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Iron Chef
Oct 25, 2003, 04:51
As reported earlier today...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "A Japanese businessman who was ordered to stay away from Britney Spears sued the pop star in Los Angeles federal court on Thursday, accusing her security guards of brandishing a gun at him and causing "extreme emotional distress."

Masahiko Shizawa, a 43-year-old software entrepreneur from Yokohama, says Spears' guards confronted him on a public street at gunpoint and demanded that he leave the area."

The entire article can be found here:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031024/people_nm/people_britney_dc_2

jovial_jon
Nov 1, 2003, 00:10
that is...quite....bizarre :eek:

Keiichi
Nov 1, 2003, 09:01
Who would want to stalk Brittney Spears? :D

ElChe
Nov 7, 2003, 08:43
I definately agree with Keiichi.

Mr. Manji
Nov 7, 2003, 11:40
this world gets stranger every day.......

Hachiko
Feb 28, 2004, 10:58
For the Toxic Lady, I take it as a price to pay for being a global pop star.

yimija
Apr 25, 2004, 15:45
I would...
I'll give it a good try anyway, and you know what ? I'm nopt sur I'll meet any of the bodyguards.... :D

Eternal Wind
Apr 27, 2004, 22:15
Britney has a thick neck.....

yimija
Apr 28, 2004, 21:56
so ?
what me worry ?

kirei_na_me
Apr 28, 2004, 21:58
A thick neck? Interesting... :?

yimija
Apr 28, 2004, 21:59
yeah !
does it worry you ??

kirei_na_me
Apr 28, 2004, 22:00
Nope, doesn't worry me! :p

yimija
Apr 28, 2004, 22:06
looks like it worries eternal wind...
bad luck for him
one more hour and i'll go to bed. past 2200. it's ben a hard day.

playaa
Apr 29, 2004, 01:58
I would stalk Britney Spears! :D

BAPE
Apr 29, 2004, 02:09
HA! I read that one. Pretty funny, btw, hear about Britney working out a deal with Playboy? Heard it on the news this morning. Choberi interesting :P

Flashjeff
May 14, 2004, 05:29
As far as I'm concerned, that dude's got problems o' plenty upstairs! I mean, who would want to be around that skank? Just looking at Spears lowers my I.Q. ten points!
:D

Uncle Frank
May 14, 2004, 06:55
My neice is a B.S. look alike with a good make-up job and right clothes. The only thing that holds her back is a thin neck !!

Frank

:blush:

kirei_na_me
May 14, 2004, 07:08
:D :D :D

I still don't get that neck comment....

I do know she looks terrible with no makeup, though. I mean, bad... :worried:

yimija
May 14, 2004, 14:02
What have you all got against Britney S ?

She is not worst than, say J-LO ? Or any other of the younger so-called singer-entertainer. They are just commercial products, some machines-to-take- your-money-from-your-pocket-to-put-it-in-their-own-pockets.
You all made it to happen, so don't complain now.
she is cute, na ! as for the IQ, no one knows for sure, 'cause no one has found anything to prove that she had any.
but she is cute, so what ? just as good to watch as a good Walt Disney cartoon, no ?
yes she is cute.
LOL
LOL
&
LOL again

Flashjeff
May 14, 2004, 17:36
Ahh! But can she sing (or pretend to like Brit does), relentlessly shake her tail onstage, get married for thirty seconds or steal boyfriends at the drop of a hat? That, my friend, are signs of true talent!
:D

yimija
May 14, 2004, 20:21
Ahh! But can she sing (or pretend to like Brit does), relentlessly shake her tail onstage, get married for thirty seconds or steal boyfriends at the drop of a hat? That, my friend, are signs of true talent!
:D
well, yes, who cres ? as long as she can make money, no one is asking her for miracles. or ?

Lina Inverse
May 14, 2004, 22:47
Hmm... she somehow reminds me of Kelly from "Married with children" :D
Except Kelly looked definitely better and probably was smarter as well.

yimija
May 15, 2004, 17:08
Quote : nobody for a change...

I think I'll change my mind. I'll swap Britney for Beyoncé.
How about that ?

ashuri2
May 26, 2004, 00:06
um, my main thing against britney is that she's not always that cute, i've seen some really ugly pics of her, and her singing isn't all that wonderful. christina aguilera donesn't always look good, but she's got one of those soulful, hard to find voices...of only she would rely on that and not so much on being naked. j-lo? homegirl has some identity issues, i liked her before she tried to turn into something different, back when she was jennifer lopez. she's cute though, and can actually sing. beyonce, my friends, is just plain hot and sexy at all times, but her voice i predictable: i can predict every warble and pitch and when she's gonna do it, and as a result i recognize her voice anywhere and after a while a voice that predictable gets annoying. every song starts to sound like the last in the way she sings it.
:disco: :sing: :dance: :music2:

Lina Inverse
May 26, 2004, 04:08
Dunno... this Beyonce doesn't look all that great :relief:
I'd rather take Britney (even if she's also clearly sub-optimal).

kirei_na_me
May 26, 2004, 04:12
To me, Beyonce's songs get old fast. I can hear them a couple of times, and I'm sick of them. Like the "Naughty Girl" song. I heard it twice and I was done.

Riven
May 26, 2004, 04:42
To me, Beyonce's songs get old fast. I can hear them a couple of times, and I'm sick of them. Like the "Naughty Girl" song. I heard it twice and I was done.
I completly agree with you... Fact is that, after listening to it, I can't remember of it...

Lina Inverse
May 26, 2004, 10:06
Yes, they're very lame indeed. Heck, even Britney's songs are still better and more memorable :mad:

ashuri2
May 27, 2004, 07:09
Yes, they're very lame indeed. Heck, even Britney's songs are still better and more memorable :mad:

<lol!> like i said, beyonce's singing leaves much to be desired, i liked destiny's child much better. i don't think britney is ugly by any means, but personally i prefer beyonce, just going by looks. but then again, that's just my opinion! :p

Golgo_13
May 27, 2004, 09:21
"May 5th was celebrated by Brittany Spears as the "Lip-Synco de Mayo" holiday" - Jay Leno

:D :cool: :sorry: :emblaugh: :cool: :D :D :cool: :sorry: :emblaugh: :cool:

Lina Inverse
May 27, 2004, 11:12
<lol!> like i said, beyonce's singing leaves much to be desired, i liked destiny's child much better. i don't think britney is ugly by any means, but personally i prefer beyonce, just going by looks. but then again, that's just my opinion! :p
I never said that Britney was ugly either - heck, on some photos she looks quite good, actually :relief:
Also, she looks clearly better than that beyonce broad. I have absolutely no idea why people would like beyonce - she can't sing worth a cent, and has poor looks to go with it :mad:

Golgo_13
May 27, 2004, 11:17
Who's Beyonce????

kirei_na_me
May 27, 2004, 11:25
I don't think either of them are beautiful. I think someone like Amy Lee or Sarah McLachlan is 'beautiful'...

Jean-Francois
May 27, 2004, 11:40
Beyonce Knowles won best females singer in this year's Grammy Awards. I think she can be very beautiful sometimes, especially in the 'Crazy in Love' video. I prefer Kelly Rowland though because she acts more naturally and is more comfortable to look at.

I also like Mandy Moore and Britney Spears, but I think Gwen Staffani of No Doubt is the most stylish.

kirei_na_me
May 27, 2004, 11:41
Yeah, you have a point! Gwen Stefani! She looks like a 1930's pin-up girl.

Lina Inverse
May 27, 2004, 11:42
I don't think either of them are beautiful. I think someone like Amy Lee or Sarah McLachlan is 'beautiful'...
Don't know either... I'll do an image search (http://www.altavista.com/image/default)
...
Just who is this "Amy Lee"? Go some explicit hardcore pics among the results :relief: (not that it would bother me :D )
Sarah - oh well, doesn't look all that great...

@Golgo13
beyonce is just some broad with neither talent nor looks... you're not missing anything.

kirei_na_me
May 27, 2004, 11:44
Amy Lee is singer for Evanescence. I just prefer more natural beauty. Not that glamorized, hyped image.

yimija
May 27, 2004, 13:10
To me, Beyonce's songs get old fast. I can hear them a couple of times, and I'm sick of them. Like the "Naughty Girl" song. I heard it twice and I was done.
yes you are right about the song. I usually look at the pictures and turn off the sound !!! LOL

I also like Mandy Moore and Britney Spears, but I think Gwen Staffani of No Doubt is the most stylish.
good taste JF !!!

Yeah, you have a point! Gwen Stefani! She looks like a 1930's pin-up girl.
yes I thought she want to look like MM... I dont like the style.
Amy Lee is good looking, but I don't know her songs, I'll try to find something. But if you say she's good, then I take it for granted.

Just who is this "Amy Lee"? Go some explicit hardcore pics among the results :relief: (not that it would bother me :D )
Sarah - oh well, doesn't look all that great...
What kind of a search engine do you have ?? you have to link the word "evanescence" with Amy Lee. Won't get funny pictures... (But it's nice too, sometimes...)
@Golgo13 beyonce is just some broad with neither talent nor looks... you're not missing anything.
Well, that's not very nice. She's NOT that bad... And beside I'd like to have so LITTLE talent and make so much success & money. It would be nice...

Golgo_13
May 28, 2004, 04:14
I don't think either of them are beautiful. I think someone like Amy Lee or Sarah McLachlan is 'beautiful'...


Beautiful? How about country music superstar Shania Twain? BTW, she's Canadian, for you Canuck members here.

ashuri2
May 28, 2004, 04:50
:( why does everyone think beyonce is ugly? and it's not nice to call her a broad, cause britney, christina, and soem others are just as bead...<lol>

as for beautiful, i think amy lee is very much so...shania twain? hmmm...

Lina Inverse
May 28, 2004, 11:25
What kind of a search engine do you have ?? you have to link the word "evanescence" with Amy Lee. Won't get funny pictures... (But it's nice too, sometimes...)
I'm using Altavista Image search (http://www.altavista.com/image/default). Google stinks because they censor :auch:
I turned off the family filter so I can have phun :D

Well, that's not very nice. She's NOT that bad... And beside I'd like to have so LITTLE talent and make so much success & money. It would be nice...
Well, sadly it's quite common nowadays for people with absolutely no talent to make money... currently we have some "talent shows" running over here. The people partipating there are so totally retarded it's not funny anymore :mad:
But for some freaky reason, this seems to be successful, since these braindead shows are getty more :okashii:

yimija
May 28, 2004, 13:19
I'm using Altavista Image search (http://www.altavista.com/image/default). Google stinks because they censor :auch:
I turned off the family filter so I can have phun :D
How right you are !, I never use google (excepted for technical searches where they are not too bad) but I use Coppernic pro, and that's really top-top !
Well, sadly it's quite common nowadays for people with absolutely no talent to make money... currently we have some "talent shows" running over here. The people partipating there are so totally retarded it's not funny anymore :mad:
But for some freaky reason, this seems to be successful, since these braindead shows are getty more :okashii:
yes, it is successfull... but who's fault is it ??? OURS !! we buy, accept, look at anything they will dish out. Mass refusal would help. Well, maybe not....

Glenn
May 28, 2004, 13:23
Yeah, the key there is mass refusal. I don't buy, watch, endorse, support, etc. anything like the retarded reality TV shows or "American Idol" or anything like that. But I'm in the minority. Just because I think it's crap doesn't mean everyone esle will too. In fact my own sister watches "American Idol," "Elimidate," "The Bachelor," etc. and it drives me crazy. So I don't accept any responsibility for the success of Britney Spears or any of those shows, because I have absolutely nothing to do with their success.

kirei_na_me
May 28, 2004, 18:44
You and me both, Glenn. I'm in the minority with you.

yimija
May 28, 2004, 20:27
You and me both, Glenn. I'm in the minority with you.
I think the "minority" is more important than one might think...
:ramen:

kirei_na_me
May 28, 2004, 20:29
Hehe...I think so too, yimija... ;-)

Dream Time
May 28, 2004, 20:50
pop idols suck

what I mean by 'idols' are those people with pretty faces and nice body [product of surgeries or not],who can't sing,and sings crappy songs with bad melodies and arrangement,and the lyrics are all about love and sex

some people say rock music is bad influence,well,some,that is if you listen to stuff like Marilyn Manson,Korn,there are lots of good rock music like Joe Satriani,Steve Vai...
I'd say idol pop music is even more bad influence
people who listens to rock would practice on some instruments and have some goals in their lives,like becoming musician
some people who listens to idol pop would just think about getting a guy/girl,and try to 'score'


Britney,Beyonce,N'Sync,Backstreet Boys,etc..,and those commerciazlized rappers,they all suck,thats why the sales numbers dropping,don't blame the mp3s
I don't even want their CDs even if someone gives to me for free,
many fans of those pop idols don't care about sound qualities and have no respect for music,so they'd rather download mp3s and not buy the CDs,
people who really loves music would use the mp3s to try the songs and would spend money on CDs.

the idols are ruining the whole music industry worldwide
many good musicians just don't get recognized while these idols are selling millions of copies and making million of dollars

Lina Inverse
May 29, 2004, 02:42
I think the "minority" is more important than one might think...
:ramen:
You are so right there! Please count me in for your minority as well :cool:
I'd rather bite my arm off than buy anything from these retarded freaks :mad:

Flashjeff
May 29, 2004, 05:01
Yeah, most of today's pop stars and the music they play is less than stellar. From booty shaking bubbleheads like Britney, Christina and Beyonce, the recently dead and buried boy band craze (in my mind, the ONLY boy band worthy of the title were those four lads from Liverpool!) to the legions of foul mouthed rappers, today's music is definitely sad and pitiful, And "American Idol" definitely isn't helping things any.

The only music I listen to on the radio these days are Oldies stations, playing the truly great stuff from the 50's through the early 80's. Everything else after that is pure crapola that you couldn't pay me to listen to. So I guess you can count this old dude in with the minority! Glad to be part of the club!
:cool:

Glenn
May 29, 2004, 05:31
@Dream Time - I would take their CD's for free, and use them as skeet! Pull! :D :D

@flashjeff - Even through the '50s and such there was crap on the radio. A lot of the "do wap" stuff is the same thing to me as Britney or Jessica. And the only thing that I listen to on the radio is NPR. It is by far the best radio station in the country, with real news and real music. Nothing is sentimentalized or sensationalized, and it all appeals to the intellect, not to illogical emotions. It doesn't follow trends, and offers information on a wide variety of topics with the goal of informing people (imagine that) instead of trying to rile up emotions for ratings. Anyway, enough of my rant. Sorry if I took this OT, but I felt that I had to say that.

Golgo_13
May 29, 2004, 05:34
Jeff,

Can't argue with you there. What can beat the opening elec. guitar sequence of "Get Down Tonight" by K.C. & The Sunshine Band?

1970s -- greatest decade for music !

Flashjeff
May 29, 2004, 17:58
Well, personally, I'd rather listen to "do wop" than Britney or Christina. In my mind, it's not crap. Those groups from the 50's turned out lots of cool, non-offensive music, despite what you think, it's far better stuff than the usually vulgar stuff that passes for music today.
:singer:

Glenn
May 30, 2004, 06:23
Well, I did say that a lot of it was like Britney and Jessica, not all of it. Anyway I wasn't even referring so much to the lyrics, although the older stuff is all about "boy meets girl" type nonsense anyway, just like today. I was talking more about the music. It just seems to me that a lot of that stuff was on the same level as Britney, et. al.; just made to make money. There doesn't seem to be anything worthwhile in the music for me; it's just not interesting to me. But maybe that's just my taste.

ashuri2
May 30, 2004, 12:58
the sad part about music nowadays is that they give people what they want to hear (something shallow, catchy) and an image most people want to be: a lot of girls want to be britney spears, soem guys want all the bling-bling of the rappers, some just fame- it's all fantasy. one group that comes to mind is morning musume. many of their songs are, quite frankly, pointless (like the song 'a girl gets excited about pasta') and with all the glitz and glamour surrounding the Hello! Project many girls want to be like them.

kuntow
Jan 19, 2005, 07:23
Can I just take non of the above and opt out of the whole pop-star scene? I see plenty of better looking girls wandering down the street.

Sally_Hawn
Jan 19, 2005, 12:31
Yeah, there're a lot of pretty girls wandering down on the street, but Britney Spears has her own style... I think for a pop star being special is more important than being pretty. Look at J Lo in the "Get Right" video. http://www.jenniferlopez.com/ She has a lot of styles!!!!!!

ffrost_nova622
Jan 25, 2005, 04:51
is that guy alright? sueing them for that....i think thats ridiculous :souka:

cacawate
Mar 17, 2005, 06:46
So, what ever happened to Britney's fat neck? She ever get it fixed?

Ma Cherie
Mar 17, 2005, 06:52
If Brittney Spears wants the media to leave her alone she should stop wearing those ridiculous T-shirts and stop going into public bathrooms barefoot. Well, that's enough from me. Strange article by the way, and I know nothing about the deal with her thick neck. :souka:

ashuri2
Mar 18, 2005, 00:56
britney has a fat neck? since when? but no, if she doesn't want the media all over her, she shoulds stop being....famous! it comes with the job!