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Elle
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Sources Reveal If Britney Spears Is Actually Planning an MTV VMAs Performance
THE RUNDOWN Britney Spears won't be making an award show comeback performance anytime soon. After rumors circulated online that Spears would hit the stage at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, possibly bringing her son Jayden along, multiple sources told TMZ that there is no truth to the speculation. She was 'never approached by the award show to perform, was never on the performers' list, and there are no plans in motion behind the scenes,' the outlet wrote. Still, Spears's influence may well be felt at the ceremony. At last year's VMAs, artists like Megan Thee Stallion and Tate McRae were in Spears-inspired looks. Megan famously wore a python around her neck—a clear nod to Spears's iconic 2001 performance of 'I'm a Slave 4 U.' McRae, meanwhile, also paid homage to Spears's 2001 VMA appearance by wearing a sheer lace Roberto Cavalli dress nearly identical to Spears's red carpet outfit. Had Spears performed at the 2025 ceremony, it would have marked her first VMA appearance in nearly a decade. She last attended in 2016, when she took the stage alongside G-Eazy for their collaboration 'Make Me...,' from her ninth studio album, Glory. The MTV Video Music Awards will air on Sept. 7, 2025.
The Independent
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
A Britney Spears biopic is in the works – and it's based on this book
Two years on from her bestselling memoir, The Woman in Me, it's been confirmed that a Britney Spears biopic is in the works. Directed by Wicked 's Jon M. Chu, the movie is the result of a dramatic bidding war, with Universal Pictures winning the rights to produce the adaptation. The result of a reported £12.3 million book deal, the memoir detailed the 43-year-old pop star's battles with mental illness and 13-year conservatorship. Revealing intimate details about her life in the spotlight, it touched on her abortion while dating Justin Timberlake, a grueling Las Vegas residency and her exploitation in the music industry. An official release date hasn't yet been set for the film, but rumours are already rife about who could potentially play the singer. Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter and Sydney Sweeney have all been thrown in the mix, with Chu writing on X last week that the film isn't yet in the casting process. "I have not had one conversation about casting this movie yet,' he said. The tell-all memoir was critically acclaimed for its candid account of her rise to fame, but Spears admitted some parts were too painful to retell. As such, Michelle Williams narrated the audio version of the memoir. While details remain thin on the ground for the biopic, the movie will likely follow a similar structure to the book, including her struggle to end a 13-year court-ordered conservatorship. Chu has told Entertainment Tonight that 'she's going to be very involved.' So, if you're as excited as us, why not dive into the singer's memoir for the very first time? Here's where to read it, plus how to listen to Williams' audio adaptation. Britney Spears's memoir became an instant bestseller upon its release in 2023. An empowering rebuke of the music industry, public perceptions of her and her family's role in the conservatorship, The Woman in Me recounts Spears's journey to stardom and attempts to silence her. The book lifts the lid on what really happened in the run-up and aftermath of her highly publicised breakdown and hospitalisation in 2008. Following a series of public incidents, the singer was forced into a conservatorship that gave her father, Jamie Spears, control over her personal and financial affairs for nearly 14 years. A judge terminated the conservatorship in November 2021, and the singer is now estranged from her family. The pop star also touches on her relationship with singer Justin Timberlake. The famous pair dated in their late teens and early Twenties, with Spears revealing in the book that she became pregnant with Timberlake's baby but had an abortion. She alleges in the memoir that he told her to have an abortion and cheated on her with another celebrity. As well as writing candidly about her private life, she recounts some of her most iconic performances, such as 'I'm a Slave 4 U' at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards (that moment where she held a yellow Burmese python over her shoulders). With the movie based on the memoir, the book and Michelle Williams' audio adaptation (99p, give us a flavour of what to expect.
