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Broken shoulder? Internal bleeding? These petty things mean nothing to Alexi Laiho! In June of this year fret wizard Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom fought his way through a set at Roseland in NYC after being thrown from his bunk on the tour bus. Though their tour ended up being called off, that hasn’t stopped the Hatecrew from Deathroll-ing on to contribute/give their likenesses to Guitar Hero 5 AND record a new LP! (Featuring a Britney Spears cover -- download after the jump!)

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Posted on February 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM

Good Morning.

There was a big football game last night and a lot of famous people were there and Santonio Holmes may have even had that right toe down. Also, Jennifer Hudson was there to sing the national anthem, her first public appearance since she lost members of her family last year. Greg Kot of Hudson's hometown Tribune says her voice had an emotional lift that couldn't be denied.

Bruce Springsteen was the musical man of the weekend, of course. He was profiled in the New York Times, where he revealed his regret at working with Wal-Mart, and then last night played an amazing four song set at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, sorry, the BRIDGESTONE Super Bowl Halftime Show. Working On A Dream is out now, and tickets for his tour go on sale today. Good luck getting tickets - Ticketmaster has been slooow all morning.

Meanwhile, in LA, Britney Spears has taken out a restraining order against former manager Sam Lufti and ex-bf Adnan Ghalib, and also has threatened to not tour if she can't take her children with her.

Tommy Lee rode shotgun on a helicoptor joyride yesterday morning. The LAPD weren't amused.

Links:

Super Bowl Opens With Jennifer Hudson's Howitzer Anthem [Chicago Tribune]

The Rock Laureate [New York Times]

Britney Spears 'Takes Out Restraining Order' [NME]

Britney Will Cancel Tour If Kiddies Can't Come [TMZ]

Cops Ruin Tommy Lee's Joyride [E! Online]

Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music

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Rumors

Posted on January 6, 2009 at 11:13 AM

Stooges

RIP Ron Asheton, legendary guitar player for the Stooges. Asheton's dirty guitar sound on songs like I Wanna Be Your Dog is still heard in songs today and is the defining Detroit guitar sound. Asheton was found dead in Ann Arbor, MI, the town where the Stooges formed over forty years ago.

If you subscribe to Britney Spears' Twitter feed, you may have been shocked to read this week that she had revealed details concerning her, you know, private parts. Well, rest easy - she was hacked. As were other celebrity twitter feeds. The offending post has been removed from her feed, but if you'd like to know how Britney spent her holiday, rest assured that she worked out a lot and relaxed.

Worried that Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson might be on the road to splitsville? Don't be. EVERYTHING'S FINE, according to Lindsay's MySpace blog. BTW, her "Current Listening" is Rumors... by Lindsay Lohan!

If you never saw the Grateful Dead, now's your chance to see... some of them. The Core Four surviving members, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman, are heading out on the road in April and May. Filling the Jerry role will be Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes. If their performance at an October Obama fundraiser at Penn State is any indication, these shows might be quite good. More info here.

Links:

Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead [Detroit Free Press]

Britney Spears' Twitter Account Hacked [Guardian]

Rumors [MySpace.com/lindsaylohan]

The Dead Reunite For First Tour In Five Years [Rolling Stone]

Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music

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They Are The Resurrection?

Posted on December 15, 2008 at 01:44 PM

Reunions, reunions, reunions... It's happening everywhere. And even when there ISN'T a reunion, members of bands that are currently unreunited are calling to reunite. Take Mani, bassist for the Stone Roses. He currently plays in Primal Scream, but he'd lie to play with the Roses again. Which is why he is pushing for a public campaign that calls for a Stone Roses reunion. Fascinating: "Me, John [Squire, guitarist] and Reni [drums] are up for doing it and Ian just needs some working on. Next year is the 20th anniversary of the first album. It's the ideal time to do it. It's something I would love to do before we are all fat and bald. Start the campaign."

A cover of Britney's Womanizer by the endlessly awesome Lily Allen can be found at Stereogum.

Not only is Pearl Jam's debut album Ten being reissued, but it will be available for Rock Band 2 download in March.

Links:

Mani Says 2009 Is The 'Ideal Time' For Te Stone Roses To Reunite [NME]

Lily Allen Covers Womanizer [Stereogum]

Pearl Jam Bringing Ten To Rock Band 2 [Rolling Stone]

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Be Here Now

Posted on December 11, 2008 at 10:13 AM

Michael Jackson's famed white gloves are iconic parts of pop history. Who wouldn't, especially in these dark economic times, want to own one It just makes sense. Fortunately, one is up for auction! The gates to his Neverland ranch are also for sale. Going once... going twice...

"Yeah, well...I don't live in the past with Oasis, d'ya know what I mean? It's kind of what's gone on before is irrelevant to me. Is it as good as "Definitely Maybe?" Is it as good as "Morning Glory"? I don't care. I don't listen to either of them, d'ya know what I mean? And after I finish this tour, I won't listen to this one either. So, fans can get on all the forums and they can debate it 'til they're (bleeping) blue in the face. I've got better things to do, like the next record." - Noel Gallagher of Oasis, never a dull interview, in today's Detroit News.

Since Nielson Soundscan began tracking sales data in 1991, only one artist has had five albums debut with sales of 500,000 units or more: Britney Spears. Britney moved ahead of 2Pac, 50 Cent, Garth Brooks and Jay-Z on the list with her newest album Circus, which sold 505,000 copies last week. Damn.

Links:

Michael Jackson's Neverland Gates, Glove For Sale [Reuters]

Oasis Leader Shares Views On Playing Detroit, Being Attacked, And Manners [Detroit News]

Britney's 'Circus' Debuts Atop Album Chart [Billboard]

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Coldplay: Can Afford Lawyers

Posted on December 5, 2008 at 12:54 PM

Coldplay may be rich, successful and good looking, but they certainly seem to catch a lot of sh*t from all over the place. The latest sticky situation for Mr. Paltrow et al is a lawsuit from 80s Surfing With The Alien shredder Joe Satriani, who is claiming that the CP tune Viva La Vida blatantly ripped off one his riffs, and that the song uses "substantial original portions of If I Could Fly, a song Satriani released in 2004. IE, several years before Viva La Vida. Satriani is seeking damages and any and all profits from Vida La Vida (the song, not the album).

It seems like it's been all AC/DC, all the time the past few months in the rock n' roll world, so now's as good a time as any to announce that plans are underway in Australia to make a biopic about the life of Bon Scott, the late AC/DC vocalist who died in 1980, and whose voice can be heard on Highway To Hell, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and other classics.

So there is a song on the new Britney Spears jam called If You Seek Amy. If said a certain way, it sounds like four letters, and the word "me." And, of course, parents aren't happy.

Links:

Guitarist Satriani Sues Coldplay [BBC]

Bon Scott Movie In The Making [Sky News Australia]

Song Title Angers Parents [Rolling Stone]

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More Angel Dust?

Posted on December 2, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Faith No More were the most bizarre of creatures - a pioneering metal band that was popular with both critics and fans, and which spawned future accomplished ventures from various members (Imperial Teen, as well as singer Mike Patton's numerous, musically varied projects). Unfortunately, they also, legendarily, loathed each other. Which make news of a possible reunion all the more intriguing. So far, all we have are rumors that venues in the UK have been booked for a spring tour, and that summer festivals are attempting to book the band. Patton has always been against a reunion, but in the past year he softened his stance.

And in other news, Pixie Frank Black/Black Francis will be producing the new Art Brut album, says Eddie Argos.

Also, the Specials have announced a reunion tour.

Also also, eighties pop wonders The Human League are making a new album.

Finally, we would be remiss if we did not mention that Britney Spears has announced a world tour that will begin in March. Circus is out today. And it's Britney's 27th birthday!

Links:

Faith No More To Reunite? [The Guardian]

Frank Black Producing Art Brut's New Album [Pitchfork]

The Specials Announce Full UK Reunion Tour [Gigwise]

Human League [The List]

Britney Spears Announces World Tour [ABC News]

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Britney's Back, Again

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 10:27 AM

What's the most shocking part of this Britney Spears cover story in the new Rolling Stone? Is it the fact that she feels like "an old fart"? Or perhaps the revelation that it was Kevin Federline who initiated the breakup of their marriage? Maybe it's that her assistant and a minion of manager Larry Rudolph accompanies her on dates? Actually, it's the cover photo, in which Britney looks healthy, fit and NOT CRAZY. Or rather, it's a tie between the cover photo and the creepy dating-chaperoning thing.

Ever heard of rapper/producer John Forte? He worked with the Fugees. He was arrested in 2000 with $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine. He was convicted, and went to jail. And now, he's getting out of jail, thanks to a presidential pardon from the outgoing George W. Bush. That's right - President Bush is pardoning a hip-hop producer convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Why? Intense lobbying by Carly Simon and her son, who went to Phillips Exeter Academy with Forte. BTW, Bush went to Phillips Andover Academy. The old boys network now extends to drug dealer music producers. Good to know.

Guess who wasn't excited about the release of Chinese Democracy by Guns n' Roses? The Chinese. Apparently, they had never heard of it. But they know about it now. And they're not too happy about that title, or about lyrics referring to banned-in-China spiritual group Falun Gong. Or about artwork which includes a painting depicting Chinese as powerless. The BBC spoke to foreign military spokesman Qin Gang, who noted that "According to my knowledge, a lot of people don't like this kind of music because it's too noisy and too loud." The Chinese government may not have heard Chinese Democracy, but their sources certainly have.

R.I.P. MC Breed, who died on Saturday in Ypsilanti, MI as a result of kidney failure: He worked with Too Short on several albums, both as a rapper and a ghostwriter. A chance meeting with Tupac Shakur in a tattoo parlor led to the single “Gotta Get Mine,” which became a hit in 1993. That year Mr. Breed also appeared, alongside Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, on a characteristically wacky George Clinton song, “Paint the White House Black.”

Links:

Britney Returns [Rolling Stone]

Record Producer John Forte's Sentence Commuted [New York Daily News]

China: Roses Album Is 'Venemous' [BBC]

MC Breed, 37, Rapper With Midwest Roots, Is Dead [New York Times]

Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Current Affairs , Music

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Theatre Of Pain

Posted on October 22, 2008 at 08:45 AM

The southern California legal system giveth, and the Southern California legal system taketh away: the Britney Spears driving-without-a-license misdemeanor case has been declared a mistrial... on the same day, Lindsay Lohan is being sued by three people who were taken on a drunken joyride by noted driver Lindsay Lohan, the same ride that led to Lindsay Lohan's DUI arrest last year.

SNL head honcho and Dr. Evil inspiration Lorne Michaels tells EW about how the whole Sarah Palin appearance thing came together.

Motley Crue bassist is a big fan of Crue guitarist Mick Mars. In fact, he likes Mick so much that he got a tattoo of him. On his leg. That's right: Nikki Sixx now has a tattoo of Mick Mars. Blabbermouth has a photo.

Links:

Britney Donged With Mistrial; Case Dismissed [E! Online]

Lindsay Lohan Sued Over '07 DUI Ride [E! Online]

Lorne Michaels Talks Sarah Palin [Entertainment Weekly]

Nikki Sixx's Mick Mars Tattoo Revealed [Blabbermouth]

Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music

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She's [M.I.A.] Having A Baby

Posted on October 13, 2008 at 10:13 AM

So now we know what M.I.A. has been out of the picture yesterday - she's pregnant! The now Brooklyn-based British Sri Lankan revealed her her current state at a Diesel 30th anniversary party on Saturday night in Brooklyn. The photos on BrooklynVegan seem to indicate that M.I.A.'s pregnancy isn't affecting her athletic style of performance. The father, one would assume, is Benjamin Brewer, frontman for Brooklyn band The Exit and son of Warner Music Group's Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

The video for the new Britney Spears single Womanizer debuted on Friday night on 20/20 of all places (check it out here). And yes, she's kinda nude in a lot of it. And yeah, she looks good. So why does the whole thing forced? Britney Spears... out of ideas.

Via MySpace, Travis Barker gives us an update on his recovery. Mad props go out to his doctors, family, friends and fans. Slight disses go out to Shanna Moakler.

Sad news: R.I.P. Gidget Gein, formerly of Marilyn Manson. Gein's real name was Brad Stewart. Stewart's body was found at his Burbank, CA home on Thursday; cause of death likely an overdose. Stewart played bass in the band until 1993, when he was fired over his drug use and replaced by Twiggy Ramirez. In slightly more upbeat news, word is the Manson may be collaborating with Ne-Yo.

Links:

M.I.A. Is Pregnant, Played the Diesel Party [BrooklynVegan]

Britney Debuts Womanizer Video [People]

Travis Barker: Latest News [MySpace]

Manrilyn Manson Band Member Found Dead [NME]

Ne-Yo To Team Up With... Marilyn Manson? WTF?! [E! Online]

Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music

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Desperate Police Club

Posted on October 7, 2008 at 09:16 AM

The line between indie rock and network television continues to blur: Toronto rockers Tokyo Police Club are shooting an episode of Desperate Housewives today that will air in November. What brings the young Canucks to Wisteria Lane? A Battle of the Bands, of course. The men of the show form a band, they enter a competition, and end up facing TPC. Yes, Tkyo Police Club perform, and yes, they have speaking roles.

Yikes: after seeing In the Heights, Britney Spears is reportedly looking for a role somewhere on Broadway.

Good news! We will have "have to wait" for the new Michael Jackson album, according to producer will.i.am.

Because it's awesome: Department of Eagles, featuring Daniel Rossen (Grizzly Bear) and Fred Nicolaus.

Links:

Tokyo Police Club to Guest On Desperate Housewives [Pitchfork]

Charlize Suit Closely Watched [New York Daily News]

Will.I.Am: 'Michael Jackson Fans Face Wait For New Album' [Gigwise]

Daniel Rossen Flies With the Department of Eagles While Staying Inside the Den of Grizzly Bear [New York Times]

Tagged as: Britney Spears , Celebs , Music , Television

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Teenage Mutant Washed Up Pop Stars

Posted on July 8, 2008 at 07:02 AM

Madonna just can't get herself out of the news, though her recent doings seem far more Britney caliber than typical Madonna-classy: witness her recent tabloid (non-) escapades with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, and now news that, well, Britney Spears may have a part in Madonna's upcoming tour. The tour is being called Sticky and Sweet, so naturally Spears came to mind. According to Access Hollywood (says MSNBC), Spears will have some sort of pre-videotaped role in the whole Sticky shebang, though the parameters of said involvement are yet to be revealed. Last time these two were together, it was to gracelessly suck face on MTV a few years back. Since the Kiss of Death, Madonna has seen her cultural stock slip, while Britney has (deep breath) walked into a public restroom barefoot, driven a car with her kids on her lap, divorced her husband, had her kids taken from her, shaved her head and delivered a train wreck of a "performance" in pretty much her only public stage appearance since. So no reason for Madonna and Brit NOT to get back together.

Sticky, Not Sweet:

The new-look Ear Farm counts down The Most Embarrassing Uses Of Hip-Hop in Marketing, 1985-92. Included in the list are Vanilla Ice and also the 1985 Chicago Bears' Super Bowl Shuffle, a track which should also be on a list of embarrassing NFL moments, not to mention shuffle genre examples.

Former President Bill Clinton will be one of the first four guests on the new Elvis Costello talk show premiering this winter. The show is called Spectacle, and the Clinton episode will feature discussion of how music shaped Bill's early political aspirations as well as his White House tenure. Music meaning sex, drugs and rock n' roll, that is.

And finally, an excerpt from Courageous Dream's Concern, Jack White's poem for Detroit, released this week to the Detroit Free Press. Following White's move from the Motor City to Nashville a few years back, word was that he was down on Detroit and its peeps. Not so, says White, and here are the stanzas to prove it. It may not be Leaves of Grass, but there is something Whitman-esque in its attempted grandeur and projection of working class majesty onto the locales of the city. Pretty well done, Jack White. A verse or two:

Detroit, you hold what one's been seeking,
Holding off the coward-armies weakling,
Always rising from the ashes
not returning to the earth.

I so love your heart that burns
That in your people's body yearns
To perpetuate,
and permeate,
the lonely dream that does encapsulate,
Your spirit, that God insulates,
With courageous dream's concern.

Links:

Britney, Madonna to Appear Together... Sort of... [MSNBC]

Countdown: The Most Embarrassing Uses Of Hip-Hop In Marketing, 1985-92 [Ear Farm]

Bill Clinton on Tap for Elvis Costello Talk Show [Reuters]

Read Jack White's Poem For Detroit [Detroit Free Press]

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Britney In Rear-Ender

Posted on May 14, 2008 at 03:59 PM

Pic above of Sally Worth mentioning Vampire Weekend

It's been awhile since we mentioned our old friend Britney Spears around these parts. This Brit hiatus was and is a result of boredom, lack of truly weird news and plain old fatigue - hasn't the world had enough Britney? Allow us to answer our own semi-rhetorical question: who knows. But once in awhile, something so juicy, so bizarre, so straight up wack occurs that we must acknowledge said happening. That happening? Oh, nothing. She rear-ended a car the other day, that's all. But why is this news? It isn't. But it's in character, kinda pathetic, and it allows a million magazine editors and bloggers to run a headline similar to what you see above. Welcome back, Britney! (Get it, Back? never mind...)

Also Rustling In the Cultural Breeze...

Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo have hit the showers, in an end-of-the-relationship, not a steamy, way. This according to Alan Peppard, who appears to be a gossip columnist for The Dallas Morning News. What will Dallas-Fort Worth area gossip-hounds write about now? Do we care?

Just when you thought Vampire Weekend were everywhere, they are even more everywhere. Pitchfork reports that the Afropop appropriators were mentioned in Sally Worth. Yes, the comic strip Sally Worth.

Jay-Z has responded to Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher's claim that hip-hop doesn't belong at Glastonbury, the long-running UK summer festival. The world has to change, according to Jay. It's a beautiful thing, he says. Rappers have paid their dues, Jay notes. Yawn. Before I was exited for Jay-Z's Glasto set. Now? Not so much.

Once Again...

Britney's Latest Smash Hit! [E! Online]

Sources Confirm Jessica Simpson / Tony Romo Break-up [Dallas Morning News]

Indie Rock Hits The Funny Pages, Again [Pitchfork]

I Got 99 Problems But the Pitch Ain't One [The Sun, via Stereogum]

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Spears Publicist With Not-Bad Idea?

Posted on March 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM

According to the AP, the BBC, and as many other media outlets as the Britney machine can notify, Britney Spears will appear in a March 24th episode of How I Met Your Mother, a CBS show that, contrary to most television comedies, is funny. Britney will appear as a dermatologist's receptionist or something. According to Harold and Kumar star Neil Patrick Howser, Spears will be acting:

"I was shocked that Madame Spears was willing to come and do some acting, she hasn't acted in a while," he said.

Since she hasn't acted in awhile, it will be exciting to see Ms. Spears do some acting.

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Justin Has Moved On, You See

Posted on March 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM

Awhile back, news broke that Justin Timberlake, with the aid of unstoppable producer Timbaland, offered a helping hand to his old flame Britney Spears. He and Timbaland would write, create and produce a new single for Britney, a comeback jam sure to help her regain her foothold in the pop landscape. The proposed collabo never came to be, however, and Timbaland intimated that Brit was not so down with the idea. More succinctly, she told them she didn't need them. Timbaland? Pissed.

So it was not such a big surprise when, interviewed on the way into the Madonna-inducting Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony, Justin offered the following rye observation:

"The world has always been full of Madonna wannabes. I might have even dated a couple."

Then again, Britney may have dated a couple of Thriller-era Michael Jackson wannabe's.

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Oops, Again Etc., Etc., Etc.,

Posted on March 3, 2008 at 09:11 AM

The NME is reporting that Britney Spears has become pregnant via doing the nasty with paparazzo Adnan Ghalib. Allegedly. And she wants a girl. Allegedly. And Ghalib has been boasting that he'll be "set for life." Allegedly. And the public's interest in Britney? Sadly, confirmed.

Tagged as: Britney Spears

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Britney's Rolling Stone Tragedy

Posted on February 7, 2008 at 09:20 AM

The new Rolling Stone is sure to fly off the shelves in Kentwood, LA, the malls of SoCal, and anywhere followers of Great American Tragedies reside. Why, one asks? Because Rolling Stone, finally, has taken it upon itself to dive headlong into the crazy, Black American Express, Betsey Johnson dressing room world of Britney Spears... and they're passing the hair weaves onto you! An excerpt from their current cover story is already over on their site, and it's riveting - a seemingly innocent weekend shopping trip morphs into a hideous peek into a pop tart descending into madness. Or something like that. Here's some RS getting all Truman Capote on us:

Only a few kids are in the store, a young girl with her brother and two blondes checking out fake-gold charm bracelets. Britney rifles the racks as the Cure's "Pictures of You" blasts into the airless pink boutique, grabbing a pink lace dress, a few tight black numbers and a frilly red crop top, the kind of shirt that Britney used to wear all the time at seventeen but isn't really appropriate for anyone over that age. Then she ducks into the dressing room with Ghalib. He emerges with her black Am Ex.

The card won't go through, but they keep trying it.

"Please," begs Ghalib, "get this done quickly."

One of the girls runs to Britney's dressing room, explaining the situation through a pink gauze curtain.

A wail emerges from the cubby — guttural, vile, the kind of base animalistic shriek only heard at a family member's deathbed. "F*** these bitches," screams Britney, each word ringing out between sobs. "These idiots can't do anything right!"

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First I'm Taking You To The Loony Bin, Then I'm Going To The Brewery

Posted on January 31, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Once more: in the words of the Twin Peaks Giant, It is happening again. Very early this morning a phalanx, as they say, of cops and medical teams, not to mention reporters and helicopters, descended on the Studio City, CA home of Britney Spears. Ms. Spears was taken to the UCLA Medical Center where she is apparently undergoing a psychiatric evaluation (don't even TALK to Tom Cruise about psychiatric evaluations - he and the you-know-who's hate that stuff!). Presumably they will either 1) determine instability and keep her there, or 2) deem her just safe enough to release back into our totally sane society. Hair metal fans and Cali-psych enthusiasts will know that the Golden State's mental health statute is known as 5150. It's got what it takes... so tell me Why Can't This Be Sanity? From ABC:

Police and an ambulance rushed the troubled pop star away from a side entrance at her home and took her to UCLA Medical Center, according to the Times. A call from her psychiatrist prompted the scene, the Times reported.

A hospital spokesman would not confirm whether Spears was at the hospital, The Associated Press said.

Under a state mental health statute known as 5150, an individual who is considered by a medical professional to be a danger to herself or others can be involuntarily committed to a mental institution by her family or even friends. Such a confinement is called an evaluation hold.

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Britney Spears on Stretcher, Being Evaluated

Posted on January 4, 2008 at 11:07 AM

The Britney '08 campaign continues! After impressive victories in the Celebrity Stupidity debates in 2007, Britney Spears has opened 2008 with a stunning and dramatic victory in the ~~Iowa~~ Train Wreck caucuses last night. Turnout on her part was 100%, and she finished with strong momentum heading into the rest of the campaign. Yes, that photo features Britney on a stretcher. From CNN International:

Pop star Britney Spears was taken to a hospital for tests to see if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs and for a psychological evaluation after police were called to her home Thursday night to mediate a custody dispute, a police spokesman said.

Spears appeared to be conscious as she was rolled out of her Studio City home on a gurney about three hours after police and ambulances arrived there.

According to The Associated Press, officers were called to Spears' house around 8 p.m. to respond to a custodial dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline over their sons, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James, Officer Jason Lee of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

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Britney's Legal Eagles Fly, Fly Fly...

Posted on January 3, 2008 at 10:23 AM

The legal team representing Britney Spears has asked an L.A. judge to resign from Britney, the case and the whole freakin' kit and kaboodle. 2008 is turning out to be very 2007 (and 2006, and 2005, and...) for Britney. Why are they quitting, even though winners never quit? Because Britney's antics are defeating the cause. Britney, help them help you. And in case you were wondering, she's been getting it on with the paparrazo/photog/stalker she met over the holidays. From Monsters and Critics:

Spears is still shacking up in hotels with the paparrazo she picked up during the holidays, Usmagazine.com reports that the pop star, wearing a black wig and dark sunglasses, and photographer Adnan Ghalib, 35, checked into the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs around 2 a.m. on Jan. 2 – and then checked out around 7 a.m.

This isn't the first time 26-year-old Spears has spent time in a hotel with Ghalib – Spears has developed an intimate relationship with the photographer who told Us in September, "I'll get her sooner or later".

Last week, Ghalib comforted her at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills.

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Good Riddance, 2007

Posted on December 31, 2007 at 10:34 AM

What a fascinating, obnoxious, stupid and repulsive year. Remember when Britney shaved her head? Seems like years ago. So long, 2007.

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K-Fed Flirts With Paris, Warns Brit

Posted on December 31, 2007 at 10:10 AM

It wouldn't be a Last Day Of 2007 Post without mentioning Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. In the latest humiliating development for Britney, K-Fed has been seen flirting and socializing with Paris Hilton in LA over the past several, party-soaked months. But that's not all! K-Fed's lawyer wants to depose Britney soon. He's got some fightin' words. From the AP:

The attorney for Kevin Federline says he wants to depose Britney Spears soon, the latest step in the former couple's ongoing child-custody battle.

"Britney Spears will have her deposition early (next) year," Mark Vincent Kaplan told People.com late Saturday outside a Beverly Hills restaurant. "We've got a lot to talk about."

Spears, 26, called in sick to a court-ordered deposition Dec. 12, although she was photographed that day driving with a friend.

"She was, in fact, out later that day and night," Kaplan said. "It's not fourth grade where you get a doctor's note and it's all OK."

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Jamie Lynn Spears, 16, Is Pregnant

Posted on December 19, 2007 at 10:45 AM

Yikes: Jamie Lynn Spears, star of Nick's Zoey 101 and younger sis of Britney Spears, is expecting a child. At sixteen, I'm surprised she even knows where babies come from. Maybe she didn't. Reportedly, Britney didn't even know about all this until after the story broke. So, um, kind of sad. Best wishes to all, though. From Reuters:

The cable channel confirmed a report in the forthcoming edition of celebrity gossip magazine OK! that Jamie Lynn Spears is expecting a child.

"We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being," Nickelodeon said in a statement e-mailed to Reuters.

A high school student who lives in Louisiana, Jamie Lynn Spears reportedly met the father, Casey Aldridge, the son of a Tennessee papermill worker, at church. Jamie Lynn Spears' personal publicist was not available for comment.

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Oops, She Etc, Etc, Etc

Posted on November 29, 2007 at 11:30 AM

The Britney Crazy Train rolls on! Now word is out on the street that Britney may be pregnant again. Yes, this is a rumor that's been around for awhile, but Google News has 47 articles on this possibility today. So that means something, right? Oh, and she has a sex room in her house filled with kinky outfits, fur-lined handcuffs and other goodies (baddies?). What else is in the sex room? How about:

1. Ticklers.
2. Whips.
3. A mirrored ceiling.
4. A glass jar containing spanking paddles.

Oh and, by the way, her furniture has poo on it. More from the NY Daily News:

"She wears Catholic schoolgirl uniforms, a maid's uniform and a Cinderella outfit," claims the mole. The source also contends Brit is so obsessed with Marilyn Monroe that she wants her nose redone to look like the blond model of self-destruction.

"Britney is sexually obsessed," the source tells [tabloid The] Star.

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Britney Sad, Plausible Past

Posted on November 20, 2007 at 11:56 AM

One of these days the world will lose interest in Britney Spears. Today is not that day. The upcoming US Weekly reveals (shockingly!) that Britney's whole "I'm a virgin" shtick was a PR move (you don't say), that she lost her virginity at 14 (I can't believe it) and that her and JT were getting Toxic from the get go (uh... duh). This being US Weekly, the hyperbole is pushed up to nauseating levels. Wanna sell magazines to impulse supermarket shoppers? Use phrases like "secret demons". The word 'secret' affords one the voyeuristic thrill that they are looking in on something they shouldn't. The word 'demon' is shocking to the pious religious folk, who, in this post Da Vinci Code world, are more fascinated than frightened by religious imagery.

So back to Britney. Does she have demons? In the loose sense of the word, yes. Are they secret? In any sense of the word, no.

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Britney Fails Drug Test, Runs Red Light

Posted on November 12, 2007 at 11:38 AM

Latest Brit Brit news: She failed a random drug test. Her lawyers claim it was a false positive result. She ran a red light and was texting at the same time, al with her two shorties in the back seat. K-Fed wants her banned from driving the children. Britney's lawyers call the drug tests unconstitutional. Could this go all the way to the Supreme Court? In Oppositeland, yes. From the Daily Mail:

Meanwhile, it has also been reported that Britney drove through a red light and was texting on her mobile phone while her two sons were in the back of the car.

Federline's lawyers have already asked the judge to ban Britney from driving with the children in the car, but this development could accelerate that decision.

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A Britney Update...

Posted on October 15, 2007 at 11:21 AM

Is it funny, or sad, or both?

1. Britney Spears calls Kevin Federline, threatens to kill herself.

2. PETA fears for the welfare of Britney's pets and has written a letter to Kevin Federline asking him to pursue custody of her pets.

3. Another sex tape may be coming out soon, and thieves took her dominatrix outfit. Story:

Britney Spears may face a new sex-tape scandal after it has emerged that kinky videos and photographs were among the items stolen from the star’s Los Angeles home last weekend.

The British tabloid The Sun reports that Spears is distraught after the gang made off with personal items, including a dominatrix-style outfit, after breaking into her 12 -million Beverly Hills home.

The Sun quoted a source as saying: “Britney is beside herself with worry — having your home broken into is bad enough for anybody, but when you’re famous and you have had some pretty personal things taken, it’s 10 times worse.

“These guys went first for all Britney’s personal stuff. They seemed to know in the long run this will be worth far more to them if they can sell it to the highest bidder.”

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That Britney Fan

Posted on October 8, 2007 at 11:04 AM

Crock Remember the androgynous dude that defended Britney Spears in that YouTube clip? Here is a photo of him by the AP, thanks to the NYT. Crazy.

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Britney Loses Manager, Soon To Lose Kids?

Posted on September 18, 2007 at 12:26 PM

It's like the end of Vertigo when Jimmy Stewart spirals down into the bowels of an insane mind, or the beginning of Buck Rogers, when Buck spun around through space, thrusting forward 500 years, or the end of 2001, when David Bowman heads into the monolith and sees the wonders of the universe in multi-colored, speeding form. It's like that except it's Britney Spears hurtling barefoot through public bathrooms, holding toddlers in her lap as she races out of Malibu-area Starbucks coffee shops, giving truly putrid performances as part of a comeback ,and now allegedly prancing nude in front of her children in drug-fueled romps. The drugs and nude dancing may cost her custody of her kids, while the rest of it has caused her management company of one month to part ways with her. From ABC News:

Tony Baretto, the former bodyguard, said he worked for Spears after her stint in rehab earlier this year.

"During that time, he became very concerned about the children and their safety," said Allred, who is representing Baretto.

Allred said Baretto, 28, wrote in a statement that he is prepared to testify about "issues of nudity by Ms. Spears, drug use and safety issues involving the children."

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