The last time Britney Spears attempted a comeback, with 2007′s Blackout album, she didn’t tour, didn’t do any interviews and didn’t really promote the album beyond appearing in a few videos.

This time, though, Spears appears poised for a true return. According to E! Online, the singer, who said last month that she planned to hit the road to support her upcoming Circus album, has signed a deal with major promoter AEG Live to produce her new stage show.

E!’s unnamed source did not say when an official announcement would be made — and reps for Spears and AEG Live could not be reached for comment by MTV News at press time — but given Spears’ comments on New York’s Z100 a few weeks ago that she hopes to tour the world in 2009, the reported hookup makes sense. AEG is the same company that booked sold-out multi-night runs for Prince and the Spice Girls at the O2 Arena in London and recently handled sold-out world tours for Bon Jovi and Justin Timberlake.

Spears appears to have overcome some of the personal problems that caused her life and career to veer off the tracks in recent years and has already made a strong comeback bid with the seductive video for “Womanizer,” the first single from Circus. The clip, in which Spears appears naked, has been too-hot-to-handle for some outlets, and some fans have already predicted the success of Britney 2.0.

“Britney is by far the Madonna of our generation, and through the good and bad she just keeps on doing it again and again,” one fan, dalton1202, commented after MTV posted the uncensored version of the video.

“She’s amazing,” Sannah22 wrote. “And I love how she steers the wheel with her foot!”

And headoverheels echoed many others’ sentiments, saying, “I cannot believe she is finally back. I love her, always have and always will. This song and video rock.”

Spears will finally break her silence about her past few tumultuous years on November 30, when she stars in a 90-minute MTV documentary, tentatively titled “For the Record,” in which the singer promises to “set the record straight.”

Samantha Ronson & Lindsay Lohan hit up the happiest place on earth on Wednesday.

Out of the closet just one day and the gals are already sportin’ matching flannels.

Despite the royal reverence that Princess Diana has been elevated to in the years following her tragic death, private letters to her nanny reveal a woman still plagued with common problems.

The letters, which are set to hit the auction block at the end of the month, convey family concern, insecurity and even pregnancy discomfort, further proving Diana to truly be the People’s Princess.

She was born into an aristocratic family and engaged to Prince Charles when she was 19 in 1981. They married that summer and had two sons together – Princes William and Harry.

The couple divorced in 1996 and in 1997 Diana died tragically alongside then boyfriend Dodi Fayed when their limousine crashed in a Paris tunnel, hassled by pursuing paparazzi.

She left behind a turbulent legacy and became one of the first women to enter celebrity as we know it now. She conducted a great deal of charity work with poise and elegance.

But the letters give us an insight into the person behind the princess.

In the letters written to her nanny, Mary Clarke, she worries about trying to marry off elder sister Sarah and how even Prince Charles was a candidate who fatefully declined. While pregnant with Prince William she laments being so sick that she longs “for the day when I can eventually sit on the loo as to looking over it!” She also confesses her insecurity, fearing that she looks like an “elephant” when she dances.

The letters are a bittersweet reminder of England’s Rose, but we sort of wish they’d just let her rest in peace!

Fran Drescher is busy doing lots of good these days!

She stood up to cancer, was appointed a goodwill diplomat for the U.S. government AND we also learned that she raised lots of money to protect gay marriage in California earlier this month.

Fran and her ex-husband, Peter Marc Jacobson, co-hosted a fundraiser/cocktail party that brought in $40,000 for Love, Honor, Cherish and Equality California, two groups fighting Proposition 8.

Keep up all the good work, Fran!

DMX is once again inside a facility, but for once it isn’t a jail.

Sources tell us DMX was brought to the emergency room at a hospital in Aventura, Fla. yesterday for “fear of a stroke.”

Since DMX is on a court-appearance-per-week regimen these days, he’s actually scheduled to appear in an Arizona court today.

We don’t think he’ll be making it.

National Coming Out Day isn’t until Oct. 11, but two of Hollywood’s most-rumored stars — Clay Aiken and Lindsay Lohan — may be observing that rite of passage early today.

Internet reports beginning to circulate now feature a People magazine cover with an October date showing Aiken holding his newborn son, Parker Foster Aiken, underneath the headline “Yes, I’m gay: The ‘Idol’ star opens up about his emotional decision to come out.”

“I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things,” he’s quoted as saying on the cover.

Representatives from People have not yet returned calls to the Sun-Times. A statement from the magazine, however, was posted at mtv.com, saying only: “We can confirm that Clay Aiken and his son are featured on the next issue of People. For the complete story, please visit http://www.people.com at 7 a.m. [Wednesday].”

Rumors about Aiken’s sexuality have abounded since the singer was runner-up on the second season of “American Idol.” He’s rebuffed direct inquiries by everyone from Kelly Ripa to Diane Sawyer about the topic. Comedian Kathy Griffin habitually refers to him on her reality show in her routines as The Gayken.

Aiken, 29, previously told People: “What do you say [to the question of whether I'm gay]? … It’s like when I was 8. I remember something would get broken in the house, and Mom and Dad would call me in and say, ‘Did you do this?’ Well, it didn’t matter what I said. The only thing they would believe was yes. … People are going to believe what they want.”

Aiken just rejoined the cast of “Spamalot” on Broadway, in a run scheduled through Jan. 4.

In other closet-opening news, many online outlets are reporting that Lindsay Lohan has “confirmed” a lesbian relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson.

Lohan and Ronson rarely have been seen apart for several months, and they too have dodged direct questions about the nature of their relationship.

But Lohan called into the Los Angeles-based radio show “Loveline” last night to comment on the recent fatal plane crash that injured former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM. Host Ted Stryker asked Lohan how long she and Lohan had been “going out.”

“Like two years? One year? Five months, two months?” he asked.

Lohan chuckled, then said, “A long, a very long time.”

Stryker ended the conversation by saying, “Well, I hope you stay together. You are a very lovely looking couple.” Lohan thanked him.

Confirmation, it seems, is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder.

A judge has awarded sole physical custody of Sharon Stone’s adopted son to ex hubby Phil Bronstein. Don’t worry though — she still has two other adopted children to fall back on.

Stone had joint custody of 8-year-old Roan. According to an order issued September 12, Stone’s request to have the custody agreement changed was denied. Instead the judge awarded “permanent sole physical custody of the child” to Bronstein.

The judge said this new custody agreement was permanent unless Sharon moves closer to Bronstein in San Francisco, or vice versa.

Sharon adopted Roan with Phil Bronstein when they were still together. Stone has two other adopted boys, Laird and Quinn.

Looking lovely in a brown velour track suit, Ed was snapped resting his 85-year-old bones during a break from said “secret project” on Monday.

Can you phone home, if you don’t have one?

This is the check “Girls Gone Wild” porntrepreneur Joe Francis gave to the Wynn Hotel to cover a marker he got back in Feb. of 2007. The Wynn claims he still hasn’t paid the marker back. The other side of the check indicates that the check was cashed by the Wynn the next day. Who cares — how many times have you ever seen a real million dollar check?