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Britney Spears Sets A Course For Comeback: A Round-Up

8:15AM Defamer Hollywood | It’s been a strange couple of days in the Drunk-Alice-in-a- Child-Neglecting-Wonderland universe of Britney Spears, whose long-awaited comeback album, “Blackout,” released Tuesday to shockingly not horrible notices. (Her parenting skills, on the other hand, scored a solidly red Metacritics 16, the general consensus being that a Praline Ice Blended does “not constitute a suitable replacement for baby formula.”) In order to get you up to speed, a Britney round-up: First day sales of “Blackout” numbered 124,000, putting her on track to sell around 350,000 units in the first week. That’s enough to put her at the top of the Billboard charts – a feat rendered even more amazing when you consider her producers derived the entirety of the album’s vocals by digitally fiddling with one usable note. [People] More »

RoboBritney Suffers From None Of The Pitchiness Of The Original

6:30AM Defamer Hollywood | With just eight short days until the release of “Blackout,” Britney Spears’s attempt at stepping away from all the sock-related distractions and again donning her popstar hat (a Kangol-brand porkpie), the first reviews have appeared, including a dispatch from the NY Daily News in which the critic is struck by the robot behind vocals: Her twerpy chirp of a voice and flirty Lolita persona serve mainly as mascots for the music, providing the brand name and raw goods that a massive cast of writers, producers and marketers then manipulate into something commercially attuned. More »