Britney was photographed arriving at the Fox Studios in Los Angeles today, to film her second guest appearance as Abby, the receptionist, on "How I Met Your Mother." The episode is due to take 2 days to cover, and will be entitled "Everything Must Go," airing in the USA on 12th May, featuring Britney's character teaming up with Barney, played by Neil Patrick Harris, to torment Ted, played by Josh Radnor, resulting in Barney popping the question to Abby for a shocking response.

Britney Spears is officially confirmed for a second guest appearance in "How I Met Your Mother," reprising her role as Abby, the receptionist for Ted's dermatologist. The episode could air in the USA as soon as 12th May, with executive producer, Craig Thomas, saying, "We're all so thrilled to have Britney joining us once again." Production on the episode, which is said to involve Abby and Barney (played by Neil Patrick Harris) ganging up on Ted, reportedly started today.

"Break The Ice" falls two spots to #17 in this week's official UK singles chart, down two spots from last week's peak of #15; in the official albums chart, "Blackout" climbs to #19 from last week's #25, back in the top 20 after 26 weeks on the chart!

Britney Spears is back in the studio after workout session at Bally's and a voice lesson, where she was seen holding a CD that said "04/25/08 Britney's Voice Lesson - Afternoon." She headed off to a recording studio in the evening, accompanied by manager, Larry Rudolph, to reportedly 'tinker around' with Damon Elliott, who has recorded songs with P!nk and Jessica Simpson.

Britney is officially the #1 artist on the Internet, according to the BBC's new Sound Index online ranking system, taking into account blog mentions, Last.fm listens, Bebo lists and frends, MySpace profile plays and friends, iTunes downloads, Google searches and YouTube video watches, ahead of Simple Plan, Mariah Carey and Leona Lewis.

"Break The Ice" climbs eight places to #15 in this week's official UK singles chart, following the physical release of the 2-track CD on Monday; in the official albums chart, "Blackout" climbs to #25 from #43 in its 25th week on the chart!

"People" magazine is reporting that Britney is to officially reprise her role as Abby, the receptionist for Ted's dermatologist, in "How I Met Your Mother," later this season. A source told the magazine, "The show is ecstatic and so is Britney. She had so much fun the first time around she really wanted to come back. It was a mutual decision to work together more."

Following reports in the past few days that Britney Spears is close to signing a deal to be the face of Bally's Total Fitness, further rumours have appeared today, stating that the endorsement deal could be going ahead, as Larry Rudolph is friends with John Wildman, the chief marketing officer at Bally's. Britney has been visiting the gym frequently over the past few days, working with their personal trainers and nutritionists; a spokesperson said they are just focused on her health at the moment.

Britney Spears has been back in the recording studio with manager, Larry Rudolph, for the second day running; after having vocal coaching lessons in Tarzana and a workout session, Britney headed to the Glenwood place recording studio, following her visit to the MICID studios in Burbank yesterday. Larry Rudolph told "Us Weekly," "We went into the studio, but it was just for fun - nothing more. She wanted to go in and tinker around." A source told other media outlets, "She sat at the piano and got some ideas, playing and singing a bit. She wanted to go in to get her creativity going. It was a really positive experience for her."

 
Britney's 21st UK single, her third from her fifth studio album, "Break The Ice," is available in stores across the UK from today, featuring the album version of the track alongside the B-side, "Everybody," available legally in the UK for the first time. The track, which is available on the first pressing of "Blackout" in Japan, was produced by Jonathan 'J.R.' Rotem, and was one of the first tracks Britney recorded for "Blackout," back in 2006, sampling Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)."

"Break The Ice" climbs a few more spots in today's official UK top 75 singles chart, reaching #23, up two spots from last week; in the albums chart, "Blackout" climbs back to just outside the top 40, sitting at #43 this week!

Britney Spears was involved in a minor car accident on Saturday night, when she was driving her white Mercedes through slow moving traffic on the Ventura Freeway in Los Angeles, striking a Nissan which had stopped in front of her. There was no damage, and nobody in any of the cars was injured; she pulled into the nearest petrol station, with the Nissan owner to settle the situation and no charges will be brought. Later in the evening, Britney and her mother, Lynne, dined at Dominick's in Hollywood, where she was relaxed and told paparazzi photographers that the accident was 'nothing' and that she was feeling 'OK'.

Alli Sims, who spent a lot of time with Britney during 2007, following her stay at the Promises rehab centre, has spoken out about Britney and their friendship, having been absent from Britney's life since Jamie Spears took over as conservator, and a restraining order against Sam Lufti, who was acting as Britney's manager, alongside Sims as her personal assistant. Sims told photographers, "I am just glad to see that she's doing good right now, and I think that's all she really needs to concentrate right now is her boys and stuff like that, they are so cute and they are getting so big. I haven’t seen them in a while but I saw pictures."

Neil Patrick Harris has spoken about Britney's appearance on "How I Met Your Mother," saying, "She played a role for a week, and did a really nice job, but the workload involved with doing memorization and the purging of comedy over and over is really, really hard. I mean, it takes a strong skill set to do that every week. We kept the set closed to make her comfortable. So I would probably keep everything to myself. We wanted to make sure that she didn't feel exploited from us personally. She's exploited from everyone, all the time. We had some nice times, but they were our times. If she ends up getting her own show, she has to be prepared for the work load." He followed up the statement the next day, saying, "It seems that yesterday a writer took some quotes of mine and speculated an opinion about their intent. I write to you to set the record straight, Britney did a great job on the show. She really did. In fact, we are all hoping that she returns rather soon to reprise her role as Abby."

Larry Rudolph spoke to Ryan Seacrest about Britney, saying, "It's funny, I met her when she was 13 years old, and finally years and years later, around 8 or 9 years later, when she wanted to get married, she'd met Kevin, she really wanted to settle down and just take a giant step backwards from public life, you know, have her babies and start a family. She was just in a completely different place, I still wanted to do other things and she wanted to take break, and that was fine, so we sort of just parted amicably. We had already been together for a long, long time, and we were apart for a few years after that. I've spent some time with her socially. She's in great shape, I couldn't be happier to see the condition she's in. But this is not a time to talk about business with her. This is the time for her to do her thing, to get better. What she needs now is the public to be on her side and root for her, because she deserves it and, you know, that means a lot to her and that's going to get her better. She's got rehab on her knee going on, she's got a lot of things that will move her towards getting back. I can't think of a situation where anybody's been set up for a bigger comeback."

"Break The Ice", the third single from Britney's "Blackout" album, climbs to #25 this week in the official UK top 75 singles chart, whilst the album, "Blackout" falls a few spots to #56 - it is being reduced to #8 and repromoted in HMV this week.

 
Britney Spears mixed business with pleasure yesterday, when shopping for her little sister, Jamie Lynn, at the Ed Hardy warehouse and offices, having a meeting with designer, Christian Audigier, at the same time. A representative for the company said, "Britney wants to work on a clothing line with Christian; it was a closed-door meeting, but we will say that they are planning to do a children's clothing line, seeking out Christian for his flair on the line. She was really warm and in good spirits."

Larry Rudolph spoke to Ryan Seacrest about Britney, saying, "It's funny, I met her when she was 13 years old, and finally years and years later, around 8 or 9 years later, when she wanted to get married, she'd met Kevin, she really wanted to settle down and just take a giant step backwards from public life, you know, have her babies and start a family. She was just in a completely different place, I still wanted to do other things and she wanted to take break, and that was fine, so we sort of just parted amicably. We had already been together for a long, long time, and we were apart for a few years after that. I've spent some time with her socially. She's in great shape, I couldn't be happier to see the condition she's in. But this is not a time to talk about business with her. This is the time for her to do her thing, to get better. What she needs now is the public to be on her side and root for her, because she deserves it and, you know, that means a lot to her and that's going to get her better. She's got rehab on her knee going on, she's got a lot of things that will move her towards getting back. I can't think of a situation where anybody's been set up for a bigger comeback."

Leaked court documents reveal Kevin Federline's expenditure, from 'Bank Britney', according to Britney's lawyer, Stacy Phillips. Claiming that he understated his income by at least £100,000, court documents show that Federline earned around £250,000 from his production company, but he spent around £400,000, including 'extraordinarily high tips for food and beverage services', and 'business expenses' from Toys 'R' Us, Babies 'R' Us, restaurants and bars, and shops including Victoria's Secret.