Britney's video: A take on Timberlake?
'Toxic' debuts Tuesday on MTV
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NEW YORK (Billboard) -- With her wedding/annulment imbroglio behind her, Britney Spears is getting back into showbiz high gear.
Her new video, "Toxic," will have its debut on Tuesday's "Making the Video" on MTV, and the singer is readying a North American tour.
The video apparently takes a swipe at ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake and his "Cry Me a River" video. According to an article on MTV.com, "Spears plays a femme fatale who'll do just about anything to procure a poisonous potion so she can kill her cheating ex, played by actor Martin Henderson."
Among the video's images: Spears in flight attendant garb picking up a man for a "bathroom interrogation"; Spears in a catsuit; and Spears wearing "nothing but pasted-on diamonds," according to MTV.com.
The video was directed by Joseph Kahn, who has helmed videos by the Backstreet Boys, Eminem, Garbage, Hole, Moby and U2. His feature film debut, "Torque," opens Friday.
The tour has been dubbed the Onyx Hotel Tour, and will feature a stage resembling a magical hotel that grants the wishes and fantasies of those who enter.
The Onyx Hotel is "a vibrant, whimsical place where wondrous dreams are realized, and the darkest of secrets are revealed," according to a statement from Spears' label, Jive Records.
Kelis has been tapped to open shows on the tour's North American leg, which will kick off March 2 in San Diego. The run will wrap April 10 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Spears' official Web site (http://britneyspears.com/) is hosting auctions for seats in the first five rows at 16 shows on the tour. Proceeds from those seats and portion of regular ticket sales will benefit the Britney Spears Foundation.
Spears' tour comes in support of her latest studio album, "In the Zone." The Jive set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 1.6 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Spears has had the run of the tabloids as of late, thanks to a January 3 Las Vegas wedding to longtime friend Jason Alexander. The nuptials, annulled two days later, were officially described as a joke taken too far.
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