All you want to know about Britney

Ethics for Journalists
on former heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno being admitted into a psychiatric hospital 'Bonkers Bruno locked ... As pop superstar Britney Spears went through some kind of mental crisis in January 2008, the media pack pursued her ...

Vibe
Carey left the hospital on August 7, but reportedly checked into UCLA Medical Center a month later. ... Britney Spears didn't waste any time biting Aaliyah with that wack-ass snake routine at the MTV Video Music Awards, did she? 5.

Camp Crazy [BoyxBoy]
"I was thinking more of a mental hospital." He sent me a look. "A mental hospital?" "For your condition. ... I'm gonna pull a Britney Spears move and go bald. I started kicking everything, ended up kicking Payne. "Seriously?

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Of Delta Burke, we read: "Delta Burke checked herself into a psychiatric hospital last week for depression, obsessive- compulsive ... 126 And Britney Spears has been making headlines most of her life for wildly erratic behavior.

The Exile of Britney Spears, A Tale of 21st Century Consumption
But by this point, we had already begun to make our assumptions about Britney's mental state – shaky at best. ... When they arrive, paramedics find Britney, with her children, on some sort of drug. She is rushed to the hospital ...

The X Factor encourages us to laugh at the emotionally fragile. Are we really ...

Of them are. But it doesn't look that way to me, or to most viewers. We tweet with gaiety at the examples of apparent madness on display, chant our approval at the judges’ scorn and laugh as the audience boos them off the situation amidst hoots of derision.

We are no longer allowed, rightly or wrongly, to engage in levity or humour when it comes to minorities. Cracking jokes or even voicing opinions about Jews, blacks, homosexuals or the inoperative are off limits during our day-to-day life, and should even vaguely politically incorrect opinions ever be made public they are slapped down, heads roll and people get fired. The PC brigade thoughtfully looks after women too: a chum of mine works in a bank where he will not compliment a co-worker on her new haircut in case he is fired for sexual harassment.

It seems that the last subsection of our beau monde that is fair game are the mentally ill. "Mental" is commonly used as a description of everything from traffic conditions and the weather to the kid in the playground contribution up nonconformist opinions and the dude sitting by the cashpoint mumbling to himself. It’s endorsed on TV where shows like Big Brother, X Moneylender and Britain’s Got Talent routinely offer us meltdowns and breakdowns to appease our insatiable rubbernecking. The X Factor even invites the noticeably deluded contestants (the ones who were laughed off stage in the early auditions) back during the finals to do what can only be described as a retarded mixture that bears not even a vague resemblance to music.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

News

Sam Lufti Sues The Parents Of Britney Spears - Glosslip

Glosslip, OH - Feb 04, 2009

New York Constantly NewsSam Lufti Sues The Parents Of Britney Spears Think about it…this time last year, Britney was in the hospital. But let’s go one step further, for the visually oriented among us. Look at this photo, The Comeback Leader Strikes Again Britney Spears Files New Restraining Orders Against Sam Lutfi

The Michael Phelps Endorsement Factor - Branding Strategy Insider

Branding Strategy Insider, FL - Feb 11, 2009

The Michael Phelps Imprimatur Factor It was only a year ago that Britney Spears was committed to a psychiatric hospital, but her latest video, for the song Circus, shows her decked in Bulgari

Britney Spears Diaries and Videos Stolen from Home - TransWorldNews (press release)

TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Feb 04, 2009

Britney Spears Diaries and Videos Stolen from Accommodations According to the National Enquirer, the diaries contain intimate details about Spears’ breakdown and time in the theoretical ward at a California hospital.

Healthy balance - Sacramento News & Review

Sacramento News & Review, CA - Feb 05, 2009

Fine fettle balance And Britney Spears despises them. Electronic medical records, or EMRs. Erase those illegible doctor scrawls. Writhe those tattered, color-coded patient charts

Adnan Ghalib still dating Britney - Xinhua

Xinhua, China - Feb 11, 2009

XinhuaAdnan Ghalib still dating Britney Choir member Britney Spears arrives at the Cannes festival palace to attend the NRJ Music Awards in Cannes in this January 24, 2004 column photo.