Britney Spears Comes Back On TV!

She’ll be starring in the now popular sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" again… Britney Spears is to appear in a popular US sitcom for a second time playing a receptionist. The makers of How I Met Your Mother have invited the Pop Star back after her previous appearance drew 3 million extra viewers. Britney Spears- whose real estate is still under the control of her father- is expected to record the new episode of "How I Met Your Mother" this week before it airs May 12, 2008

The announcement comes as a surprise as actor in the show Neil Patrick Harris told us earlier this month: “She's not going to be a regular on our show… She's not an actress.” Britney Spears had a mental breakdown early in 2008 and was admitted to hospital. Hopefully news that she is working again means she is getting back on track…

Goodluck, Dear Brit.

Britney Spears Returning To ‘How I Met Your Mother’?

A new report has surfaced suggesting Britney Spears is heading back to primetime television.

Spears made a splash last month when she appeared as a receptionist on the popular CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” propelling the show to its highest ratings ever. People reported on Saturday, that the singer would return to the series, according to an unidentified source.

“The show is ecstatic and so is Britney,” the source said. “She had so much fun the first time around she really wanted to come back. It was a mutual decision to work together more.”

Her return to the show will be for just one episode, the source noted.

Since Spears appeared on the program during March, several stories have surfaced reporting she was planning a return. A source however, previously told Access Hollywood Spears would not return to the show.

Fox studios, which makes the program, would not confirm Spears’ return, People reported.

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Britney Spears Gives $25,000 To Idol Gives Back!

Britney Spears was so moved by the "Idol Gives Back" telethon on Wednesday night, she donated $25,000 to the cause. The pop star forgot about her own troubles for the night and watched the likes of Fergie, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey and Carrie Underwood perform as part of the "American Idol" charity fundraiser. And moving films and appeals made by Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys and Brad Pitt, among others, compelled her to dig deep for children's charities, aid groups and poverty relief.

A Spears insider tells Life & Style magazine, "She watched the show and cried for, like, two hours over the children in Africa with malaria. "She didn't know much about the disease, so she Googled it. She was horrified to realize kids were dying from mosquito bites. So she went online and donated after getting (her father) Jamie's permission." Jamie Spears was put in charge of his daughter's finances when he was named the co-conservator of her estate in February. Meanwhile, Spears and those who donated cash to "Idol Gives Back" raised $22 million overnight. Organizers of the show hope to raise more than $100 million.

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Will Britney Spears Return to Her 'Mother'?

An executive producer for "How I Met Your Mother" says he's open to having Britney Spears return for another cameo. "We always said, 'You know, if her character pops, we'll bring her back,'" Carter Bays told The Associated Press on Thursday. "I thought she was great. I was very proud of that episode."

Spears, 26, garnered good reviews for her guest starring role as a goofy receptionist in the March 24 episode of the cult CBS sitcom. The show ended with Spears' character flirting with womanizer Barney (Neil Patrick Harris).

On the following episode, which aired Monday, the show introduced a "mystery woman" who's been sabotaging Barney's usually successful attempts to pick up ladies.

Asked if Spears might turn out to be the saboteur, Bays said: "Could be. There's no reason why not." He also suggested actress Sarah Chalke, who guest starred alongside Spears.

Bays said it was surreal to see Spears on the set.

"It was totally weird. ... I think we have a very, like, kind of Midwestern homey vibe here on the show, and it was strange to suddenly have helicopters circling," he said.

So will she or won't she come back?

"I don't know," he said. "I don't know the answer to that."

~http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040401155.html

Pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears Turns 17 on a Budget

Pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears turned her 17th birthday bash into a bargain affair, dining with fiancé Casey Aldridge at chain diner Ruby Tuesday and then shopping at superstore Wal-Mart.

The couple were spotted in Liberty, Mississippi, close to where Aldridge and his family live, on Saturday.During a trip to discount superstore Wal-Mart, Spears was spotted looking at sleeping bags, suggesting the couple is planning a camping tripSpears' big sister Britney celebrated her sibling's birthday with a family dinner in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

The pop star joined parents Lynne and Jamie and brother Bryan for a meal at Italian restaurant Ristorante Peppone.