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Tonight on SNL, Weekend Update’s anchors covered topics ranging from the end of Britney Spears’ conservatorship to developments in the feud between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, as well as an interesting new business venture on the part of DJ Khaled. “A judge on Friday officially ended Britney Spears' conservatorship…

Britney Spears is taking a victory lap today after a judge officially ended the singer’s 13-year conservatorship. “I think I’m gonna cry the rest of the day,” she wrote on Instagram Friday as fans celebrated on the streets outside the DTLA courtroom. “Best day ever.” Here is the once Princess of Pop’s post, along with…

After 13 years, #FreeBritney is now more than just a hashtag. “The court agrees to the termination of the conservatorship,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny ruled Friday, in favor of Britney Spears. Aside from some self-described “administrative” matters to wrap everything up, the packed hearing this…

Facebook may be getting pelted of late by revelations from whistleblowers and damning internal documents made public, but the Mark Zuckerberg co-founded social media giant has decided to draw the line when it comes to the upcoming TV series Doomsday Machine. "AC can seek to create the Series without reliance on the…

Buyers Snap Up ‘Controlling Britney Spears’ UK pay-TV giant Sky and 17 other global networks have picked up FX/Hulu’s Britney Spears conservatorship follow up. Canada’s Crave, Australia’s Channel Nine, New Zealand’s Three network and Discovery in Italy, the Philippines and Poland have also acquired Controlling Britney…

An angry Britney Spears vented on Instagram earlier today, offering her fears for the future and anger at the system that kept her in a custodial arrangement for many years. "I'll just be honest and say I've waited so long to be free from the situation I'm in … and now that it's here I'm scared to do anything because…

Less than a week after a California judge removed Britney Spears’ father from his powerful role in the conservatorship that has ruled the singer’s life since 2008, the one-time Princess of Pop has directly addressed recent events and her fans for the first time. On a day when Facebook and Instagram were down for…

UPDATED with more hearing details: The harsh and much criticized conservatorship that has dominated Britney Spears’ life for more than a decade isn’t over, but the onetime Princess of Pop is now free of her father’s direct control, a California judge ruled Wednesday. In a packed hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court…

"The chickens have truly come home to roost," Britney Spears said in the latest court filing by the onetime Princess of Pop slamming her father and demanding his exit from the coercive conservatorship that has ruled her life and career for more than a decade. Hot on the heels of scathing documents put in the docket in…

There’s no new music, no new tour, and no new Las Vegas residency, but there's a lot of Britney Spears product out there in the days leading up to a potentially seminal court hearing over the onetime Princess of Pop's longstanding conservatorship. Building up steam heading toward the September 29 showdown of sorts in…

As the widely watched Britney Spears conservator case plays out, another documentary about the legal battle and its fallout launches tonight. FX and Hulu will premiere Controlling Britney Spears, a follow-up film from the team behind the Emmy-nominated Framing Britney Spears. Part of The New York Times Presents…

As the court showdown heats up again over the decades-long conservatorship that has controlled Britney Spears’ life, Netflix today offered the first significant glimpse into its well-timed documentary Britney vs Spears. And let’s just say the Erin Lee Carr-directed film wants you to think it is going to blow the roof…