Category: Britney Spears

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A federal Grand Jury is indicting Steve Bannon with two counts of contempt of Congress, a California judge rules in favor of Britney Spears in her conservatorship case, and Virginia is removing a pharmacy from its vaccination program—for giving kids aged five to eleven the wrong vaccine.


While Britney Spears Rejoices, Her Father’s Attorney Calls Conservator Suspension ‘Wrong’

LOS ANGELES—A lawyer for Jamie Spears on Thursday denounced a Los Angeles judge’s decision to suspend him as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears’ $60 million estate. LA Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny removed Jamie Spears from the role on Wednesday and set a November court date to consider whether to terminate the 13-year-old legal…


Judge Suspends Britney Spears’ Father From Conservatorship

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday suspended Britney’s Spear’s father, Jamie Spears, from the conservatorship that has controlled the finances and much of the pop star’s life for the past 13 years. “The current situation is not tenable. It reflects a toxic environment which requires the suspension of Jamie Spears, effective today,” the superior court…


Britney Spears Formally Asks Judge to End Conservatorship

LOS ANGELES—Britney Spears said in a court filing Wednesday that she agrees with her father that the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money since 2008 should be terminated. The filing in Los Angeles Superior Court from Spears’ attorney Mathew Rosengart says she “fully consents” to “expeditiously” ending the conservatorship, which her father James…


Britney Spears Announces Engagement to Boyfriend Sam Asghari

LOS ANGELES—Pop superstar Britney Spears, who has been fighting a conservatorship that governs her personal life and finances, announced on Sunday that she is engaged to longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari. The “Stronger” singer posted a video of herself standing next to Asghari and showing off a shiny ring on her hand. The ring is engraved…


Britney Spears’ Father Files to End Her Conservatorship

Britney Spears’ father on Tuesday filed a petition to end the court conservatorship that has overseen the finances and controlled much of the pop singer’s life since 2008. Jamie Spears, who agreed last month to eventually step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter’s estate, asked the Los Angeles Superior Court on…


Deep Dive (Aug. 13): Britney Spears’s Dad to Step Down as Conservator

Homeland security head Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday the United States has encountered an “unprecedented” number of migrants illegally crossing the border. In July, Customs and Border Protection took more than 212,000 people into custody. The spike from June to July was also notable because arrests usually drop during the hottest summer weeks. More cities in Afghanistan…


Jamie Spears Agrees to Step Down as Conservator of Britney Spears

LOS ANGELES —Jamie Spears has agreed to step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears’ estate, the pop star’s attorney said on Thursday. “We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his lawyer have today conceded in a filing that he must be removed,” the singer’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart said in…


Britney Spears’s New Lawyer Files to Remove Father’s Control

LOS ANGELES—Britney Spears’s new attorney petitioned Monday to oust her father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years, and replace him with a professional accountant. Matthew Rosengart said in documents filed in Los Angeles Superior court that the current legal arrangement “has grown increasingly toxic and is simply no…


Britney Spears and the Costs of Celebrity

Commentary A friend of mine defines a celebrity as someone of whom he has never heard. This is almost my definition too. Perhaps it is a sign of my tunnel vision, or rather tunnel attention, that world famous figures are to me often completely unknown. For example, while I had vaguely heard the name of…