Newsmakers: Britney Spears, Robert Redford

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

Britney spears admitted she "made a mistake" by driving down Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway last week with her 5-month-old son, Sean Preston Federline, in her lap rather than restrained in a car seat. Her heartfelt apology? "It is what it is, I guess," she told "Access Hollywood." The 24-year-old mom's recent trip to Starbucks was documented by paparazzi who shot photos of Spears driving out of the coffeehouse parking lot and hitting the highway. "Because of a recent incident when I was trapped in my car without my baby by a throng of paparazzi, I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger," she told People magazine. Funnily enough, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department didn't think that Spears's lap qualified as a safe haven. It reportedly sent an officer to the pop star's home to get "contact information" for the county child-welfare authorities. Spears has yet to explain if she secured a mochaccino in a cupholder or simply left it on the dashboard.

--Lorraine Ali

Robert Redford

Last month Robert Redford hosted his 25th annual Sundance Film Festival. This month we'll hear his commentary on a two-disc edition of the remastered DVD of "All the President's Men." He spoke with NEWSWEEK's David Gates.

How was Sundance?