'Break The Ice' Debuts On iTunes Top 100!

Britney's new hit single 'Break The Ice' has debuted at #94 on the iTunes Top 100!

Source: Break The Ice

All That Money, and She Doesn't Have an Ashtray

The following italicized article is from www.pagesix.com:

Britney Spears completes her country-girl look with a pair of cowboy boots today on the balcony of her hillside home. Too bad she had to throw her cig on the table to get it done! Didn't Papa Spears score her a $1,500-a-week debit card? Seems to us that she could spend just a sliver of that budget on an ashtray...

Source: Page Six

Losers...

New Britney Pictures!

New pictures of Britney arriving at the set of 'How I Met Your Mother'.

See them here!

Source: Britney Experts

Hey Brit — What Happened to Your Tattoo?

The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:

Back in 2004, after briefly falling in with Madonna and her Kabbalah clique, Britney Spears had the Hebrew letters, "mem," "hey," and "shin" tattooed on the nape of her neck. While some claim this combination of letters, "evokes the consciousness of healing," other reports say it's "just gibberish."

Doesn't matter much now, as recent photos appear to show that the mother of two has has done a bit of tattoo erasing.

BEFORE — SEPTEMBER, 2007:

NOW — MARCH 5, 2008:According to one source, the pop princess recently spent $2,000 having the tattoo laser-removed. And friends are saying Brit had the tattoo removed to express the tailspin her life entered in the last year.

"When she got the tattoo, Britney was in control of her life and her career," one pal says. "The whole world can see she's lost control, and the tattoo made her feel like a hypocrite."

Source: OK Magazine

HIMYM Boss Tells Why Jason Segel Wants to Make Out with Britney and More

The following italicized article is from www.eonline.com:

Attention Britney Spears: You may want to watch out for Jason Segel.

It seems that the funny and charming star of How I Met Your Mother may have some ulterior motives while shooting with the starlet this week. "Segal thinks he should just run up to her and try to make out with her," laughs HIMYM show runner Craig Thomas.

Why? Well, you'll have to read on to find out! 'Cause I just cornered Craig for a one-on-one interview, in which he evaded the overhead helicopters (no joke!) to give me the full 411 on Britney's guest stint, how it happened, what it means for the show, what it means for Josh Radnor's ass crack (seriously), what happened with Alicia Silverstone and whether Britney will be back.

Here's a hint: "We would love to have her back. This episode ends with a really funny tag that I think sets up how you might see her coming back."

Which raises the question...Could Britney be the Mother?! (Yes, I went there!)

Read on for the scoop!

Hey, Craig! So what’s your week been like? Anything special?
Just a normal week. You know, typical. Same old nose to the grindstone. No helicopters flying over our sets trying to take pictures or anything like that. Or...wait! That’s exactly what’s happening.

Oh my God, are there really helicopters?
I kid you not. I’m not sure if I’m accurate in saying plural, but there was at least a helicopter. At least one, perhaps more.

Wow, it's like the O.J. chase or something. Right in your own backyard!
I know. Hoping for what? Hoping to get a shot of her walking 15 feet to her trailer. I think they got way more shots of Jason Segel smoking.

What you guys should do is just put a blond wig on everyone at Fox Studios to mess with them. That is great. Another thing is, Segal thinks he should just rush up to her and try to make out with her. He has a movie coming out and it could be, like, a $10-15 million bump in the opening weekend. Even if she’s like “Get off me! What the f--k are you doing?!”

And suddenly Jason's movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall is the biggest movie of all time!
Yes!

I've seen it. It's very funny. So honestly, what's it been like working with Britney?
It’s been—I would describe it as surprisingly low-key. Just nice and normal and everything has been really calm. She’s good. We always do a run-through, which is always a little bit of an awkward endeavor at How I Met Your Mother, because we always have like 60 scenes, and it’s like this crew of people and executives and stuff walking around this set. And Britney really nailed it. She was really funny, and she really had kind of her own take on the character.

I’m sure it helps that your set is so homey and drama free.
I think we’re developing that reputation over time, because I know some other clients of her agent have worked on our show, and they’ve sort of passed that on to the agent and to her that it’s a really low pressure environment. She knows she's not in front of a live audience, and we just try stuff, and we do it. We do takes a bunch of times and get different versions and get it to be as good as it can, and I think that really appeals to her.

So what did you think when Britney’s people asked if she could guest star?
I’ve got to say, I mean, from my writing perspective—everything is a little more last-minute than you want it to be, because we just had a week of prep for nine episodes that were unwritten. So it’s pretty crazy. And last week we were rewriting the script, and the role is like this messy, nerdy, adorable, spazzy receptionist who has a huge crush on Ted, and we’re talking about actresses who are sort of that type. You know, nerdy and messy and then it became...Britney Spears.

It is shocking when you’re writing a role like that, that’s probably the last name that would come into your head. But Britney came in and just embraced this role, it’s not like we had to change the idea of the role to fit her. She came in, wanted to act, wanted to play a character, and that’s just what she’s done. It’s been really good.

Did you have any hesitations at all about casting Britney?
Of course, you know, we have to think about it from a business perspective, too. You can’t say no to it when Britney Spears comes to you and says “I want to do a small, funny part on your show, and not have it be a big deal and you have to write me as the big star.” It’s like, of course you have to say yes to that. You don’t know what’s going to happen necessarily, but you say yes to it, and you’re excited about it. Then it’s turned out to be so kind of effortless and fun and just a really great week, so it paid off, it just really paid off.

What is the episode about?
I think it's the best romantic-comedy episode we've ever done. Abby [Britney] has a crush on Ted, but he’s completely oblivious to it, because he’s going after her boss, the dermatologist who is removing Ted’s tattoo from earlier in the season. That’s who Sarah Chalke is playing. Sarah Chalke is playing the dermatologist who’s removing his butterfly tattoo just above his ass crack. And the episode recounts the high degree of difficulty trying to impress a woman who is removing a butterfly right above our ass crack. And he’s smitten with her and just from a love-at-first-sight kind of moment with Sarah Chalke.

Can you talk about what happened with Alicia and Sarah stepping into the role?
Alicia doing the show was kind of a leak by TV Guide or something before it was a done deal. And then her thing just kind of shifted, she wasn’t available for this week. As I said, everything’s been so last-minute. We still would love to work with her at some point, and we’ve talked to her a couple of times. I would not rule out seeing her in a future episode, but it’s great, because Sarah was available, since Scrubs hasn’t started back up, and we’ve always, always, always wanted to work with her. We didn’t plan on making her be a doctor again. Sort of like Sarah is falling into this weird sort of realm like how Tony Danza has to play a character named Tony. Sarah Chalke, for some reason, must play a doctor.

Like she's not recognizable without the scrubs on.
She literally, I’m even making this up, brought her own Scrubs lab coat. She’s cool, and it’s tailored to her. Sarah Chalke is so great she shows up in her own costume.

That’s awesome! So what are the chances that Britney might come back for more episodes?
You know, it’s been a complete pleasure to work with her, and we would love to have her back. This episode ends with a really funny tag that I think sets up how you might see her coming back. I don’t want to give anything away.

She’s the mother, isn’t she?
You know what, we don’t rule out anything on this show.

How crazy would that be? Think about that, you came up with the concept so many years ago and now, all of a sudden you guys just say, let's just make the Mother Britney Spears.
Yeah, and the spinoff is How I Met Your Father, and it’s all from Britney Spears’ perspective and then you do five years of that.

I love it!
You know what, she seems to be having fun. I don’t rule anything out. I think people will be really surprised by how different the character is from the public perception of Britney Spears and also just how good she is at doing it.

Source: E! Online

Britney Arrives On Set!

The following italicized article is from www.x17online.com:

Looks like Britney's had a busy day so far - after spending the morning with her kids, she headed over to Fox Studios for another day on the set of How I Met Your Mother!

We just snapped these pix of Britney showing up for another day on set. Hopefully today's shoot goes smoother than the day before - after all, yesterday, she was there for hours and hours and hours!

We've got more pix on the way, too - keep checking X17online for the latest!

On the set

Think she'll be back again tomorrow?

See more pics here!

Source: X17

The Boys Are Back - Again!

The following italicized article is from www.x17online.com:

Due to How I Met Your Mother's early call time, Britney Spears wasn't able to see her boys when her mother Lynn brought them by for a visit yesterday morning.

That's OK - there's always tomorrow!

Sean and Jayden were picked up from Kevin's this morning for another 9 AM visit with their mother. As usual, everyone stayed inside until noon, when Britney's time with the boys ran out and they had to go home to daddy. (Stay tuned to X17online for pix of the kids leaving Britney's house, by the way - we've got snaps coming your way any minute now!)

We think it's great that Britney's getting all these opportunities to see her kids these days - even if it takes a few tries!

See more pics here!

Source: X17

Britney Spears Speaks Out on TV Role:

The following italicized article is from www.usmagazine.com:

Britney Spears is glad to be back on TV.

"Working at How I Met Your Mother has been so terrific," Spears said in a statement obtained by Entertainment Tonight.

The singer is scheduled to play Abby, a dorky receptionist, on the March 24 episode.

"Everyone, including the cast, the crew and the producers, has been wonderful and Abby is such a fun girl to play," Spears said. "I'm having a blast!"

She filmed scenes yesterday in L.A. Her mom Lynne was spotted visiting her trailer.

"Britney’s not playing a version of herself," Mother creator Craig Thomas tells Us. "I think that’s part of what appealed to her."

He said she agreed to the part just one day after reading the script.

It is Spears' first return to the small screen since a 2006 cameo on Will & Grace.

Source: US Weekly

Britney "Having a Blast" on Sitcom

The following italicized article is from www.ok-magazine.com:

In what has to be the brightest spot in her life since getting back her visitation privileges to her two boys, Britney Spears is giving acting another shot with a guest role on the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which she started shooting yesterday. And she has nothing but great things to say about her latest foray into acting.

After her first full day of work, which included a visit from her mother Lynne Spears, Britney says that her experience "has been so terrific. Everyone, including the cast, the crew and the producers, has been wonderful."

And what about her character, Abby the receptionist? "Abby is such a fun girl to play," says Brit, adding, "I'm having a blast!"

This is Britney's second go-around with sitcom stardom. Two years ago, while a few months pregnant with second son Jayden James, the pop star made a cameo appearance on the final season of award-winning NBC show Will & Grace.

Source: OK Magazine

Britney Spears Having a 'Blast' on How I Met Your Mother

The following italicized article is from www.people.com:

Britney Spears has already earned rave reviews from her How I Met Your Mother castmates. Now the pop star is sharing the love.

"Working at How I Met Your Mother has been so terrific," Spears says. "Everyone, including the cast, the crew and the producers, has been wonderful and Abby is such a fun girl to play. I'm having a blast!"

The singer, who arrived on set promptly at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, is expected to continue shooting on Thursday afternoon following a visit with her sons. "The filming schedule was worked out so that she could still keep her visitation with her two boys," a source tells PEOPLE. "That was very important."

Apart from her assistant, Brett, the singer was joined on set Wednesday by her father, Jamie, and mother, Lynne. "Her parents kept thanking everyone onset ... saying this is just what their daughter needed," the source says.

Plus, Spears was quite prepared for her role. While castmember Josh Radnor joked that the singer "knew her lines better than I knew mine," a show source confirms that the singer was "very sweet and cute and she chewed gum obsessively on set."

If all goes well, could this be a continuing role? Says the show source: "She had a lot of fun doing it and she even mentioned extending her character. Who knows? She got along really well with everyone."

Spears' guest turn on How I Met Your Mother is scheduled to air March 24.

Source: People

Brit: Having a Mother of a Good Time

The following italicized article is from www.eonline.com:

Britney Spears has taken a shine to sitcom work.

Making her first public statement on just about anything in recent days, the Blackout artiste announced Thursday that her week of toiling as a guest star on CBS' How I Met Your Mother beats psych wards and courtrooms.

"Working at How I Met Your Mother has been so terrific. Everyone, including the cast, the crew and the producers, has been wonderful, and Abby is such a fun girl to play. I'm having a blast!"
Meanwhile, the show's set of has been harder to crack than Hyde this week.

People couldn't approach the soundstage without the proper security clearance, which came in the form of a color-coded wristband, according to Neil Patrick Harris, who plays the suit-wearing, skirt-chasing Barney.

Harris told E! Online's Watch with Kristin Wednesday even he was denied at one point, although he ultimately made it past the guards, considering he's the castmember with the Emmy nomination and all.

"I did eventually make it on set, because I just kept going through," the actor said. "But there were lots of 'Hey, hey—I need to see your wristband,' and I said, 'Lady, I'm actually on the show, so I don't have a wristband.'

"So, that's the kind of excitement there is on Stage 22 right now, mid Britney."

Spears arrived at the Fox Studios set in a chauffeured black Cadillac Escalade at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday with her usual two bodyguards in tow.

Shortly before noon, Spears' car was dispatched back to her Beverly Hills home to pick up mom Lynne Spears, who had just returned to the gated Summit community after spending the morning visiting with her grandkids at Kevin Federline's house.

Lynne was spotted outside her daughter's trailer several times once she arrived at the studio (she had the right wristband, apparently), but reporters were hard-pressed to get another glance of Spears after her initial dropoff.

Harris—who more or less agreed with "quite impressed" costar Alyson Hannigan
that Spears was doing a "good job" in her bit role as Abby, a sweet-natured receptionist at a dermatologist's office (where Ted is finally going to get his "tramp stamp" removed)—said the only thing that concerned him about the pop star's very prominent presence was what the casting coup implied about the show's status.

"It wasn't like CBS or How I Met Your Mother is trying to get ratings and said, Who can we star-cast to get attention," Harris said. "We were literally just filming last week and told, 'You're not going to believe who just called and said they wanted to be on the show.'

"So, that's sort of how it all went down…My only reservation about her being on the show at all is it appears that we are desperate for ratings, and that's not the case. We're sort of in a good comedy groove. So, my only concern is one of appearance."

Asked how Barney would handle Spears if the two came face to face, Harris maintained his character's signature cockiness.

"He'd definitely trump Osama Lutfi," Harris concluded. "Barney would out-Adnan Adnan."

Hannigan, meanwhile, had nothing but praise for the scene-stealing Spears.

"I have been quite impressed by Britney’s performance," the erstwhile Buffy the Vampire Slayer witch told E! Online. "The character she is playing is very sweet and endearing, which seems to come naturally to her. Not to mention, she has good comedic timing, which helps, given we’re a sitcom.”

The onscreen dermatologist temporarily employing Spears as a receptionist is being played by Scrubs star Sarah Chalke, a last-minute replacement for Alicia Silverstone, who opted not to appear at the same time as Spears in order to avoid what she assumed would be a totally chaotic scenario.

Source: E! Online

Brit's Tats Disappearing Faster Than Her Career

The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:

Sam Lutfi wasn't the only ugly mark removed from Britney Spears' life -- her neck tat is gone too!

During her unbeweaveable blondered days, Brit often flashed -- among other things -- her Hebrew neck tattoo. Last week, the brunetted poster child for conservatorships was spotted shopping sans any bad ink on her neck.

For now at least, it appears tattoo removal shops are the new gas stations!

Source: TMZ

Jamie Lynn Spears raising baby in Kentwood

The following italicized article is from www.msnb.msn.com:

Early in her pregnancy, there was talk that Jamie Lynn Spears would settle down with her new baby in L.A. If her plans for a nursery are any indication, that idea has been scrapped in favor of a more sensible plan of raising her son near the rest of her family in Kentwood, La.

A source familiar with the nursery — which is said to actually be in big sister Britney’s home — said that it’s being designed by Petit Tresor (the same company that did Jennifer Lopez’s three nurseries) and has an ocean theme. Britney is picking up the tab, and despite her weekly allowance of $1,500, the source said, “So far she’s spent more than $30,000 on it — she’s sparing no expense for her nephew.”

Jamie Lynn picked the “Round Crib at Sea” ($1,150 according to the Petit Tresor Web site), the “Bliss Nursery Dresser ($995) as well as organic bedding and baby blankets that are being made by Robbie Adrian. Britney did have one special request that seems strangely symbolic: an elephant in the room. According to the source, Britney ordered a custom-made, six-foot-tall elephant with a blue bow.

Source: MSNBC

Britney's Mom Meets "Met Your Mother"

The following italicized article is from www.tmz.com:

So Britney Spears began shooting her guest spot on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" yesterday in L.A., and, appropriately enough, Brit's mom came by to see her kid.

Usmagazine.com reports that Lynne visited Brit's trailer (insert socioeconomic zinger here), and that Britney was costumed up in what sounds like the most demure thing she's worn in years: a blue shirt, black heels, glasses, and a "secretary-style" skirt.

As TMZ reported yesterday, Alicia Silverstone, who was supposed to play the "Mother" of the title, backed out of the role when she learned Britney was involved.

Source: TMZ

Britney Spears's New Video: Cyborgs and Thigh-High Boots

Break the Ice

The following italicized article is from www.people.com:

Britney Spears leaves the stresses of her world behind to transform into a futuristic action heroine in the animated "Break the Ice" video that debuted Wednesday online.

"It's been a while. I know I shouldn't have kept you waiting. But I'm here now," sings Spears, 26, in the video as her animated character dons a short black body suit and knee high boots to take on cyborg-like attackers.

Just as she seems to be surrounded, Spears's character sets off a bomb and jumps out of a high-rise building, with the words "To be continued..." leaving viewers wondering what happens to Spears's character.

After viewing the video, fans could chat live with others about the clip in a "cyber party".

Earlier, her label Jive Records announced the posting of the clip directed by Robert Hales, of Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" video fame.

Source: People

Mediabase Chart Update!

'Break The Ice' is currently at #39 on Mediabase with 963 spins and 10.844 million listeners!

Click here to vote for it on your local radio station!

Source: Break The Nice

Similarities Between Break The Ice & Toxic

Similarities between Break The Ice & Toxic Video.

Video - Break The Ice

Now is the Hot As Ice music video the second part in which the real Britney, the one that was freed in Break The Ice, will take on?

My opinion on the video is that Britney was fighting through it to free herself. Fighting with the press, paparazzi, people who have a bad influence on her and her life, her demons... to just let the real Brit out. Victory. It's what it says at the end of the video. And she escaped right on time.

If you look at it carefully, you'll see that it's very symbolic.

Source: U Britney

Billboard Chart Update For Week Ending Of March 13th

In the official single chart 'Break The Ice' rises 5 places to #95 in its 2nd week on the chart.

Source: Break The Nice

Britney's New Video Is Blowing Up

The following italicized article is from www.eonline.com:

Britney takes a great fall, meets some sketchy men and then blows herself up.

Oh, the subtext.

We just got a look at Britney's new video for "Break the Ice" and have to say that, like most anime, it's an incomprehensible mix of explosions, slow-mo dance moves and some kind of ninja riot police.

And yet its meaning is clear: Britney is a superpowered woman in skintight clothes who overcomes adversity by nuking herself and everyone around her.

Yeah, the last part is a little Freudian for our taste.

In the video, Super Spears finds something in a floating tank—her soul? her real self? her aquatic dopplegänger?—and proceeds to apply a time bomb to the tank, blowing it and everyone else to bits as she jumps out a skyscraper window all Die Hard-style. The video ends with the promise (or threat) that it will be continued.

That's a good thing, right?

Source: E! Online

Sitcom Star: Britney Spears 'Great to Work With'

The following italicized article is from www.people.com:

No first-day jitters for Britney Spears. Arriving promptly at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on the L.A. lot of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother with her assistant Brett in tow, Spears quickly got to work impressing her costars.

"It pains me to report that on the first day of the shoot, Britney knew her lines better than I knew mine," actor Josh Radnor tells PEOPLE exclusively. "She's been great to work with."

In the episode, which will air March 24, Spears plays a receptionist at a dermatologist's office, who falls for one of the show's main characters, Ted, played by Radnor. She is expected back on set tomorrow for a second day of shooting.

Spears first met the cast on Monday during a table read. A set source told PEOPLE, "She was a bit nervous, but didn't let it get to her... She really seemed to enjoy herself and feel comfortable."

Source: People

Watch Britney Spears' New Music Video

The following italicized article is from www.usmagazine.com:

Britney to the rescue!

The singer takes on cyborg-esque attackers in her animated new music video "Break the Ice," which premiered Wednesday.

"Since Britney has been otherwise occupied, this was a creative and fun way to do her next video," a source told Usmagazine.com.

For those who want to see Spears in person, the singer is scheduled to play a dorky receptionist on the March 24 episode of CBS' How I Met Your Mother.

"Britney’s not playing a version of herself," Mother creator Craig Thomas tells Us. "I think that’s part of what appealed to her."

She was spotted on the sitcom's L.A. set, along with her mom, Lynne, today.

Source: US Weekly