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...gift walked in on a red carpet, stripped off her floor-length black coat to reveal silver hip huggers and a matching tube top and sang, "I think I did it again/I made you believe..." And for a few wondrous moments, Rachel and her 10 girlfriends did believe that Britney Spears was in the house, lip-synching in front of the marble fireplace and rocking chair in Rachel's North Salem, N.Y., living room. On this recent Saturday, Shannon Connor, 21, an impersonator in hot demand at birthday parties throughout the New York City area, chose one of her more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britney Brigade | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

Indeed, it was just such a getup--the infamously skimpy outfit Britney wore at last September's MTV Video Music Awards--that confirmed the star's transformation from perky ingenue to pop tart. In 1999, Britney was a former Mouseketeer with a No. 1 album, ...Baby, One More Time. By the time she released her second album last spring, Oops!...I Did It Again, she had grown up, gaining breasts (by what means remains unclear) and losing all inhibition. Britney, 19, who was just co-host at the American Music Awards, is scheduled to start shooting a movie in March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britney Brigade | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...Britney's impact is everywhere--in the tube tops, hip huggers and glitter makeup that girls ranging from just past toddler to barely into their teens are snapping up at stores like the Limited Too and GapKids. Girls who only a moment ago played with Barbie now play at being Britney. "Walk around any shopping mall, and you'll see mirror images of her all over the place," says Larry Flick, an editor at the music trade magazine Billboard. Some schools are cracking down on the lookalikes, stiffening dress codes to stamp out racy attire. Parents, for their part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britney Brigade | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...room of the stupefied crowd. For a moment, the alpha males in the room abandoned their Godfather cloaks. It was invigorating to see a commercial and response of that nature, and I applaud Cingular for its novel step in Super Bowl advertising. In the midst of tube-sock donning Britney Spears, buckets of beer, 200 lbs. muscle machines and salsa, it is vital to have 60 seconds where one can be reminded of what truly matters in life...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: The Boon of the Bowl | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

Lopez's songs portray her as an optimist (someone who wouldn't, one might surmise, let a boyfriend's legal troubles drag her down). She's only a fair vocalist, but, hey, it isn't as if Britney is Aretha. With sheer will, sheer clothing and perhaps some method acting, Lopez has made herself a true pop star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ...And As For Her Side Gig | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

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