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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Britney's Getting Married; Kate's Smacking The Kids
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we learn that Britney's engaged; Kate's a distracted mom and The Hills makes you bulimic. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by Penny: Fuck you, Pratt. I am so tired of people trivializing EDs. And no recently recovered bulimic would pose... 36 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Sapphic Encounters And Haircut Advice, At Prices That Can't Be Beat
Every Wednesday, we rummage through the gossip clearance aisle in Midweek Madness to determine whether OK!, Us, Life & Style, In Touch or Star, has valuable dirt you want at a price you can afford. [Jezebel]
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By MargaretComment by greengrey thinks the layout sucks/swallows: I do not understand Kate's hair. Does she think it's flattering? Why does she do it? HOW does she go... 46 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Angelina's Pregnant, Lindsay Refuses Rehab
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we search for worthwhile "news" in In Touch, Star, Life & Style, Ok! and Us. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: That is not Rupert Everett. The pod people have kidnapped and replaced him. 17 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Brit's Back With Kevin and Lindsay Talks To Us
Welcome back to Midweek Madness! The tabloids flirt with actual reporting this week in a lengthy interview with Lindsay Lohan. But don't worry, Brit and K-Fed's reunion is still anonymously sourced and possibly untrue. [Jezebel]
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By MargaretComment by sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): OMG JOHN MAYER MIGHT BE GAY BECAUSE HE SUPPORTS GAY CAUSES! I also might have had multiple abortions because... 11 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Choose Your Own Brangelina Adventure
Wednesday means one thing: Midweek Madness. The covers are all over the place this week, like what's up with Brangelina? Did she kick him out? Agree to be Mrs. Pitt? Is he cheating with Natalie Portman? [Jezebel]
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By MargaretComment by mommymash: "They run around in the same dirty clothes, underwear, and socks for days at a time. And when Nadya gets... 13 Responses | Other threads
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celebritards
How Twitter Saved the Celebrity P.R.
Blogs, Facebook, and Twitter were supposed to liberate famous people from old-media gatekeepers. But John Mayer, Courtney Love, and others are teaching us that public figures are terrible at shaping their own image. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Stream Of Consciousness: God...I absolutely hate to admit it but I have been getting sucked into twitter lately. There is so much hilarious... 3 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Pregnancies, Nose Jobs, Cheating & Sex Tapes
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we "read" the celebrity weeklies so you don't "have" to. Contributing editor Margaret assists as we dissect In Touch, Life & Style, Us, Ok! and Star. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): As much as I dont want to talk about Jen A. ( cause I love her like that) if this... 25 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Veiled Vows For Chris And Rihanna
Welcome to Midweek Madness, in which we attempt to piece together actual news from the celebrity tabloids. This week, most covers featured Rihanna and Chris Brown's reported reunion, with Star claiming that they got married. [Jezebel]
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By MargaretComment by saintbernadette: "Pizza or Pregnant?" Those are the only 2 choices? How about potatoes, mashed; period-time; Pillsbury biscuits; pancakes!? 18 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Heidi Klum Is Way Too Fat to Be a Model
So says plastic-faced German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop, anyway. Yes, someone named Wolfgang Joop has criticized someone else for something. Heidi's reps say that the designer is just trying to ride her coattails. More »
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gossip roundup
New Career for Dina Lohan: Hobo
She's done reality TV and (horrifyingly) interviewed her own daughter on the red carpet, and now Dina Lohan, mother of Lindsay and presumably other children, has an exciting new job opportunity: creepy Long Island transient. More »
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Comment by Weegee's bored: How is that that our brilliant and sensitive Facebook commenters didn't jump on the line "I haven't been in arears... 6 Responses | Other threads
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tortured logic
You Only Think Miley Cyrus Is Racist Because Britney Spears Is Sober
Though Miley Cyrus may have been Oscar-snubbed, at least she's the frontrunner for a Tortured Logic nomination after she blamed the media uproar for her slanty-eyed play-acting on...Britney Spears's sobriety. More »
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Thwarted Henchman Sam Lutfi Sues For Prolonged Britney-Exposure
Since having been returned to her grits-fixin' father for safekeeping, Britney's displaced entourage of swarthy, middle-aged ne'er-do-wells have turned cantankerous. Friday, she issued restraining orders against goon-faced heavy Sam Lutfi and soulless-patched paparazzo Adnan Ghalib. More » -
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How They Did It: Britney's Vagina-Hacker Tells All
Monday brought gifts from the Blogger Gods, as a string of Twitter hackings relayed such one-sentence newsflashes as "Britney Spears['s vagina is] about 4 feet wide with razor sharp teeth," and "Bill O'Reilly is gay." More »
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By SethComment by kookla: I am so not technical. I don't even know what a Twitter is. 2 Responses | Other threads
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vagina dentata
Twitterin' Britney Updates Us On Her Giant, Man-Eating Ladyparts
Subscribers to Britney Spears's official Twitter feed (yep—Brit's Twitterin'!) have grown accustomed to updates like "I love Japan! I think all the tiny cars are so cute!"
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By SethComment by Victor Ward: And here I thought it was a giant plant screaming, "Feed me, semen." 1 Responses | Other threads
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Britney's Dad Given Court-Ordered Raise For Keeping Her Less Deliciously Insane
If there's anything Britney Spears needs right now, it's a reminder that everyone close to the pop star relies on her for their own financial well-being. But how lucrative is it to be her sponge?
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Comment by dinalohan: Hmmm. My dad took care of me for free. But, then again, I'm not a hugely talented singer/dancer/comedic actress. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Britney and Ellen Shake Their Asses In Tribute to Birth of Baby Jesus
Though the idea of Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres caroling together may sound cute in concept, it's hard to believe Spears would perform even "Frosty the Snowman" sans lip-synching or Autotune.
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lynne spears
Britney's Mom Finally Admits That Meltdown Was All Her Fault
There's something about that wily British press that can extract a flat-out mea culpa from interview subjects where hundreds of American journalists have tried and failed. Frost did it with Nixon, and now the Daily Mail does it with Lynne Spears, mother of Britney. No doubt, a ragtag group of journalists and producers got together for months poring over their strategy, and now, finally, they have given Lynne the cross-examination she never had, producing the apology an entire country had been clamoring for:
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Have 'Em In Bed by Midnight: The one morning we don't listen to Ryan Seacrest's show, look at what we miss: Pussycat Dolls Celebrity Child Daycare is officially ready for business! And they didn't waste any time courting their first client. "We can babysit Britney Spears' kids!" said lead Doll Nicole Scherzinger, whose combo will open for Spears on her upcoming tour. Surely both parties couldn't ask for a better deal, with young Sean and Jayden Federline getting the tender pop-burlesque nanny care that has long eluded them, and the gaze of the boys' innocent eyes helping the Dolls endure the nightly pain of backstage Brazilian waxes. Win-win! [RyanSeacrest.com]
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By STVComment by NoWireHangers: It must be hard to do sexy "singing" and "dancing" for years and then be expected to come up... more » | Other threads
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Jamie Lynn Spears Pioneers Brand-New 'Lipo While Pregnant' Gambit
It was just last December when knocked-up teen Jamie Lynn Spears attended a showing of knocked-up teen comedy Juno, and oh, how we all larfed! The parallels, they were strong! The imagined glances between Jamie Lynn and mom Lynne, so awkward! Now, though, Star is revealing an extra wrinkle that might have made that Juno viewing even more unbearable: you see, much like our homeskillet Juno MacGuff, Jamie Lynn originally thought she was carrying a "food baby." Sadly, by the time she figured out it was a "baby baby," she had already done something she probably shouldn't have:
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Comment by mustardpony: O.K., all these "I didn't know I was pregnant" stories confuse me. As someone who has given birth to... 1 Responses | Other threads
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This Week In Tabloids: Britney's Deadly Diet, Heidi's Hoax, Mary-Kate Knocked Up?
This is Wednesday, therefore this is Midweek Madness. Britney's comeback, crisis and "deadly diet" dominated the covers this week, with three out of five magazines using her as the main image. Us still maintains that Heidi and Spencer are wed, despite the fact that most of the other weeklies call the elopement a "hoax." (Us: Best Headline Ever.) Find out "Who's Really Pregnant" and "How They Got Thin Fast," with the assistance of Intern Margaret, as we judge the worth of In Touch, Life & Style, Us, OK! and Star, after the jump. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by dirtybee: Re: Britney using seizure medication - I'm taking Depakote for bi-polar disorder, and it's also used for folks that have... 32 Responses | Other threads
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Farrah Fawcett Cancer Leak Probably Not Worth UCLA Worker's Upcoming Years in Prison
It seemed like a good idea at the time, we suppose: Sneak celebrities' medical records to the National Enquirer, collect $4,700 and quietly go back to your day job knowing you helped a venerable journalistic institution uphold its mission of transparency and insight into the fraught conditions of Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and others. But that was then, and this — a guilty plea and a possible 10-year prison sentence for tabloid source Lawanda Jackson — is now.
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By STVComment by NotChoinski: I read that headline and thought, Farah is leaking cancer? 2 Responses | Other threads
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britney spears
5 Unanswered Questions Prompted By 'Britney: For the Record'
After weeks of doling out clips to a Cheeto-starved global audience, MTV finally aired the paparazzi cautionary tale entitled Britney: For the Record last night. "No topic was off limits," boasted the introductory crawl. "No question went unanswered." And no follow-up question went asked! Thus, we left the special with almost as many concerns as we had going in, including: -
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Britney Spears Fan Karl Lagerfeld Stuns Meg Ryan at Awards Show
Here at Defamer HQ, we'd agreed that no recent video packed so many delightful moments into so short a time as Stephen Colbert's rendition of "Peace, Love, and Understanding (f. Feist, Toby Keith, and a bear)," and then, a challenger emerged! Sure, there was lots of talk this morning about yesterday's Britney Spears performance at the German ceremony known as the Bambi Awards, but precious little of that discussion centered on Spears accepting her award from eccentric designer Karl Lagerfeld. We're at a loss to pick our favorite moment: is it Lagerfeld telling Britney, "[You are] coming back not only as a phoenix, but as a bird of paradise"? Is it Britney's "Y'all, double-u-tee-eff?" reaction? Or is it the random cutaway to a totally confused Meg Ryan? You be the judge — the clip is after the jump: -
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Suspicious Britney Spears Investigates Who Taught Her 3-Year-Old the F-Word
Yes, that's Britney Spears on the cover of Rolling Stone, with the least exposed flesh she's ever shown on the cover of that magazine. Her interview inside is similarly unrevealing, mostly recounting Britney's dating travails (of one beau, Britney said she was "trying to ask him questions, like, 'OK, you're into martial arts, so what kind of martial arts are you into?' And he was like, 'Oh, all kinds'"), though she does take the time to tweak Kevin Federline's skills as a father. It may not surprise you, reader, to learn that K-Fed's kick game is far superior to his parenting: More »
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Comment by Allie Anne: I can't snark about Britney. She looks REAL and beautiful and I give her credit for dealing with her issues... 6 Responses | Other threads
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This Week In Tabloids: Jolie's Joyous, Heidi's Hitched, Britney's Bulimic
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, appearing a day early due to the shortened holiday week. Us landed an "exclusive" cover story about Heidi and Spencer's "spur-of-the-moment" wedding, but the In Touch cover story (in which a source says Angelina Jolie told a London waiter not to pour her a drink because she's pregnant) is also intriguing — if true. Of the other covers this week, two are dullsville: Reese Witherspoon's on OK! and there's non-news "Baby News" in Life & Style. But Star's "Bodyguards Tell All" story includes snippets about a certain pop star who believes in unicorns. Maria assists as we give thanks for gossip and feast on the rumors in In Touch, OK!, Life & Style, Us and Star, after the jump. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by EkaterinaBallerina: He says: "I just don't want to get shot or stabbed. I just don't want someone to have a needle... 15 Responses | Other threads
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New Frontiers in Tortured Ledes! This week's award for "worst first sentence" goes to TMZ, which began a Britney Spears story with this uniquely overwritten, not exactly timely lede: "Britney Spears wants daddy Jamie to become more like Barack Obama, and forget the words, 'No You Can't!'" We'd like to forget too, TMZ. Thanks for playing! [TMZ] -
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Britney Admits Her Marriage Was The Sort of Mistake Even Autotune Can't Fix
Now that a sober, nicely-weaved Britney Spears has had time to peruse her own Wikipedia entry, she's finally coming to grips with the things she barely remembers doing in a misty haze of Red Bull, Benzos, and Hot Pocket chicken fajitas. "What the hell was I thinking?" she once asked, and now, in a new clip from Britney: For the Record, she applies that question to her short-lived marriage to Kevin Federline. Sadly, in news that will surely dash hopes of a reconciliation, she admits that both Federline and his kick game were ridiculous. "I think I married for all the wrong reasons," she says. "I just did it because...for just, like, the idea of everything." Let this be a lesson: even though the fantasy of two souls exchanging vows in customized Juicy Couture "pimp" sweatpants is compelling, it's no reason to be hasty. Clip after the jump! More »
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Comment by shag_carpet_bomb: She really, really, can't sing. Pity. 1 Responses | Other threads
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Tearful Britney Spears Misses the 'Excitement' Of Being Totally Fucking Crazy
It's rare that a stage-managed pop star can break free of her chains, but all of America bore witness to a time in Britney Spears's life when a gum-smacking "Y'all!" became a Klonopin-chomping "Y'allllllll." Now, Spears appears to be back on the wagon and of sound mind, body, and hair, but she confesses in the new documentary Britney: For the Record that she almost prefers the bald ol' days: More »
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Comment by Little Mintz Sunshine: Umm, Brit? If you weren't under the restraints you're under (and didn't have family with a financial stake in your... 2 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Angelina & Aniston Are Impregnated; Obama Is Amazing
Welcome back to Midweek Madness! All anyone can think about today is the President Elect, Barack Obama, and Us is the only celebrity tabloid to put him on the cover. The four other covers? Business as usual: Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie each land a cover, because they're both allegedly pregnant, and Jen's with twins. Suri Cruise wins a cover because she might get a baby brother, Xenu willing. And Britney Spears and her mental illness get a cover. All the usual suspects. Intern Margaret assists as we look for meaning in Star, Us, OK!, In Touch and Life & Style, after the jump. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by Ascendo_tuum: Total threadjack here, so feel free to delete, after I get some hugs. I just got dumped. On TODAY, of... 25 Responses | Other threads
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MISTRIAL! After extended jury deliberations that lasted twice as long as the trial itself, the Britney Spears License Trial of the Century ended this afternoon in a mistrial. Attorneys gave their closing arguments another try this morning, not long after the jury foreman acknowledged the panel was split 10-2 (he wouldn't disclose which way) as to whether or not Spears broke the law last summer while driving, hitting and running without a California license. The singer avoids potential jail time at a critical juncture in her career, thus clearing her name (for now), restoring her newfound momentum and reopening herself to another decade at least of catty Mr. Blackwell rejoinders from beyond the grave. Congrats, Brit! [AP]
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By STVComment by Miss d: Wadda ya know? If she'd been a nobody, she would have done time - and not 17 minutes either... Sorry BritBrit... 2 Responses | Other threads
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short ends
Drew Barrymore Plays Nervously With Hair When Pressed For Stories Of Heartbreak
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Jury, DMV Drama Kick Off the Britney Spears License Trial of the Century
Britney Spears was nowhere to be seen on the first day of her trial for driving without a license, a charge stemming from her decision to flee that haunted Petco parking lot where she struck a car in August 2007. With the hit-and-run allegations settled, however, and both her lawyer and the district attorney in agreement that her addled ass was behind the wheel, a jury will be left to decide Britney's fate in the bitter license battle. "A jury," you ask? Indeed: The Britney Spears License Trial actually has a jury of her peers, opening statements, potential jail time — all that criminal stuff that threatens to derail her lobby-waitress comeback before it even really began. But will she ever deign to drop in to testify in her own defense? More »
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By STVComment by WGARefugee: I'm recommending the Catherine Tramell defense, with ping pong balls. more » | Other threads
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Back From The Brink, Britney Wonders 'What The Hell Was I Thinking?'
We're not sure what precise incident Britney Spears would finger in identifying her definitive "rock-bottom moment"—there were just so many, they probably all blurred into a single, scarring memory of her bald, pantieless self attacking a hunky music video extra in a hot tub with an umbrella surrounded by a horrified VMAs audience as her swarthy paparazzo lover videotaped the erotic trainwreck from a safe distance. But we're happy to now report that there's good news. No—great news: More »
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By SethComment by Old No.7: By any chance, did her recovery from rock bottom include time spent taking singing lessons? 2 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Beppo: Oh, Britney. To me, you'll always be the bald, crazy girl wielding an umbrella. 1 Responses | Other threads
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New Images Suggest Britney's Comeback As Slutty Lobby Waitress Nearly Complete
Hot off the pages of Britney.com, we bring you these stills from the set of "Womanizer"—a new single that announces with a man-hating electrothump that the Queen of Pop is back, and for real this time, dammit. So productive has the New, VMA-Festooned Britney become, she plays three separate vixens in this production. In the accompanying photo, Britney is a PVC-bustier-rocking hotel cocktail waitress delivering a snifter of Courvoisier with a snarl, presumably to whichever Timbaland protege produced this song. More »
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By SethComment by WGARefugee: Can you buy what they lipo'd out of her on Ebay? I'd like to smoke it. 1 Responses | Other threads
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adnan ghalib
Britney's 'Sex Tape' Ex Offended By Rumors That He Wants a Piece of Her
Like Bigfoot, the legend surrounding Britney Spears's sex tape is one that refuses to go away, no matter how terrifying it might be to eventually lay eyes on the real thing. Also, much like Bigfoot, recent news that appeared to finally confirm its existence may have been dashed, as the sex tape's supposed peddler, paparazzo ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, is claiming that no such thing exists. First Anne Hathaway, now Britney — is any celebrity sex rumor safe? Said an angry Ghalib to Star: More »
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rants
How Celebrity Sex Tapes Ruined America, One Thrust At A Time
The Three Fates are almost done spinning the American narrative, Atropos readying her scissors to deliver one final snip. When the story is done the great heralding beacon of the end of days will burn brightly, in the form of a Britney Spears sex tape. Yes indeed the misbegotten pop star apparently filmed herself in flagrante delicto with her old creepy paparazzo boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, and now he's waving it around threatening to release it. How did we get to this point? Well, after the jump we'll take a look at three other celebrity sex tapes that, had our foresight only been as 20/20 as our hindsight, we could have recognized as the end of everything.
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Time to Wig Out: The Britney Spears Sex Tape Is On the Market
Though Britney Spears is currently shooting the video for her upcoming single "Womanizer," it's another, very different clip that's begun to attract attention: a long-rumored sex tape involving the then-bewigged star, shot in Mexico by her former paparazzi beau Adnan Ghalib. Now, Ghalib is finally confirming the sex tape's existence, and he says he's willing to sell it to the highest bidder: More »
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Comment by NoGrumpys: the Paps are just trying to smear Brittanyyes - its a Paps smear... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by TheQuestion: @Pop Socket: She's just making sure everyone notes that she's braless. 1 Responses | Other threads
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