Hollywood is a big city but apparently not big enough for exes Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake to avoid an awkward run-in.

Spears ran into her ex at Yatai Asian Tapas Bar in West Hollywood Monday night, an eyewitness reveals to Usmagazine.com.

A witness describes the restaurant as “so small…like the size of a living room,” and the situation as “uncomfortable”.

Timberlake was dining with his current girlfriend, Jessica Biel, when Spears arrived with her mom, Lynne.

“Jessica looked gorgeous,” but Spears “didn’t look the best, but she probably thought no one would see her, as this restaurant isn’t usually a hot spot,” the onlooker continues.

“Jessica and Justin looked to be slumping down in their seats to avoid [Spears]. She left 30 minutes later,” another source tells Us. “Shortly afterward, Justin and Jessica got in their car and left.”

Wow, talk about awkward for everyone involved. It’s no wonder Brit Brit only had a 30 minute dinner, we’re sure she didn’t have much of an appetite after seeing Justin.

Lynne Spears is promoting her book Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, and she’s exploiting Brit along the way.

She admits to London’s Daily Mail that Brit is not completely happy.

“I think Britney’s happy in most ways: very happy with her kids and ecstatic about work, but there’s something missing in her life,” she told the Daily Mail. “That gut belief she had in herself when she was so young — that’s what’s missing, and she’s got to get that back.”

“She could set the world on fire in those days, and she knew exactly what she wanted. But the hardships she’s been through have made her a little hesitant. She needs one big boost, one plug of energy and she’ll be there.”

Well Lynne, maybe since you’re her mother, you can provide her with that “big boost” that she needs. But instead, you’re busy exploiting her problems to the world. She claims that when Brit was a hot mess, she pushed Lynne away.

“When her life was such a success, what did she need me for? And when things took a turn for the worse, I was out, because other people — dancers, managers — were closer to her, and with her day and night. Being a mother, you can’t help but have regrets about what you did and didn’t do for your kids, and I’m no different.”

Those regrets include being “an enabler”. “Maybe I didn’t give her the skills to handle the hard times. Maybe I sheltered her too much from the realities, and sometimes that’s not a good thing.”

It’s a hard job being a mother, but I’ve got to believe that Lynne could have done something differently to help out Brit. Although Lynn does say that she has regrets, she also makes sure to cite her positive attributes as well.

Brit being in the business “actually cost us money,” said Lynn, “In this business, it’s customary for the mother to take 5 percent, but I never did, even when times were bad and our family needed the money. Jamie and I both said that we never wanted to be her managers; we just wanted to be parents. I was never in the driver’s seat as far
as Britney’s career goes.”

Regardless if she took 5 percent, she’s now trying to sell her daughter’s life in a cheesy book! What a loser. If my mom pulled a stunt like this, I wouldn’t want her to be a part of my life either!

It looks like there is no longer any bad blood between Britney Spears and her previously estranged mom Lynne.

Spears released another video of her working out on her site, but this one doesn’t just feature her with her trainer. It showcases the pop star taking a run with her trainer and Lynne on a sunny California day.

Looks like Spears body will be in fab shape for her 2009 tour!

Lynne Spears did an interview today on The Morning Show With Mike and Juliet where she said she just wants her daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn to “find their purpose in life.”

“Something that will really fulfill them and make them grow to their full potential,” she added. “I want them to feel really good about themselves.”

Does Lynne think she handled her children’s superstardom well? “There are certain things I would do over, of course,” she said. “I always hoped that my children would fulfill their dreams and this was their dream. Certain aspects of their dreams, I would certainly rearrange or change.”

“People think I was this stage mom, that I was pushing my daughters to do what they did. I was actually their cheerleader,” Lynne explained. “I have never been their manager, that’s never been my role. I was the one that got their coffee in the morning and [got them] out of bed.”

Lynne Spears appeared on the Today show this morning to talk with Meredith Vieira about the rise and fall of daughter Britney Spears and her new book Through The Storm.

“I’ve sat for hours thinking and thinking about everything that’s happened and I think it’s been a whirlwind. It’s been a wild ride for everybody,” Lynne said of how Britney’s developed. “I think when you mix extreme hightened celebrity-hood, I mean she is a super star, and everyone watches 17 paparazzi assigned to her 24/7. And then when you have heartache — I think the mixture’s just not healthy.”

Meredith asked Lynne if maybe she got a little sucked into the fame when Britney first exploded. “It was more of an excitement at first. It seems like everything’s fabulous,” Lynne said. “There was that honeymoon period where it looked like she could do no wrong. Then there’s that ugly side of fame…and we weren’t ready for that either.”

To see the whole interview watch the video above.

Do you think Britney’s ready for a comeback?

Mother of the year wannabe Lynn Spears is admitting in her new tell all book that she made mistakes in raising her children.

Lynn exclusively tells People.com, in reference to her book Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, “Every mother makes mistakes, and I’m no different.”

She goes on to chronicle the trying times that hot mess Britney publicly went through and describes 17-year-old Jamie Lynn’s pregnancy as, ” probably the hardest time in my life.”

Just as Brit was working on her relationship with her mother, she goes and publishes this book. We can’t imagine this is going to help their already rocky relationship.

The highly anticipated book by Britney Spears’ mother is set to hit store shelves next month. Lynne Spears’ book Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World, a memoir about her “backseat role in Britney’s path to fame,” is scheduled to his bookshelves on Sept. 16.

The book will take readers “beyond the reach of the paparazzi and outside the narrow orbit of the Hollywood glitterati to share the inside story of the Spears family-as only a mother can tell it,” according to the book’s publisher Thomas Nelson.

Spears also talks about her regret in abdicating parental authority to managers, agents and record companies, her response to Jamie Lynn’s teen pregnancy, the startling events that led to Britney’s meltdown and finally Lynne’s showdown with Britney’s shady manager Sam Lufti.

I hate to say it, but I’ll most definitely be picking this one up. I think everyone is curious to know what happens behind closed doors at the Spears homes especially during Britney’s mental breakdown!

Lynne Spears’ memoir about raising Britney and Jamie Lynn is now scheduled for release this fall, the publisher told People.

“When Jamie Lynn got pregnant, it was put on hold,” says a spokesman for Thomas Nelson, which publishes inspirational books and Bibles. “Lynne never stopped working on it because she wants to express her love for her children and tell their stories through a mother’s eyes.”

Uh, how about expressing your love for your children in a non-public way that does not involve a financial gain???

Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World is likely to be released in September, says the spokesman.

What do you think? Is Lynne exploiting her children through this book? Is she a good or bad mom?

Britney Spears spent some quality time with her mom Lynne yesterday when the two went shopping at Miss Sixty in West Hollywood. Since Britney’s dad is still the conservator and controls all her money maybe she’s back to getting an allowance?

After Britney’s retail therapy session she headed to the Millenium Dance Complex for an hour long dance workout.

Now she needs to do something about that hair!

After learning of their daughter’s release from UCLA Medical Center Britney Spears’ parents issued this statement:

“As parents of an adult child in the throws (sic) of a mental health crisis, we were extremely disappointed this morning to learn that over the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist, our daughter Britney was released from the hospital that could best care for her and keep her safe. We are deeply concerned about our daughter’s safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk. There are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded. We ask only that the court’s orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted.”