Too young for Branson

You decide your pop career is over.  The only thing left to do is cut the deal and go play the casinos.  The casinos say "no".

Britney Spears Is Not Headed to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas
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I guess it's the contrarian in me, or the thought lurking that ballet dancers reach their artistic peak in their 30s (if they can still physically function), or maybe Richard Thompson got to me.  But can't she be allowed to fade into obscurity like a normal star?  Hasn't she earned that right?