Britney Spears

Taylor Swift isn’t the first to monetise her heartbreak. Here are five of the best examples

This list will make you ponder what you could have done after a break-up instead of sitting around the house moping

Tue Apr 23 2024 - 14:09

I’m a Celebrity 2023: Nigel Farage maintains his jolliness while taking orders from a Frenchman

Television: After a stodgy first episode, viewers will hope the figurative gloves come off sooner rather than later

Mon Nov 20 2023 - 09:05

Nigel Farage and Britney Spears’ sister to appear on I’m a Celebrity

Jamie Lynn Spears, JLS’s Marvin Humes and Channel 4′s First Dates’ Fred Sirieix will also join line-up

Tue Nov 14 2023 - 14:01

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears: This memoir is as dark as a Hans Christian Andersen fable

The half detailing her agonising conservatorship experience makes for a harrowing, infuriating read

Sat Nov 04 2023 - 04:55

Toxic by Sarah Ditum: Reappraising the noughties through a feminist lens makes for an uncomfortable read

Difficult reading about how the culture treated famous women that is critically engaged, well-researched and colourful but not exploitative

Thu Nov 02 2023 - 04:40

Britney’s gossipy celebrity memoir contains a serious hidden message

The weight of the contradiction - to be a child dressed as an adult, to be an object of allure and contempt - broke something in her

Fri Oct 27 2023 - 06:00

Britney Spears was treated in a way that seems impossibly gross now. Could it happen again?

Horror at what was normal in the 2000s makes us grasp for the comfort of ‘it was a different time back then’ - but we should still question how young women are being treated

Tue Oct 24 2023 - 13:37

Britney Spears says she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake

Singer’s memoir, The Woman in Me, is the first in-depth account of her life and career

Wed Oct 18 2023 - 09:16

Britney Spears’ husband Sam Asghari files for divorce - reports

Wedding was seen as milestone in Spears’ reclaimed life after dissolution court conservatorship

Thu Aug 17 2023 - 15:54

Britney Spears to release tell-all memoir in October, publisher says

The Woman in Me will be a ‘brave’ account of the pop star’s life as book deal said to be ‘one of the biggest of all time’

Wed Jul 12 2023 - 08:31

Britney Spears announces pregnancy: ‘Baby one more time’

Months after her release from an “abusive” conservatorship, Spears is free to have a child

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 08:42

Joyriders: Remembering an Ireland washed away by the Celtic Tiger

Photograph Ross McDonnell on his latest book showcasing Ballymun in late noughties

Sat Feb 05 2022 - 06:00

Rihanna’s baby announcement redefines the ‘celebrity pregnancy photo shoot’

The Rihanna snap is the latest in a tradition going back to Demi Moore in 1991

Tue Feb 01 2022 - 11:05

Helen McEntee and Sally Rooney had a good 2021. Eoghan Harris and Dolores Cahill did not

Who had a good year? Rachael Blackmore for one. Who didn’t? Stephen Donnelly, arguably

Sun Dec 26 2021 - 06:00

Who is Sam Asghari, Britney Spears’s boyfriend?

The star’s fiance is working on his own path to fame in a year that has put him in the spotlight

Tue Nov 16 2021 - 06:00

Britney Spears’s independence from conservatorship could be imminent

Judge to decide whether to terminate 14-year legal arrangement at hearing today

Fri Nov 12 2021 - 10:20

Aimee Mann: ‘Any woman my age is traumatised by growing up in the 60s and 70s’

US indie icon talks about her childhood kidnapping and her repressive upbringing

Mon Nov 08 2021 - 06:00

Britney Spears ‘on cloud nine’ after father suspended from conservatorship

Hearing to discuss whether to terminate conservatorship to take place in November

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 16:39

First trailer arrives for Netflix’s explosive Britney Spears documentary

Britney vs Spears will explore legal battle over conservatorship overseen by her father

Thu Sept 23 2021 - 09:10

Britney Spears under investigation for allegedly attacking staff member

Spears’s attorney claims investigation nothing more than manufactured ‘he said she said’ incident

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 14:35

Mark Ronson: ‘I wish I’d been more upfront about Amy Winehouse’s addiction’

The producer on therapy, paparazzi – and being tucked in by Robin Williams

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 06:00

Britney Spears: US House of Representatives introduces Bill to end conservatorship abuse

Inspired by singer’s case, Free Act would bring protection and oversight to ‘broken system’

Thu Jul 22 2021 - 10:55

‘This Girls Aloud song was the soundtrack to me coming out’

The RTÉ presenter James Patrice shares the playlist of songs he’s been listening to lately

Thu Jul 22 2021 - 06:00

Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations

Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 09:42

Britney Spears’s manager quits and says singer may retire

Larry Rudolph’s letter to Spears’s conservators says his ‘services are no longer needed’

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 11:05

Britney Spears: Management firm resigns from role overseeing estate

Bessemer Trust was appointed co-conservator of singer’s finances, alongside her father

Fri Jul 02 2021 - 06:46

The story of Britney Spears is a classic fairy tale

From childhood we are inured to fables about females having their powers taken away

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 01:18

Legal experts say long fight ahead for Britney Spears

Singer’s testimony has fuelled calls for conservatorship to end but process could involve multiple hearings

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 19:00

‘Sorry for pretending I’ve been okay’: Britney Spears speaks out after testimony

Pop star says her upbeat social media gave fans the wrong impression of her life

Fri Jun 25 2021 - 08:31

‘I want my life back’: Britney Spears asks court to end ‘abusive’ conservatorship

Singer tells judge she has been forced to work against her will and been blocked from marrying

Thu Jun 24 2021 - 11:32

Britney Spears speaks at last: Will her day in court upend all we thought we knew?

After documentaries and theories, the singer today makes a bid to take back control of her life

Wed Jun 23 2021 - 09:43

Britney Spears: Documentaries about my life are ‘so hypocritical’

Spears says two recent films about her 2008 breakdown ‘criticise the media then do the same thing’

Wed May 05 2021 - 10:21

A lot of the time we are not all in this together

Who is the ‘we’ that is invoked in lifestyle, entertainment and opinion pieces?

Sat Feb 27 2021 - 08:44

High Irish mortgage rates, Ifac’s budget access, and the cost of having a baby

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Tue Feb 16 2021 - 06:30