Michael Jackson and Britney Spears are parallels

As the former Pop Princess’ public image descends to new lows, she has lost people who keep her in check. She fired longtime manager Larry Rudolph, was dropped by new manager Jeff Kwatinetz, and lost her lawyer – all in this year. Is Spears surrounding herself with “yes people” who condone her behavior – or at least people who are unable to stop her self-destructive tendencies?
As the public watches the madness – mouths gaping, heads shaking in disbelief – is there a nagging feeling of déjà vu? Has Britney ripped a few chapters out of the King of Pop’s story?
Spears never reached Michael Jackson’s career heights, and with any luck she’ll never hit his public-image lows. Or has she?
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Britney Spears to undergo drug test
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Spears' downward spiral took another twist when a court commissioner ordered the 25-year-old, one-time princess of pop music to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week as part of a child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
The ruling could not come at a worse time professionally for Spears, who is trying to recover from a series of image-crippling events that include a bizarre head-shaving incident in February (captured by paparazzi photographers) to her widely ridiculed performance earlier this month at MTV's Video Music Awards.
Now, a judge has intervened and told Spears to clean up her act, which he said includes evidence of "habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol."
The question is, does the order come soon enough, and is it strong enough, to keep Spears from losing custody of her two young sons to ex-husband Federline.
"If she were to violate the order, she would be really stupid," said Lynne Gold-Bikin, a family law attorney in Pennsylvania and former chair of the American Bar Association Family Law Section. "Reading between the lines, I think the judge is saying, 'I think you can stop it, pull yourself back.'"
Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon, who issued his order on Monday, required both Spears and Federline to refrain from drinking or using drugs either in the presence of their children or within 12 hours before taking charge of them.
He also ordered Spears, but not Federline, to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week, according to court documents.
Absent from the order was a requirement that Spears undergo rehabilitation and substance abuse counselling, possibly indicating that her problem isn't severe enough to affect her parenting skills. Without that provision, however, experts say Spears may be bound to fail.
"People tend to backslide in those situations, and once you get into habits and patterns, it's tough to change," said University of Southern California sociologist Julie Albright. "The stakes have been set very high for a relapse."
Lindsay vs Britney - Who will make comeback easiest?
Well both Lindsay and Britney want to revive her career but who will make it easily i think Lindsay Lohan...if she can stop making mistakes. I think she has stayed under the radar and is working on changing herself...instead of presenting herself in a bad light over and over and over.....and over...like britney. Both of them need to live up to a better standard and I think its time America started holding those they put on pedastals to higher standards.
Britney Spears Loses Custody of Her Children
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