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‘Company’ to hit UK cinemas, news roundup

By Rach | Published Thu Feb-2-12 -

Last year’s New York Philharmonic performance of Company – which was screened in US theaters last June – will finally be showing in the UK and Ireland on March 15. According to Playbill, “The high definition and surround-sound screenings will be followed by a live question-and-answer session with Neil Patrick Harris, who will talk about the enduring appeal of Sondheim’s work, and the experience of playing commitment-shy Robert. The interview with Harris will be conducted live from Los Angeles with live Twitter feed.” The cast also featured Patti LuPone, Katie Finneran, Christina Hendricks, Martha Plimpton and many others. Tickets will go on sale at www.sondheimscompany.com on February 3rd.

Company should be getting a DVD release sometime in the near future.

This week Neil talked to AccessHollywood, telling them that he would be happy to continue with HIMYM when his contract expires at the end of season 8, and that he’s not likely to be taking over from Ryan Seacrest as American Idol host. Watch him on Monday’s episode of The Talk here (or on YouTube if you’re outside the US) talking about HIMYM, David and the kids, and launching the new M&M character, Ms Brown. He also talked to Parade.com and USA Today.

Neil and racing driver Shannon McIntosh have participated in a photoshoot for the Tag Heuer ‘Time For Rebels’ exhibition. For behind the scenes pictures and info, check out photographer Rob Loud’s website.

Finally, back in December ET Online unearthed a video of Neil from 1989 in his Doogie days. Watch the video here!

| Tagged Advertising, Company, Interviews: Online, Interviews: Print, Interviews: TV, Video Update
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Belated news roundup

By Rach | Published Sat Oct-22-11 -

On October 10th Neil appeared at Joseph Gordon Levitt’s HitRECord Fall Formal. There are a number of videos on hitrecord.org – for example here and here – as this show was “an evening of vivacious live performance, sensational cinema & collaborative recording”, the audience were encouraged to record and so there are a lot of different versions/angles to watch. The clearest one I’ve found is here (though you might want to turn down your volume or cover your ears for until the sketch actually starts!) and there’s also a statement here that’s interesting to read after watching the skit.

Cinemax went on the set of the new Harold & Kumar movie and there’s some interview clips with Neil as well as John Cho and Kal Penn in their behind the scenes video. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas is released across the USA on November 4, and we are very pleased to welcome John-Cho Fan and Kal Penn Fan to our affiliates.

We’ll be adding scans of Neil’s Entertainment Weekly cover story to the gallery soon, but you can read the article on their website here.

| Tagged Affiliates, hitRECord Fall Formal, Interviews: Print, Magazines, Movies: Harold & Kumar, Theatre
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Neil’s Walk of Fame Star Ceremony date announced

By Rach | Published Thu Sep-8-11 -

Neil will receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday September 15 2011, at 11am (not 11.30am as is the norm), at 6243 Hollywood Boulevard in front of The Frolic Room Bar next to The Pantages Theatre. Jason Segel and Joss Whedon will both be attending as guest speakers.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TO BE HONORED WITH STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
THIS IS GOING TO BE LEGEN…wait for it…DARY!

WHO: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
Emcee: Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler
Guest speakers: Jason Segel and Joss Whedon

WHAT: 2,448th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Category of TELEVISION

WHERE: 6243 Hollywood Boulevard in front of The Frolic Room Bar next to The Pantages Theatre

WHEN: September 15, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. – NOTE SPECIAL TIME

Neil Patrick Harris, one of the leads of “How I Met Your Mother” and in celebration of the Season 6 DVD, will be honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, September 15, at 11:30 a.m. at 6243 Hollywood Boulevard.

The full press release is on walkoffame.com.

| Tagged Hollywood Walk of Fame, Public Appearances
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The Best and the Brightest out on DVD this Tuesday!

By Rach | Published Sat Aug-13-11 -

The Best and the Brightest is out on DVD from this Tuesday, August 16! Pre-order it now from Amazon, or add it to your Netflix queue now!

Thanks to the commercial success of The Smurfs, a sequel has been announced, due for release in 2013. It’s unclear at this stage if Neil will be involved. There’s also a good interview with Neil at Buzzine from a few weeks ago on the Smurf promo trail.

Neil has signed up to take on the on screen role of the magic mirror in Lythgoe Family Productions’ British style pantomime A Snow White Christmas this December.

And the first trailer for A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas was released this week, check it out below!

| Tagged A Snow White Christmas, Movies: Harold & Kumar, Movies: The Best and the Brightest, Movies: The Smurfs, Theatre
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Neil appointed to Goldstar Advisory Board

By Hilary | Published Thu Apr-21-11 -

BroadwayWorld.com reports that Neil has been appointed to entertainment company Goldstar’s advisory board, alongside former Ticketmaster CEO Sean Moriarty and internet entrepreneur Matt Coffin. The trio will provide expertise in entrepreneurship, live entertainment, social media and marketing.

Goldstar provides entertainment ideas, reviews and half-price tickets for events at various venues across the United States and they are hoping to expand in 2011. Membership is free.

“It’s an exciting and fun time to be here, but what’s ahead is a big job,” says Goldstar CEO Jim
McCarthy. “Having people as smart and accomplished as Matt, Neil and Sean on board and
engaged in helping make Goldstar a success gives me even more confidence that we’re on the
right track.”

Source.

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Catch Neil on the big screen!

By Rach | Published Thu Apr-14-11 -

The Best and the Brightest continues its sneak preview assault on the USA with a trip to Houston on April 21st at 7.30pm. The film will be showing at the Landmark River Oaks Theater and tickets, available to purchase here, cost just $10. Check out this crowd reactions video, recorded at the LA screening Tuesday night, to see what people who’d just seen the movie really thought about it!

The Best and the Brightest is also an official selection of the Lake Arrowhead Film Festival and will be screening at the Lakeview Theater this coming Saturday (April 16th) at 7pm.

For a full list of screenings on sale so far, check this page on the official website. In addition to Houston, currently announced cities include Dubuque, Iowa; Columbus, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Washington DC, and Newport, Rhode Island. International dates coming soon!

And if you missed Neil’s stint as Bobby in ‘Company’ last week, you’ll be able to catch it in cinemas nationwide starting June 15th – Neil’s birthday! Variety reports that the New York Philharmonic have partnered with Screenvision to bring the show to multiplexes across the USA.

Finally, the Otago Daily Times has a short “Five minutes with…” interview with Neil.

| Tagged Company, Interviews: Online, Movies: The Best and the Brightest
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CoasterRadio’s “Day at the Park with Neil” contest winners

By Rach | Published Sat Apr-2-11 -

CoasterRadio.com held a Photoshop contest as part of their NPH Project, in which listeners were asked to Photoshop Neil into a photo of them at a theme park. Neil called in to judge the contest, and you can hear it in this week’s podcaster, here – they start explaining the contest around 3.20, and Neil’s call comes at 5.35.

All of the entries can be found on the NPH Project label at their blog, here.

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Neil to direct new CBS comedy

By Rach | Published Sat Feb-19-11 -

According to Variety, Neil is close to finalising a deal to direct the pilot of a currently untitled Peter Knight comedy for CBS. Knight’s previous work includes Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, and Bad Wolf on Campus. The pilot is a multicamera “workplace ensemble featuring a group of assistants and junior executives as they juggle love, friendship, and the corporate ladder”.

There’s a screening of The Best and the Brightest taking place at The Bell House in Brooklyn, on Saturday March 19th at 8pm. Special guests at the screening include TBatB stars John Hodgman and Jenna Stern, and the movie’s writer-director Josh Shelov. Tickets are available now and cost $10.

| Tagged CBS, Directing, Movies: The Best and the Brightest, Peter Knight Pilot, Tickets, TV
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People magazine scans

By Rach | Published Thu Jan-13-11 -

We’ve finally added scans from Neil & David’s People interview into the gallery. Thank you to Helena from GoslingFan.com for providing us with such big ones to add!

It also looks as if unfortunately, Neil’s appearance on Ellen tomorrow has fallen victim to his busy schedule, as he’s been replaced in the lineup with Vince Vaughn.

TV Guide has a couple of quotes from Neil in their roundup from a couple of panels on Wednesday at winter TCA Press Tour.

As well as the two shows he was already scheduled to be part of at SF Sketchfest – Brian Henson in Conversation with Neil Patrick Harris, and The Paul F Tompkins Show on Sunday January 23rd – he has also been added to the lineup for the 9.30pm performance of the Thrilling Adventure Hour on Saturday January 22nd. He will join Alison Brie, Colin Hanks, Samm Levine, and Busy Philipps, amongst others, in at the Marine’s Memorial Theatre. Tickets are still available and cost $40/$50.

Finally, if you haven’t already seen it, take a look at this video posted on the official HIMYM YouTube which features the cast talking about “what HIMYM means to them“.

| Tagged Event: SF Sketchfest, Gallery Update, Interviews: Online, People Magazine, TV: Ellen, Video Update
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Neil on Ellen, Shorty Awards voting

By Rach | Published Tue Jan-11-11 -

Neil will be a guest the Ellen DeGeneres Show this coming Friday, January 14th. 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.

The 3rd Annual Shorty Awards are in full swing, and you can nominate pretty much anything/anyone that’s on Twitter. We would love it if you would take a moment to nominate us, Neil, or The Trevor Project for one of this year’s awards.

PopSugar talked to Neil on the blue carpet at the People’s Choice Awards, you can see their video here, while the official People’s Choice Awards youtube has an interview with him here as well as his acceptance speech here if you hadn’t managed to see it yet.

If you were unable to watch Neil guest-hosting Live with Regis and Kelly on Friday, the host chat segment is online here – viewable internationally – along with a cute video in the ‘Kelly’s Fashion Finder‘ section.