The Elvis Presley of our day, and not necessarily in a good way. He devolved from a talented, charismatic performer into a bloated tragic figure. Now we get to watch Brit tumble from a virginal pop tartlet/snake charmer into the flip-flop-favoring, car-seat-hating baby mama and wife of Kevin Federline. Wait, this is the prodigy of infectious pop? The gal who made Baby, One More Time? Holy Tiger Beat, we just can't believe it. For the sake of Sean Preston, we hope this Louisiana lass wakes up and smells the fried bananas: Toxicity, thy name is Federline.
Credits
11 Movies, 20 TV appearances, 3 awards
Family
Brother: Bryan Spears
Born c. 1977
Father: Jamie Spears
Born c. 1953; divorced from Lynn
Mother: Lynne Spears
Born c. 1955; divorced from Jamie Spears
Sister: Jamie Lynn Spears
Born April 4, 1991; starred in the Nickelodeon television series "Zoey 101"
Son: Jayden James Federline
Born Sep. 12, 2006; father, Kevin Federline
Son: Sean Preston Federline
Born Sep. 14, 2005; father, Kevin Federline
Hookups
Companion: Adnan Ghalib
Began dating in December 2007
Companion: Columbus Short
Rumored to be the cause of her 2002 split from Justin Timberlake
Companion: Fred Durst
Announced on the "Howard Stern Show" that he slept with Spears in 2003; Spears denied they were ever involved
Companion: Isaac Cohen
Cohen's agent confirmed they were dating as of December 2006; they spit two months later
Notes
"I'm human just like everybody. I get mad sometimes." - Britney Spears explaining her actions after flipping off a group of paparazzi in Mexico in July 2002
"It's great that this wedding has happened, because it has made me realize that I am growing up, becoming a woman, and things just need to be different." - Britney Spears on her marriage to Kevin Federline quoted to People, Oct. 4, 2004
"People assume I'm some puppet and people are telling me what to do all the time. When I first got signed to a record label, I was 15. So I did have some help at first. You don't know what you're doing. But now with experience and as time goes on I know what I need." - Spears to USA Weekend, Feb. 18-20, 2000
A court commissioner ruled March 5, 2008 that Britney Spears' father will retain control of the troubled pop star's finances and estate until July 31, 2008.
Britney Spears on the tied-up white blouse that first bared her now legendary stomach in the "...Baby One More Time" video: "The outfits looked kind of dorky, so I was like, 'Let's tie up our shirts and be cute.' It was about being a girl and knowing about fashion." - from People, Feb. 14, 2000
Britney Spears to Rolling Stone, April 15, 1999: "I want to be big all around the world."
Controversial feminist author Camille Paglia on Spears: "She is a glorified 1950s high school cheerleader with an undertone of perverse 1990s sexuality. Britney is simultaneously wholesome and ripely sensual. She's Lolita on aerobics." - quoted in People, Feb. 14, 2000
Despite Spears' claims that she had remained a virgin and wished to remain one until marriage, Timberlake insisted they had sex during their relationship. Spears later acknowledged this to be true, saying, "It was two years into my relationship with Justin, and I thought he was the one. But I was wrong!"
In April 1999, a then 17-year-old Spears was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in a sexually suggestive Lolita-themed photoshoot which triggered speculation that the singer had breast implants.
In August 2003, Spears caused more controversy with a photoshoot by photographer Michael Thompson which appeared in W. The photos displayed Spears in a dominatrix-inspired shoot, complete with sexually suggestive poses. In the interview by Rob Haskell which accompanied the photos, Spears admitted to having lost her virginity to ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake two years into their relationship. She also revealed that she enjoys tobacco smoking, and that she kissed Colin Farrell but had no serious relationship with him.
The sexualized public image of Spears once again became a topic of debate as a result of her November 2003 semi-nude photospread for men's magazine Esquire.
In August 2006, a video of Spears began circulating the Internet. In the three-minute video, previously released as a bonus on the Britney and Kevin: Chaotic DVD, Spears seems disoriented and confused and claims that she is "missing out on life" and that she is generally behind everyone else. Federline tells her it is because of all the partying, to which she strongly disagrees. Spears then begins to try and legitimately convince him that the concept of time travel as portrayed in the Back to the Future series is real.
In November 2006, shortly after her breakup with Federline, Spears was seen on the dance-club circuit with Paris Hilton, and was photographed with no panties by several paparazzi. Spears wrote on her official Web site in December that it had been "so long" since she last joined friends and went "out on the town," and admitted that she "probably" took her newfound freedom" a little too far. "Anyway, thank God for Victoria's Secrets' new underwear line!"
In September 2007, the official findings in Spears's custody battle were announced by the court. She was ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol testings and to attend parenting counseling. Spears and Federline continued to share joint custody of their two children on a conditional basis.
Jive Records senior vice president Jeff Fenster on Britney Spears: "For any artist, the motivation, the 'eye of the tiger' is extremely important. And Britney had that. This was clearly a self-motiviating person from a very young age." - quoted in Rolling Stone magazine, April 15, 1999
June 9, 2004, Britney Spears underwent arthroscopic knee surgery after injuring herself during a video shoot in Manhattan.
On Feb. 16, 2007, after weeks of publicity surrounding late-night partying and alcohol use, Spears entered an offshore drug rehab facility, but stayed for less than twenty-four hours.
On Feb. 17, 2007, Britney was seen outside a closed Sherman Oaks hair salon where she shaved her own head with clippers. After leaving the salon, Spears visited a tattoo parlor and got multiple tattoos. Photos of a bald Britney quickly circulated the Internet. Trying to explain the incident, Spears said "I don't want anyone touching me. I'm tired of everybody touching me."
On Feb. 20, 2007 Spears entered rehab, according to the singer's manager Larry Rudolph. "Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today," Rudolph said in a statement. "We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time."
On Jan. 3, 2008, Spears was taken to a Los Angeles hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. The troubled singer was taken from her house by paramedics in an ambulance to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, following a four-hour standoff at her Beverly Hills mansion where she refused to hand over her two sons to her former husband Kevin Federline. Police were called to the scene about an hour into the dispute. All the emergency services - police, medical and fire crews - were present at the star's house during the incident, which was referred to as a "family custody dispute" by the Los Angeles police. Spears had refused to hand over sons Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, to Federline following a scheduled visit on Thursday - which was due to end at 7pm when Federline's bodyguard arrived to pick up the boys, although the boys were finally handed over to Federline around 11pm local time. Spears was detained by police and then transported via ambulance to Cedars-Sinai. She remains under a "5150 hold," which, is enforced "when any person, as a result of mental disorder, is a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled."
On January 30, 2008, Spears was taken to UCLA Medical Center to be put on a 5150 Involuntary psychiatric hold for the second time in a month. One day later a Court placed Spears under temporary conservatorship of her father James Spears, giving him complete control of her assets.
On July 18, 2008, Britney Spears and her ex-husband Kevin Federline reached a custody settlement in which Federline retains sole legal and physical custody of sons Sean Preston and Jayden James and Spears keeps her visitation rights.
On Oct. 1, 2007, Spears lost physical custody of her children to Kevin Federline. The court ruled that Federline will keep full custody of the children, while Britney would be allowed just two daytime visits a week, plus an overnight visit. A court-appointed monitor must be present during all visits.
Photos published on Feb. 7, 2006, showed Spears driving her SUV in Los Angeles with her infant son, Sean, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back. The photos show Spears holding the wheel of the car with one hand, and her 4-month-old baby with the other. In a statement to People, Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi" and that "I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I love my child and would do anything to protect him."
Spears returned to the spotlight in August 2003 when she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards with Madonna and pop singer Christina Aguilera. Spears and Aguilera performed Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", and each locked lips with Madonna. Spears' kiss with Madonna attracted publicity that lasted several months, while Aguilera's kiss with Madonna attracted less publicity
Spears speaking about her parents reaction to her kissing Madonna at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards: "Well, my mom liked it actually. I was really kind of nervous! I was like, Oh my God, my mom... she's going to see this! But no, she liked it! And my dad, weirdly enough, he thought it was fine, too. I mean, come on... it's Madonna. If you can kiss any girl in the world, that has to be her." - from CBSnews.com, Sep. 5, 2003
Spears was allowed brief visits with her sons, Jayden James, 1, and Sean Preston, 2, beginning in late February after not seeing them for nearly two months. That happened after Spears and Federline "agreed to a modification of the court's order" that had stripped Spears of her visitation rights, according to Federline attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan.
Spears was released from the hospital on Feb. 6, 2008 although her parents expressed disappointment and concern at the decision to release her.
Milestones
(2000) Appeared in a McDonald's commercial filmed in Canada but refused to film a non-union United States-produced commercial for Clairol's Herbal Essence shampoo during the commercial actors' strike; donated $1 of each ticket sold at a concert in California to the SAG Foundation
(2006) Appeared on Dateline NBC to discuss tabloid rumors about an impending divorce from her husband, future career plans, her emotional state and motherhood
(1990) Auditioned for the Disney Channel series "The Mickey Mouse Club"; at eight was considered too young by producers
(1987) Began dance lessons at the age of five
(1992) Competed on the syndicated talent series "Star Search"; won for her debut performance, but was defeated the following week
(2002) Feature film acting debut in "Crossroads", directed by Tamra Davis
(1998) First single, "...Baby One More Time"
(2000) Followed up with the successful sophomore effort Oops!... I Did it Again
(2005) Guest starred on an episode of "Will & Grace," (NBC) as a Christian conservative sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, who hosts his own talk show
(1999) Guested on an episode of the sitcom "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (ABC)
(2001) Hosted the American Music Awards telecast on ABC
(2000) Lent her vocal talents to an episode of "The Simpsons", playing herself
(1991) Moved with mother and sister to New York City to pursue an acting career
(2007) Opend the MTV Video Music Awards with her new single "Gimme More"
(2002) Opened restaurant called NyLa in New York City; terminated her relationship with the restaurant, citing mismanagement and management's failure to keep her fully updated
(2004) Received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording for the song "Toxic"
(2003) Recieved Star on the Hollywood walk of Fame
(2004) Released Greatest Hits: My Prerogative featuring three new songs, including "My Prerogative" and "Do Somethin'"
(2003) Released fourth album In the Zone, which featured Madonna on it's first single "Me Against the Music"
(1999) Released multiplatinum debut album ...Baby One More Time
Returned to Louisiana
(2004) Signed a five year deal with Elizabeth Arden to develop fragrance, cosmetics and skin care products
(1997) Signed with Jive Records
(2005) Starred in a six-part reality series titled "Britney and Kevin: Chaotic" (UPN), which mixed footage shot during the pair's whirlwind engagement in 2004
(1991) Starred in the Off-Broadway production "Ruthless," a comedic remake of "The Bad Seed"
(2002) Started production company called Britney Spears Productions
(1989) Trained as a gymnast at age seven
(1993-1994) Was a cast member on "Mickey Mouse Club"
(1998) Went on a promotional shopping mall tour
Britney Spears - Womanizer Video. She is smokin' hot!
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