USA: POP DIVA BRITNEY SPEARS HOSTS STAR-STUDDED BASH TO CELEBRATE OPENING OF HER MANHATTAN RESTAURANT 'NYLA'

Record ID: 426115

  • Title: USA: POP DIVA BRITNEY SPEARS HOSTS STAR-STUDDED BASH TO CELEBRATE OPENING OF HER MANHATTAN RESTAURANT 'NYLA'
  • Date: 27th June 2002
  • Summary: (W2)NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JUNE 27, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) (NIGHT SHOTS) 1. PULL OUT: NYLA RESTAURANT 0.09 2. ZOOM IN: BRITNEY SPEARS TALKING TO MEDIA 0.15 3. SV: PHOTOGRAPHER 0.17 4. SV: BRITNEY POSING IN FRONT OF CAMERAS WEARING BLACK DRESS WITH PLUNGING NECKLINE AND REVEALING CUT UP FRONT OF DRESS 0.27 5. WIDE OF BRITNEY TALKING TO REPORTERS 0.31 6. SV: (SOUNDBITE)(English) BRITNEY SPEARS SAYING: "You know what. I guess I love what I do and I am motivated, I love what I do and I am surrounded by good people."(Journalist question: Why a restaurant in New York?" "Why not! I love New York. The energy is here and cool people." 0.48 7. SV'S: PHOTOGRAPHERS / BRITNEY POSING IN FRONT OF CAMERA (2 SHOTS) 0.57 (W2)UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE)(SEE ABOVE FOR RESTRICTIONS) 8. BRITNEY SPEAR VIDEO "YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY" 1.24 (W2)NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JUNE 27, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 9. VARIOUS OF RESTAURANT; BAR AREA (3 SHOTS) 1.41 10. VARIOUS OF CHEFS PREPARING FOOD (3 SHOTS) 2.01 11. SV: (SOUNDBITE)(English) FAN SAYING: "I am so excited to see Britney. I hope she comes over hear. If it rains, she won't come over here." 2.11 12. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) FAN SAYING: "We have been here since 8:30 in the morning to see Britney Spears (Is it worth it?) "Definitely!" 2.18 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) FAN SAYING (Who do you want to see?): "Britney, Puffy, Jlo, not Justin." 2.27 14. CU: (SOUNDBITE)(English) MORRIS MOINIAN-OWNER OF THE DYLAN HOTEL AND PARTNER OF THE RESTAURANT SAYING: "Very exciting, most exciting. In fact she is as excited as we are which makes me feel much better." 2.36 (W2)UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION(FILE)(SEE ABOVE FOR RESTRICTIONS) 15. BRITNEY SPEARS MOVIE "CROSS ROADS." 2.50 (W2)UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION(FILE)(SEE ABOVE FOR RESTRICTIONS 16. BRITNEY SPEARS MUSIC VIDEO "OOPS...I DID IT AGAIN" 3.09 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES/UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
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  • Story Text: Pop diva Britney Spears hosted a star studded bash to
    celebrate the opening of her Manhattan restaurant, Nyla.


    Britney Spears - singer, actress, and now restaurant
    owner. The 20 year-old pop queen celebrated the opening of
    her new Manhattan lounge with a star-studded bash. Nyla,
    short for New York / Louisiana, will feature all American
    cuisine with a southern flare. "You know what. I guess I love
    what I do and I am motivated, I love what I do and I am
    surrounded by good people, said the pop star.

    Spears, who was recently number one on the Forbes 100
    list, designed much of the restaurant's interior herself.

    Why New York? is the big question. "Why not! I love New
    YorkThe energy is here and cool people."
    Unlike many other hyped celebrity restaurants that have
    come and gone, Spears has no worry about her bistro's staying
    power.

    The restaurant will be serving American cuisine with a
    flare of Louisian cooking, her home state. The restaurant is
    fairly inexpensive for New York prices with most entrees under
    Twenty dollars (U.S.)
    Fans waited outside all day for the 20 year old Spears.

    "I am so excited to see Britney. I hope she comes over hear.

    If it rains, she won't come over here, said Angela Chiapelli
    of Toms River, New Jersey." Zoie Zacharadis got to the
    restaurant early this morning. "We have been here since 8:30
    in the morning to see Britney Spears. (Is it worth it?)
    "Definitely!" Johnny Demillio hope see a lot stars. "Britney,
    Puffy, Jlo, not Justin."
    Morris Moinan, owner of the Dylan Hotel and a partner in
    the restaurant was all smiles tonight. "Very exciting, Most
    exciting. In fact, she is as excited as we are which makes me
    feel much better."
    So what's next for the new restaurateur? Britney will
    have a part opposite Mike Myers in the upcoming movie
    Goldmember, the third Austin Powers movie.
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