“Framing Britney Spears” — the buzzy documentary examining the #FreeBritney movement and the pop star’s turbulent rise to fame — has landed two Emmy nominations amid the singer’s ongoing fight to terminate her conservatorship. A day before the next court hearing in Spears’ conservatorship case, the provocative film received nominations Tuesday for documentary special and picture editing for a nonfiction program. “Framing Britney Spears” premiered in February as part of FX’s “New York Times Presents” series. “I’ve lied and told the whole world I’m OK and I’m happy,” Spears told a judge last month. I cry every day.”“Framing Britney Spears” also turned a critical spotlight on how Spears was treated by prominent figures such as veteran journalist Diane Sawyer and pop musician Justin Timberlake, who dated Spears in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 13, 2021 16:22 UTC