Britney Spears

What Britney Spears' book taught me about resilience and self love

7:00am November 11, 2023

by Luke Medina

The release of Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me, means she gets to reclaim her story after it has been told for her for too long. And in a way, I got to revisit and reclaim my own, too.

Britney Spears, left, joins Madonna for a guest appearance during one of Madonna's Los Angeles tour dates in 2008.

Madonna and Britney Spears: It's them against the world

6:00am October 28, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Two new books chronicle the lives of two pop idols, Madonna and Britney Spears. The way each came to stardom — and what happened to them after — illuminates why their paths have been so different.

This April 12, 2018 file photo shows Britney Spears at the GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Spears announced Monday she's pregnant.

Britney Spears announces she's pregnant

4:55pm April 11, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The 40-year-old pop star had her 13-year conservatorship terminated late last year. Spears is a mother to two teen boys from an earlier marriage.

Britney Spears at the Billboard Music Awards in 2016 in Las Vegas.

Britney Spears' conservatorship has finally ended

7:11pm November 12, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

After 13 years living under a legal arrangement that controlled both her personal life and finances, the pop star was released from her conservatorship Friday.

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#FreeBritney activists rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles during the Britney Spears conservatorship hearing Wednesday.

Britney Spears is on the road to independence. The media should let her take the wheel

3:05pm September 30, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Wednesday, Jamie Spears was suspended as his daughter's conservator. Is all the media attention, including three new Spears documentaries, still welcome?

Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

1:50pm September 30, 2021

At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.

Britney Spears performs onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in 2016.

What New Netflix And Hulu Documentaries Reveal About Britney Spears' Conservatorship

7:08pm September 28, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Netflix's Britney vs Spears and Hulu's Controlling Britney Spears — released right before an important hearing on the singer's conservatorship — piece together how Spears lost control of her life.

Britney Spears' father, Jamie Spears, has filed to end the court conservatorship that has controlled the singer's life and money for 13 years.

In New Filing, Britney Spears Consents With The Petition To End Her Conservatorship

5:29pm September 22, 2021

by The Associated Press

The filing represents the first time Britney Spears has called for an end to the arrangement in court documents, though she has called for its termination in hearings.

#FreeBritney activists outside of a Los Angeles court hearing regarding the Britney Spears conservatorship on July 14.

Britney Spears' Lawyer Files To Have Her Father Removed From Controlling Her Finances

12:34pm July 27, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

In a blistering 120-page document submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court, Mathew Rosengart claims that Jamie Spears appears to be responsible for the "dissipation" of the singer's fortune.

Britney Spears' recently hired lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, speaking to reporters outside the Los Angeles County Courthouse on July 19.

Britney Spears' Lawyer Files Request For New Conservator Of Her Money

6:02pm July 26, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Attorney Mathew Rosengart, who began representing the pop singer a week and a half ago, wants someone new to look after Spears' estate. For the past 13 years, it's been controlled by her father.