It's Britney b—tch! Britney Spears , who typically posts somewhat blurry, highly edited or cryptic pictures, upped her Instagram game on Wednesday, April 8.
The 39-year-old pop singer, who was the subject of Framing Britney Spears , posted a new video to show off a few of her favorite fashion looks, which went way beyond her oft-worn peasant blouse . And damn – not only were her transitions top notch, but the star proved she's got some serious style!
" I found my cat suit 🐾 … No luck finding my mask but at least I found my body 🙀😂💋 !!!! Stay joyful my friends and do what makes you happy by darn it ☀️☀️☀️ !!!! God bless 💋💋💋 ," the "Circus" singer captioned the post, which she shared with her 29.2 million followers.
In the high-quality clip, which was played to the beat of Pharell's "Happy," Spears rocks a total of 4 different looks ranging from downright sexy and scandalous to classic '90s.
For her first outfit, Spears slipped into an itty-bitty green mini skirt, white turtleneck and leather jacket with fur trimming. She accessorized the look with white high socks and rhinestone-embellished boots.
If you ask Us , the next look was hands-down the star of the show. The "Toxic" vocalist, who shares sons Sean Preston and Jayden James with ex-husband Kevin Federline, slipped into a very sexy leotard, or as she calls it, a "catsuit."
Dressed in the skin-tight and see-through number, Spears gave viewers a little "meow" before swiping the camera up to her next look, which was by far the most tried and true Britney Spears ensemble we've ever seen.
Wearing little low-rise white shorts and cropped peasant style blouse that showed off her taught tummy, the star did a catwalk down her balcony. She quickly tossed to her next and final look, a pink floral mini with puff sleeves.
Like most of Spears' Instagram posts, the video blew up, attracting more than 900,000 likes and 18,000 comments in under 24 hours. Both the Britney Army and those active in the #FreeBritney movement made sure to call out how the post was a departure from her typically less-produced posts.
20 years before #FreeBritney, a revealing Britney Spears doc - Chicago Tribune
The first time director Judy Hoffman goes in for a superstar close-up of Britney Spears in the rarely circulated 2002 documentary "Stages: Three Days in Mexico," the performer is soldiering through yet another photo scrum in what was, already, a long, wearying line of press "events," this time in a Mexico City Four Seasons banquet hall.
Bright, cold red, white and blue illumination from Pepsi's sponsor signage provides the background, while a wall of flashbulbs lights up the foreground. Spears, then 20 and at the end of a grueling world tour, smiles and holds it, just as filmmaker Hoffman, who teaches film studies at the University of Chicago, and her legendary cinematographer, documentary pioneer Albert Maysles, hold the shot just long enough for a question to form in the viewer's mind: How long has this hard-working, indelible pop export, this culturally necessary boy-band antidote, held that smile, exactly? A minute? An entire world tour?
"Stages: Three Days in Mexico" is a concert movie only occasionally, and in name only. It will be screened virtually, free of charge, in a 7 p.m. April 8 presentation sponsored by the University of Chicago's Film Studies Center. Hoffman will be interviewed by National Public Radio cultural correspondent Neda Ulaby. Viewers can catch both film and discussion at twitch.tv/filmstudiescenter , and a Twitch account is not required.
"It's a real Hollywood story," she says, wryly. "I was introduced to Jim Forni by the man who did my hair. He told Jim he had to meet this woman who teaches film." Forni ended up in Hoffman's class, and when that was over, Forni told her: "One day we're going to do a film on Britney Spears together."
Forni, you see, managed Spears's website. He was friendly with Spears's mother, Lynne. And that's how Forni ended up as executive producer, after hiring Hoffman to direct.
Hoffman had already met Maysles, who received credits on "Three Days in Mexico" as "consulting filmmaker" as well as cinematographer (with Jim Morrissette) and camera operator. WIth his brother, David, Maysles redefined the parameters and intentions of nonfiction filmmaking with "Salesman" (1969) , "Gimme Shelter" (1970), "Grey Gardens" (1975) and others.
For a striking compare-and-contrast exercise in how musical fame treats four men versus one woman, try watching "Three Days in Mexico" immediately after the Maysles' "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit" (1990), a reworked version of their 1964 film "What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A." For the Fab Four, the world was their dizzy, seductive oyster. For Spears, superstardom created a more isolating sphere of loneliness.
Things were instantly difficult when Hoffman and Maysles got to Mexico City in the summer of 2002, though not because of the film's subject. Hoffman recalls spending two of her available five days stuck in negotiations with Jive Records, now owned by RCA Records, whose representatives apparently hadn't been told about the documentary project. Spears's label agreed to the filmmakers' access requests, with conditions: They couldn't show their big star smoking or drinking. Or drinking anything other than Pepsi products.
Also: Because Samsung sponsored the world tour, each shot of Spears talking on her Motorola flip phone required an expensive post-production "wipe" to blur out the brand name. It looks like Spears is "talking into a dirty Kotex pad," Hoffman notes, dryly. "And that cost a lot of money to do."
Britney Spears: Legal Expert Explains Why Pop Star's Unprecedented Conservatorship Case Is
The new doc is one of the most talked-about projects of the year, and has not only brought to light Spears' highly controversial conservatorship case, but also the complexities of the conservatorship system as a whole.
"There is a very high standard to prove that someone is unable to manage their financial affairs. In the cases I've had, most of them have had early onset dementia or Alzheimers," Wentz says. "The people that I've had conservatorships over could not go out and present awards at awards shows or perform in front of a large audience."
A conservator over a person is where someone is appointed to make sure that the person has proper physical health, food, clothing and shelter needs being met. Someone is monitoring daily to make sure that the person is being fed and clothed properly. It's honestly such a high standard, we almost always see this in cases where a person is mental handicapped in a way where they don't know how to shower themselves or feed themselves. It's a pretty dramatic situation.
A conservator of an estate is appointed if a court determines that someone is unable to manage his or her financial resources, resist fraud or undue influence. When you say that somebody is unable to manage their own financial affairs, I think it's important to point out that we're not all expected to be investment professionals — most of us don't manage our financial portfolio because we use investors, so, Britney might not be able to invest her own money, but she can certainly hire a financial investment advisor or an accountant who could do that on her behalf. In this case, they have to be able to say that she's incapable of even hiring a team around her that can handle her financial resources.
Absolutely. There are other steps we take first. Power of attorney and a trust are ways that we avoid this much more onerous process of a conservatorship where you actually have to go into court. This would be the absolute last resort.
I would have had to have seen the evidence that they presented in front of the court to determine if it wasn't right. But what I will say is that it is highly unusual, which makes me think that there must be shocking, overwhelming evidence to show that this is necessary. This just doesn't happen. The standard under California law is that there is clear and convincing evidence, so that's a high bar — that means that they've determined there is no way for her to manage her financial affairs without someone completely removing them from her own hands. I can't say if it's wrong, but the evidence would have to be so over-the-top and egregious for a judge to let this be continuing for as long as it has.
No, absolutely not. A lot of times, you try to seal things, especially with celebrity clients, but they won't. It's not very common.
I have seen conservatorships used when somebody was in a coma, I've had dozens of them where the people had significant cognitive impairment from a stroke or dementia and are unable to speak for themselves and unable to write. If somebody is developmentally disabled, when they turn 18, frequently their parents, to continue helping them because they're now a legal adult, will get a conservatorship put in place, if there are assets that they need to manage for the disabled individual.
Absolutely, and at any given point, you could petition to have a conservatorship removed because you argue that you have the capacity to manage your financial affairs. She could never be barred from asking the court to undo this because the situation could change day to day.
On 'S.N.L.,' Britney Spears Renders Judgment on Matt Gaetz - The New York Times
Fineman explained that the show is where "we shine a light on the social pariahs of the week and I get to decide whether they're innocent or not that innocent." She threw in a special acknowledgment of the state of Georgia , which she said was "voted the best place not to vote."
As Spears, Fineman said that she herself had recently been called out over accusations that someone else writes her social media content for her . Reading from an old Instagram post where Spears wrote, "Who else finds the sea more mysterious than space?" Fineman asked, "Who do they think is writing my account? Jacques Cousteau?"
Asked about the criticism and a lawsuit from Nike that followed the release of the shoes, Redd said, "Their whole thing is just do it. Well, I did it."
The show's next guest was the Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew, played by Kate McKinnon who was wearing a skunk costume and wielding a cigarette holder.
McKinnon lamented the fact that the character had been cut from a coming "Space Jam" sequel and told Fineman, "I would kiss you all the way up your arm but I realize that's no longer socially acceptable."
"I would love to be at a point in my career where I can turn down projects but there's not a lot of parts for old French skunks," she said. "Every audition comes down to me or Gérard Depardieu."
Fineman introduced her last guest — "As we'd say in the early 2000s a hot mess and as we'd say today, a full-on sex pest," she said — Representative Matt Gaetz , played by Pete Davidson.
"My name is Matt Gaetz, like Bill Gates but with a Z at the end," Davidson said. "Like a cool version for teens."
Fineman recounted several recent scandals involving Gaetz, including a Justice Department inquiry into whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him, and allegations that Gaetz showed nude photos and videos of women he'd had sex with to other lawmakers.
Britney Spears Modifies Catchphrase in Video to Describe Who She Is - E! Online
The pop star's boyfriend Sam Asghari shared a sweet video to Instagram on Sunday, April 4 that shows the longtime couple enjoying a workout session together.
In the footage, Sam began by filming her feet straddling the treadmill and asked, "Who is this girl?" Then, the video panned up to show Britney's face as she started marching along on the exercise machine.
"It's me, bitch," she said in a chipper tone before adding, "Happy Easter!" Her remarks echo the line "It's Britney, bitch" that she said at the start of her 2007 single "Gimme More."
A shirtless Sam, 27, then put the camera on himself and said, "Happy egg hunting." He ended the video by flexing for the camera.
"Happy egg hunting!" he similarly captioned the post. "Starting the day with a great workout @britneyspears."
Sam has made it clear that he continues to see a future with the 39-year-old "Circus" singer. In an interview with Forbes published last month, the personal trainer was asked about his plans for the future and said he hoped to " take my relationship to the next step ." He added, "I don't mind becoming a father. I want to be a young dad."
On March 30, Britney offered her first response to the documentary by sharing via Instagram that she " cried for two weeks " after viewing a small portion of it.
In response to this post about crying for two weeks, makeup artist Billy Brasfield , who reportedly worked with her from 2012 to 2013, told Page Six that the star does not entirely write her own social media posts.
This led TMZ to report that Britney contacted the outlet on April 2 and refuted Billy's claims by saying, "I write my posts."
Britney Spears Speaks Out About Who Writes Her Instagram Captions
Her prerogative. Britney Spears addressed speculation that her conservatorship keeps her from being in control of her own social media.
The Grammy winner, 39, specifically shot down allegations from Billy Brasfield , one of her former makeup artists. He claimed Spears told him via text message that she was not responsible for the Tuesday, March 30, Instagram post on her account that responded to the "Framing Britney Spears" documentary .
"No, I'm not talking to him at all. I write my posts," the pop star told TMZ on Friday, April 2. "I'm not sure who he is talking to, but I am not talking to Billy B."
While Spears does work with a group of individuals to cultivate her social media presence, she is in charge. "Britney has complete control over her social media. She has her own social media team, and she and that team decide what goes out," a source exclusively tells Us Weekly . "The conservatorship has no involvement with that whatsoever."
She then revealed her reaction to the documentary . "I didn't watch the documentary but from what I did see of it I was embarrassed by the light they put me in … I cried for two weeks and well …. I still cry sometimes," she noted. "I do what I can in my own spirituality with myself to try and keep my own joy … love … and happiness!!!! Every day dancing brings me joy !!! I'm not here to be perfect … perfect is boring … I'm here to pass on kindness!!!!"
An insider told Us earlier this week that Spears decided to publicly address the episode because "she's not oblivious to what is being [said] about her in the news and some days she reaches a breaking point." She is also worried about how her sons, Preston , 15, and Jayden , 14, with ex-husband Kevin Federline will perceive the depiction of her career, conservatorship and more.
"She's embarrassed by the documentary mainly because her kids are at the age where they can access it and watch what their mom has gone through," the source added. "It's turned into a nightmare for her because she can't imagine what her kids are going to think now, and it's certainly triggered some emotions from her past. She's a major pop star, but she's still a human being who is super sensitive and, sadly, is really affected by the public's opinion about her."
Will Britney Spears Get to See Her Children On Easter Sunday?
Britney Spears has been selective of the private moments she shares with fans, including spending personal time with her two sons, Sean and Jayden, but it's unclear if the Princess of Pop will get some special time with her boys on Easter Sunday.
Back in March, Britney shared a photo of herself on a hike with her sons, who have grown into young men, and explained that she does not always share every moment together with fans.
"I'm extremely lucky because my two babies are such gentleman and so kind that I must have done something right 🙊 !!!! I haven't posted pictures of them for some time cause they're at the age where they want to express their own identities and I totally get it," Britney captioned a photo of the special moment.
While Britney has not yet revealed whether she is spending Easter Sunday with her children, the relationship between herself and ex-hubby Kevin Federline appears to be extremely amicable lately and gives hope that there will be a fun family meetup.
As we reported, things were extremely contentious between Kevin Federline and the "Womanizer" singer a couple years back during a heated argument over custody and child support. At the time, Federline had assumed primary custody of the former couple's sons, while Britney continued to work on her mental health , and ended up facing off in a battle with her father, Jamie Spears.
In the end, Jamie Spears was cleared of any wrongdoing ... and eventually resulted in Kevin Federline getting a sizable bump in his monthly child support from Britney, which comes out of the finances managed by her father and the advisors in her conservatorship.
Since that drama cooled down, things have appeared to stabilized in the Spears/Federline family with Britney and the boys spending more time together, although it does not seem that Jamie Spears continues to have a relationship with his grandchildren.
We will have to wait and see for Britney to share some special moments from her Easter celebration for the final answer on whether she was able to get the family time.
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