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...force behind the structure: Britney's controversial father Jamie Spears, who has served as her court-appointed conservator since her emotional breakdown in early 2008, assuming near total control over her business and personal life. His continuation of that role has been key for insuring her tour and maintaining her custody agreement with ex-husband Kevin Federline. Proponents of this arrangement believe it has helped Britney stay on track. "The reason for the miracle comeback, the reason she has not been in the news, is so due to Jamie," says the source. "He had a bad rap in the past...
...conservatorship has its critics. Onetime Spears confidant Sam Lutfi, who is appealing a long-standing restraining order brought by Jamie to keep him away from Britney, insists that he knows the pop star "is desperate to end the conservatorship." His take on the current scenario: "She's not entitled to her freedom yet able to make hundreds of millions of dollars for them by performing a world tour." And former Britney BFF Alli Sims believes the Britney machine doesn't stop the drama from happening but is simply more effective in squelching the tabloid stories. "She has so many people...
...resent" the controls and that it gets worse when she's not touring, like now. "If you are on summer vacation, you are going to resent your parents," says the source, who hopes that we've seen "the end of the bad parts of this amazing story." (See Britney Spears in the top 10 T-shirt-worthy slogans...
...another bad part does unfold, it's a safe bet the pent-up media will not leave Spears alone. "There are countless journalists bemoaning the fact that Britney is so well behaved these days," says Steve Dennis, author of the new biography Britney Spears: Inside the Dream. That said, he adds, if she can hold it together, Spears will have achieved her greatest success. "If this redemption has some longevity to it, then it will be one of show business's all- time comebacks," Dennis says. "She was staring into the abyss. But right now she's showing the world...
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