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| − | '''Britney Spears''' (born December 2, 1981) is an [[United States of America|American]] pop [[singer]] who catapulted to fame by claiming to have "strong morals" talk <ref>Spears, 17, poses in hot pants and a push-up bra for her first Rolling Stone cover. "What's the big deal?" she asks the magazine. "I have really strong morals, and just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm a naughty girl." [http://www.people.com/people/britney_spears People magazine]</ref> while doing everything she could to flout traditional morality and religion. | + | '''Britney Spears''' (born December 2, 1981) is an [[United States of America|American]] [[pop music|pop]] [[singer]] who catapulted to fame by claiming to have "strong morals" talk <ref>Spears, 17, poses in hot pants and a push-up bra for her first Rolling Stone cover. "What's the big deal?" she asks the magazine. "I have really strong morals, and just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm a naughty girl." [http://www.people.com/people/britney_spears People magazine]</ref> while doing everything she could to flout traditional morality and religion. |
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| − | Her 1999 hit song and video "Baby One More Time" depicts her in an altered Catholic school uniform leading other schoolgirls in flaunting her sexuality. | + | Her 1998 hit song and video "Baby One More Time" depicts her in an altered Catholic school uniform leading other schoolgirls in flaunting her sexuality. |
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| − | While professing to be a virgin, Spears became a magnet of popular attention. During this period rumors spread that she had lost her virginity to her then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake but the couple soon split thereafter. After that, she plunged headlong into the concert and recording industry, exploiting her "pop tart" persona with stunts such as a televised lesbian kiss with her mentor [[Madonna Ciccone]] and a short-lived [[Las Vegas]] marriage. | + | While professing to be a [[virgin]], Spears became a magnet of popular attention. During this period rumors spread that she had lost her virginity to her then-boyfriend [[Justin Timberlake]] but the couple soon split thereafter. After that, she plunged headlong into the concert and recording industry, exploiting her "pop tart" persona with stunts such as a televised lesbian kiss with her mentor [[Madonna Ciccone]] and a short-lived [[Las Vegas]] marriage. |
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| − | She married back-up dancer [[Kevin Federline]] in 2004 and gave birth to their two children before the couple divorced in 2006. Spears and Federline initially had joint [[custody]] of the children, but a court granted Federline sole custody after Spears was charged with hit-and-run and driving without a license in late 2007. Early in 2008, she was carried from her house in a stretcher and later involuntarily held in a psychiatric ward. Control of Spears finances has been temporarily ceded to her father. | + | She married back-up dancer [[Kevin Federline]] in 2004 and gave birth to their two children before the couple [[divorce]]d in 2006. Spears and Federline initially had joint [[custody]] of the children, but a court granted Federline sole custody after Spears was charged with hit-and-run and driving without a license in late 2007. Early in 2008, she was carried from her house in a stretcher and later involuntarily held in a psychiatric ward. Control of Spears finances has been temporarily ceded to her father. |
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| − | Spears released her latest single in January 2009.
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| − | <ref>Note: the very title of the song is profane and will not be rendered here.</ref>
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| | [[Category:Liberals]] | | [[Category:Liberals]] |
| | [[Category:Hollywood Values]] | | [[Category:Hollywood Values]] |