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Britney Spears made a $25,000 charitable donation last night after watching TV show 'Idol Gives Back', which portrayed African children suffering from malaria.

The singer reportedly googled the disease after watching the show in tears and decided to make the donation with her credit card.

Under the ruling of the court, however, Spears had to seek permission from her father Jamie Spears, who is co-conservator of her estate until July 1, reports Life And Style.

Meanwhile, the singer will not have a recurring role on 'How I Met Your Mother', despite rumours to the contrary.

She made a guest appearance on the show on March 24, but actor Neil Patrick Harris says she will not return.

"She's not an actress," he told MTV.com. "She played a role for a week, and did a really nice job, but the workload involved with doing memorisation 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."

After playing a secretary in a US sitcom, Britney Spears has been offered a job as a real-life receptionist from animal rights group People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA).

The pop star made a cameo appearance on CBS' comedy show 'How I Met Your Mother' and now PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk has made a written job offer to the 26-year-old star.

PETA bosses, claim that their job offer is not an April Fool's Day joke, but said that they are targeting Britney as she has earlier worn fur and bought animals from pet stores.

"After seeing your excellent performance on How I Met Your Mother, PETA would like to offer you a real job as a receptionist," Contactmusic quoted Newkirk, as writing in the offer letter.

He added: "It could be for as little as an hour, and you would see - from the inside - why we are so concerned about issues like fur and homeless dogs and cats. As a 'thank you' for your willingness to learn and help, we would donate 1,000 dollars to a children's charity."

Britney Spears the Broadway star? The pop singer, and recently TV guest actress, has been reportedly offered the lead female role in the West End production of "A Streetcar Named Desire."

A source reveals, "Britney's been on the list for this for some time but was considered too risky until recently. Her appearance in the American TV show 'How I Met Your Mother' changed all that. She had poised, timing and real flair."

"We wanted her for Blanche because, even though she's technically too young to play her, who else could embody this fallen Southern Belle so well?"

Spears, 26, recently gave boost to the said sitcom's rating after she successfully played a dorky receptionist. Her performance was a hit among viewers and critics alike.

The source adds, "She's living out the story, so to harness that on stage would be amazing for an audience to see - and cathartic for Britney, too."

Los Angeles Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled Monday that Britney Spears would take care of ex-husband Kevin Federline’s legal fees in their child custody dispute, paying him $375,000.

It is somewhat ironic that pop singer Britney Spears should pay her former husband’s legal fees in their ongoing child custody dispute but Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled Monday that this is how things would go.

Mark Vincent Kaplan, Federline’s lead attorney, asked for nearly $500,000 last week but Gordon found that $375,000 was a more appropriate sum. He wrote that Britney’s actions had been one of the main causes of delays in the case, E! Online reports.

The singer’s attorney, Stacy Phillips, argued that Kaplan was over-charging and that Federline can afford to pay his own legal bills, as suggested by a recent $2,000 tip on a restaurant bill of $365.

The 26-year-old mother of two remains under the conservatorship of her father, Jamie Spears, until July 31.

As to other aspects of Britney's life, her self-declared friend and manager, Sam Lutfi, agreed to stay away from her for another 30 days it was announced this weekend. His spokesperson confirmed the agreement, commenting that the two sides are “happy” with the decision.

“There is an agreement between Sam Lutfi and the conservatorship for the next 30 days,” Lutfi spokesman Michael Sands said Sunday, as quoted by the Associated Press. “Both parties are happy and will continue to work together to further resolve any issues that may have come up in the past.”

A judge officially approved the agreement at a hearing Monday, E! Online reports. Neither Lutfi nor Jamie Spears were present.

The restraining order against Lutfi was placed in late February and was to expire Monday, March 17. The restraining order can be extended to five years or even be made permanent.

Lutfi is currently forbidden from going within 250 yards of Britney and her home, as well as the homes of her family members. He is not allowed to contact her in any way.

The singer’s parents requested the restraining order accusing Lutfi of moving into Britney’s house, drugging her, cutting off the phone lines and basically attempting to control her life.

Sam Lutfi reportedly has agreed to keep his distance from troubled U.S. pop star Britney Spears for another month.

Lutfi, a member of the singer's entourage sometimes described in media reports as her manager, hasn't been allowed to have any contact with the recording artist since last month.

A temporary restraining order keeping him away from Spears was set to expire Monday, however, Lutfi has agreed to keep his distance for another month and the pact between representatives for Lutfi and Spears' family is expected to be approved by a Los Angeles court, People.com said.

Spears was hospitalized twice for psychiatric evaluation and treatment earlier this year.

Her father Jamie and another court-appointed co-conservator have been handling most of her affairs since then.

The singer's mother Lynne filed court papers last month claiming Lutfi ground up a sleeping medication and an anti-psychotic drug prescribed to treat bipolar disorder, then fed them to Britney Spears, Usmagazine.com said.

Lutfi told the magazine he gave Britney Spears "a handful of pills" to help her sleep.

People.com said police are investigating Lynne Spears' allegations.

Actress Lindsay Lohan is to replace Britney Spears as the host of a Scandinavian Style Mansion gala to be held in Los Angeles soon.

The Danish businessman Claus Hjelmbak had initially asked Spears to host, but retracted after she was admitted to the hospital, contactmusic.com reports.

He said: "I personally feel that the most important thing for her now is to focus on her health and get the help she needs and deserves."

Lohan's representative confirmed that she was approached to host the party, which promotes Scandinavian products. Spears had celebrated her 26th birthday at a Scandinavian Style Mansion event last December.

Paris Hilton has defended Britney Spears against accusations of bad parenting, insisting the troubled singer is a "great mother". Spears is currently fighting to win back visitation rights to see her two sons with ex-husband Kevin Federline after she was stripped of all custody rights following a stand-off with police earlier this month (Jan08).

The dramatic events of 3 January (08) were sparked after she refused to hand back her youngest son, Jayden James, to Federline's minder following a scheduled visit. But Hilton sympathises with her former partying pal, and has called on the media to stop harassing the star.

She tells E! News, "I wish the best for her (Spears) and I just wish everyone would leave her alone so she could live her life. "She's a great mother and a great girl and I really care about her. She's a very sweet girl and I love her to death."

Britney Spears continues to make the headlines after being photographed shopping for a pregnancy test.

After she saw her visitation rights to her two sons suspended following a stand-off with police the singer may have wanted to keep a low profile.

The star was hospitalized recently after refusing to hand over her two sons Sean Preston, two, and one-year-old Jayden James, when police reputedly found her under the influence of an "unidentified substance".

But the 26-year-old has opted to keep herself in the news by making a very visible trip to a pharmacy with her new boyfriend, paparazzo Adnan Ghalib.

Spears and 35-year-old Ghalib were snapped clearly scanning the shelves of the Rite Aid store in Studio City, California, for home pregnancy tests.

However, the veracity of the pictures is cast into doubt by Ghalib's involvement - the photos were reportedly released by his own photo agency, FinalPixx.

Britney's cousin and former assistant Alli Sims has recently hit out at Ghalib's involvement in the Toxic star's life, saying he has "bad intentions".

Simms told Us Weekly: "I do not think Adnan is a good person… He has given me a weird feeling and creeped me out. I wish he would just go away."

But Simms denied that Spears' public meltdown had anything to do with drug abuse, despite the fact that the ruling judge in Spears' custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline has labeled her a "habitual, frequent and continuous" user of controlled substances and alcohol.

"I do not think that is the issue at all," Simms said. "I was with her for eight months pretty much every day and never witnessed anything like that - and I lived there."

Britney Spears has been hospitalised after police were called to her Los Angeles home to resolve a custody dispute.

The singer was seen being wheeled out of her house on a stretcher after emergency services rushed to a Los Angeles gated community when the star had delayed handing over custody of her children to her ex-husband.

It is believed the 26-year-old has been taken to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre for "evaluation" after police found her under the influence of an unknown substance.

Under current court-mandated arrangements, Spears is allowed two visits a week with her two sons while her former spouse Kevin Federline holds primary custody of the children.

The police were called in after the Baby One More Time star did not hand over her children on time which is against the terms of a court order.

According to Us magazine, Spears stayed with her children for 90 minutes longer than her scheduled time in spite of being asked to hand over her children by Federline's bodyguard.

Details over whether Spears has handed over custody of her children are yet to be released.

Earlier in the day, the singer arrived to give evidence in a deposition with her former husband's attorney. Previously Spears has missed two scheduled hearings and she arrived over one-and-a-half hours late for the hearing and left after giving just 14 minutes of testimony.

While the attorney for Spears' husband said the pop princess had been "cooperative", he stated that he had requested another hearing to obtain further evidence.

Yesterday, Spears' legal team asked to be taken off the case. The singer's lawyer said a communication breakdown had taken place that had made "further representation of her interests impossible".

Speaking about the police presence at the star's home, Spears' attorney Sorrell Trope said: "In a normal case when someone shows up with a certified court order saying the kids need to be somewhere else, the police see to it that the order is obeyed. But that is in a normal case."

If the court permits the firm to end their professional relationship with her, Spears will have to search for her fourth team of legal representatives since the beginning of the custody battle with Kevin Federline.

The singer and her former spouse are involved in legal proceedings to determine the time each one of them spends with their two children.

Previously in the case, a court in Los Angeles ended Spears' joint custody arrangement after she missed a drugs test and media reports raised questions about her lifestyle.

Life is just getting better and better for Black Eyed Peas bombshell Fergie. The chart-topping singer, recently engaged to actor beau Josh Duhamel, has been out and about in California with a big sparkler on her wedding finger telling all her pals how happy she is.

"Fergie called a lot of her girlfriends to tell them the news," a source revealed to a US gossip magazine. "She said they don't know what kind of wedding they want yet, but that she is the happiest girl on earth."

Real name Stacy Ferguson, the 32-year-old Californian beauty has been dating hunky Transformers star Josh, 35, for three years - and the happy couple have just returned to the US after a romantic sunshine break in Mexico. They already share a home together and Fergie once declared: "We’re practically married!"

"I'm madly in love with him," she added. "He understands how to treat a woman and give me respect."