With three Moonmen safely in hand, a buzz-building comeback album in the works, her custody battle behind her and her personal life nearly in control, Britney Spears finally seems to be getting back on track.
 
But, it's not all smooth sailing just yet. According to The Associated Press, Spears will go to trial next month to face charges that she drove without a valid California license. This is the final remnant of a criminal case that stems from an August 2007 incident in which Spears hit a parked car and did not leave a note for the other driver. She settled a hit-and-run portion of the charge through an agreement with the other driver, but it sounds like the Los Angeles judge is going out of his way to make sure it doesn't appear like she's getting the celebrity treatment.
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I have to say that after listening to R. Kelly speak on BET’s “R. Kelly Speaks,” I was disappointed. There are a lot of questions that I thought should have been asked — that need to be asked — given that Kelly apparently isn’t going to discuss his child-pornography trial further, and yet so many rumors, allegations and speculations remain unaddressed. Here are some questions Touré did not ask:

If multiple people have blackmailed Kelly, who were they? What were they blackmailing him about? What happened?

What is the exact relationship that Kelly has with his goddaughter — who allegedly appears with him in the sex tape at the center of the trial — then and now? If nothing has ever happened between them, as the singer claims, why did she not come forward and say so?
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Akon will most likely face a jury in December on charges stemming from an incident in which he allegedly threw a 15-year-old fan off the stage during a concert in June 2007. If found guilty of all charges, he could spend up to a year and 15 days in jail, Read the latest news in Akon's fan-tossing case here.