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Jack Black Releases Full-Length Cover of “Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears

Skadoosh! One week after Jack Black and Kyle Gass’ 20-second clip where they animatedly performed “Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears went viral on multiple platforms, the duo — known together as Tenacious D — have put out a longer recording of the song. Dropped on Black’s social media accounts, the minute-and-a-half-long track is […]

How Jack Black Ended Up Covering Britney Spears’ “Baby One More Time” in ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’

Eight years after the release of the third film in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Jack Black is back for a fourth go-around — and this time, he is bringing his musical side to the movie. Last week, Black posted a cover of Britney Spears’ hit song “Baby One More Time” on his social media, […]

Sam Asghari Speaks Out on Britney Spears Divorce: “People Grow Apart and People Move On”

Sam Asghari is looking back fondly on his 14-month marriage to Britney Spears. In new comments to People magazine ahead of his 30th birthday on Sunday, Asghari calls his time with the pop star, whom he met in 2016 before they dated for years ahead of a 2021 engagement and marriage the following year, a […]

‘Bad Guardian’: Lifetime to Tackle Guardianship Debate With Melissa Joan Hart, La La Anthony

Lifetime is wading into the guardianship debate by greenlighting a fictional movie with the working title The Bad Guardian. Following the headlines and debate surrounding the guardianships of Wendy Williams and Britney Spears, the network has ordered a movie about a court-appointed guardianship gone wrong. The Bad Guardian will star Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the […]

Britney Spears Praises Justin Timberlake’s New Music, Says She’s “Deeply Sorry” for Offending People With Memoir

Britney Spears is speaking out in support of Justin Timberlake’s new music while also apologizing again for those she “offended” with her memoir. In a new post shared on her Instagram on Sunday, which has now gone private, the singer shared a clip of Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show’s “Classroom Instruments” segment writing, “I […]

Why Busy Philipps Encouraged Michelle Williams to Narrate Britney Spears’ Audiobook

Busy Philipps stopped by Watch What Happens Live on Tuesday to promote Mean Girls and the conversation briefly turned to … Britney Spears. A fan asked via video, “What was your reaction when your bestie Michelle Williams told you she would be the narrator for Britney Spears’ memoir, and were you surprised at how viral […]

After a Year of Controversy, ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Taryn Manning Is (Mostly) Keeping It Together

Taryn Manning’s audition for the Britney Spears starrer Crossroads was so good it made director Tamra Davis nervous.  “She was picking something on her arm, and it looked like it might start bleeding,” recalls Davis of a casting session for the 2002 road trip drama, written by soon-to-be TV mogul Shonda Rhimes. “I thought ‘Oh […]

Prince Harry, Britney Spears Memoirs Lead Apple’s Top Books of 2023 List

Apple Books has announced its “Top Books of 2023” ranking and two celebrity memoirs (and a celebrity biography) land on the site’s Top Five list. Spare by Prince Harry and The Woman In Me by Britney Spears were named the Top Nonfiction Books of 2023, based on sales on Apple Books. The Elon Musk biography by […]

Britney Spears Says Taylor Swift Is the “Most Iconic Pop Woman” of Her Generation, Admits She’s Her “Girl Crush”

Britney Spears is reflecting on the first time she met Taylor Swift while she was on her Oops! … I Did It Again Tour. The “Toxic” singer shared side-by-side images of her and Swift in 2003 before the “Anti-Hero” singer released her first self-titled album, and five years later in 2008. Spears recalled that while […]

Britney Spears’ Michelle Williams-Narrated Memoir Tops Audiobook Charts — Here’s How to Listen for Free

Out today and on sale for up to 40 percent off, the 288-page autobiography is also available as an e-book and audiobook.

Britney Spears’ Memoir Revelations: Passing on ‘Chicago,’ Her Madonna Bond and More Bad Behavior From Justin Timberlake

By the time Britney Spears’ memoir The Woman in Me dropped Tuesday morning, much had already been said — by critics, by the tabloids and by Spears herself, often railing against the former — about the contents of the highly anticipated book. In an excerpt and People cover story, Spears spoke about effects of her […]

Britney Spears’ Tearful ‘The Notebook’ Audition Released After 21 Years

Britney Spears’ never-before-seen audition for the 2004 tear-jerker The Notebook has been released (embedded below). The singer sobs as she reads lines for nearly three minutes with Ryan Gosling for co-lead of the romantic drama, a role she lost to Rachel McAdams. The 2002 tape was released online by The Daily Mail, which wrote that […]