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![US pop star Britney Spears poses for photographers during a news conference in Cologne, western Germany, Friday, March 8, 2002. Spears makes her movie debut with "Crossroads," titled "Not a Girl" in Germany. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knipp](http://cdn2.wn.com/vp/i/a6/349b5f920d5b55.jpg "US pop star Britney Spears poses for photographers during a news conference in Cologne, western Germany, Friday, March 8, 2002. Spears makes her movie debut with "Crossroads," titled "Not a Girl" in Germany. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knipp")
