Part one of a three-part series on Britney Spears' magnum opus: Blackout.

Part two:
How Britney Spears Made a Masterpiece | Britney's Blackout pt. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klT5SqJkr4k&t=1354s

Part Three:
The Road Back to Freedom | Britney's Blackout pt. 3
https://youtu.be/i64rf9z_HWc

Tip Jar
https://tiptopjar.com/medusone

Socials
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Instagram: @JasminHeartEmoji or @MedusoneGirl

Significant Sources:
“Stars, they’re just like us” by Kate Lee via Medium
https://medium.com/@kate/stars-theyre-just-like-us-186c59d740eb

Pennies For Paparazzi - Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/2005/06/16/paparazzi-celebrity100-hollywood-cx_lh_0616paparazzi.html?sh=52047acc1c58

Spears' ups and downs unfold like the stock market for many - South Coast Today: The Standard-Times
https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/2008/01/30/spears-ups-downs-unfold-like/52648957007/

Shooting Britney - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/04/shooting-britney/306735/

The Britney Economy - Portfolio
https://web.archive.org/web/20120531132220/http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2008/01/14/Britney-Spears-Career-Analysis

Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood by Vanessa Díaz 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089PWJZ4L/ref=docs-os-doi_0

The Accidental Feminist : If the National Enquirer Proved Nothing Else During O.J., It Reaffirmed Its Surprising Pro-Woman, Anti-Abuse Stance – LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-10-tm-12485-story.html

The Digital Dirt - The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/02/22/inside-harvey-levins-tmz

Inside the Lives of Hollywood Paparazzi [INSIGHTS] - Bustle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8mIRSfMf6g

Inside Hollywood's Paparazzi Pack (Fame Documentary) | Absolute Documentaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iti7XFCdjPs&t=1086s

A day with NYC's positive paparazzi - Brut America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU9NzMhc7K0

The Insane Lives Of Paparazzi - BuzzFeed Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzTOtueDUcE&t=327s

A day in the life of a paparazzo - CNN Business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUBu-XcbYj8

Jae, The New York Paparazzo - WNYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1Dff3nSfo&t=111s

Other Relevant Reading:
The Web Site Celebrities Fear - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/business/media/25tmz.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

How TMZ Became the Go-To Gossip Site for Spinning Away Celebrity Allegations - Pajiba
https://www.pajiba.com/celebrities_are_better_than_you/how-tmz-became-the-goto-gossip-site-for-spinning-away-celebrity-allegations.php

Britney’s Loss, Their Gain - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/fashion/07britney.html

Perez Hilton Changed Gossip Blogging In The 2000s. Now He Says He’s Sorry. – Buzzfeed
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/scaachikoul/perez-hilton-lainey-celebrity-gossip-bloggers

The dream of the ‘00s lives on in gossip blogs – The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/16/18054204/gossip-blogs-livejournal-web-design-crazy-days-and-nights

The Down And Dirty History Of TMZ – Buzzfeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/the-down-and-dirty-history-of-tmz

Chapters:
00:00 Just Like Us
10:21 24 Hour News
13:37 Thirty Mile Zone
24:51 Camermen, not photographers
34:37 everyone is mean
39:08 The Britney Economy
46:36 All God-loving Americans
50:26 Britney Wants Me…
54:41 Who does she think she is?
56:27 another song about a horrible woman
1:06:21 Panty-less menace
1:15:15 3 Bimbos of the Apocalypse
10:21 24 Hour News
13:37 Thirty Mile Zone
24:51 Camermen, not photographers
34:37 everyone is mean
39:08 The Britney Economy
46:36 All God-loving Americans
50:26 Britney Wants Me…
54:41 Who does she think she is?
56:27 another song about a horrible woman
1:06:21 Panty-less menace
1:15:15 3 Bimbos of the Apocalypse