Pop idols and former lovebirds Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake seem to be taking potshots at each other through their music videos - a spat being played out on "TRL" (that's the MTV show "Total Request Live" for the uninformed).

First Justin used a Britney look-alike in his clip for "Cry Me a River" to imply that he had caught her cheating on him.

In Britney's new video, a cover of Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" she makes it clear she's moving on. She coyly flashes a cell-phone number and the name "Ben" scrawled on her hand.

The British press is breathlessly speculating that Britney has rekindled a secret romance with Ben Affleck. Gossip had the two canoodling and breathing heavily on each other at the Sunset Room in Los Angeles last year.

OK, J.Lo, what's in your video?

BACHELOR NUMBER 3?

Fox has unveiled its newest reality show, "Mr. Personality." The host: scandal muffin Monica Lewinsky.

On the series, which debuts April 21, a young woman must choose between several potential suitors. The twist? The audience can see the men, but the contestant can't - until she has picked him.

We can't help thinking though, that "Mr. Personality" sounds awfully similar to a little show that ran for a while on ABC called "The Dating Game." We have seen Jim Lange, Miss Lewinsky. We remember Jim Lange. And you are no Jim Lange.

ROCK OVERLOAD

If you've been waiting for the right occasion to get that radical skin piercing, this item is for you.

After a five-year hiatus, Lollapalooza, the massive rock-and-lifestyle tour, is returning this summer.

Headliners will be Jane's Addiction, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, Incubus, Jurassic 5 and the Donnas. And that's just the main stage. Everybody knows the really wicked stuff happens in the outer precincts of this decadent floating city.

Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell, the pasty frontman for Jane's Addiction, used a surprisingly robust simile to explain why he is reviving the festival. "It's never a bad idea to take a rest and wait for the perfect wave," he said. "With the music industry, the bands that were out there, and our availability, it just seemed like this was the perfect wave."

Cowapalooza, dude!

Just Joking

What do Saddam Hussein and Custer have in common?

They both wondered where all those tomahawks were coming from.

Fascinating fact

The United States spent 283 times more on its military than Iraq did in 2001.

Best Bumpersticker

"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson

Lyric of the week

"In my life / All I wanted / Was the keeping of someone like you / As it turns out / Deeper within me / Love was twisted and pointed at you."

_"This Love" Pantera