Britney Spears to direct her next music video

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Britney Spears won’t just be singing in her next music video — she’ll be directing it too.

The ‘Toxic’ star, 26, will go behind the camera for new single Radar, which is out in July.

A source said: “She wants to make sure it’s exactly right.”

The singer’s last video, directed by Robert Hales, saw an animated Spears work her way through a futuristic world for the single ‘Break The Ice’.

Meanwhile, Britney is set to make another guest appearance on CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

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

Spears will do just the one episode, the source says. Fox studios would not confirm the appearance.

The ‘Gimme More’ star first appeared on the show on its March 24 episode, playing a a bubbly, sweet, receptionist at a dermatologist’s office who fell for one of the show’s main characters, played by Josh Radnor. She received wide accolades for the spot.

“She was hilarious in the table-read, and I got to see her do the run-through as well, and she was great,” cast member Jason Segal said.

Source: Showbiz Spy

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

Break the Ice

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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

Britney Spears's New Video Debuts Today!

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The animated Britney Spears is about to make her bow – at an online cocktail party, no less.

The pop star's latest video, an animated clip for her new single "Break the Ice," is debuting Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. ET at the Web site BlackoutBall.com, her label, Jive Records, has announced.

According to the label, access to the video will only be permitted once fans discover and enter two passwords, available only on Wednesday on the BlackoutBall.com site. Once inside, fans will get to "mingle" with fellow party goers until the anime Britney (dressed as a futuristic, bodysuit-clad superhero) makes her debut.

The clip itself was directed by Robert Hales, who was behind Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" video.

Source: People