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Model and actress Elizabeth Hurley will wear a US$7,800 pink silk sari for her traditional Indian-style wedding to businessman Arun Nayar which is set for early March, a newspaper said on Friday.

Hurley, the former lover of Hollywood actor Hugh Grant, had said in August that she would marry Nayar, a jetsetting Indian businessman, "very soon" and that she was also thinking of having a baby with him.

The 41-year-old Bedazzled star could marry at the Barnsley House hotel near her Gloucestershire home, The Times of India newspaper said without revealing the source of its information.

Hurley's 13-year relationship with Grant ended in 2000 after his well-publicized encounter with a prostitute.

Two years later, she had a son with US film producer Steve Bing. She met Nayar, who is a sort of celebrity himself, shortly after her child was born.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have agreed to share custody of their two young children for January but first the pop star will take them with her to Miami for a week, according to court papers filed Friday.

Spears, 25, was permitted to have 1-year-old Sean Preston Federline and 4-month-old Jayden James Federline with her in Florida through next Thursday.

After that, Federline will be allowed to visit the children at Spears' home from noon to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The stipulated agreement that the estranged couple signed on Thursday says Spears will use her “best efforts to ensure that no third party visiting the home” interferes with Federline's time with the children.

The Superior Court document said Federline wants only Spears, her assistant, the children's nanny and other household staff to be allowed in the home during his visits but the couple had not reached agreement on that request. They also have not worked out any custody arrangements beyond Jan. 31.

Spears filed for divorce from Federline in November, citing irreconcilable differences.

The 28-year-old former backup dancer and aspiring rapper counter-filed, seeking spousal support and custody of the children.

Earlier Friday, Spears predicted a hot career comeback. “The last couple of years have been quite a ride for me, the media has criticized my every move and printed a skewed perception of who I really am as a human being,” the 25-year-old pop star/tabloid target wrote in a posting on her Web site.

Spears says she is now more mature and free to explore her next move “as an entertainer with absolutely no strings attached.” “I look forward to coming back this year bigger and better than ever,” writes Spears, who says she wants to go on tour and hopes her new album will be released later this year.

“I noticed today that one of my biggest fansites is shutting down soon and I want you all to know that I do understand all the reasons that went behind making that decision, and I am sad to see it closing,” she writes. “If I were you I'd be unhappy too if I had to read what I've been reading every day.” Spears has drawn disapproval from fans and other Spears watchers for her recent nights out with party girls Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Her manager denied Monday reports that she had collapsed shortly after leading the New Year's Eve countdown in a Las Vegas nightclub.

Rapper Jay-Z and General Motors are teaming up to bring a stylish hue to a rugged sport utility vehicle.

The music mogul emerged from a concept GMC Yukon Denali SUV on stage Saturday during a swanky, celebrity-filled party thrown by General Motors Corp. on the eve of media previews for the North American International Auto Show.

Painted "Jay-Z Blue,'' the SUV was developed through a partnership with the rapper during the past two years. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, worked with the company's global color studio to create the reflective blue colors for the SUV.

"Hopefully I'll be able to drive one of them out of here tonight," he said.
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