Just by typing the name Britney Spears I'm adding to the problem

Britney wins back custody of kids.

Britney invests large amounts of money in her sons' college funds.

Britney makes triumphant return to VMA's.

Britney drops music biz, will try honest work for a while.

Notice only one of the above is an actual, active link?

But the real problem is that Britney's video for "Piece of Me" won Video of the Year. This video featured Britney mooning "paparazzi" then running around and dancing with blonde women. Didn't Lohan do that in 2006? Isn't the paparazzi theme (and paparazzi in general) getting a bit old?
This video was better than Linkin Park's "Shadow of the Day" with its LA riot undertones? Or Feist's "1 2 3 4" where the entire video was shot in 1 continuous take and the song was all over the television and radio courtesy the iPod nano commercials?
Or, in an ideal, perfect world, Amy Winehouse would win with her song, "Rehab," and then during her acceptance speech (in a brash move of hilarious irony) she'd dedicate the song to Spears.