It seems our hopes of Britney Spears mounting a comeback with a bloody, cinematic epic told in a dead language may not pan out. The singer’s recent dinner date with Mel Gibson had nothing to do with discussing future film projects, reports People.
A source tells the magazine that Spears -- who dined with Gibson for two hours at Russian restaurant Romanov on Saturday night -- has met with the actor and his family a number of times since her latest hospitalization. The pair used to be neighbours when she lived in Malibu.
"Mel and his wife Robin clearly saw a woman in crisis and wanted to extend themselves in any way possible," the source says, adding, "There are no expectations, there is no agenda. It's simply an act of human kindness – one neighbor reaching out to the other."
New York Post’s Page Six reports Gibson’s interest in the troubled train wreck may not be entirely altruistic, however. A source tells the paper, “Apparently, he is trying to get her to start attending his church [Church of the Holy Family] in Malibu. We heard he asked her to sing at one of the weekly sessions there.”
Transforming Spears from a head-shaving vadge-flasher into a choir-singing born-again is a step in the right direction, even if she is being led there by an anti-Semitic alcoholic with a penchant for calling women “Sugar Tits.” At this point, we’d welcome guidance from Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse if we thought it’d help.
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