The Britney Show

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Atlantic contributor David Samuels leads a panel at New York University's Department of Journalism on the influence of paparazzi.

"Suddenly, a pair of headlights appears at the bottom of the ramp. The photographers start shooting, and then they run for their cars. Felix drives a new BMW truck. I jump inside, and as the pack swings up Coldwater Canyon at a scarily high speed, the other MBF drivers box out the competition so Felix can pull up alongside Britney and shoot video. The star is blasting a song from her new album, Blackout, through her open passenger-side window and singing along. She looks lost in her own world, a rich girl singing to herself in a white Mercedes. 'Britney is unpredictable,' Felix shouts, as he films her driving. 'She might stop and take her clothes off, I don't know.'"

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