Britney gets license

Britney gets license

LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears has received a California driver’s license to comply with a court order in her child custody case, a state official said Wednesday. The temporary driver’s license was issued late Tuesday in Santa Monica, said Mike Marando, deputy director of communications for the state Department of Motor Vehicles. “She has completed her requirements for a driver’s license,” he said. Among her recent problems, Spears was charged with misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid license for allegedly crashing into a parked car in August. Monday’s court order to temporarily surrender custody of her two sons to former husband Kevin Federline came after the 25-year-old pop star failed to produce a California driver’s license and allegedly missed a drug and alcohol test as ordered by the court, said her lawyer, Sorrell Trope. A hearing was scheduled later Wednesday for more custody proceedings between Spears and Federline involving their sons, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Charlton Heston is 84. Author Anne Rice is 66. Actress Lori Saunders (“Petticoat Junction”) is 66. Actress Susan Sarandon is 61. Actor Armand Assante is 58. Musician Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) is 48. Country musician Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) is 47. Singer Jon Secada is 46. TV personality John Melendez (“The Tonight Show”) is 42. Actor Liev Schreiber is 40. Actress Alicia Silverstone is 31. Actor Phillip Glasser is 29. Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 28. Actor Jimmy Workman is 27. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Benson (3lw) is 20. Actor Michael Charles Roman is 20.