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Mara Wilson scared by 'the way people talked about Britney Spears'
Mara Wilson was "terrified" by "the way people talked about Britney Spears" early in her career. The 33-year-old star - who rose to fame as a child star in films like 'Matilda' and 'Mrs. Doubtfire' - is six years younger than the 'Toxic' hitmaker, and she has opened up on the parallels between their experiences growing up in the spotlight. Writing for The New York Times newspaper, she said: "The way people talked about Britney Spears was terrifying to me then, and it still is now. "Her story is a striking example of a phenomenon I’ve witnessed for years: Our culture builds these girls up just ...
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John Mayer realised his male privilege
John Mayer realised his male privilege after seeing how Britney Spears was treated in the new documentary about her life. The 'Free Fallin' hitmaker found fame at a similar time to the 'Toxic' singer and he admits that seeing how she was treated made him realise how lucky he was. Speaking to Andy Cohen on SiriusXM's Radio Andy, he said: "To go through this and come out the other side OK is to have infinite grace for those who struggle with it. I came out OK ... I have a very strong feeling that part of that is because I’m a man. And I have a very strong feeling that a lot of these things that ...
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Sam Asghari gets new modelling management team
Britney Spears' boyfriend Sam Asghari has landed a new modelling management team. DT Model Management announced on Monday (22.02.21) that they had signed the 26-year-old star for special bookings. Other models represented by the company include Ireland Baldwin, the daughter of former Hollywood couple Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, and Destry Allyn Spielberg – the daughter of film director Stephen Spielberg. Sam recently spoke out in support of Britney amid the release of new documentary 'Framing Britney Spears' – which delves into her rise to fame, as well as her mental health and legal strugg...
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Bella Thorne likens herself to Britney Spears
Bella Thorne has likened herself to Britney Spears. The 'Midnight Sun' actress has recalled how she was "very famous" at the age of 14 and was constantly followed by paparazzi, so she sympathises with Britney's experience. She said: "It was so sad when I watched it. Everything I was looking at made me really, really, really sad knowing that this was happening, knowing that this still happens, knowing that we're all a part of this, that we all did this to her ... "By the time I was 14 I was very famous and there was paparazzi, people constantly looking at me and trying to touch me and insert th...
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Perez Hilton apologised to Britney Spears in December
Perez Hilton personally apologised to Britney Spears in December. The 42-year-old media personality has revealed he offered an apology to Britney, 39, before the 'Framing Britney Spears' documentary - which explored her fame and the conservatorship she's been living under since 2008 - was aired. Perez shared: "I don't want to get into details, but I did apologise to Britney recently ... actually I'll, I'll say when - in December. I don't need to go into details about how, but, you know, I went through this big emotional break in December." Perez was encouraged to reach out to Britney after dis...
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Howard Stern joins Free Britney movement
Howard Stern has joined the Free Britney Spears movement after years of criticising her. The radio talk show host has been a fierce critic of the 'Circus' hitmaker - even once claiming she "still thinks the earth is flat" - for years but he now thinks the singer should be in charge of her own life. Speaking on his SiriusXM show, he said: "I think I’m Free Britney now, I think I’m full on Free Britney. Ozzy [Osbourne] bit the head off of a bat in a business meeting. He’s in charge of his own finances." When Britney - who has spent years under her father Jamie Spears' conservatorship - joined th...
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Britney Spears 'is confident she'll regain control of her life'
Britney Spears is "100 percent confident she will take back control of her life". The 39-year-old pop star has spent years under her father's conservatorship, but Billy 'Billy B' Brasfield - her close friend and former make-up artist - is convinced she'll soon be able to make crucial decisions about her finances and her personal life. He shared: "As ‘unicorn like’ as the world thinks Britney is, she’s a very normal, down-to-earth person. She’s just in an extraordinary situation. “We’ll be talking on the phone for example, and she’ll say, ‘Hold on a second I’m doing my laundry.’ “The other day ...
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Sam Asghari Wishes Girlfriend Britney Spears A Happy Valentine’s Day
Britney Spears is feeling the love this Valentine’s Day. The pop star’s boyfriend, Sam Asghari, shared a sweet image of the couple on his Instagram to celebrate the holiday. “After chocolate I’m her favorite happy chocolate day lioness #myvalentine,” he captioned the photo of the couple on a hike. Spears met Asghari on set of her 2016 “Slumber Party” music video. The pair began dating shortly after. Asghari made headlines last week in support of her girlfriend after Framing Britney Spears, a documentary about Spears and her conservatorship with her father. Spears has been in an ongoing legal...
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Britney Spears like a 'toddler with no rights', says collaborator
Britney Spears' collaborator claims the pop star is treated "like a toddler with no rights". The 'Gimme More' hitmaker worked with Claude Kelly on her 2008 album 'Circus' , the same year she was placed under a conservatorship - which saw her father Jamie Spears and, at the time, lawyer Andrew Wallet take control of her personal and professional affairs - after her well-publicised breakdown and the songwriter admitted at the time he thought the troubled singer was being "mistreated". Claude recalled to The Sun newspaper: "The studio we worked at has really high fences and they were climbing the...
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Britney Spears' ex-assistant claims she was threatened by Jamie
Britney Spears' cousin and former assistant has claimed the singer's father "threatened" her life if she didn't cut contact with the star. Alli Sims hasn't spoken to the 'Toxic' hitmaker since January 2008 when Jamie Spears - who at the time was yet to be appointed conservator of his daughter's affairs - allegedly called her and warned something would happen to her if she didn't sever her bond with Britney. Alli - who left her job to move in with Britney and be paid as her assistant in 2007 - told NBC News:"He 100 percent was threatening me with my life. "I didn’t put it past him, so I didn’t ...
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