This is what I learned up to know, after reading 218 pages.
Retell
The 2003 MTV Video Music Awards were marked by a very special performance by Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. The trio performed Madonna's song: ''Like a Virgin'', with Britney and Christina dressed up in a barely there version of a wedding dress, and Madonna dressed up as the groom. The special event was when Madonna leaned to Britney and shared an open-mouth kiss. The kiss let the audience talking for a long time, forgetting about the kiss shared by Madonna and Christina.
Later on, it was revealed that Madonna was a one of Britney's fan. Surprising, since Britney was one of Madonna's fan too. As Madonna and Britney build a deeper friendship, Madonna introduces Britney to Kabbalah, which is a form of Jewish mysticism.
Britney released her fourth album : In the Zone on November 18, 2003. The album debuted at the number one spot on the Billboard 200 album chart. Britney's position as a top solo female artist was just even more reinforced.
It was now the Christmas vacations for Britney, who hung out with her family and old friends, including her old friend Jason Alexander. Over the vacations, Britney and Jason got closer and closer together, even to the point of getting married not long after New Year's Eve. However, the wedding only lasted 55 hours, since Britney's family was against the surprising wedding, and it would of interfere with Britney's job too much. However, that wedding was part of history as one half of the shortest celebrity marriage ever.
In March 2004, Britney started a new tour for her album In the Zone : Onyx Hotel. It was also the start of a new relationship, with Kevin Federline. By the middle of her tour, Britney and Kevin decided to get married, and this time, Britney's family had to meet the groom before the wedding, which would explain why Britney's family wasn't against that wedding. The wedding took place in October, but it almost didn't happen. After the wedding Britney and Kevin bought a house in Malibu. At almost the same time, Britney's new perfume, Curious, was launched.
Relate
Now, Britney and I have almost no qualities that relate us. The only common points between us would be our talent for singing, and our ability of keeping the rhythm very well. Opposite to Britney, I didn't marry anybody, and I don't sleep with old friends that I find hot looking. We just seem to grow further and further apart in our resemblance.
Reflect
I think that Britney is now more comfortable with the celebrity life and all the media fallowing her around. The only thing that bothers me is the fact that everybody freaks out on what Britney wears, when nobody cares about what normal people wear. Britney is a normal human, like us. She should be capable of wearing what she wants without hearing any complaints.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Reader Response #4
I have now read up to the page #182 of my biography.
Retell
Britney's tour ...Baby One More Time was announced on March 9, 1999. Because of her sexual style, she made a lot of people concerned about her. She had a bit of trouble to keep her reputation of a virgin young lady. This situation made one of her sponsor for her tour drop out.
The ...Baby One More Time started off at Pompano Beach, Florida on June 28, 1999. Between then and September 15, she performed56 shows in the U.S and Canada, to finish with a show in Hong Kong on October 23.
In November, she returned in Sweden to start recording the major part of her Oops!...I Did It Again album.The album was completed in January.
On December 17, 1999, she announced her next tour, the Crazy 2K tour in March 2000, which is a continuation of the ...Baby One More Time tour. She also announced the world-wide tour based on her new album Oops!...I Did It Again.
In February 2000, Britney was nominated for the Grammy Awards in the categories of best female pop vocal performance and best new artist. Sadly, she didn't win any award, the best female pop vocal performance award went to Christina Aguilera.
Later on, the 24 year marriage of Jamie and Lynn Spears came to an end. Apparently, Lynn couldn't stand Jamie's behavior anymore, even if Jamie thinks that Lynn wanted to attach herself to Britney's fame. Some people even think it was Britney's fault, that she asked her mother, in the early 2000, how much longer could she live that way.
The Crazy 2K tour started on March 8, but Britney took a break after seven performances to shoot her video for her song "Oops!...I Did It Again". Even if Jive and Niguel Dick didn't agree with her, Britney wanted to develop a sexier image of herself fast.
On April 20, Britney's Crazy 2K tour continued. The tour was harsh, virtually every night, she would perform in a different city. That tour was the first one where Britney was reported to lip-sync, even if she says that she sings every single song full out.
Britney's Oops!...I Did It Again tour started 2 months later, and it was her first official European tour. This tour was even more exhausting than the previous 2. She did 90 shows in 6 months on 3 continents.
At this point, Britney got even closer with Justin Timberlake as they officially started to go out. Her and Justin were almost a perfect couple, but it suddenly ended when Justin thought that Britney was cheating on him. After they broke up, it didn't really show in the young stars behavior, but it showed in Justin's song and video "Cry Me A River", which was very angry.
After all these events, Britney is getting the sexy image of herself she wanted, but it was worse than expected.It was so bad that there was all sorts of rumors of her sleeping with multiple known handsome male celebrities. All the gossip even made the wife of one of Britney friend dancer divorce with him.
Relate
Now, Britney is pretty much the complete opposite of me. I don't really care if I have a sexy image of myself, and I don't run around from guy to guy like Britney does. The further I go in the book, the less I have in common with Britney.
Reflect
At this point of the book, Britney is now an adult. She is now more capable of enduring all the pressure and the stress of celebrities. But being capable of performing after breaking up with your boyfriend seems really hard to do.
Retell
Britney's tour ...Baby One More Time was announced on March 9, 1999. Because of her sexual style, she made a lot of people concerned about her. She had a bit of trouble to keep her reputation of a virgin young lady. This situation made one of her sponsor for her tour drop out.
The ...Baby One More Time started off at Pompano Beach, Florida on June 28, 1999. Between then and September 15, she performed56 shows in the U.S and Canada, to finish with a show in Hong Kong on October 23.
In November, she returned in Sweden to start recording the major part of her Oops!...I Did It Again album.The album was completed in January.
On December 17, 1999, she announced her next tour, the Crazy 2K tour in March 2000, which is a continuation of the ...Baby One More Time tour. She also announced the world-wide tour based on her new album Oops!...I Did It Again.
In February 2000, Britney was nominated for the Grammy Awards in the categories of best female pop vocal performance and best new artist. Sadly, she didn't win any award, the best female pop vocal performance award went to Christina Aguilera.
Later on, the 24 year marriage of Jamie and Lynn Spears came to an end. Apparently, Lynn couldn't stand Jamie's behavior anymore, even if Jamie thinks that Lynn wanted to attach herself to Britney's fame. Some people even think it was Britney's fault, that she asked her mother, in the early 2000, how much longer could she live that way.
The Crazy 2K tour started on March 8, but Britney took a break after seven performances to shoot her video for her song "Oops!...I Did It Again". Even if Jive and Niguel Dick didn't agree with her, Britney wanted to develop a sexier image of herself fast.
On April 20, Britney's Crazy 2K tour continued. The tour was harsh, virtually every night, she would perform in a different city. That tour was the first one where Britney was reported to lip-sync, even if she says that she sings every single song full out.
Britney's Oops!...I Did It Again tour started 2 months later, and it was her first official European tour. This tour was even more exhausting than the previous 2. She did 90 shows in 6 months on 3 continents.
At this point, Britney got even closer with Justin Timberlake as they officially started to go out. Her and Justin were almost a perfect couple, but it suddenly ended when Justin thought that Britney was cheating on him. After they broke up, it didn't really show in the young stars behavior, but it showed in Justin's song and video "Cry Me A River", which was very angry.
After all these events, Britney is getting the sexy image of herself she wanted, but it was worse than expected.It was so bad that there was all sorts of rumors of her sleeping with multiple known handsome male celebrities. All the gossip even made the wife of one of Britney friend dancer divorce with him.
Relate
Now, Britney is pretty much the complete opposite of me. I don't really care if I have a sexy image of myself, and I don't run around from guy to guy like Britney does. The further I go in the book, the less I have in common with Britney.
Reflect
At this point of the book, Britney is now an adult. She is now more capable of enduring all the pressure and the stress of celebrities. But being capable of performing after breaking up with your boyfriend seems really hard to do.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Reader Responce #3
I have now read 126 pages of the 312 pages of my biography.
Retell
After Britney had left MMC, she went into a motionless part of life, where she lived as a normal teenager. In this period of inactiveness, she had her first actual boyfriend, responding to the name of Reg Jones. Britney and Reg had a great relation, until Britney got called back to New York for Jive (Zomba) Records. She did a couple auditions, and it was decided that Britney will have one album to see if her talent was worth to publish or not. The recording of her songs took place in Stockholm, Sweden. There, she recoded one of her most famous songs: "...Baby One More Time".
When she came back to New York, Jive Records decided to start on the music video for "...Baby One More Time". The video shows the story of a teenage girl daydreaming about guys in a classroom, when her daydream turns into singing and dancing. Britney's boyfriend, Reg, also had a part in the video, until he and Britney broke up.
After the publishing of the video, Britney was part of the opening of the teenage boy group 'N Sync's tour. In 'N Sync, the boy who caught Britney's attention was Justin Timberlake, who still had a crush on Britney. During the tour, Britney and Justin got closer and closer together, almost to say they were going out together.
Not long after the tour ended, the album ''...Baby One More Time'' was released, and both the album and the single released not long before were nominated platinum and were number one on the Billboard Charts.
As Britney enters further and further into stardom, critiques started to comment on her songs. They thought that Britney's songs already had a sexual meaning. What was going to be bad publicity for Britney ended up being noting, as Britney explains the meaning of her songs.
Later, as Britney was rehearsing for her second music video for the song ''Sometimes'', she had a major knee injury, keeping her from dancing for a whole month. When she came back, it showed that she had a breast augmentation, even though she denied it.
After all those incidents, the Jive Records president was sure that Britney was capable of combining the best elements of Madonna, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion.
Relate
At that point, nothing relates me to Britney. I never got a boyfriend, even though I try, and I'm really far from being famous and reclaimed from everyone. I also never got any surgery on any parts of my body for any reason. The more Britney grows, the less elements we have in common.
Reflect
I find it funny how being a celebrity seems easy, when it's one of the hardest thing ever. Britney had the support of her family and her boyfriend, but stardom was still harsh for her. Maby it was her mother who put all the pressure on her, just to be capable of living more easilly, but all the efforts put in was worthy of a try.
Retell
After Britney had left MMC, she went into a motionless part of life, where she lived as a normal teenager. In this period of inactiveness, she had her first actual boyfriend, responding to the name of Reg Jones. Britney and Reg had a great relation, until Britney got called back to New York for Jive (Zomba) Records. She did a couple auditions, and it was decided that Britney will have one album to see if her talent was worth to publish or not. The recording of her songs took place in Stockholm, Sweden. There, she recoded one of her most famous songs: "...Baby One More Time".
When she came back to New York, Jive Records decided to start on the music video for "...Baby One More Time". The video shows the story of a teenage girl daydreaming about guys in a classroom, when her daydream turns into singing and dancing. Britney's boyfriend, Reg, also had a part in the video, until he and Britney broke up.
After the publishing of the video, Britney was part of the opening of the teenage boy group 'N Sync's tour. In 'N Sync, the boy who caught Britney's attention was Justin Timberlake, who still had a crush on Britney. During the tour, Britney and Justin got closer and closer together, almost to say they were going out together.
Not long after the tour ended, the album ''...Baby One More Time'' was released, and both the album and the single released not long before were nominated platinum and were number one on the Billboard Charts.
As Britney enters further and further into stardom, critiques started to comment on her songs. They thought that Britney's songs already had a sexual meaning. What was going to be bad publicity for Britney ended up being noting, as Britney explains the meaning of her songs.
Later, as Britney was rehearsing for her second music video for the song ''Sometimes'', she had a major knee injury, keeping her from dancing for a whole month. When she came back, it showed that she had a breast augmentation, even though she denied it.
After all those incidents, the Jive Records president was sure that Britney was capable of combining the best elements of Madonna, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion.
Relate
At that point, nothing relates me to Britney. I never got a boyfriend, even though I try, and I'm really far from being famous and reclaimed from everyone. I also never got any surgery on any parts of my body for any reason. The more Britney grows, the less elements we have in common.
Reflect
I find it funny how being a celebrity seems easy, when it's one of the hardest thing ever. Britney had the support of her family and her boyfriend, but stardom was still harsh for her. Maby it was her mother who put all the pressure on her, just to be capable of living more easilly, but all the efforts put in was worthy of a try.
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