Britney Spears Shows Off Current Singing Voice, Performs 'Baby One More Time' in New Video

Jon Weisman Vin Scully, the longtime Dodgers play-by-play announcer considered by many to be the king of his profession, died Tuesday. He was 94.The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed Scully’s death through its official social media.“He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more,” the organization wrote.

arrested outside her home in Brooklyn. In a new interview with CNN, she alleged the Islamic Republic of Iran was targeting her for her work.“My voice is more powerful than their weapon,” she said, adding that she has moved through several safe houses throughout the past year and immigrated to the United States to seek safe haven from the Iranian government.On Thursday, 23-year-old Khalid Mehdiyev was arrested by the New York Police Department after he drove through a stop sign and was found driving without a license.

A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to set a minimum level of weekly State Pension payments of £200 for every retiree, irrespective of gender, marital status or National Insurance Contributions record. The petition suggests that this would remove any anomalies in the current pension system, including the growing discrepancy between the old and new State Pensions.

Pat Carroll, the actress known for voicing the underwater villain Ursula in Disney's animated tale, "The Little Mermaid," died on July 30. She was 95.

Jered Barclay, a longtime stage and screen actor who found a second career as a TV voice-over artist for series including The Smurfs and The Transformers, has died. He was 91. His longtime friend Myra Turley said Barclay died July 23 of MDS leukemia in North Hollywood, CA.

Shania Twain has opened up about how Lyme disease caused her to suffer blackouts during her live shows. In her new Netflix documentary Not Just a Girl, the 56-year-old Canadian singer described the frightening experience of contracting Lyme disease and the extent to which it altered her voice. “Before I was diagnosed, I was on stage very dizzy,” Twain said.

tweeted, “I’m speaking with the union about potentially filing a grievance on the termination.”Overbey, who self-titles herself as a “female whistleblower,” has previously voiced her criticism regarding the publication’s lack of diversity and noted in her widely-discussed twitter thread, in which she announced that she was on performance review. In a new twitter thread posted Monday morning, Overbey announced that she was fired from The New Yorker, effective immediately, and provided screenshots that document her timeline of growing concern regarding the publication’s lack of diversity alongside her performance review.

Emmy award-winning comedy writer Kevin Rooney passed away in his home on July 19th after a long battle with diabetes and end-stage renal failure. He was 71.

Friends and notable journalists look back on the life and legacy of the late Ivana Trump in an exclusive sneak peek at ABC Studios’ “The Ivana Trump Story: The First Wife.”The one-hour special, which begins streaming Friday night only on Hulu, features the mother and businesswoman’s longtime friends, including Nikki Haskell and designer Dennis Basso, discussing her popularity and eye for branding that impacted the Trump empire. “She was the Kardashians before there were Kardashians. She was Kris Jenner,” one friend notes in the doc, calling Ivana the “first influencer.”The special will feature interviews with George Wayne, journalist and former columnist at Vanity Fair, Linda Stasi journalist, author and former columnist at New York Daily News, New York Post and Newsday, and New York Post columnist Cindy Adams.Here’s the logline from ABC Studios about the special: “With contemporary voices and archival footage and interviews, the one-hour special weaves a robust narrative of the life and legacy of Ivana Trump – the mother, businesswoman and glamour queen whose eye for branding and design helped Donald Trump build an empire.”The show will also look back at Ivana’s divorce from Donald Trump, “and how Ivana would go on to reinvent herself in its aftermath.

UK studio GCI is working in partnership with FFI, the oldest international conservation organization, on its upcoming animated feature Ozi Voice of the Forest. FFI is providing conservation advice and guidance to ensure the conservation messaging within the film is as impactful as possible, and GCI aims to help take conservation messages to new audiences on this new animated co-production from Mike Medavoy and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way.

Zack Sharf Amanda Seyfried revealed to Backstage that she auditioned for the role of Glinda the Good Witch in Jon M. Chu’s upcoming “Wicked” musical film adaptation, but the production went for pop star Ariana Grande instead. Oscar-nominated Seyfried has no regrets.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentA few days after her latest legal victory in court, Britney Spears is sharing her passion and love for music with her fans, singing a powerful new version of her hit “Baby One More Time.”Spears, who was freed from her conservatorship after 13 years this past November, took to Instagram to post a brand new rendition of “Baby One More Time,” the single that catapulted her to superstardom as a teen when she released it in 1998.“I haven’t shared my voice in an extremely long time … maybe too long,” Spears wrote on Friday in her caption that accompanied a video of her belting out the song that made her famous — but this time, an a cappella version.Spears sings with power in the video, showing off her raw vocal ability that garnered much praise in the comment section. Spears’ new version includes one notable difference from the original lyrics: “Give me a fucking sign,” she hits hard in her new video, which she says she recorded earlier this week.

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16 years is quite a long time, but it's done nothing to dull the shine of Lily Allen's timeless debut single Smile, which first reached Number 1 on the UK's Official Singles Chart this week in 2006.