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Britney Case Ends in Mistrial
 Britney Case Ends in Mistrial 
Oct 21, 2008 5:12 PM CDT

Britney Case Ends in Mistrial

(Newser) - Britney Spears’ misdemeanor driving-without-a-license prosecution ended in mistrial today, and lawyers for the people have no intention of trying her again, E! Online reports. After 5 votes, the jury remained deadlocked 10-2 in favor of acquittal. The foreman said many jurors had their minds set early and thought the trial...

Brit Jumps Onto Twitter Bandwagon

Pop star promises to take fans where no paparazzi can with new site, micro-blog

(Newser) - The blogosphere is, ahem, atwitter over Britney Spears’ new Web site and micro-blogging account. The pop star promises to provide fans the inside scoop via britneyspears.com and Twitter, a social-networking site allows users to post constant updates. “I’d like to welcome Britney Spears to our world,”...

Jury Stuck on Britney's State
Jury Stuck on Britney's State
Oct 18, 2008 4:57 AM CDT

Jury Stuck on Britney's State

Traffic trial hinges on whether star counts as Californian or Louisianan

(Newser) - The jury in Britney Spear's traffic trial couldn't reach a verdict yesterday and has retired for the weekend to ponder whether the LA resident counts as a California girl, the Los Angeles Times reports. Spears' lawyer argues the singer, charged with driving without a valid California license, doesn't need one...

Brit Hits No. 1 One More Time
 Brit Hits No. 1 One More Time 
Oct 16, 2008 11:08 AM CDT

Brit Hits No. 1 One More Time

New single hits No. 1 on Billboard chart in record time

(Newser) - The princess of pop is back at the top for the first time in a decade, Billboard reports. Britney Spears’ new song, “Womanizer,” shot from 96 to 1 in one week, a record-breaking climb up the Hot 100 chart—and a place the singer hasn’t been since...

Brit Struts With New Confidence in Vid
 Brit Struts 
 With New Confidence in Vid 
glossies
Oct 11, 2008 5:57 PM CDT

Brit Struts With New Confidence in Vid

Spears gets tough in new racy offering

(Newser) - Let the Circus begin: Britney Spears debuted her new Womanizer music video last night on ABC’s 20/20, People reports. In the racy video, the recovering pop star shows off her toned bod and moonlights as a wife, working woman, and sexy waitress. “Womanizer” is the first single from...

'What the Hell Was I Thinking?'
 'What the Hell Was I Thinking?' 
Oct 10, 2008 11:02 AM CDT

'What the Hell Was I Thinking?'

(Newser) - In retrospect, Britney Spears finds her internationally documented downward spiral as mystifying as anyone else does. "I sit there and I look back and I'm like, 'I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?'" Spears says in an interview set to air on MTV next month as...

Spears Camp Working to KO Sex Tape

Denies it exists, then tries to buy it

(Newser) - Rumors that Britney Spears’ paparazzo ex-boyfriend is shopping a sex tape of the star during her drug-addled, depression-ridden breakdown have prompted her camp to act to squash the video—at any cost. While a Spears insider denies the existence of the tape to E! Online, the Sun reports that Brit’...

For Sale: Brit's $7.9M Breakdown Palace

Beverly Hills estate famous site of crazy scenes

(Newser) - Pop tart Britney Spears has put her six-bedroom Beverly Hills home on the market for $7.9 million, and you can almost hear champagne corks pop as neighbors rejoice, reports the Los Angeles Times. The manse, with mosaic tile floors, pool and spa, has been the site of paparazzi mob...

Fed Porn Probe Targets Spears Photo Thief

Underage breastfeeding pics could carry pornography charges

(Newser) - A stolen photo of teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding has turned what seemed to be a breach of Wal-Mart security into a federal case, TMZ reports. Copies of a dozen snapshots, allegedly purloined when baby daddy Casey Aldridge had legit copies made at a Louisiana store, could result in...

Britney Sweeps 3 VMA Awards
 Britney Sweeps 3 VMA Awards
Sep 8, 2008 4:00 AM CDT

Britney Sweeps 3 VMA Awards

But delivers uninspiring 'performance'

(Newser) - Comeback kid Britney Spears swept three MTV Video Music Awards last night—but delivered an uninspired performance, reports ABC News. Fans had hoped Spears' appearance would redeem her image after the star's last addled MTV performance. But Britney delivered a meek Valley Girl skit with Superbad star Jonah Hill, lamely...

Mom: Britney Had Booze, Sex, Drugs ... All by Age 15

Lynne Spears' new memoir reveals daughter's downward spiral

(Newser) - Britney Spears started boozing at 13, lost her virginity at 14, and took drugs at 15, mother Lynne Spears writes in her upcoming memoir, Through the Storm. The Sun reports that in the book due Sept. 16, Lynne expresses regret for letting her daughter become a sex object and believes...

Britney to Kick Off MTV Show
 Britney to Kick Off MTV Show 
Sep 3, 2008 6:55 PM CDT

Britney to Kick Off MTV Show

(Newser) - It's Britney, baby, one more time. Despite her train-wreck performance at the MTV Video Music Awards last year, the network confirms Spears will kick off the show once again. But it won't be a performance. Instead, an MTV honcho said it will be something "fun and unexpected" on Sunday...

Britney Not Planning Encore for MTV Awards Show

"Gimme More" singer will instead focus on next album

(Newser) - Britney Spears won’t be doing it again, after all. The singer, whose erratic performance at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards had her critics buzzing, won’t be staging a comeback for this year’s ceremony. Instead, Spears, a nominee for video of the year, will focus on...

Tokio Hotel Rocks Screaming Tweens
 Tokio Hotel Rocks
 Screaming
 Tweens
MUSIC REVIEW
Aug 24, 2008 10:53 AM CDT

Tokio Hotel Rocks Screaming Tweens

With big hair, big riffs and MTV buzz, Germans threaten to go mainstream in US

(Newser) - Having dominated Europe, German rockers Tokio Hotel are threatening to go mainstream in the US, if the reception their riff-heavy pop metal earned among screaming preteens in San Francisco this week is any indication. "The best way to describe the glam-metal-emo-pop-tween group," Aidin Vaziri writes in the Chronicle,...

Timberlake, Spears Plan Duet
 Timberlake,
 Spears
 Plan Duet
Aug 21, 2008 11:18 AM CDT

Timberlake, Spears Plan Duet

Long-awaited duet may finally be recorded

(Newser) - The long-awaited duet between Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake may finally see the light of day. The New York Post reports that the former teeny-bopper couple will collaborate on a track for Spears’ next album, due out at the end of '08. It's the second go-round for the duo: Timberlake...

Spears Custody Circus Price Tag: $700K

Britney must pay ex K-Fed legal fees

(Newser) - Britney Spears' recently resolved custody battle with ex Kevin Federline will cost her $716,000 in legal fees—and she didn’t even get custody of the kids. The struggling pop star must pony up $466,000 for her two legal eagles and another $250,000 for Federline’s attorneys,...

McCain's 'TMZ Campaign' Is Risky Business
 McCain's 'TMZ Campaign' Is Risky Business
OPINION
Aug 15, 2008 5:09 PM CDT

McCain's 'TMZ Campaign' Is Risky Business

Candidate bets America's celebrity resentment outweighs admiration

(Newser) - John McCain's attack ads on the "biggest celebrity in the world" depend on Americans loving to hate stars more than they admire them, writes James Poniewozik in Time. If the tactic works, it will shift Barack Obama’s best asset into a Republican secret weapon—but "snark aside,...

Brit Dishes on Her Dark Days
 Brit Dishes
 on Her
 Dark Days
Aug 13, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

Brit Dishes on Her Dark Days

Pop star gives first interview since breakdown

(Newser) -  In her first interview since her well-publicized breakdown, Britney Spears talks about her dark days over the last 2 years, and tells OK! magazine that she hopes her sons shun celebrity, and “have a more normal childhood.” She also says she's "writing every day," and...

Britney's Next Role: Murderous Lesbian Stripper

Spears hopes next Tarantino film will turn her career around

(Newser) - Britney Spears will appear in Quentin Tarantino’s remake of the 1965 cult classic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! as a lesbian stripper with a penchant for murder, the Daily Telegraph reports. Spears' character will encounter a young couple in the desert, murder the boyfriend and kidnap the girlfriend—and make...

Republicans Scold McCain; Obama Camp Pounces

Negative turn generates anger toward candidate

(Newser) - A new Obama campaign memo obtained by Time documents Republican disapproval of the McCain camp’s recent tactics. Some highlights:
  • Pat Buchanan on the commercial juxtaposing Obama, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton: "Look, this is not an effective ad.”
  • Ed Rollins: “John needs to be the deliberate,
...

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