A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

THE POP SINGER'S GOLDEN GLOW OF STARDOM HAD BEEN DIMMING, BUT THIS WAS THE MOMENT WHEN IT DROPPED BELOW THE HORIZON: We never did have a thread about last week's Britney Spears interview on NBC's Dateline, but the WaPo's Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion analyst Robin Givhan today gives us an excuse to start one:

In the world of celebrities, physical perfection -- or the appearance of it -- is a requirement of the job. But Spears wore her do-it-yourself raggedness with rigorous intent. If the point of the interview was to curry sympathy and concern from viewers, then Spears reached for a costume to make her pitch. Here were the inarticulate mewlings of a starlet who has plummeted from her pedestal -- a free fall without the safety net of a stylist. See what the paparazzi have done to me? See what the rumors have wrought?

This may have been the worst celebrity interview decision since Jacko said yes to Martin Bashir, for what it's worth.