**** THE WEB GOSSIP **** Britney Spears BRITNEY SPEARS – Has Britney Spears reached her tipping point? Her new song “Hold It Against Me” is a terrifically written and produced piece of crafty pop music; certainly timely, full of hooks … but, eerily similar to the other works of producer/writer Max Martin, from Sweden, who has become the Svengali of pop music these days; producing and writing songs for the likes of Katy Perry, Backstreet Boys, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, and is currently working with Carrie Underwood and Adam Lambert. Let’s face it, when Spears first appeared on the music scene, she didn't have all that much competition, now, her most clear and present competition may well come from Lady Gaga who was still honing her craft when Spears first broke through in 1999 with her debut album Baby … One More Time. Spears who was born on December 2, 1981, has been credited and rightfully so, with bringing the focus of the masses back again to younger artists; but, what was new then...