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Imported gossip rag OK! is "revealing exclusively" (has a more noxious phrase ever been coined?) the rumor that Britney Spears is going to let her ex-beau Justin Timberlake guest on her forthcoming album, which is being worked on now for a December release. Why you'd want someone who dissed you in public whose most recent collaboration was a semi-dud Madonna song to be on your "comeback" record is beyond me, but I guess I'm writing about it, so we all know where the joke's landed, no? [OK! / Photo of happier times: Getty]

The Presidents Of The United States Of America (authors of "Lump") were joined by not just one, but two formerly Jewfro'd musical legends at LA's The Roxy last Friday: Satirical visionary Weird Al Yankovic, who reworked the Presidents' big hit as the Forrest-saluting "Gump," assisted in what was an undoubtedly transcedent cover of "More Than A Feeling"; and MC5 axeman Wayne Kramer, who helped essay the perennial "Kick Out The Jams" earlier in the night. Preliminary YouTube searches provided no documentation of either performance, but they did reveal another run through the anthem courtesy of Kramer and three other goofballs who've seen better decades. More »

After mixing "Umbrella" up with The Time's "Jungle Love" at last week's Grammys, Rihanna is set to perform the umpteenth "live remix" of the song at Wednesday's Brit Awards. Her foils this time: The Klaxons, who told Radio One that their take on the still-pretty-ubiquitous hit will be "an electronic version with guitars on it." Which sounds to me like it could describe the original take on the song, but apparently Rihanna's people disagree in a hilarious way! "They've got this funny idea of what our band sounds like and we've done three or four different versions," the band said. "Her people kept sending versions back going 'No, this sounds more like you.'" Perhaps her management thought that she would actually be working with the Jacksons? [Guardian / Photo: AP]