Blackpink’s Lisa Drops a Britney Spears Cover for Christmas, as Group Preps Virtual Reality Concert and Jennie Announces New Company

Britney Spears’ debut single, “…Baby One More Time.”Indeed, the same California high school where John Travolta’s Danny and Olivia Newton-John’s Sandy were “Born to Hand Jive” in the 1978 movie classic set the scene for Spears’ graduation to the top of the pop world.“It was filmed at Venice Beach High School — the same place they filmed ‘Grease,’” Felicia Culotta — who was the then 16-year-old Spears’ assistant/chaperone — told The Post. “And we were just like, ‘Oh my gosh — nothing’s gonna get any better than this!’”The classic clip that premiered on MTV in November 1998 — two months after the single’s release — was the brainchild of the teenager herself.“The video was 100 percent her idea,” said Barry Weiss, who was then president of Spears’ label, Jive Records.“That was a huge, huge vehicle that broke her on a global basis.”Indeed, the timing couldn’t have been better: MTV’s “TRL” premiered just two months before Spears would deliver the video for her army of new fans.“The time that it was on during the day meant that kids would rush home from school and vote for their favorite video,” said Lori Majewski, host of SiriusXM’s “Fierce: Women in Music,” who was Entertainment Editor at Teen People magazine when Spears launched her recording career.And those young fans would become instantly acquainted with Culotta, who made a last-minute appearance in the schoolroom scenes at Spears’ request.“They said, ‘Oh, we don’t have a teacher,’” said Culotta.

Max Martin had written that song for TLC. He wrote it as, like, an R&B record,” Barry Weiss — who was then president of Spears’ label, Jive Records — told The Post.

Britney Spears, 42, debunked recent rumors that fellow pop writers Charli XCX and Julia Michaels are helping her work on what would be her first album since 2016. “Just so we’re clear most of the news is trash !!!” the “Toxic” singer wrote Wednesday on Instagram.

Britney Spears has declared that she’ll “never return to the music industry” in a new post on social media.Today (January 3), the ‘…Baby One More Time’ singer took to Instagram with a strongly worded post addressing rumours about her future musical endeavours.In a caption attached to a screengrab of the 1631 painting ‘Salome Bearing the Head of St. John the Baptist’ by Italian baroque artist Guido Reni, Britney Spears wrote: “Just so we’re clear most of the news is trash !!!”“They keep saying I’m turning to random people to do a new album,” she added.

Britney Spears is ready to take her rightful place on the throne and become a pop princess again!

In her 2023 memoir, The Woman In Me, Britney Spears wrote that “pushing forward in my musical career is not my focus at the moment.” However, sources have revealed that multiple songwriters are working new music for an upcoming album that could arrive as soon as this year. Both Charli XCX and Julia Michaels are mentioned by Page Six as being among the artists who have written songs for the rumored follow-up to Spears' 2016 album Glory.

Charli XCX is reportedly working on music for Britney Spears‘ comeback album.Spears hasn’t released any music since 2016’s ‘Glory’, taking a hiatus to fight the conservatorship her father had held over her since 2008. Jamie Spears was suspended from his role as conservator in 2021.Despite that, she has guested on two songs – will.i.am‘s ‘Mind Your Business’ from last year and Elton John‘s ‘Hold Me Closer’ from 2022.Now, sources have suggested that Charli XCX is part of the writing team for Spears’ prospective comeback album, but has not yet met her.“The Britney album is being kept top secret.

Britney Spears opened up about her relationship with her two estranged sons in her bombshell autobiography earlier this year and a flurry of new social media posts suggests they are still very much on her mind. On New Year's Day 2024 she posted a series of throwback photos of the two sons she shares with ex Kevin Federline. Sean Preston, now 18, and Jayden James, 17, were pictured as smiling blond-haired youngsters while posing for a selection of selfies with their popstar mum.

Britney Spears, Whoopi Goldberg and Prince Harry earned well-deserved spots on this list for bearing it all and not caring who hears or sees their outlandish posts or remarks. They say no press is bad press, and for many of these stars, their TMI tidbits got The Post talking — even if the general public begged them to stop sharing such personal details with the world.

Even though Britney Spears didn’t return home for Christmas like her momma Lynne Spears wished, it doesn’t mean she’s still not open to reconciliation!

BLACKPINK‘s Lisa shared a festive cover of Britney Spears‘ ‘My Only Wish (This Year)’ to celebrate Christmas Eve.Lisa shared a black-and-white photo of herself to Instagram to break the news to fans about the Christmas treat they’d be receiving. “Christmas present for my BLINKS Have a wonderful holiday,” Lisa wrote.The cover is accompanied by a music video in which Lisa receives a small ribbon-wrapped note and single rose before she wanders the streets of Paris in a white fur-lined coat.

The royal family marked Christmas Day by attending the traditional festive church service on the King’s Sandringham estate.

Britney Spears may not be home for Christmas after all…

Charlotte Crosby will be jetting off to the Maldives with her family on Christmas Day, after the festivities didn't "feel the same" following the death of her beloved grandmother in 2022.The ex-Geordie Shore star, 33, will be heading abroad with her fiancé Jake Ankers and their daughter Alba Jean, one, as well as her mum Letitia, dad Gary and brother Nathaniel. Mum-of-one Charlotte has revealed that the decision to jet off came after experiencing the "worst" Christmas in 2022 after her nan sadly passed away in November. Charlotte told The Mirror: "Last Christmas, we obviously lost my Nana.

Two teens have tragically been killed in a three vehicle horror smash just three days before Christmas.

Brits have been advised to check their lottery tickets after one lucky player scooped a £15million jackpot just before Christmas. The winner matched the six main numbers in Saturday’s National Lottery draw.

Christmas Eve weekend is here and it looks to be starting out with characteristically Mancunian weather as the festivities begin. Here is the weather forecast for the weekend, and the weather expected to roll in on Christmas Day and Boxing Day over Greater Manchester.

Sam Asghari and Britney Spears didn’t work out… But he’s making it clear some loves DO last.

Sam Asghari has been on a body transformation mission following his breakup with wife Britney Spears over the summer.

Wham! taking the lead for the peak position on the charts.The news follows a neck-and-neck race between the iconic ‘80s pop duo Wham! And Eurovision star Sam Ryder over the past week, with their respective songs ‘Last Christmas’ [1986] and ‘You’re Christmas To Me’ [2023].At the first look at the race last week, just 42 chart units stood between the two taking the top spot on the UK charts, however, this week it has been revealed by the Official Charts that Wham! are in pole position, and have widened the gap between Ryder’s Amazon Music original track – which remains at Number Two.However, it doesn’t seem likely that the charts will stay this way until Christmas, with Ryder set to play a fan-exclusive gig tonight (December 19) in Shoreditch, London, in a push to promote the song in time for Christmas Day.Similarly, today (December 19) The Pogues are sharing a special, limited-edition physical run of their own iconic Christmas song ‘Fairytale Of New York’ in a push to climb the charts.Originally released in 1988 and featuring Kirsty MacColl, the track is being reissued in memory of the band’s late singer Shane MacGowan, who died “peacefully” in hospital from pneumonia on November 30. He was 65 years old and his funeral took place in Nenagh, County Tipperary on December 8.All proceeds from the reissue will be donated to the Irish charity Dublin Simon Community, and the release also arrived alongside a fan campaign to get Fairytale of New York to Christmas Number 1 for the first time.The push for the top position on the charts has also been endorsed by Shane MacGowan’s widow, Victoria Mary Clarke.