The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
Robert A. Heinlein
Anna Nicole Smith proved that somebody who has no brains, no talent, no looks, no interesting or even nice personality, and lacks good character can nevertheless become famous. Britney might now be stressed out because the ANS case diverted media attention from her and now she is trying to regain it.
We live in a McLuhanesque era (Marshall McLuhan).