Britney Spears almost Died!

Britney Spears is lucky to be alive after almost drowning during a vacation in Hawaii earlier this month.

The story is just coming out now ahead of her album release this Friday and her first appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend… Brit has revealed her life flashed before her eyes when she was dragged under water by “six-foot waves” while swimming yards away from her security staff.

“I got sucked under for, like, five minutes. I almost drowned. And I’m like, ‘Where is my security? They’re just going to let me die here!’” Britney had a stern talk with her security guards after struggling in the water.  “I came in again and another wave took me under.” It would have been an awful time for the singer to die – just weeks before the release of her comeback album, Glory, which drops on Friday.

Jennifer Lawrence is once again the world’s highest-paid actress!

She made $46 million pretax over 12 months–$13 million more than second-ranked Melissa McCarthy, who pocketed $33 million. Her total is down 11.5% from $52 million in 2015, but she remains the girl on fire, financially speaking. Scarlett Johansson took the 3rd spot with $25 million…

Hillary Clinton attends fundraiser at Justin and Jessica’s house…

Hillary Clinton continued her West Coast fundraising swing with a star-filled luncheon on Tuesday at the Los Angeles home of Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel. Timberlake tweeted a photo booth picture of the trio from the event captioned “Look WHO DID come over for lunch … Wow. #ImWithHer.”

Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Aniston, Shonda Rhimes, Tobey Maguire and former HBO programming president Michael Lombardo were among those at the event, according to a source who was there, with tickets priced at $33,400 per person. About 55 people attended.  The event was supposed to be held at the home of Leonardo DiCaprio, but he backed out last week and asked Timberlake and Biel to host.