Saturday (March 15th) started for popstar Britney Spears really good, The pop princess received her boys Jayden James and Sean Preston in her Beverly Hills home and ended the evening at a Russian Restaurant with actor Mel Gibson.

Gibson and Spears – once neighbors in Malibu – were part of a two-hour dinner at the Romanov Restaurant in Studio City.”It was exciting to have both of them here together,” says one restaurant source. “We heard they hit it off and that Britney seemed excited.”

Britney arrived the restaurant with a friend and Mel Gibson right after accompanied by a few friends joined Spears’ and her friend at the restaurant V.I.P. dining room.For two hours the group dined on filet mignon and Russian specialties, and drank water and soft drinks.

Leaving the restaurant heading home by 8:15 p.m. Spears’ was looking happy…”so it seems the meeting was a success.” – said an observer.