful. Timberlake himself left the impression that she had cheated
on him through his song "Cry Me a River", and its subsequent music
video. In response to this, Spears later said, "I'm not technically
saying he's wrong, but I'm not technically saying he's right, either."
Afterward, despite Spears' claims that she had remained a virgin —
and wished to remain one until marriage — Timberlake insisted they
had sex during their relationship. Spears later acknowledged this to be
true, saying, "It was two years into my relationship with Justin, and
I thought he was the one. But I was wrong!"
In June 2002, Spears branched out as a restaurateur with the opening of
a New York City eatery, NYLA, which was named for its mix of New York and
Louisiana cuisine. It was not a success and closed the following year. Soon
after these failures, Spears took a break from the spotlight, and in 2003
many music industry critics speculated her career was in decline. That same
year, Forbes named Spears the most powerful celebrity in the world.
Spears returned to the spotlight in August 2003 when she performed at the
MTV Video Music Awards with her idol Madonna, pop singer Christina Aguilera
and rapper Missy Elliott. Spears and Aguilera performed Madonna's song "Like
a Virgin", danced suggestively and each locked lips with Madonna (see
Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards). Spears' kiss with Madonna attracted
publicity that lasted several months, while Aguilera's kiss with Madonna
attracted less publicity.
In 2003, Britney Spears began studying Jewish mysticism, also called Kabbalah,
and became a member of the Kabbalah Centre after having been introduced
to Jewish mysticism by friend and mentor Madonna. Soon after joining, Britney's
mother Lynne became a member, and Britney had a Hebrew tattoo inked onto
her neck representing one of the seventy-two names of God in Kabbalah. Britney
previously had a Kabbalah-inspired Hebrew tattoo inked onto her neck that
was proved to be meaningless in an incident that was her second tattoo-related
mishap; in the first, she had Japanese characters inked onto her leg that
she thought to mean "mysterious" - it actually said "strange."In the Zone (2003) is generally considered Spears' most overtly sexual
album to date.
November 2003 saw the release of Spears' fourth studio album, In the Zone.
Jettisoning the Max Martin-produced synthpop of her earlier releases, the
album took in lesser-known producers such as RedZone and big names including
Moby and R. Kelly. Spears co-wrote nine of the album's thirteen songs and
co-produced some of her material for the first time. In the Zone went to
the top of the U.S. charts in its debut week, selling over 609,000 copies.
This made Spears the only female in music history to have her first four
albums debut at number one. The album spawned the international number one
and U.S. top ten hit, "Toxic", which won Spears her first Grammy
in the category of Best Dance Recording.
2004-present: Britney Spears career hiatus, family, and divorce
On January 3, 2004, Spears married her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander
at The Little White Wedding Chapel on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas,
Nevada. Spears wore jeans and a baseball cap and the bellhop walked her
down the aisle. An annulment was promptly arranged (at the behest of manager
Larry Rudolph and her family) and was granted on January 5, ending their
fifty-five hour marriage. The annulment request stated that Spears "lacked
understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing
to marriage because before entering into the marriage the Plaintiff and
Defendant did not know each others likes and dislikes, each others desires
to have or not have children, and each others desires as to State of residency".
Spears later explained, "Honestly, I really wanted to see what it
was like to be married".
In 2004, Spears embarked on her fourth world tour, The Onyx Hotel Tour.
The tour grossed over US$34 million and was seen by over 600,000 fans
in North America and Europe, but the remaining dates were cancelled in
June, after Spears injured her knee during the filming of the video for
the single "Outrageous". She was taken to an undisclosed hospital,
where she received an MRI that showed floating cartilage in her knee.
The following thirty-seven stops on the tour were canceled, costing Spears
US$750,000 to US$1,000,000 a night in guaranteed fees from concert promoters.
In July 2004, Spears announced her engagement to dancer Kevin Federline,
three months after they met at a club in Hollywood. Their whirlwind romance
sparked criticism due to the fact that Federline had very recently been
in a relationship with actress Shar Jackson, who was still pregnant with
their second child. On the night of September 18, 2004, Spears married
Federline before twenty-seven guests in a surprise, non-denominational
ceremony at a residence in Studio City, California. The legitimacy of
the marriage was initially questioned, but on November 18, 2004, a representative
of the Los Angeles County registrar's office confirmed Spears and Federline
had successfully filed their marriage license with the county within ten
days of their ceremony, and were therefore legally married.The exact sequence
of events surrounding the marriage took a further turn for the unusual
when it was later revealed by the website The Smoking Gun that the wedding
ceremony that occurred on September 18 was a "faux" ceremony,
and that the real date of the start of their wedding was October 6, 2004.
According to some reports, Spears initially refused to sign a prenuptial
agreement with Federline but her family and manager Larry Rudolph forced
her to sign the prenup. A short time after the wedding, Spears fired Rudolph
for allegedly interfering with her marital affairs. After initially spending
their honeymoon in Spears' hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears wrote
on her official site that, "Unfortunately, we couldn't take our honeymoon
right after the wedding because of the closing on our new house." In October 2004, they flew to Fiji.
During the later half of 2004, Spears announced she would be taking another
career break in order to start a family. Immediately after her marriage
to Federline, she had told People, "I want to be a young mom. Next
year, at 23, I'm so there." Although she made few public appearances,
the 'Britney Spears industry' continued to run itself.
Spears fragrance, "Curious", for which she earned a reported
US$12 million. After one year of sales, the product netted more than US$100
million. Following the success of "Curious", Spears released
her next Elizabeth Arden fragrance, "Fantasy", in September
2005.
Spears' first hits collection, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, was released
in late 2004. The album debuted at number four on the U.S. charts. In
addition to her biggest hits, it featured three new songs, including "My
Prerogative" and "Do Somethin'". During the spring of 2005,
Spears' reality show with husband Kevin Federline, Britney and Kevin:
Chaotic, premiered on UPN in the U.S. The five-episode series credited
Spears and Federline as executive producers. Chaotic was panned by most
critics, and ratings were not as high as expected. The series was later
released on DVD in September. The DVD included a bonus music disc which
featured her newest single and music video at that point in her career,
"Someday (I Will Understand)".
Spears announced her pregnancy via her official website in April 2005.
That month she was rushed to a hospital in Destin, Florida, where she
spent forty-eight hours under a doctor's surveillance. Spears later told
People, "There was just a little bit of bleeding, but we went there,
and everything was fine." Despite her eagerness to have a baby, she
admitted to ELLE magazine that, "I have a feeling I'm going to have
an operation. I don't know why. But I hope so. I don't want to go through
the pain". On September 14, 2005, 6 lb. 11oz. baby boy Sean Preston
Federline was born in the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica,
California, by a scheduled caesarean section. Two days later, Spears and
her son were released from the hospital and back at home in their 9,000-sq.-ft.
Malibu, California mansion. The birth of Spears' son was the inspiration
behind a statue by Daniel Edwards, Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of
Sean Preston, which was unveiled in March 2006. The statue features an
idealised Spears giving birth in a provocative pose while hunched on all
fours and clutching a bearskin rug. Controversy was further stoked by
it being partly supported by the Manhattan Right to Life Committee. The
statue has in no way been recognized by Spears and is therefore unofficial.
It has also sparked controversy as Spears gave birth by caesarean section,
unlike the natural birth depicted in the statue.
Since the birth of her first child, Spears' career had remained relatively
low-profile. In late 2005, Jive released a remix album entitled B in the
Mix: The Remixes. It lacked promotion of any kind in the U.S. and debuted
outside the top one hundred, with less than 15,000 copies sold in its
first week of release. The remix album spawned the international and U.S.
Hot Dance Airplay hit single, "And Then We Kiss", and a remix
of Spears' most recent single "Someday (I Will Understand)".
Spears made a guest appearance on Will & Grace in March 2006. In May
2006, she announced her second pregnancy with a surprise appearance on
The Late Show with David Letterman.
Spears appeared on Dateline NBC in June 2006 to discuss tabloid rumors
about an impending divorce from her husband, future career plans, her
emotional state and motherhood. In response to the controversy over her
driving with her infant son unrestrained in her lap, Spears told The Today
Show's Matt Lauer that, "I did it with my dad. I'd sit on his lap
and I drive. We're country." She also addressed the concerns over
her parenting skills, saying, "I know I'm a good mom." It was
confirmed in the interview that she will not release a studio album for
at least another year, saying that she would like to wait until her children
get older. She also confirmed a new baby clothes line, entitled "Baby's
All Rock 'n' Roll".
Following Dateline NBC, Spears posed nude for the August 2006 cover of
Harper's Bazaar. In the interview with the magazine, Spears stated that
she is not ready to retire from performing, saying, "I can't wait
to do that again." Spears also plans to get back in shape after the
birth of her second child, saying, "After this baby, I'm going to
get really intense with it." In the August 28, 2006 issue of People,
Spears confirmed that her next studio album is due in 2007 and described
it as "cooler than ever—fun, upbeat, and sexy." In the
article Spears had also commented that her impending childbirth, a second
scheduled caesarean section, " be a piece of cake." On August
20, 2006, Spears introduced her husband, Kevin Federline, at the Teen
Choice Awards. This was her first appearance at an awards show in almost
two years. Spears and Federline also appeared via satellite at the 2006
MTV Video Music Awards that were held in New York to present the award
for Best R&B Video. They performed a quick skit kicking back at what
the media portray them as, even as far as pretending to misplace their
child. Spears has also been announced to appear on her husband's upcoming
debut album, Playing with Fire. The track she is featured on is entitled
"Crazy". The song leaked onto the internet three days before
its release.
On September 12, 2006, Spears gave birth to their second son, Jayden James
Federline. He was born at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,
California, again by a scheduled caesarean section.
On November 7, 2006, Spears filed for divorce from her husband Kevin Federline,
citing irreconcilable differences and asking for both physical and legal
custody of their two children, with visitation rights for Federline. The
following day Federline filed a response to Spears' divorce petition,
seeking both physical and legal custody of their two children. Laura Wasser
has been hired to represent Spears in the case. According to a rep for
Federline's lawyer, the divorce filing "caught Kevin totally by surprise".
Britney Spears Acting career
In February 2002, Spears starred in a film, Crossroads, which reached
number two on the box-office charts in its first weekend, but quickly dropped
out of the top ten. Songs from the album Britney appeared in the film. The
movie, along with Spears' performance in it, was poorly received by critics
and she netted herself a Razzie Award for Worst Actress. The film won the
Razzie for the Worst Original Song "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".
Spears has made cameo appearances on the films Austin Powers in Goldmember
(2002) as herself, and Longshot (2000) as a Flight Attendant. She also appeared
on a Documentary titled Guest List Only which focused on the Los Angeles
Club Scene.
For the film Chicago, producer Harvey Weinstein wanted Spears for the role
that eventually went to Lucy Liu. She was considered for the part of Allie
Hamilton in The Notebook, but was beat out by Rachel McAdams. She auditioned
for the role in I ? Huckabees that went to Naomi Watts. Spears initially
expressed interest in the role of Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard but
lost interest in playing the character following her marriage and plans
for a family. The role went to fellow pop singer and reality television
star Jessica Simpson.
As for theatre, in her youth Spears had a role in the off-Broadway play,
Ruthless!, in which Natalie Portman was an understudy. In 2005 she was offered
the title role in the Broadway musical Sweet Charity. Producers of the musical
began eyeing Spears for the role of the unlucky-in-love dancer Charity after
Christina Applegate announced she would no longer be returning as the character.
Spears seriously considered taking that part, but decided that she did not
want to move her family to New York City to appear in the musical.
She was asked to appear in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "I
Was Made to Love You," but turned down the role due to scheduling conflicts.
This is similar to what happened in her scheduled guesting for the show
Dawson's Creek.
In March 30, 2006, Spears was a guest-star on an episode of NBC's television
show Will & Grace titled "Buy, Buy Baby". Britney played "Amber-Louis",
a closeted democrat lesbian posing as a conservative Christian and right
wing-republican who is to cohost with Jack McFarland on his talk show "JackTalk"
after a large corporation takes over "OutTv", the shows network.
This marked her debut on a scripted primetime television show playing someone
other than herself. NBC received criticism from conservative Christian groups
for the episode.
In addition, she has appeared on Saturday Night Live twice as host and musical
guest: once on May 13, 2000, then again on February 2, 2002. On October
18, 2003, she appeared as musical guest with Halle Berry as host. At 18,
she was the youngest person in SNL History to host and be the musical guest
at the same time. Spears is also the only female to host and perform in
the same episode more than once. She was set to host a third time in December
18, 2004 but cancelled due to her knee injury.
Britney Spears was listed by IMDb to play Drew Heart in the movie In the
Pink which has had a status of "Pre-Production" since 2005.
Brintey Spears Public image
Britney Spears' personal life has attracted considerable media attention.
Some people feel that she has courted it by cultivating, in her early years
at least, a chaste, God-fearing and "wholesome" image. It was
somewhat at odds, not only with the traditional pressures, temptations and
opportunities of "pop 'n' roll," but with the increasingly sexualized
content of her own image and songs. Spears' kiss with Madonna at the 2003
MTV Video Music Awards received much media attention, as have her romantic
relationships.
It began in April 1999 when a then 17 year-old Spears was featured on the
cover of Rolling Stone magazine in a sexually suggestive Lolita-themed photo
shoot which triggered widespread speculation (denied by her representatives)
that the singer had opted to have breast implants.
In August 2003 the artist reached more controversy with a photoshoot by
photographer Michael Thompson which appeared on W Magazine. The photos display
Britney in a heavy dominatrix inspired shoot, and sexually suggestive poses.
In the interview by Rob Haskell which accompanied the photos, Spears admitted
to having lost her virginity to Justin Timberlake two years into their relationship.
She also stated that she in fact smokes, and she did kiss Colin Farrell
but had no relationship with him.
The sexualized public image of Spears once again became a topic of debate
as a result of her November 2003 semi-nude photo spread for the men's magazine,
Esquire. Prompted by this, Playboy reportedly offered the star over one
million USD to pose nude for their magazine, but Spears publicly declined.
In an interview with Diane Sawyer, she was asked if she had ever gone further
than she wished she had with the sexualized photo shoots. Spears responded,
"No, I don't think so, no." After the Esquire photos were held
up in front of her, she said, "Okay. Now those are a little much. Yeah,
those are a little much. That's one picture, I must say, that I felt kind
of weird about, yeah."Spears on the August 2006 cover of Harper's Bazaar.
The 2004 Onyx Hotel Tour brought new criticism. While Spears and her on-stage
dancers performed her songs "Touch of My Hand" and "Breathe
on Me", they were seemingly nude and were performing routines simulating
gay sex, orgies and masturbation. As there were underage fans in the audience,
there was some outrage at the alleged lack of decency of the performances,
as well as reports of adult chaperones angrily storming out with children
they brought to the concert. Spears has responded to parents' concerns by
stating she is "not their babysitter. It's the parents' responsibility.
If you don't like it, then just change the channel. The only person I want
to be a role model to is my sister, Jamie Lynn." (From ABC's Primetime
interview with Diane Sawyer)
In December 2005, Spears sued US Weekly for a story the magazine published
in the column "HOTstuff" of their October 2005 publication. The
column, with the headline "Brit & Kev: Secret Sex Tape? New parents
have a new worry: racy footage from 2004." claimed that Spears and
her husband had made a sex video and feared it would be distributed. Spears
denies the existence of any such tape while the magazine claims to have
a credible source, which they failed to mention in the article. In November
2006 it was reported that Spears lost the case.
On June 28, 2006, after her televised Dateline interview a pregnant (and
brunette) Spears posed nude for the August 2006 cover of Harper's Bazaar,
in a photo similar to Demi Moore's September 1991 cover of Vanity Fair.
In one photo, Spears is shown with only a g-string and open fur coat, and
in another she is completely nude with her hands covering her breasts. Her
son, Sean, is also featured in the photospread.
In August 2006, a video of Britney began circulating the internet. In the
3-minute video, which was already released as a bonus on the Britney &
Kevin: Chaotic DVD, Britney is seen having a conversation with her husband
Kevin, who is filming Spears as she is sitting at a table eating. In the
video, Spears seems very disoriented and confused. She also casually burps
throughout the clip. The video begins with Spears making random comments
about herself before she instructs Kevin to put the camera down and to "stop
acting like a cameraman". She then begins to ask to go to the movie
theatre to see a film which, according to Kevin, has already been out on
DVD for 4 months and has already been played "on the bus". Spears
then begins to claim that she is "missing out on life" and that
she is generally behind everyone else. Kevin tells her it is because of
all the partying, to which Spears strongly disagrees with and begins to
bang the table. Britney then begins to try and legitimately convince Kevin
that the concept of time travel that is portrayed in the Back to the Future
series is real. Kevin says that if it's possible, that the people responsible
wouldn't tell anyone.
At the end of September 2006, Britney was one of 20 influential music acts
chosen to pose for the covers of music magazine 'Q's 20th Birthday edition.
The magazine released 20 different collectible covers featuring each act.
Britney's cover showed the then-pregnant superstar sporting long blonde
hair, a red and white polka-dot bikini and licking a red lollipop. The magazine
contained new photos of the pop princess and an exclusive new interview
in which she talked of her favourite artists, songs and moments of the past
20 years. She also mentioned that she would be returning to the spotlight
next year, stating 'It's been two years since I've performed, but next year
I'm going to try and get it on again. So we'll see...'.
In pop culture
Spears is the highest selling female artist of the 2000s, with over 76
million records sold worldwide. In 2002, she was ranked as the most powerful
celebrity in the world by Forbes Magazine. Spears was ranked number 20 out
of the 200 top pop culture icons of all time by VH1 and People. She topped
FHM magazine's 2004 "FHM-U.S.'s 100 Sexiest Women 2004" and "FHM
100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004" polls for sexiest woman. In the
late 1990s and early 2000s, Spears was a notable trend-setter within the
U.S. and the world, inspiring several fashion crazes and fads, such as the
use of low-rise jeans lower back tattoos, navel piercings, and the whale
tail among young women. She has also topped Yahoo!'s annual list of the
most-searched names three times in the past four years.
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