 Britney Spears will soon return to prime-time television CBS has confirmed. Weeks after she drew glowing reviews and strong ratings as a guest star on the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” Spears will return to the show on May 12 to reprise her role as a sassy office assistant named Abby. “We’re all so thrilled to have Britney joining us once again,” series executive producer and co-creator Craig Thomas said in a statement.
A network spokeswoman also said the episode would be shot sometime this week in Los Angeles. In her March 24 debut on the series, Spears‘ character fell for the show’s leading man, Ted, played by Josh Radnor, only to end up angry at Ted when he started dating her boss. Spears‘ first appearance on the show drew 10.6 million viewers, up sharply from the show’s season-to-date average audience of 8.1 million. The mostly positive reviews also gave Spears a rare burst of upbeat headlines amid a torrent of highly publicized personal problems in recent years. Her appearance on “How I Met Your Mother” sparked speculation that Spears might branch out further into acting, following a successful guest turn in March 2006 on the NBC comedy “Will & Grace.” |
 Rock guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix is allegedly featured in video footage that Vivid Entertainment has acquired and plans to release. Rumors of the explicit Hendrix film began to circulate in October 2007. Vivid claims they acquired the rare 8mm home movie footage through a distributor who brokered the deal with a collector who bought the film at a London auction.
The Los Angeles-based adult entertainment company said they obtained the footage of Hendrix that was recorded about 40 years ago in a hotel room . According to a statement released by Vivid, the footage features Hendrix engaging in various sexual acts with two women. The company said they consulted with several experts to authenticate the footage. “This new movie shows that Jimi Hendrix could have been as great a porn star as he was a rock star. He could clearly play more than just his guitar,” said Vivid co-chairman Steven Hirsch. “It’s easy to see that he turned women on with his music and his passion.” Hendrix died of a drug overdose in 1970. Seattle-based representatives for Hendrix’s estate did not want to comment about the tape. Vivid Entertainment was also responsible for the release of celebrity sex tapes starring Kim Kardahsian and Pamela Anderson. |
 Amy Winehouse was arrested on suspicion of assault following reports that she scuffled with two men during a wild night out. Winehouse, who recently entered rehab after years of erratic behavior and canceled concerts, arrived at a central London police station to answer questions relating to the alleged incident, her representatives said.
Police didn’t directly confirm that Winehouse was in custody, saying only that a 24-year-old Woman was being held on suspicion of assault. British authorities don’t usually name suspects until they have been charged. Winehouse didn’t say anything to assembled photographers and cameramen as she walked into the station. A man was quoted in tabloid newspapers as saying he was hit by Winehouse when he got in her way while she was playing pool at a bar and then head-butted another who was trying to hail her a cab in the early hours of Wednesday morning. This is not the first time Winehouse has been arrested. She and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil were arrested in the Norwegian city of Bergen in October and held overnight on charges of drug possession. A video of her allegedly smoking crack hit the Internet shortly before she won Five Grammys this year for her critically acclaimed album “Back to Black.” She was arrested in London in December on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving Fielder-Civil, but earlier this year police said prosecutors were no longer pursuing the affair. Fielder-Civil faces charges of perverting the course of justice stemming from a case in which he is accused of assaulting a barman. |
 Britney Spears‘ former manager Larry Rudolph has dismissed rumors she is recording a new LP under his supervision, insisting their recent trip to a studio together was “just For Fun.” Rudolph, who is widely credited with discovering Spears when she was just 15, was reportedly fired as her manager after he joined forces with her parents and staged an intervention to get Spears to enter rehab at the beginning of last year.
Rudolph recently sparked rumors he has reconciled with Spears by declaring she is set to make a triumphant comeback to the music scene. They fueled speculation about their reunion when they were seen entering a Los Angeles recording studio together earlier this week. Rudolph has denied they are working on a new project together. He says, “We went into the studio, but it was just for fun, nothing more.” A source confirms, “Britney just wanted to go in and tinker around. She sat at a piano and got some ideas. She played the piano and sang a bit. She enjoyed herself.” |