In the lead up to last night’s finale, the cast talked to CBS This Morning.

Alyson did an interview with HuffPost Live yesterday in which she talks about her cast members and how much they all love each other, and I won’t quote directly here in case some of you are still avoiding spoilers for the finale, but this article on EW has a cute little Neil story in it.

Neil has officially joined the cast of Seth MacFarlane’s new movie A Million Ways To Die In The West, joining an already announced cast that includes Amanda Seyfried and Charlize Theron.

Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital (MRC) will co-finance Seth MacFarlane’s Western comedy A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST. Universal will distribute the film worldwide. A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST will be released on May 30, 2014 in North America.

MacFarlane directs, produces and co-writes A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST. He also plays the role of the sheep farmer (Albert) with an all-star cast that includes Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Sarah Silverman, Giovanni Ribisi and Neil Patrick Harris. The filmmaking team behind the hit film TED – producers Scott Stuber and Jason Clark and co-writers Wellesley Wild and Alec Sulkin – are reuniting with MacFarlane, Universal and MRC for the project.

After a cowardly sheep farmer backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test.

While nothing is currently known about Neil’s role in the movie, he tweeted yesterday that he’s already spent at least one day on set:

Shooting scenes for @sethmacfarlane ‘s awesome new western film. You won’t believe what I’ve done all day. #physicalcomedemented

— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) May 13, 2013

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Donate to our fundraiser for Neil’s 40th Birthday on Causes.com!

If you saw Neil on Ellen last week, he talked about the awesome week long scavenger hunt birthday party that David organised for Neil a couple of months back. If you didn’t catch the interview, we’ve embedded the clip below. Here at NPH Fan we’ve been brainstorming about what to do for Neil’s 40th birthday, which is coming up on June 15th. Obviously Neil’s already had an awesome party, and he doesn’t need us to buy anything for him.

So our grand plan is to do a little charity fundraiser in Neil’s name. In just the time we’ve been running this site – five years in August – Neil has been part of so many charity events, hosted a lot of them, and even participating in gameshows to raising money and awareness for The Trevor Project, Stand Up 2 Cancer, Food On Foot and countless others. So we’re hoping that between us we can raise a little (or maybe a lot, if we’re very lucky!) for a charity that we know both Neil and David support.

We’re using Causes.com – a website that will allow you to donate and the money will go directly to the charity in question without any middle man or any reason for you to be wary of whether or not we’ll really pass the money on. We’ve chosen Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF).

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer is a charity set up to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer research. It all started when Alex Scott, a four year old girl from Connecticut who was suffering from Neuroblastoma, decided to hold a lemonade stand to raise money for the hospital that helped her during her treatment. Alex passed away in 2004 at the age of 8, having already raised over $1m for her cause, and ALSF continues that good work. You can read Alex’s story in full here, in her own words.

Our target is $500. Neil has almost 6 million followers on Twitter – if every one of those people gave just one dollar, he’d have the honour of $6m being raised in his name for an amazing charity. But we’re more realistic – while Neil has millions of followers, we don’t. We need you to spread the word. And if we can get just 500 of those 6 million people to donate a dollar – less than 0.01% of Neil’s total followers – we can do some great work.

Use this link if you’re sharing on Twitter, Facebook etc

http://www.causes.com/actions/1749834-nphs-40th-birthday-project-for-alexs-lemonade-stand

Watch Neil and David talking about ALSF at the 2011 LA Loves Alex’s Culinary Cookout.

Our fundraiser will be open for just over a month – from today (May 13th) until Neil’s 40th Birthday on Saturday June 15 2013. Click here to donate!

Neil has officially been confirmed to return to host the 67th Annual Tony Awards, marking his fourth time hosting the show. This year’s ceremony takes place at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 9 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.

“I’m very excited to be back hosting the Tony Awards at the legendary Radio City Music Hall. It’ll be more impressive than ever – if my math is correct, it will be 267 times bigger than last year,” said Neil Patrick Harris. “Oh, wait. No, that can’t… hold on… carry the one… I’m awful at math. But rest assured, the show will rock!”

“Neil is a multi-talented performer whose showmanship, wit and energy command the stage of live events,” said Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment. “He is a master of ceremony, who truly loves celebrating the performing arts with the highest level of entertainment, and it’s quite obvious to the audience he’s having a lot of fun along the way.”

“We are thrilled that Neil will be joining us, once again, at Radio City Music Hall to host ‘The 67th Annual Tony Awards,’ said Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League and Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of the American Theatre Wing. “Neil’s creativity and passion for Broadway shines through when he is on the stage and off – and we cannot wait to see what surprises Neil will have up his sleeves!

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Neil will be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this Thursday, May 9th. Also on the show will be Beth Behrs, star of CBS hit 2 Broke Girls. The show is syndicated so airs at different times and on different networks – you can check your local listings at the Ellen show site here.

Then, he’s charming, he’s hilarious, and he’s handsome to boot! The incomparable NEIL PATRICK HARRIS returns to Ellen for a catch-up on his life at home with the two most adorable toddlers, and his hit show, “How I Met Your Mother.” Whether he’s hosting the Tonys, practicing medicine as a teen prodigy, or performing mind-blowing magic on Ellen’s stage, you know you’re in for a good time with Neil in the house, and when he’s with Ellen, it only gets better!

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Neil is on the most recent Nerdist Podcast, along with magicians Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães. Neil recently directed Derek and Helder in the LA production of their show, Nothing to Hide, which is still running at the Geffen Playhouse.

Neil Patrick Harris and magicians Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães talk about the skill of close up magic, the importance of magic theater layouts, and the amazing dance number in Neil’s Puppet Dreams!

If you haven’t seen Neil’s Puppet Dreams yet, and you can buy tickets for Nothing To Hide here.

Back in January 2010, the cast and crew of HIMYM stopped by the Paley Center to participate in a panel celebrating the show’s 100th episode. Those videos have never been made available to watch online until now, thanks to Reserve Channel.

How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson), Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky), Jason Segel (Marshall Eriksen), Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby), and Alyson Hannigan (Lily Aldrin) join the show’s creators, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, and Pay Fryman, the show’s Director to celebrate 100 episodes. Moderated by Stuart Levine, this
Paleyfest panel was recorded at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, CA.

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The panel has been posted in seven parts, and you can start at the beginning of the playlist here!

Exciting news! We’ve been named Fansite of the Day for February 5th 2013 by The Fan Carpet!

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If you haven’t already seen them, the last two episodes of Neil’s Puppet Dreams are now up. Check out Alien Abduction and the season finale Bollywood now – plus the song from the Bollywood episode is available to buy on iTunes. If you’ve missed any of the episodes or you just watch to watch again, the Nerdist Channel has a handy Playlist you can visit. For now, enjoy ‘Bollywood’ below:

The Huffington Post have published an interview with Neil, talking about the Puppet Dreams series from conception to execution.

In the episode “To Catch a Puppeteer,” you spoof “To Catch a Predator.” What else deserves a puppet parody?
We liked the idea of doing Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” and calling it “Puppet Don’t Preach” with a shot-for-shot reenactment with puppets, but I’m not sure we can afford the rights to Madge’s music.

Read the full article here.

Neil will be appearing on CBS’s daytime show The Talk this Wednesday, January 30th – it airs on CBS at 2pm ET, 1pm PT/CT.

He’ll also be part of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson‘s Super Bowl Special this Sunday February 3rd.

THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON will present a special edition titled “THE CRAIG FERGUSON SUPER BOWL SPECIAL” from New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 3 (approximately 11:35 PM – 12:37 AM in most markets, following local news) on the CBS Television Network as part of the Network’s SUPER BOWL XLVII lineup. Joined by Steve Carell, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Neil Patrick Harris, Julie Chen and Nikki Reed, Ferguson will feature interviews and segments filmed at CBS SUPER BOWL PARK at JACKSON SQUARE, in addition to visiting famed New Orleans locations such as Bourbon Street, the Tremé District, St. Louis Cemetery and the Mercedes-Benz Louisiana Superdome.

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