Britney Spears

Brtiney Spears' "Womanizer"

Here's a hint : When am caught in a loop of videos or gossip posts, it's because I've been doing some serious pondering in preparation for a long post/article.

Hence La Britney.

What a hot mess. I don't remember so much nakedness in a music video. What do you think?

Submitted by liza on 11 October 2008 - 4:34am.
Pop | WTF | Britney Spears

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Recapping the weekend in case you missed it

Michelle Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver,Oprah Winfrey by LATimes

In a jaw-dropping last-minute endorsement, Maria Schriver endorses Barack Obama : Breaking News: Maria Shriver endorses Barack Obama.

Will.I.Am's endorsement of Barack Obama goes viral : Will.I.Am's remix of Barack Obama's "Yes We Can" speech.

La Opinion, the largest Spanish language newspaper in California (if not continental US) endorses Barack Obama. The tipping point? Immigration : The Democratic choice is Barack Obama y en español, La opción demócrata es Barack Obama.

In what looks like a direct response to Marcia Pappas' "Ultimate Betrayal" memo, 150+ Feminist women from New York State decide to endorse Barack Obama : New York Feminists for Peace and Barack Obama.

Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower and coiner of the phrase "military-industrial complex", comes out in support for Barack Obama : Why I'm Backing Obama

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Britney's meltdown : Is it post-partum depression or post-partum psychosis?

I first posted this at Hollywoodistas.com, but it's such a culturekitchen topic to discuss that I just had to cross-post it.

I hate it when I get beaten to a story. For days now I have been researching the possible cause of Britney's meltdown ... and effing TMZ.com beat me to it by a day. URGH!

TMZ has learned Britney Spears' troubles may have little to do with substance abuse. Sources say doctors at her rehab facility think the underlying reason for her trouble may be post-partum depression.

Sources tell TMZ that Britney's doctors have two operating theories -- either that she suffers from post-partum depression or bipolar disorder. The doctors strongly believe post-partum is the problem.

I am not a doctor, so I cannot give a technical assesment of the pop tarts' situation, but as one of the many women who've been felled at one point or another by post-partum depression, I can tell you that what Britney's going through is way more extreme than your run-of-the-mill PPD.

Hers may be a case of post-partum psychosis.

There is actually quite a lot written about post-partum depression, easily available with the click of a google search. What seems still to be a subject of taboo is the idea of post-partum pyschosis, thanks in part to the Andrea Yates multiple infanticide case.

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Let's welcome Shiloh, Brangelina's baby girl!

Forget about the current immigration bill approved by the Senate but loathed by Congressional Republicans.

Forget about the political merry-go-round of Republicans defending corrupt Democrats because they think their arrest was unconstitutional.

Forget about the stupidity about English-only legislation while the United States still hasn't figured out what to do with their Spanish-speaking colony.

Forget about the Soul Patrol voter turn out or Duke's soulless women Lacrosse team.

Forget about chaos in East Timor or the Earthquake that shook Indonesia.

All I care about is Brangelina's new baby girl:

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have welcomed a baby girl, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, a rep for the couple confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.

The child was born on May 27, at night, in the African country of Namibia.

Oh and that Britney may have kicked KFed to the curb.

Oh and that Gwen Stafani hollabacked a baby boy.

Life is too short to be depressed and ranting and raving all the time.

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Monday Open Thread : When paparazzi attack

Photo courtesy of LiveJournal's Oh No They Didn't

I usually have a heart of stone for celebrities who complain about having their privacy invaded, especially those who like Britney Spears are wanton to selling their newborn kids' pictures to the highest bidder and what not, but this picture just broke my heart.

She was coming out of a car with her kid in tow, when she twisted her ankle and almost dropped her baby to the amusement and photo frenzy of every paparazzi in sight.

Maybe I'm overreacting but I think people who stalk and photograph celebrities for a living are fucked up human beings but for them to attack a pregnant woman like Spears and drive her to tears just puts them on a whole different league. They're just inhuman.

Why? Why do people do this?!?

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Submitted by liza on 22 May 2006 - 1:04pm.
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