Cosmo Confidential.(Ricky Martin, Britney Spears, and other celebrities)(Brief Article)

Get the lowdown on Ricky Martin's scandalous striptease, Britney Spears' diva demands, and more.

Ricky's Sexy Striptease

Ricky Martin knows how to put on a show. When the Latino crooner was recently spotted at Miami's Crobar nightclub by some adoring fans, he jumped up on his seat and started doing an impromptu striptease. Martin whipped his shirt around and pretended to slide his pants down while hundreds of guests cheered him on. The crowd grew so revved up by his antics that fellow partyers say club security had to step in and tell Martin to end his risque performance.

Oops, Dialed Britney Again

Britney Spears likes creature comforts in her dressing rooms--six-foot-long couches, a clean and odor-free carpet, and some floor lamps. But the superstar also has one picky demand: She requests that her dressing room have an, unlisted telephone line that only works for her outgoing calls. According to her contract with recent concert tour promoters, publication of that number or any incoming calls received to her dressing room result in a $5,000 fine to the promoter. Too bad her phone wasn't one-way recently when Eminem got the digits and prank-called her.

Bobby Brown Gets Crabby

Whitney Houston must not be feeding her man enough at home. The diva's husband, Bobby Brown, is a fanatic for soft-shell crabs and went out of his way to eat them when they dined out recently. The couple walked into the hot-spot Crustacean restaurant in Beverly Hills after midnight, and Brown unfortunately discovered that the kitchen had completely run out of crabs due to the late hour. The ever-resourceful star ...