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VMAs bounce back after Britney bombs

As in most train wrecks, it was hard to focuson just one thing as the Britney Spears disaster unfolded on MTV'sVideo Music Awards. There was just so much that went wrong.

Out-of-synch lip-synching. Lethargic movements that seemedchoreographed by a dance instructor for a nursing home. The paunchin place of Spears' once-taut belly. At times she just stoppedsinging, as if even she knew nothing...

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