Singer Avril Lavigne has launched a scathing attack on the paparazzi for making Britney Spears’ life a misery, branding them “[bleep] stalkers.”

The singer herself has been the victim of the paparazzi’s relentless pursuits, which have resulted in traffic violations and car accidents.

Lavigne feels deep sympathy for Spears, who is plagued by the intrusive photographers on a much bigger and more damaging scale than her.

She tells Maxim magazine, “No one else has it as hard as Britney. I feel bad for her. How does she even think with all those flashbulbs? When I’m being followed, everything’s thrown off. They run red lights. They cause accidents. She can’t even walk to her car. [Bleep] stalkers.”

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Maxim.com added some Avril Lavigne photo shoot outtakes to their site. I will add the scans shortly!

Avril Lavigne Maxim Photo Shoot Outtakes

Canadian punk-pop princess Avril Lavigne is going the route of fellow singers Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Simpson in launching her own fragrance and line of clothing. In a conference call with news media yesterday, the Napanee-raised singer confirmed rumours that she’s trademarked her name so she can apply it to threads and a perfume.

“The clothing line I’ve wanted to do for about three years, and a lot of times what people do is . . . a licensing deal and I didn’t want to do that,” said Lavigne, 23, whose fashion style in recent years has evolved from skater tomboy with office ties and chains to flirty and edgy with combat boots and miniskirts.

“I wanted to own a company and really be able to be a designer, be creative, and I finally have found someone to partner up with.”

No word on who the partner is, but Lavigne says her business venture will happen sometime after her tour, The Best Damn Thing, which kicks off March 5 in Victoria, B.C., and moves through 41 stops in North America before hitting Europe.

The tour, Lavigne’s third, will be “very upbeat,” with dancers, more production and more pink than she’s ever had on stage before.

“I have a pink sparkle drum kit, a pink piano being made, flags,” said Lavigne, who lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley. “Over time I’ve sort of just learned how I need to be on stage, I’m more confident and it’s just more dynamic, brighter, more colourful.”

Still, she said while this tour is heavy on production, it’s not comparable to the tours of other pop stars “because my songs aren’t bubble gum pop dance songs and I don’t have background dancers on every single song like them and I’m not wearing a microphone on my head, it’s a totally different thing,” she said. “I’m playing guitar, I’m playing the drums, I’m playing the piano.”

Lavigne will interrupt the tour briefly to travel to Calgary for the April 6 Juno Awards, where she’s up for five trophies, including album of the year for The Best Damn Thing, her third disc.

“I’m very excited to go and I’m very thankful that I’ve been nominated for five Junos since I didn’t get any Grammy nominations,” she said laughing over the line.

“It’s nice to feel the support from Canada, so I’m so happy I get to make it and that we left time open on my tour so that I could attend. I always love going back home.”

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WOW! Avril is on the cover of March 2008’s MAXIM magazine looking smoking hot! I’ll look for this magazine and add scans to the gallery ASAP! Absolutely amazing! The issue is already on eBay (some people got theirs in the mail already) so if you won’t be able to get your hands on it, there’s always eBay

I added some hot Avril Lavigne photo shoots to the gallery. Check them out!

Arena Magazine Shoot
Citizen K Shoot
Avril Lavigne Nylon Photo Shoot
France Photo Shoot

That’s right, it’s been confirmed by Dr. Luke (who produced and co-wrote with Avril much of The Best Damn Thing) that Avril’s next single is the upbeat song, The Best Damn Thing! She’ll probably dance just like she did in the Girlfriend video!

Veteran performer Celine Dion led the Canadian Juno Award nominees with six nods, while Feist and Avril Lavigne came in a close second with five nominations apiece.

Lavigne’s nominations include the Juno Fan Choice Award and Single of the Year for ‘Girlfriend’.

Feist, who is also up for four Grammy Awards and received the US Shortlist Music Prize earlier this week, is nominated for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

Arcade Fire is up for Group of the Year, and US artists Timbaland, Bon Jovi, Fergie, Josh Groban and Rihanna received nominations for International Album of the Year.

The Juno Awards are set to take place on April 6 at Calgary’s Saddledome.

For further information, visit Juno-Awards.ca.

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For her upcoming tour, Avril Lavigne is taking a cue from Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera. “They go offstage ten friggin’ times!” says the singer, who plans to take nightly breathers when she crisscrosses the globe on her five-month trek, which kicks off on March 5th in Victoria, British Columbia. “I’m going off, like, twice [per night]. I’ve never done a change or a break.”

On this tour, her third, Lavigne’s clothes won’t be the only thing changing: For the first time, dancers will join her onstage, hyping the crowd on big numbers like the amped-up “Girlfriend.” “There are kicks and punches, but nothing cheesy or super bubblegum,” says Lavigne, who will also revisit her earlier hits. And while the twenty-three-year-old says she’s grown out of her “Sk8er Boi”-era sassiness, her inner badass lives on. “I’m covering [Joan Jett’s] ‘Bad Reputation,’” she says. “While I’m singing the track, there will be a montage of videos of me with a cigarette, flipping the bird.”

Avril will pause her tour on April 6th to perform at the JUNO Awards (Canada’s version of the Grammys), where the Ontario-born singer scored five nominations, including Album of the Year for 2007’s The Best Damn Thing. But she’ll be looking forward to getting back on the road. “I just went back to Canada to visit my family and I got off the airplane and was like, ‘Fuck that!’” she says. “It was so cold I couldn’t deal.”

When Lavigne’s tour wraps in June, she’ll go back to sunny Los Angeles to spend some quality time with her hubby, Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley, and she’ll also dive back into a new batch of songs. “I have so much creative energy, so I’ve been writing,” she says. “It want to do more acoustic stuff. It doesn’t mean that’s what my next record is going to be, but I’m doing it to get it out.”

In the meantime, she’s resting up—and watching the presidential candidates battle it out on TV. “I wish I could vote here,” she says. “I think Hillary might get it. It’d be fucking awesome if a chick won!”

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