Britney Spears' acclaimed stint on US sitcom 'How I met your Mother' hasn't earned her an Emmy nod - she and Mary-Kate Olsen's guest TV spots won't be among those competing for gold.

She may have survived the sinking of the Titanic, but veteran Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan admits to be terrified during the making of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood ... because of the accent she had to use.