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ACTOR HARRIS ‘SHOCKED’ BY SPEARS CASTING

Neil Patrick Harris is embracing the news that Britney Spears will appear on his CBS sitcom, "How I Met Your Mother" — and he’s also having some fun with the idea.

“I was shocked that Madame Spears was willing to come and do some acting,” Harris, 34, tells "Entertainment Tonight."

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Actress known for roles in ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies

Maggie Smith, the actor who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, died Friday.

Kate Winslet shifts focus to trailblazing photographer

“It was so incredibly hard to make this movie, but so rewarding,” the actor says of her new biopic about WWII photojournalist Elizabeth “Lee” Miller.

10 of the biggest celebrity gamblers

Whether it’s Michael Jordan’s notorious casino nights or Ben Affleck’s blackjack prowess, these stories reveal the risky, and often costly, side of the rich and famous.