Last night Britney Spears took her Circus act to the Nassau Coliseum stage on Long Island, and Newsday, the final word in concert reviews, has a scathing account. The paper makes note of the audience member lapdance, the pop star getting sawed in three, and the Bollywood dance number, but they say it's all "a massive money-making venture designed to play up her talents and distract from her shortcomings." Is this not the foundation upon which pop stars are built? The criticisms continue, as they declare "she always gets a lot of help from her troupe of 12 dancers, who pull her across the stage or give her rides on their bicycles so we don't notice she's only moving at two-thirds speed or not doing all the moves her dancers are."

Meanwhile, the Post points out that "in the five years since she last toured, she's gotten married and divorced - twice; become a mom - twice; and was even committed to a mental institution for a short stay." And they think that while she probably didn't do any real singing, she was sporting a "buff new bod." How do you think Brit Brit looks these days?