Celeb News: PTC targets Britney & Rihanna

EarlyMorning

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The Parents Television Council is protesting what they term an "explicit" performance by pop artists Rihanna and Britney Spears on Sunday night's broadcast of the Billboard Music Awards on ABC.

The watchdog group is asking members to contact parent company Disney about the opening act of the 8 p.m. broadcast, which featured both singers performing Rihanna's song "S & M" while wearing bondage-style outfits and dancing on poles.

The singers also staged a pillow fight and shared a brief kiss at the song's conclusion.

"The song title alone reeks of the adult entertainment industry and last night's performance wasn't far from it," said PTC president Tim Winter in a statement.

“What happened in Vegas should have stayed in Vegas, as the saying goes. It certainly has no place at 8:00 pm on the publicly-owned broadcast airwaves.”

The watchdog group has campaigned against other shows featuring frank depictions of sex and violence on cable and broadcast television including MTV's "Skins," "Glee" and "Gossip Girl." Winter told The Hill earlier this year that the PTC's focus is protecting children watching broadcast TV during prime time.

"I cannot imagine what would possibly lead the ABC television network to air a profanity-laced, S&M sex show on primetime broadcast television," Winter said.

"The overtly sexualized performance by Rihanna and Britney Spears was no accident or mishap, but a deliberate effort to target teens with images and lyrics that that glamorize whips, chains and other sexual fetishes."

Winter said his group plans to contact ABC-Disney as well as advertisers including Chevrolet, Old Navy and McDonald's to ask if the performance accurately reflects their corporate image.

He noted that expletives broadcast during the 2002 and 2003 Billboard awards show eventually became a crucial part of the court case that overturned the Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy.

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R&B making em mad one pillow fight at a time.

chris1991

WHATEVERRR another day another drama!

Beatfreak

This is nothing new.

Brit and Rih will keep dominating with sexy performances and PTC will deal.

AlaysiaNRiri

Grim

Get that promo R&B!

Rigalo

This group is so pressed at everything I swear

RatedG²

PTC will deal with the sexiness of Britney JEAN Spears....with a little Rihanna on the side

evan93

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Originally posted by Grim

Get that promo R&B!

RatedG²

And besides, the performance is over...what can they do now except whine?

Twai

Wait, profanity-laced?

Shame♥

That shouldn't have been the first performance of the show considering it came on right after AFV. They have a somewhat of a right to be mad.

Patrick

The Swanson sisters would have encouraged a wholesome environment with a performance of their PTC-approved "S&M" parody, "PB&J".

Feels so good eatin' bad food
(Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)
Peanut butter with the jam
(Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)

Rigalo

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Originally posted by Shame♥

That shouldn't have been the first performance of the show considering it came on right after AFV. They have a somewhat of a right to be mad.

Ehh. I think it is all nit-picky. Who are they trying to protect, children right? Well what child is gonna be turned on and horny over handcuffs? It's not like they was poppin' ***** all over the stage. The average child doesn't associate handcuffs or whips with sex anyway.

EarlyMorning

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Originally posted by Shame♥

That shouldn't have been the first performance of the show considering it came on right after AFV. They have a somewhat of a right to be mad.

PTC gets mad over every little thing though. And, AFV wasn't even in their main points of bitching so they must not care about it. What they do care about, is making faux controversy.

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Originally posted by Patrick

The Swanson sisters would have encouraged a wholesome show with a performance of their PTC-approved "S&M" parody, "PB&J".

Feels so good eatin' bad food
(Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)
Peanut butter with the jam
(Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)

Last Boy on Earth

I'm sure American teens have their own brains and surely they don't get influeced by everything they see, these people are so annyoing.

MusicTalker

They'll have to get over it.

Яeo.

S&M is making even more fat moms jealous that they couldn't be as hot as Rihanna & Britney and get some action, using their kids and "morals" as an excuse

Well guess what bitches, Britney has two kids to care about and Rihanna is young and stupid before old and wise. So instead of relying on Popstars to educate your children, how about instead of wasting your times on these protests, actually raising your children the way you want to?

Ryan

Thanks for the promo PTC. R&B could always use more press.

Ryan

1) S&M wasn't profanity laced
2) The kiss wasn't shown
3) Kids shouldn't be up at 8PM anyway (take your little asses to bed)
4) **** the PTC
5) Old bitches remain pressed.

brIt-()nstar

Teh Pressed...