Britney Spears
October 12, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Wednesday’s episode of the X Factor was slightly more contrived than usual, according to Justin Bieber who appeared in cameo ahead of Thursday’s episode on which his personal mentor L.A. Reid was featured more heavily. Realising he’s only on screen long enough to say a few sentences, he wrote on Twitter Wednesday: “heard we got used […]
September 25, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Glee already did an episode dedicated to Britney Spears in which cheerleader Brittany S. Pierce (played by Heather Morris who’s put her own photo scandal behind her) revealed the character’s middle name, “Susan,” and surname, and inferiority complex about Spears. Spears, 30, appeared in cameo. During which time the cast described the experience as “interesting” (not in a […]
September 15, 2012 by Hollywoodite
This week is the season premiere and beginning of the auditions of The X Factor USA on which several of the contestants are already standing out for the wrong reasons. Including a singer who performed (what appears to be) the only credited duet on Britney Spears’ 1999 debut album Baby One More Time, a song […]
September 13, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Last night was the season two premiere of X Factor on which replacement judge Britney Spears was reunited with someone from her past, Don Philip. Leading people to ask from whence they knew each other, who was Philip, what had he done in the interim, why was he crying backstage, and what really happened? If […]
July 3, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Simon Cowell is trying to persuade you of X Factor’s relevance when its competing against The Voice, American Idol, and, tangentially, America’s Got Talent. Cowell tells People Magazine about working with the women on the set. The two fragile former Disney stars: one of whom has an admitted eating disorder, substance abuse problems, body issues, self harm issues, among other […]
June 7, 2012 by Hollywoodite
There have been several reports attempting to parse the conservatorship of Britney Spears as handled by her father, her fiance, her management, and her lawyers, over the course of years. Most of these reports are from the tabloids, with Us Weekly sources conjecturing ad nauseam about the singer’s behaviour on the set of X Factor and […]
May 15, 2012 by Hollywoodite
It was confirmed, yesterday afternoon, that Britney Spears and Demi Lovato replaced Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger on American X Factor. The Fox Upfronts presentation in New York City followed protracted negotiations with Spears’ conservators, and what felt like days of rushed negotiations with Lovato who recently told the UK’s Fabulous Magazine that a return to […]
May 10, 2012 by Hollywoodite
There have been rumours since shortly after the engagement announcement that Britney Spears would become an X Factor judge. There were several supposed favourites, and “maybes,” including: Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Fergie, Beyonce, Mariah Carey (and rumours that LeAnn Rimes appears to have started about herself). However, the rumours about Spears have been consistent and noisy. And […]