
OK! put out a statement calling the leaked looks "preliminary test shots," which seems credible if by "preliminary test" they mean ... well, just click through to see our annotated analysis of the snaps.

Be serious. This could have started out as Michael Jackson its SO edited and airbrushed. TMZ, you're a lot of fun, but the Britney theme has got to be cut back. It's becoming your central purpose in lfe and that's not good. Plus she's just not that interesting. I think everyone has figured out by now that being a pop start doesn' necessarily mean that one has a brain.
Britney Spears might miss a lot more 'X Factor' auditions ... because she can! Simon Cowell gave Brit damn near free reign in order to sign the pop star to that $15 million deal -- but is it backfiring? We'll tell you what peeps on the set are saying.Plus, Chris Jericho's…