Britney’s latest “night out” made it to the top pages again hinting that she might be very close to a nervous breakdown.

Freshly released from rehab, after less than 24 hours, as some reports claimed, the pop singer showed up at a tattoo studio, Body and Soul, in the Sherman Oaks district of Los Angeles, with her head shaved completely bald.

A video on KABC-TV, a Lost Angeles television station, caught Britney’s new looks on tape while she was waiting to get another tattoo done on her right wrist, a pair of red and pink lips.

”She just wanted something real small on her wrist, something dainty,” Max Gott, the tattoo artist at Body and Soul in Sherman Oaks, told the TV station. ”She got some cute little lips on her wrist.”

Derrik Snell, another employee at the tattoo saloon, said she showed up unannounced and waited in front of the shop for about 90 minutes before she was allowed in, while fans and photographers gathered outside. Us Weekly magazine reported that she also got a black, white and pink cross tattooed on her lower hip.

”She seemed fine,” Snell said. ”I didn’t really notice (the hairdo) at first, she had a hood on when she showed up.”

However, according to Us Weekly magazine, when she was asked why she shaved her head, she replied, “I don't want anyone touching me. I'm tired of everybody touching me."

Another employee at the saloon told Us Weekly that Britney was agitated when she arrived and she "wasn't making sense at all." She said Britney was "totally freaking out."

"She was a nightmare to deal with," the woman told the magazine. "She was screaming and flipping out from the pain and wiggling her body all around."

One of the fans who waited outside the studio to catch o glimpse of Britney’s new looks on Friday night said she looked terrible.

“We could see her in the mirror, and her head is completely shaved,” Angelique Uram told KABC, ”It looks terrible.”

Sources close to Britney’s family say she her mother is distraught and her family is in “major intervention mode.”

“Her mom is constantly crying," the source tells E! Online. "Her family is freaking out."

ABC News reports that Harvey Levin, managing editor of TMZ.com, recently said that Britney’s family, concerned about her excessive partying and drinking, staged an intervention and made her go to rehab, although it looks like it didn’t last.

"Her family and friends staged what I guess you would call an intervention and basically said you have to go," Levin said. "[They] got her to go to a facility there and I am told she was there for a very short period of time and said this is not for me and left."

i don't see the need for an intervention, I find it stuttering to think that somebody's family would ignore the person and just try to fix a person like that. at least, that's how it appears to me. there's nothing crazy about shavin' your head and flipping out occasionally. especially if you're britney spears, she desrves a few episodes.

I hope she ends up like Nicole.

I'm sick of both of them.
They don't do anybody, let alone themselves, any good.

(BTW, If you don't like me me being terse and harsh, then T.S.)

She is only human, and all the negative criticism she has gotten in the media lately would affect anybody. We are all allowed to have our ups and downs.

Huh? "deserves a few episodes"???
WTF!
Let's see, I could give up counting how many wild episodes she's had in the last several years.
That girl needs to get some spirituality or something.
I guess she's good as a bad example, but that's about all. I mean, parents everywhere could point to her (going all the way back to her facade as a quasi-chaste young person some years back), and how she's deteriorated since, as a warning to their own children about how not to screw up one's life whether they get famous or rich or not.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give her about a point higher than Madonna (without even saying where Madonna belongs).

Role model aside, the way she's been living her life isn't helpful for herself either.

"We are all allowed to have our ups and downs."

Okay, I'll cut you a little slack there; we've all done wrong and/or foolish things in our lives.
But, good grief, don't most people learn from their stupid mistakes?
Hell, I mentioned Madonna. I should have dropped Jacko's name in the mix.
Talk about people not learning to avoid repetitive self-destructive stuff.

Regarding: "All the negative criticism in the media lately"--
How much of it was fabricated and/or undeserved?
Hmm?

"I don't see the need for an intervention."

Alright, we'll need some time to ponder that notion...
especially because at the moment we're likely to be hard-pressed to come up with a suitable solution for her.

" ... to think that somebody's family would ignore the person and just try to fix a person like that."

Agreed.

maybe she's going the Sinead O'Connor route... which means she might become a nun and leave the public arena...

one employee said she was acting fine, another one said she was freaking out... er, ok, sorry WHO is seeking attention? answer: both.

i saw a picture of this erlier today and i thought it was a joke...i geuss it's not .....

Blondes
Burnettes
Redheads

gotta love them Bald grrlz!

"That old fat skank who went and died was getting all the attention. So, I buzzed my head to get the cameras to look at ME again."

--Brit

PARENTS!!!

Britney Slut, Madona Crap: The music mafia (Vivendy Universal,
Sony/BMG, EMI, Time Warner) is teaching depravation and moral
decay to your kid!

BOYCOTT THE RIAA!

(Please joint the operation phone storm and call the settlement center:
Ph913) 234-8181. Tell them what you think of them! *%#@@?@#*@#!)

So Britney shaved her hair and got a tattoo - big freakin' deal.

Sinead O'Connor shaving her hair and going crazy (fighting with old blue eyes Frankie Sinatra, a man with alleged mafia connections etc) did wonders for her career.

I don't like Britney Spear's music nor find her lifestyle tasteful in any way but the biggest losers are these sad stalker fans and the paparazzi for wasting their time and mine by printing this garbage, who cares !!

There's no such thing as BAD publicity, only PUBLICITY. George Michael sold many more albums after his indiscretion in the park's public toilets.

I don't support the RIAA in any way but ultimately it's Britney Spears who is responsible for her own actions. I'm pretty sure her record label are actually cringing right now rather than happy but they will probably see that this stuff will not impact negatively on her, by keeping her in the public eye it will probably help her.

You make a good point.

Also, I may have been a little harsh toward the posts of Alwex and Snoogans775. (In the sense that coming on too strong can negatively impact people's need for acceptance.)
Those posters should consider this admission to be a subtle sense of extending an olive branch or something.
(Er, can I get you folks something to drink?)

I must study you further pessimist, you speak as I wish I could, without being quiet as offensive as I tend to be.

Thanks...
But actually, you've got a good attitude, and that's over half the issue turned in your favor right there. You're gonna be okay.

why are we talking about her and anna nicole. get a life people. why don't we talk about how many soldiers died this week instead. At least that's something real that actually affects us all.

that was the basic point I was making rico, the media wasting our time with this stuff when people are dying in the world, when our environment is close to collapse, when injustices are occuring daily and the best they got is 'Britney having a breakdown - She shaved her head' (like everyone who shaved their head is a nutjob on the verge of collapse)...

actually, a change in the news is a welcome relief from all the war bullshit, even if it is Britney's baldness

I hear that Buzz!!! Need change, glad that I live in a back-woods community & news usually entails a deer sipping water with its fawn from the local river or the weather. At least I know that's real. BAH, Britney Spears... "Hit me baby one more time..." Damn it, I missed the line to hit her the 1st time around Useless....pre and post E! channel shaved head meltdown. But shit, here I am throwing my 2 cents in like it's an important topic or that opinion of the topic is important, maybe she was just bored....like me?????

"Why are we talking about Britney . . ."

Comic relief, perhaps?
And, of course, she's a music artist (almost can't believe I said that), and this IS a site pertaining to the RIAA who sponsors her.

"... the media wasting our time with this stuff instead of people dying, the environment close to collapsing, injustices occurring daily, and . . ."

And, by extension, your implication/criticism could encompass this website as well. So, to respond:
I know it's tough to take, but our site's articles are expected to based on music or music artists. Still, off-topic subjects have a niche at the "Odds and Ends" thread where just about anything goes (within reasonableness).
Maybe some of your kinds of questions are more rhetoricial, or a lament of some sort. I was just parroting the company line for a bit, in case you guys really wanted answers.

"like everyone who shaved their head is a jutjob on the verge of collapse ..."

No, but if you follow how her life has gone for the past several years, there's been some pretty wild and wooly stuff. At least, let's go back to when she had that fling at Vegas, got married and divorced within the space of about 24 hours. And then, not too much longer after that, we learned . . .
but wait, how about, instead of recounting her various recent follies, we ask whether it makes any major difference to our culture. Probably not in the sense of her alone, but if you consider a perspective of the cumulative effect of many other poor celebrity role models, as the pessimist was pointing out earlier, who flaunt their lousy lives in public -- and you've got impressionable youth watching, with some of those youngsters having admired her back when she pretended being the image of a kind of wholesome girl (or at least not some sort of slut, which is what many would submit she'd just about been deteriorating into recently)... Crap, I didn't mean to ramble.
Anway, it can matter in the over-all scheme of things, taken together with other negative trends and lousy leaders our nation has been prone to accept over the last fifty years or so.
Drip by drip, drop by drop, our culture can deteriorate (and has), even if it's ever so slowly. Now, if you want to take issue with THAT premise, then we can start a real debate here. Get ready to load up your verbal weapons and exit to the refuge of the "Odds & Ends" haven.

Of course, on the other hand, we COULD muse about whether "Oops, I Did It Again" or her mosquito voice is listenable music or not!

Hmm, on second thought, let's forget I even brought that idea up at all.

We need to change the subject.
I think I'll submit an article lamenting how hip-hop and rap killed rhythm & blues.
(Wait, leflaw already had that!)

we participate (mostly) in our own discussions and musical adventures here. It's not unusual for a girl who was 14 years old when she signed a record deal and who was controlled rigidly for several years while she was hot and relevant to go off the rails and rebel against it a bit. Kids at college do this stuff all the time, for some it's a phase, for a minority they go off the rails.

Maybe I have a communist streak in me, but to me nobody is 'special' and deserves 'special' attention. If the president dropped by, he'd get the same cups of tea from the same crockery, I wouldn't kiss his/her a$$ and offer him champagne or crack out a set of rare Royal Doulton kept in reserve. Frankly, I couldn't care less about Britney, she does what she does and if she has a breakdown, so be it - she can certainly afford the rehab and counselling !!

Yes, your change of subject idea is more worthy of debate !!

she is just looking for more spot light time and now the spot light will shine on her bald ass head I wonder if she shaved any thing else

It's unfortunate that when a celebrity acts like an ass, they attract media attention as a magnet gathers iron filings. I'm sure most of us are sick of stupid stories like this, whether they're about Brit the hypocrit, or Anna the banana, or Jacko the wacko. Shmoo had it right when he referred to this kind of phenomenon as "the Jerry Springer effect."
It's a syndrome, and perhaps somewhat inescapable.
Oh, well, LIFE goes on.
(Er, except for Nicole; heh, that's one down, at least.)
)

I just knew something would come along that would be worthy of a post here;

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070219/fame_junkies_070219/20070219?hub=Entertainment

The Cult of Celebrity is irresistible...

~~~Our fixation on burning issues such as Anna Nicole Smith's growing pool of baby's daddy contenders is a symptom of our addiction to Hollywood gossip, says the author of a new book on the cult of celebrity~~~~

This is a long, long editorial, but does say something about todays culture...

Who care's........... I agree with the comment of "I'm sick of" hearing about these bimbos. Not just Britney, Anna Nichole, Paris, but all of these fuckin' clueless pop-tarts. And it's the fact that forums and blogs are posted and that attention is given to them that drives this whole charade.

Just ignore these douche-bags and hopefully they'll go away......

I'm considering buying stock in the tabloid companies; it may be a good investment. No shortage of material.
And a surprising number of interested readers.

"Shear Folly"
"The Buzz on Britney"
"Bald Britney. Her head resembles a sad bowling ball. Or a bewildered undersized pumpkin."
"Now to be sure, the unhinged pop princess has lost many things in recent months: husband, dignity, friends, clout, innocence, fans, underpants, parental responsibility, coherence, future endorsement deals, charm, brain cells, common sense ...
but who the hell would have guessed she'd choose to part with part of her signature appearance (even if temporarily)? Just goes to show you can't predict show business."

Yeah, we can't predict show business, or the music industry either, for that matter.
But the nice thing is, for many of us at least, we can choose to ignore entertainers ....
especially dumb-assed ones.

With that in mind, let's just forget this stupid Britney Over The Edge article ever got submitted here in the first place. All agreed raise your hands.

Britney's hair is for sale!

Is anyone surprised by this? She married talentless backup dancer, Kevin Federline, & had children with him. That shows an obvious lack of chemical reactions going on in that wet sponge between her ears.

American media is obviously fascinated by the most vapid, lowest-common denominators they can find (see all the hubbub surrounding Anna Nicole Smith's death - another, "who gives a damn?" moments in history, as if a big titted, dumb-as-sh1t blonde couldn't be replaced...)

Britney's hair for sale?

She's just going through an identity crisis. The real problem with these societal icons (maybe not ours in particular), is that once they reach the peak of their first "up-and-up" they can only fall from grace a bit. It's a good thing, and I'm glad she's dealing with it the way she's dealing with it. She wanted this life style, so she'll need to learn how to deal with it and all of it's glory and ugliness.

I think what's cool is that she'll come out of this a stronger person; in many ways I think it'll help her music. I see a lot of negative responses above, which I just don't get because I highly doubt anyone here knows her. She's just experiencing what a lot of folks experience at some point in their life. The only difference is that hers is broadcast on the paper medium and on television.

Anyway, her "world" is definitely crashing in right now...hope she sucks it up and solidifies who she is as opposed to trying to be what someone else wants her to be.

". . . falling from grace a bit . . .”
"She's just going through an identity crisis."
“. . . I hope she . . . solidifies who she is . . ."


The poor thing -- evidently she's in the throes of grappling with the eternal quest for truth, ardently searching for the true meaning of life, and ... I mean, this traumatic identity crisis she's undoubtedly experiencing is so profound and all, that, uh .... [pausing to brush aside a tear of reverence] ... um, ....
[starting to choke up] ............ Sorry, pardon me, but [voice quivering] _ _ _ _ I can’t go on . . . . [reaching for a tissue] ..............

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I don't know what came over me, perhaps I was trying to be a satirist or a court jester or something for a moment.
I might have behaved insensitively (masculine pitfall).

[genuine pensive expression]

Hey, Codger, your first post did strike an amusing chord, man!

Well, maybe you did hurt Stercesderised's feelings, but at least you kind of apologised. That was good of you.

I must say that your humor is profound and has contributed a very thoughtful point to the endless (cliche?) bashing above.

Hell yeah brother, it's good to see your understanding, maturity, and spiritual grounding are so thought provoking and inspirtational. Your coolness and extreme masculinity is amazing. And your sense of humor is even better...

....yeah, anyway, I still am glad to see her try to do some soul searching. It's not like her life was really that perfect to begin with. and no worries on my "feelings." I feel pretty secure with myself and my life.

...and yes, it's gay that folks are actually buying locks of BS's fucking hair. wtf?!

Stercesderised --

Acknowledging your most recent post.
In response to our differences, I have to say
this reminds me of a generation gap in a way.
I would tend to submit that the girl (well, woman,
actually, and a MOTHER at that) could have been
expected to grow up a little better by now.
So, actually, I can more easily relate to some
of the “airhead” cliches that were being slung about
earlier on this thread, more so than the psychiatric style
tea & sympathy some might be inclined to offer her.
Not sure I buy into the oversimplified “dumb blonde”
theory, though.

Still, Brit the nitwit has really painted a bullseye
on herself lately, you have to admit that.
She may as well hang a sign over the back
back of her shoulders, “Open season on Britney!”
for all intents and purposes. I wonder if she really
does have all her marbles sometimes, or whether
(speculating), could she have already be showing
some effects of having imbibed just too many drugs?
Nobody knows for sure what all she took at those
wild parties (or if they do, they ain’t tellin’ --
illegal situation to have possession of most of those),
so anybody can be allowed to guess a little as to
what’s going on between her ears!
One thing we can agree on: Brit’s doing a good job
of being a champion at indiscretion.

Okay, tit for tat, your satirically characterizing my
“spiritual grounding” as “inspirational”. Touché!
BTW, someone earlier had posted that what
your friend could make use of was some spirituality
to help set her on some solid ground. I’d buy into that.
Right now, she doesn’t seem to have much of a mooring
(as someone said earlier), that’s for certain.

I wonder how her label feels about all her recent negative
publicity. To that end, it’ll be interesting to see how this
impacts her record sales the next time she gets some
music released. I can visualize some parents being
adamant about their kids not purchasing something
done by a formerly tolerable artist having gone slutty.
(I’d say her name is mud about now in many households.)

Oh, about your mentioning Brit "doing some soul searching ..."

I wonder:
Is Brit's soul doing some special searching, or is Brit searching for some special soul?

If it's the latter, I hope he turns out to be a better character than that second-rate-dancer-whatever-the-dork's-name-was.
If it's the former, I truly hope her soul finds something of lasting value.

I so much wanted to say, "I hope he
turns out to be a better character than she."
('Cause that's how I feel.) And, God knows,
maybe some of his better deportment could
rub off on her, at least by osmosis or something.

She checked herself back into rehab today..of course that's today...who knows about tomorrow. Celebrities must find ways to get their names into the news, if their names have been absent, like, ahhh, a day and a half....

Ever notice how checking into rehab is almost a cop-out for bad conduct, as if to say: "Look, it's not my fault for being bad - I just lacked rehab treatment, that's all. The only thing wrong with me is ... I just needed THERAPY!"

Ahh, yes. Of course.

I forgot to add that my expression showed a cynical smirk as I wrote that.

Hey CC...yeah, I'm not stating or implying she's not feeling a round of karmic rebound. The sets of circumstances came together and happened to her for a reason, and I'm sure those reasons aren't entirely independent of Brit herself.

Of course, just to throw a curveball, she was part of a "punk'd" setup, so it wouldn't take that much more to think up that this is all a scheme to lead into her next album. But that is giving her/them a LOT of credit.

interesting points, well received

Publicity stunts. I can think of another one for her:
As a provocative pose for a news-hound camera, she could do a Marilyn Monroe wind-under-the-skirt thing ... but she might want to be sure to be wearing her underpants on for that.

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