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According to the INS, there are approximately 4,376 white-guy singer-songwriters residing in the country. But only one of them is dating Britney Spears—at least for now. From MSNBC:
The detoxed "Toxic" star is dating musician Howie Day, according to the new issue of Life & Style.
Spears met Day while the two were at rehabbing at Promises in Malibu "and fell hard for him" reports the mag, which claims that she's going to bring him as her date when she attends her cousin Erin's wedding on June 2.
"Britney just lights up and seems back to her old self when she talks to Howie or tells people about him," an "insider" tells the mag. "She thinks he's very talented — and says he's the best kisser ever!"
Wow, what a knowledgeable insider! So what else do you need to know about this lucky fella?
- In 2004, he was arrested for allegedly locking a woman in a bathroom after she refused his sexual advances, and for destroying another woman's cell phone. He was fined.
- In 2005, he was arrested again, this time for drunkenly harassing members of an American Airlines flight crew, and for smoking in the plane's bathroom. He was sentenced to one year's probation.
- He has opened for Barenaked Ladies, which might explain the drinking and the violence.
- He's recorded two albums for Epic Records: 2002's Australia and 2003's Stop All The World Now, both of which earned you $4 trade-in credit when you brought them to the store.
- His biggest hit so far has been 2004's "Collide," which contains the Britney-prescient lines "Even the best fall down sometimes/Even the stars refuse to shine/Out of the back you fall in time/I somehow find/You and I collide."
- Just like Britney, he's an amateur blogger, as evidenced by this July 2006 post: "Welcome to my blog. I hate the word blog. It reminds me of the word blubber, which reminds me of whales, which reminds me of Bar Harbor, which reminds me of hippies, which reminds me of blogs... it's the circle of life. The Lion King is pretty cool, though."
- He's already goddamned sick of hearing the word "y'all."
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He is also from Maine. On behalf of Maine, I apologize. I would also like to point out that there are no hippies in Bar Harbor, just yuppies and tourists. The hippies are in Athens.
I saw Casper Weinberger once in Bar Harbor at a fancy Greek restaurant. What this says about him or me I'm not sure.
actually the first two items make him kind of endearing... can't wait for the trapping a shoeless Britney in a porta potty incident to surface.
He has opened for Barenaked Ladies
This automatically makes him sketchier than K-Fed. The only thing worse would be opening for 311.
Sigh. I've actually seen Howie Day in concert. On purpose.
In my defense, it was a freelance assignment, and I wanted new shoes.
Um, yeah, my favorite part is how his cheesy publibitch emailed Page 6 to report that the unidentified man Britney was playing tennis with was no other than Howie Day. Already, Britney is surrounding herself with class acts and class acts with great handlers! Ugh.
Ugh, I wonder if she was wearing a wig when they were making out? On that note, how long is her hair now?
Wait, what happened to the other dude she "fell for" in Promises? Omegah. She is like Erica freakin' Kane.
Wow. It's like Ike & Tina all over again. Only, you know, without the talent and stuff.
Sure, when you put all those little facts together, he sounds bad. But how about the six weeks in the last three years when he HASN'T been a total loser? Nobody talks about those!
Boy, for a musician with a history of arrests and violence, he sure is boring.
He's like the real life Ray Pruitt.
How can a nobody who's sold about 1000 albums for his career afford the same rehab joint as Britney? Isn't Promises s'posed to be like the best around?
How can a guy with a name like 'Howie' have any kind of sordid past? Shouldn't he be selling shoes or something?
@kevinarnoldkilleddjtanner: It's funny that you say that, because I listened to "How Do You Talk To An Angel?" this morning. Not directly related, but still a notable coincidence, perhaps because I listened to the song *willingly*.
Yes, I suppose if you're a musician who gets into all sorts of hot water you should be more interesting than howie day. I guess this Britney Hook up is the most excitement he's going to have in his life. Although something tells me it's not going to last long.
I can't wait for the Sunday Styles story about how rehab is the new hookup spot.
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