I know a lot of you watch American Idol...are there any Kristy Lee Cook fans out there?  Well, Kristy was the first person signed to Britney's new (at the time) production company and Britney acted as sort of a mentor to her.

"Britney would tell her how beautiful and talented she was," says Marty Rendleman, Kristy's manager at the time. "She told her that she would do whatever she needed to promote her and help launch her career."

Brit had even promised to be in Kristy's first video!  E!Online has the picture of the two of them together here.  Kristy eventually left the lable to pursue "indepedent projects."  It's hard to imagine Britney mentoring anyone now, but back in the day she really was at the very top of her game.  And she might be headed back in that direction now.  These pictures are from yesterday when she was leaving the recording studio.  Is she working towards another comeback?