NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez will play a self-help expert on an episode of the CBS comedy “How I Met Your Mother” in March.

The actress-singer portrays Anita Appleby, a no-nonsense author who tries to “train” men into better behavior in relationships. Her target is Neil Patrick Harris’ playboy-bachelor character, Barney: Appleby makes it her mission to break him.

Carter Bays, the show’s co-creator, joked Wednesday about Lopez’s appearance: “We’re looking forward to a week of revealing outfits and sexy dance moves the likes of which this show hasn’t seen since Regis Philbin guest-starred.” Read the full story

Photos: American Music Awards

Jenny from the block took a spill during her performance at the AMA’s. She was performing her new song ‘Louboutins’. She climbed on a a stair of dancers and instead of landing on her feet she landed on her bottom. The performer bounced back and kept on with her performance.

Check out her spill below:

We were still reeling from the prospect that Ryan Seacrest’s new three-year  ”American Idol” contract is worth $45 million (we’d take $80,000 a year to introduce singers, roll our eyes and make lame gay-baiting comments with Simon Cowell) when we found out that Paula Abdul hadn’t yet been given an offer for next season yet.

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According to US Magazine, the celebrity juggernaut known as Jennifer Lopez is back on the scene after taking time to have her twins Max and Emme with hubby Marc Anthony.

Talking to “Entertainment Tonight,” J.Lo laid out what she’s up to.

On her new movie: It’s a romcom called “The Back-Up.” “The few days before I got really nervous,” she said to “ET.” “I was like, ‘What if I forgot how to act?!”

On getting back in shape: “I thought it was gonna drop off easily because I had been in shape my whole life, but it wasn’t. I gained about 50 pounds with my twins, and the first 30 dropped off like that, and I was like, ‘Ha, this is gonna be so easy.’ That last 20 — that took a while.”

On the work-motherhood balance: “I bring the babies to work with me. I love it. Honestly, one of the best days of my life was the first day back working on this film — I wanted to do this film really badly — and bringing my babies with me that morning. I was like, ‘Oh my God, they’re with me, I’m making a movie, they’re here!’ It’s great having kids on set. It’s the best.”