Britney Spears celebrated the finalization of her custody battle by going on vacation with Palms Hotel & Casino owner George Maloof, Jr. The vacation seems to be professional and/or platonic – Britney’s been rumored to be in negotiations to star in a Vegas show, and she and Maloof have been friends for years. And she was photographed dancing and flirting with another (hotter) mystery guy. The two were goofing around poolside, with Britney in a bikini. All that working out has done her a lot of good – she looks much healthier than she did a few months ago.

With her custody drama with Kevin Federline finally over, Britney Spears is back in shape and ready for fun.

The pop star escaped to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico for a sunshine holiday with a group of friends, including longtime pal George Maloof, who owns the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

After slipping into a skimpy white bikini, the singer flirted up a storm with another male companion, giggling as the pair danced around the pool arm-in-arm.

And for posterity – or perhaps another disastrous reality show – a female friend caught all the action on a video camera.

The party later moved to the beach, where Britney frolicked on the foreshore before cooling her heels in the sea.

[From the Daily Mail]

The Daily Mail has the pictures There’ve also been a lot of rumors floating around this last week that Britney may indeed open for MTV’s Video Music Awards again this year- hopefully correcting her legendarily awful performance from last year. Brit was nominated for an award by fans, for her video Piece of Me.

Originally it was said that MTV producers were open to the idea of her performing, but now the phrasing is more like “worried she wants to perform.” Which is a tad different. But she has made a pretty awesome comeback in the last few months, and seems to realize what a disastrous effect her last performance had. I think that if anyone could make that comeback, it’s Britney.

Update: here are the photos, thanks to Splash News.