NOTHING MAKES BRITNEY SPEARS HAPPIER THAN WALMART

Joined by her entourage, Britney Spears looked super happy as she made a visit to Walmart in Calabasas, CA today (December 7).

Showing off an array of happy faces, the pop star shopped for holiday things and giggled with her bodyguard in tow.

Meanwhile, in a new article by Star magazine, the tabloid stands by its story of domestic abuse and suggests a recenty publicity cover-up. Here’s the latest trash. Do with it what you will:

As packaged details of Britney and Jason’s “romantic” weekend getaway to Mexico spread across celebrity sites, Star reports in our Dec. 20 issue that the trip was merely a publicity stunt designed to make the troubled couple appear happy. In truth, sources say the pop princess feels trapped.

“Britney is a cash cow,” an insider tells Star. “Her parents and management are really trying to keep the scandal under wraps so that it doesn’t affect her career – or the paychecks.”

And after her very public breakdown in 2007 — during which her career and finances took major hits — nobody on Team Britney wants to go through that again.

“Britney has come so far in the last couple of years, and no one around her wants to see it all come crashing down,” adds the insider. “So for now, it looks like she’ll have to stay with Jason. No one else knows what to do.”