Britney On CBS: Take Two
Britney Spears, who proved she's worth a cool million viewers to "How I Met Your Mother," is paying another visit to the CBS sitcom.
Spears will reprise her role as bubbly secretary Abby in the May 12 episode, CBS said Monday.
"We're all so thrilled to have Britney joining us once again," series executive producer and co-creator Craig Thomas said in a statement.
"And just to head it off at the pass this time around: Yes, Mom, Britney's very nice and no, I can't get her autograph for you," Thomas added, jokingly.
Spears' appearance in the March 24 episode won her good reviews and boosted the show's viewership to 10.6 million viewers, in comparison to the 9.6 million who had tuned in the previous week.
When last seen, Abby was flirting with womanizer Barney (cast member Neil Patrick Harris). The new episode, which began production Monday, has Abby and Barney sharing their mutual dislike of Ted (cast member Josh Radnor) and acting on it.
"Desperate to get a rise out of his former pal, Barney pops a surprising question to Abby," CBS said in a release.
"How I Met Your Mother" stars Harris, Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall") as an urban family of 20-something New Yorkers.
The pop star's camp originally approached the show about taking part, executive producer Carter Bays told The Associated Press earlier this month.
NYC trial of accused Uma Thurman stalker opens
A lawyer says a former mental patient's note about his hands being on actress Uma Thurman's body "at all times" may be creepy but it is not criminal.
Lawyer George Vomvolakis said in opening statements in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday that defendant Jack Jordan doesn't understand accepted boundaries and think "the way you and I think."
But Assistant District Attorney Colleen Walsh told jurors that Jordan had tried to communication with the "Pulp Fiction" star for more than two years with the intent to threaten and alarm her.
The ADA said Jordan used "emotional blackmail" to get at the actress by e-mailing her family that he would kill himself if he didn't get to see her.
Thurman and her family are scheduled to testify at the trial.
Jordan is charged with stalking and aggravated harassment.
Sex and the City in London?
"Sex and the City" the upcoming movie based on the wildly popular television show even admits Manhattan is the fifth lady on the show, with most of the scenes taking place in New York.
So why is it premiering across the pond?
"Sex and the City: The Movie" opens in London May 12th---two weeks before it hits Manhattan.
Some fans are fuming.
But if it's any consolation, a spokesman for New Line Cinema says the London debut will be much smaller than the one planned for the Big Apple, and although the four main characters will all be there, Chris Noth a-k-a "Mr. Big" and newcomer Jennifer Hudson will not.