Britney's battle was an enduring consequence of the cruelest celebrity gossip era. We should never let it happen again
CNN
Britney Spears was placed at the center of the celebrity gossip culture of the early 2000s. Now that her conservatorship battle is over, she's reclaimed control of her life and deserves to chose to tell her story -- or not -- on her own terms.
Now, scrolling back through popular dirt sites like Perez Hilton, Lainey Gossip and TMZ feels very much like looking back on the cringiest years of a digital adolescence. But when they reigned, no young starlet was safe from the constant churn of upskirts, invasive paparazzi shots and humiliating headlines. The coverage was caustic and scalding, and thirsty devotees sipped it all down as loyally as a mid-morning latte.
‘SNL’ cast directly appeal to President-elect Donald Trump during cold open of post-election episode
Several of the cast members of “Saturday Night Live” took to the stage at Studio 8H in New York on Saturday in the first episode after the presidential election, where they jokingly appealed directly to President-elect Donald Trump about how they shouldn’t be among his “political enemies.”