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Pop star Britney Spears has a new ally in her ongoing battle to free herself from the conservatorship imposed by the courts after prior mental health challenges. Now the American Civil Liberties Union has stepped up. "People with disabilities have a right to lead self-directed lives and retain their civil rights,"…

Once Upon a One More Time, the Broadway-bound musical set to Britney Spears songs has found its fairy tale cast, with Briga Heelan set to play Cinderella, Justin Guarini as Prince Charming and Emily Skinner as Stepmother among the performers announced by producers today. The announcement by The Nederlander…

Pop singer Britney Spears is not going to work until her mental health improves, says her longtime manager Larry Rudolph, telling TMZ that her medications have “stopped working.” Spears canceled a residency in Las Vegas in January and later checked into a mental health facility. She is now out of the facility but…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has won an auction for screen rights to the Broadway-bound Once Upon a One More Time, a fairy tale fueled by the hit songs of Britney Spears. The stage version world premieres this fall at the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago, before heading to Broadway next year. John Davis’ Davis…

A musical comedy featuring the songs of Britney Spears will fill the slot at the Chicago theater left vacant when producers of the upcoming Michael Jackson bio-musical scotched its own pre-Broadway run in the Windy City. Once Upon a One More Time, with an original book by Jon Hartmere under the direction of Kristin…

Britney Spears has announced she’s taking an indefinite work hiatus to care for her father, Jamie Spears, who is recuperating from a “recent life-threatening illness,” according to the singer’s team. Spears’ new show “Britney: Domination” had been scheduled to launch at Park MGM in Las Vegas on February 13, with plans…

Looks like the once-fiercely independent Sumner Redstone is going to be under the guardianship of the same court-appointed lawyer who ran Britney Spears' affairs for years, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered today in a dramatic hearing. Judge David Cowan told a DTLA courtroom this morning that he is granting…

The 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards took place tonight in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton to honor media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. The ceremony champions the LGBTQ community and its allies, but tonight’s ceremony seemed extra special as an ongoing theme of the…

The 29th GLAAD Media Awards named NBC’s This Is Us as outstanding drama and Disney’s Andi Mack as outstanding kids & family programming as two highlights of its annual event, held Thursday night at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.  Recipients were announced in 12 of this year’s 25 media categories. The GLAAD…

We’re getting the first look at Britney Ever After, Lifetime’s Britney Spears biopic starring Natasha Bassett as the pop icon. Britney Ever After follows the tumultuous story of Spears – her rise to fame, fall from grace and eventual resurrection. (One of the first images in the trailer is a re-enactment of the…

Sony Music Global’s Twitter account was hacked this morning, with its @SonyMusicGlobal handle hijacked for a time to among other things tweet out that Britney Spears had died. The singer’s latest album came out in August this year via Sony-owned RCA Records. Most of the offending tweets were deleted, and a spokesman…

Britney Spears’ Carpool Karoake with James Corden debuted on CBS’s Late Late Show tonight. Corden asked Spears what "Oops!… I Did It Again" really is about. "I don't know. I really don't know," Britney confessed. "I think it's just a song." Later she revealed, "I want more" kids. "Like three more. I have to find the…