The resolutions of the rich and famous

Name: Britney Spears
Resolved: To re-launch her stalled career. Britney Spears understands how showbiz works; she's been famous in one way or another since she was a little kid (remember the second coming of the Mickey Mouse Club circa the late '80s?).

Kevin Winter / Getty Images Britney and Kevin in one of her rare public outings while pregnant. These were the halcyon days, before Kevin started ordering T-shirts with "Chick stole my Ferrari" on them.

She knows the only way to have Madonna-style longevity in this business is to diversify. So, since she can't play the part of the sexy little pop tart forever — being super-sexy is awfully hard when you're pregnant, fat and stuck with a jobless husband (and would-be rapper) who you have to support — Brit will get back in the game in 2006.

How? She'll finally pack her bags and her baby and start pounding the boards on Broadway. She was rumored to replace Christina Applegate in the musical “Sweet Charity,” but Mr. Spears — aka Kevin Federline — didn't want the missus to be away from home for so long. But that was so last year. Since Britney will probably divorce K-Fed anyway (who has the grand aspiration of becoming Vanilla Ice II) she won't have anyone holding her back.

Then Britney will hit the stage — and the critics will tear her apart. Literally. But the money will come rolling in and by the end of the year she'll have her own Celine Dion-styled show in Las Vegas.

After all, isn't Sin City where Britney belongs anyway?  —Joe Tirella

Joe Tirella is a senior editor at Star Magazine.

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