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NPH to guest-star on Whedon directed “Glee”!

By Rach | Published Tue Jan-19-10 -

Exclusive news from Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello!

Remember that giant scoop I told you (via Twitter) I had gotten at the Golden Globes? This is it: Neil Patrick Harris is nearing a deal to appear in the May sweeps Glee episode that’s being helmed by his Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog director, Joss Whedon.

In retrospect, maybe I should’ve called this particular scoop “ginormous.” I think it’s warranted, don’t you?

Anyway, Harris wants to do it, and Glee creator Ryan Murphy sure as hell wants him to — he’s creating a role especially for the How I Met Your Mother scene-stealer. And yes, the part includes a little song-’n’-dance. In fact, the gig not only would reunite Harris with Whedon, it’d also reteam him with Zachary Woodlee, who choreographed the musical number in HIMYM’s recent 100th episode.

The one possible snag — and there’s always one, isn’t there? CBS has to OK its MVP’s appearance on Fox’s breakout hit. But at least since HIMYM and Glee are both produced by 20th Century Fox, there’s no conflict on their end.

So what do you think? Stoked, or stoked beyond belief? Try to describe your level of anticipation below. I know I can’t describe mine. At least not adequately.

| Tagged Rumours, TV Appearances, TV: Glee
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2009 Recap – The year of NPH!

By Rach | Published Tue Dec-22-09 -

First, the upcoming: Neil will be taking part in Days 17 and 18 of the SF Sketchfest. On January 30th at 8pm, and January 31st at 7pm, Neil will be appearing in “Celebrity Autobiography” alongside Rachel Dratch, Lesley Ann Warren, Fred Willard and more. Tickets are $35 for the event, taking place at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, California, and you can purchase them here.

FOX today released their American Idol schedule for season 9. The show kicks off on Tuesday January 12th, in Boston. Neil sat in on the auditions in Dallas, which are set to air Tuesday, Jan. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).

The year is almost over and Neil is appearing on “best of” lists all over the place, including People magazine’s most intriguing people of the year, and places him at #2 on Buddy TV’s Breakout Star of 2009 list.

His Emmy’s hosting gig makes AOL TV’s Top Moments of 2009, Canada.com list him on their 2009 “Naughty and Nice” list, there’s an Honourble Mention on AfterElton’s 2009 Visibility Awards in the Theatrical Event category, for his Tony’s hosting gig. And for HIMYM, he makes TV Guide’s 25 Best Performances of the Year.

Reacting to his Golden Globe nod, Neil joked that he’d like a gift from CBS. “Maybe this year CBS or Fox will give me a new car. Didn’t they do that with all the ‘Will & Grace‘ people once? Didn’t they give them all Miatas for getting nominations or something? One can dream!”

Finally, Advocate.com has a little more from Neil’s acceptance speech at the Trevor Project event back on December 5th.

| Tagged Event: SF Sketchfest, Events, Events: Golden Globes, Public Appearances, Reviews, Stage, TV Appearances, TV: American Idol
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News roundup

By Rach | Published Fri Dec-11-09 -

Neil was honoured at the Trevor Project’s annual Cracked Xmas event last Sunday. SheWired caught up with him before the event, and have included a few quotes from his acceptance speech in their article, AccessHollywood have a video up from the red carpet, and we have a number of photos of Neil and David from the event in our gallery.

If you missed Neil voicing Carrie Underwood’s dog, Ace, on her holiday special last Monday, you can watch it here.

Don’t forget, you can hear Neil tonight at 8/7c on CBS, voicing a character in their animated retelling of “Yes, Virginia”, and the final episode of HIMYM before Christmas airs on Monday at the usual time of 8/7c. When the show returns in January, it will be with the all important 100th episode!

Neil confirmed tonight on Twitter that the episode he is directing is the one currently filming, episode 101 (5.13), which is the episode guest starring Amanda Peet.

| Tagged Directing, Events, Gallery Update, Interviews: Online, Public Appearances, Twitter, Video Update, Voiceover & Narration
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Carrie Underwood’s All-Star Holiday Special

By Rach | Published Sun Dec-6-09 -

Carrie Underwood is hosting “An All-Star Holiday Special” on FOX tomorrow night. Neil voices Carrie’s dog Ace in one sketch, and it’s currently unknown if he actually appears in the show or if his involvement is voice-only. According to Jimmy Carter in Nashville, the segment is one of Underwood’s favourite parts of the show.

“A couple of my favorite parts in the show…there’s one that’s, like, all about my dog. And I know that probably sounds weird. A lot of my fans know that my dog and I have a very close bond. I love him more than anything in the world. And I’ve always wondered what he thinks, what he thinks about. So we kind of try to answer that question. And Neil Patrick Harris plays the voice of Ace, and they just had a lot of fun with it. And we actually had to kind of tone it down a little bit ’cause they got a little carried away, but it was just a lot of fun, just, you know, kind of seeing Ace come to life.”

According to producer Nigel Lythgoe, the sketch sees a day in the life of Ace.

The special airs Monday, December 7th at 8pm ET on FOX. But don’t forget, there’s a new episode of HIMYM tomrrow night, 8pm ET on CBS.

| Tagged TV Appearances, TV: HIMYM, Voiceover & Narration
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The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien

By Rach | Published Sun Nov-1-09 -

Neil will be appearing on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on Tuesday next week, November 3rd.

He also appears in the new Motorola CLIQ/MOTOBLUR commercial, which you can watch here. It’s quite weird but definitely amusing – worth watching if you want the chance to watch Neil push over a man dressed as a dinosaur. And who wouldn’t want to see that?!

| Tagged Commercials, TV Appearances, TV: Conan
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Batman: The Brave & The Bold video clip

By Hilary | Published Tue Oct-13-09 -

Michael Ausiello has posted an exclusive clip from Neil’s upcoming episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which airs on October 23rd.

The new clip can be viewed here and there’s an older clip over at i09. Both feature songs.

| Tagged Batman: the Brave and the Bold
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Batman: The Brave and The Bold Soundtrack coming soon!

By Rach | Published Wed Oct-7-09 -

Warner Bros. announced yesterday that Mayhem of the Music Meister, Neil’s episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, will air on Cartoon Network on October 23rd at 7:30/6:30c. The episode premiered at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, and has since aired in Canada, Australia and the UK. The day after the US airing, the official soundtrack will be released, both digitally and in CD form. You can read the press release here, and visit Amazon.com to pre-order the CD.

Videos: Check out Neil collecting his Relly, and reading an extract from Craig Ferguson’s book.

| Tagged Awards & Nominations, Batman: the Brave and the Bold, Merchandise, Musicals, TV Appearances, Video, Voiceover & Narration
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Neil to guest on Ellen

By Rach | Published Wed Sep-9-09 -

According to interbridge, Neil and his Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs co-star Anna Faris will be visiting Ellen on September 18th, the film’s release day.

| Tagged Interviews: TV, TV: Ellen
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Latest Guest Judge on American Idol

By Hilary | Published Wed Aug-26-09 -

Neil sat in on auditions in Dallas on Tuesday, the latest in a line of celebrities to act as a guest judge following the departure of Paula Abdul.

| Tagged TV: American Idol
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Top Chef Masters: Sneak Peek!

By Rach | Published Mon Jul-6-09 -

Neil’s episode of Top Chef Masters airs this Wednesday, July 8th, on Bravo at 10pm. Eonline have posted some sneak peek video clips (or click here if you’re outside of the US).

| Tagged David Burtka, TV Appearances, TV: Top Chef Masters
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