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...minute, two years ago, we all felt silly for having cared so much about Monica and Gennifer, for obsessing over Britney, for indulging a spate of shark attack stories in what turned out to be a year in which there were fewer than usual. Newspapers proclaimed “The Death of Irony,” and a nation resolved to rethink its priorities in the face of tragedy. The Onion, perhaps sensing what was to come, published the headline, “A Shattered Nation Longs to Care about Stupid Bullshit Again.” Now, sure enough...

Author: By Peter P.M. Buttigieg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lessons Unlearned | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...celebrity by marketing themselves not simply as sitcom princesses or bubblegum pop singers, but instead as the complete package of movie star, television personality, pop singer, dancer, cover girl, spokesperson and—in some cases—charity advocate in one. They’ve learned from Britney and Christina to remain at least somewhat wholesome (or keep up the image of wholesomeness) for as long as possible, especially during the fragile transition from tween to teen category, a time where hormones rage and innocent kids who hit it big switch from bubbly to bratty faster than the time...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine: When I Was a Tween | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...Britney Spears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Carole Bayer Sager | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...half a million dollars, according to industry insiders. More expensive flu damage may come later, if the lost publicity ends up slowing sales of the new CD in Europe. And frankly, these days Spears could use a little extra sales help from every continent: her last album, 2001's Britney, sold 4 million copies - hardly a flop but still less than half the numbers each of her previous CDs racked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Eyes On Britney | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

...Channel for broadcasting a five-second smooch between two men. In response, about 30 gay-rights activists held a kiss-in outside the regulator's offices in central Athens. The kiss aired in the popular late-night drama series Close Your Eyes; the oft-aired embrace between Madonna and Britney Spears at the MTV Awards in August went uncensored. Gay TV : Absolutely Pink

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 11/16/2003 | See Source »

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