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Entries from LAist tagged with 'ohbritney'

January 26, 2008

Imagine you're a little kid minding your own business (wait, what kid minds their own business?) and playing on the school yard when a rambling, confused, and chain-smoking woman shows up in a skimpy outfit looking for her kids. No, scratch that--looking for her lawyer's kids. Oh, and that woman just happens to be Britney Spears. That was the scene earlier this month at an elementary school in Beverly Hills, as described this week by......

Continue Reading "Britney Spears Scares Local Kids"

January 20, 2008

In Britney We Trust! Despite the fact that Britney Spears seems only able to produce crappy albums and awkward shows, have very public meltdowns, eschew court dates, check in and out of rehab, vacillate about her religious affiliation, flash her nether-regions to eager photogs, and drink away her liquid assets in Starbucks Frappucinos, the truth of the matter is, the business of being Britney is extremely profitable...for everyone else in her world. An article......

Continue Reading "The Business of Being Britney"

October 1, 2007

Even OJ didn't lose custody of his children, yet somehow Britney Spears has to turn her spawn over to K-Fed. An LA court commissioner today ordered that Spears' ex, Kevin Federline, will be granted full physical custody of their two young sons beginning Wednesday - which we believe is still Prince Spaghetti Day. What did the commish have to look at regarding Britney's behavior over the years? Well lets see - she shaved all......

Continue Reading "Yoink - Court Orders Britney to Hand Her Kids to K-Fed"

September 11, 2007

I am not a fan of Britney Spears, but I do have respect for her. No really. I do. I think it was pretty damned smart of her to totally whore herself out to the entertainment industry like there was no tomorrow, make loads of money, and then happily retire after a few short years of work. The Britney business model let her quit working while she was still young so she could have......

Continue Reading "Ha-Ha! The Joke is on You MTV!"

June 20, 2007

When a celebrity moves next door, so does the parking and traffic problems caused by paparazzi. So who do you call to solve the problem? Well, the city of course. And in this town, local politicians are no stranger to loving or hating celebs, whether it be Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and most recently, City Councilman Jack Weiss: An embattled city councilman who has been accused of making the gut-wrenching Los......

Continue Reading "Paris Hilton, Britney Spears & Los Angeles Politics"

May 20, 2007

In what seems like a sad Ashlee Simpson-esque flashback, poor Britney had some technical difficulties at her most recent “comeback” gig last night at the House of Blues in Orlando. No, no, her new wig (which was long and blond by the way) didn’t fly off. According to People, when the cd or record she was lip syncing “Do Something” to began to skip, she was forced to improvise, which in this case meant......

Continue Reading "Britney's Latest Trainwreck"

May 2, 2007

Lots of Britney news this week folks... Britney hits the stage again for the first time in three years, for fourteen minutes of pure lip synching bliss - People See the vids for yourself - Hollywoodtuna Maybe Brit Brit planned her comeback while lounging poolside and taking topless photos in early April - Splash Rehab shmehab, Lindsay gets her drink on this week - I dont like you in that way Speaking of underage drinking,......

Continue Reading "Britney Spears Topless & Other Celeb News"

May 2, 2007

While it's debatable whether or not $49 is worth anything these days, three hours of your time is certainly worth something. Britney Spears lipsynced her way through five songs yesterday at the San Diego House of Blues, a total of 15 minutes of "entertainment" after making her fans stand through three hours of records being spun by dee jays. Deciding on the brown wig, with a pink bikini top, jean skirt and white go-go......

Continue Reading "Britney Spears' 15 Minutes of Lame"

May 1, 2007

Everyone's favorite trainwreck is climbing back on the stage after a long haitus to lipsync for you, America, and inspire high school halftime routines once again. Just like we sorta told y'all. Despite rumors and misunderstandings that her previously-canceled Forty Duece secret show had anything to do with her three House of Blues appearances this weekend, San Diego's NBC affiliate, 7/39 is reporting that a woman who matches the description of the former Mrs.......

Continue Reading "M+M's = Britney Spears, Y'all "

March 4, 2007

Someone is desperately trying to get our attention. Either it's Britney Spears who allegedly tried to hang herself after writing 666 on her forehead and running through the halls of Promises rehab in Malibu, or it's the news agency who is spreading these rumors. Personally we don't believe the story because Britney's "friend" reportedly says that the rehab center doesn't know what to do with the allegedly wild pop princess, which is unreal because......

Continue Reading "Did Britney Spears Claim to be the Anti Christ, Then Scrawl 666 on her Head, And tried to Hang Herself?"

February 22, 2007

Too often one walks into Ralph's Grocery in Sherman Oaks store at 1 or 2 am to find porn stars shopping. andPOP reports that Body & Soul Tattoo at Ventura Blvd./Van Nuys Blvd. "has been inundated with new customers since the pop star's impromptu visit." The local Business Improvement District (BID) and Chamber of Commerce owe Britney Spears a thank-you letter. Daily News thinks celebrities feel comfortable flipping out in the Valley. Interesting observations,......

Continue Reading "Sherman Oaks Porn Candy"

February 21, 2007

dear britney, craig ferguson was on tv the other night and he said that because he's an alcoholic and he knows how seriously important it is for people who need rehab should be respected for the guts to go to rehab, he wont be making any jokes about you going to rehab. he said that basically youre still a very young woman and obviously troubled, and therefore profiting off of making light of your......

Continue Reading "Is LA Killing Britney Spears?"

February 20, 2007

LAist's coverage of the Britney Spears shaves her head story has been linked to by websites and blogs all around the world. Don't ask us why. It's always interesting to see how people in different lands think about the behavior of our celebrities. This morning we found a Saudi Arabian message board that linked to our story about Brit's hair being sold on eBay, and the poster had included a quote that we found......

Continue Reading "Pearls of Wisdom from the East?"

February 19, 2007

To follow up from yesterday's post about Britney Spears' hair being up for auction, it appears that the auction we linked to was prematurely closed. Now we are learning that there is only one place where one can get the hair formerly on the troubled scalp of the now bald pop princess. But first let us say that we have never met Ms. Spears, we've never examined her hair, we don't have any proof......

Continue Reading "Are All the Britney Spears Hair Auctions on eBay Fake?"

February 17, 2007

[Editor's Note: This story has been updated. For the newer developments of this very important issue, please click here] Just as reports of Britney Spears entering and exiting rehab began to die down, local ABC affiliate KABC aired video of a bald Spears getting a tattoo last night in Sherman Oaks. There are stills of Britney shaving her head at celebvids.co.uk. Apparently every move the woman makes is photographed in some way. Spears doesn't look......

Continue Reading "She's Done It Again, Britney Spears Goes Bald"

January 29, 2007

For some reason fast food professionals are upset with being associated with the former Mr. Spears. And for some reason Mr. Federline got a Super Bowl commercial and neither of his ex-wives did. Life isn't fair, but Super Bowl commercials are usually good. We think this one is pretty damn good. Good job, Nationwide.......

Continue Reading "The K-Fed Commerical Everyone's Upset About"

January 16, 2007

We're sorry to admit, but strangely we're more familiar with Britney Spears' grooming practices than her body of work. Today we were given an email about a new Britney song -- which is clearly a dis on her ex-husband -- that was leaked on YouTube, but we have no idea if it's real. Does it sound real to you? Does it sound like a Britney song? Could she be publicly insulting her baby daddy......

Continue Reading "Is This a New Britney Spears Track? - "Fed Up""

December 29, 2006

In a statement oozing of paradoxes, World of Britney's webmaster, Ruben Garay announced Wednesday that he would be pulling the plug on the most popular un-official web site dedicated to the pop princess. As Britney keeps losing her identity and credibility within fans and industry people, so is WoB. We're moving on to greater, bigger things. I would therefore like to announce the permanent shut down of World of Britney.com beginning January 31st, 2007.......

Continue Reading ""World of Britney" Will Shut Down in Order to Pursue Other Celebrity Trainwrecks"

December 19, 2006

Britney shouldn't take what happened to her the wrong way. People get booed all the time and sometimes they don't know why. Britney went to the Lakers - Wizards game this Sunday with her little sister and during a time out they showed the pop princess's pucker and the Staples Center joined together in a chorus of boos. Brit needs to know that it's not because shes a lip syncher, nor is it because......

Continue Reading "Why Laker Fans Booed Britney Spears"

June 19, 2006

See, this is why we only email trusted friends, and trust no one. The other day AP reported that Britney and KFed want to bring their new offspring into the world at the pregnant-celeb-friendly Namibia (know your customer), and the next day they tell us it could have been a hoax. Is this what hoaxes have stooped to? LAist remembers when hoaxes were far more interesting than that. Bigfoot was a good hoax. Britibia,......

Continue Reading "Namibia Dodges a Bullet, Asks for Another"

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