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Beastly promotion

By Rach | Published Sat Mar-5-11 -

Beastly was released in the US yesterday, and there’s been a lot of promo stuff this last week. Reelz caught up with Neil, Alex and Vanessa at the premiere, the video is here. Neil also talked to Clevver TV.

Neil acted as guest editor on Teen.com this week, and you can watch this video for his thoughts on Beastly, the Oscars and winning awards (amongst other things), and click through this tag for all of the posts that use his comments as guest editor.

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Beastly Premiere & iVillage results announced!

By Rach | Published Sat Feb-26-11 -

Last night was the Los Angeles premiere of Beastly, which opens in the US next Friday, March 4th.We’ve updated the gallery with some Red Carpet photos, and both AfterElton and PopSugar have (different) exclusive clips from the movie that heavily feature Neil. In the modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Neil plays a blind man who is sent to mentor Kyle, the hunky high school hot shot turned grotesque beast.

ETonline spoke to Neil at the premiere:

Neil Patrick Harris also stars in the movie, playing a visually-impaired man. While filming, Harris aided his performance by wearing lenses over his eyes that blocked his vision, and he dished to Frazier about the pranks pulled on him while he couldn’t see.

“Alex would mess with me, ’cause he knew that I couldn’t see him,” said Harris. “He’d always, as I was talking, move to different sides and try to lick my face and stuff.”

Movieweb have up an interview with Neil recorded during filming, and Reelz also has an interview clip featuring Neil, Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens.

You can listen to his recent interview on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show here.

Neil will be appearing on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson next Thursday (March 3rd).

Thanks to all your voting, Neil won the ‘Gay Man We Wish Could Be Our Boyfriend‘ category in the iVillage awards, coming in with 44% of the vote.

Posted in Movies | Also tagged Interviews: Online, Interviews: Radio, TV: Craig Ferguson
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Entertainment Tonight interview

By Rach | Published Thu Dec-9-10 -

Neil talked to ETOnline about his hosting job with Spike TV’s video game awards this Saturday.

He’s also featured in some red carpet video interviews from Sunday’s Trevor LIVE – PopSugar, StarCam, Red Carpet Roxy, and Give Back Hollywood.

There’s now an extended Beastly Trailer up at Moviefone, which shows more of Neil’s role than we’d seen before.

Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Hosting, Interviews: Online, Spike TV, Trevor Project
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Beastly & DDvSB

By Rach | Published Sat Nov-13-10 -

OntheFlix.com has a new Beastly featurette up, with some new clips and a tiny clip from an interview with Neil.

Steven Anderson talked to MySocialBeauty about working as the makeup artist on Dracula’s Daughters vs the Space Brains.

Q: So what was it like working with Neil Patrick Harris?
A: Neil is a very nice guy. He is smart, witty, has lots of energy and is a Pro.

Q: With a film title like Dracula’s Daughters vs. the Space Brains, was it easy decide on Harris’ makeup look?
A: Sure, in this film, Neil looks like a normal guy, until….. so his ‘makeup’ was very simple: Make Neil look like Neil.

Q: Although this was a short film, how often did you have to touchup Harris’ makeup?
A: Neil has great skin; he holds his makeup well and did not require much touch up. I do not like to do excessive touch ups on any project, rather only when necessary.

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“Beastly” release date change

By Rach | Published Mon Jun-7-10 -

CBS Films have confirmed that Beastly is moving from a release date of July 30 this year, to March 18, 2011. It was moved from the original release date in order to avoid a clash with Zac Efron’s new movie, Charlie St Cloud – the reason given being that “we’ve been hearing from fans, so we know that having both Zac and Vanessa’s movies opening on the same day could be a real dilemma for people.”

Expect new trailers or featurettes to be announced in the coming months to keep up the publicity momentum they’ve already gathered.

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Celebrity Jeopardy & Video Update

By Rach | Published Wed Apr-28-10 -

As previously posted, Neil will be appearing in the semi-final of Celebrity Jeopardy against Cheech Marin and Kaczmarek. We can now confirm that their semi-final will be the third, airing next Wednesday, May 5th. Neil will once again be playing for Food On Foot – the winner will receive $1m for their charity, and the second and third placed players will receive $250,000 and $100,000 respectively. All of the semi finalists will take away $50,000 for their charity.

ReelzChannel talked to Neil recently about gameshows, and how he prepared for playing blind in Beastly. You can watch the video here. And last week, Neil was in the audience when Jesse Tyler Ferguson was at the Bravo Clubhouse for Watch What Happens: Live, and Andy Cohen pulled him out for a quick chat. You can watch that here.

Posted in Charity, TV Appearances | Also tagged Charity, Food on Foot, Interviews: TV, TV: Celebrity Jeopardy, Video Update
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Video Updates & Esquire magazine

By Rach | Published Wed Apr-21-10 -

Through A Dog’s Eyes airs on PBS today/tonight – check your local listings for times.

Neil’s appearance on The Early Show can be seen here (a clip from the end of the show can be also seen here) and if you’re in the US the full episode of The View can be watched online.

The Beastly trailer is out now, and you can watch it on the MTV website. Beastly is released in the US on July 30th.

Finally, Neil has taken part in a multipage photospread for the May 2010 US issue of Esquire, out now. Thanks to Marissa on Twitter for the heads up!

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NPH casts Vanessa Hudgens in ‘Rent’

By Rach | Published Fri Apr-9-10 -

The first casting news for this summer’s production of Rent at the Hollywood Bowl has now been released – High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens will play Mimi in the summer concerts, which will run from August 6-8. Neil will direct the show, and had this to say about casting his ‘Beastly’ co-star Vanessa:

“She came in for a work session, and I must say, Vanessa really impressed. She looks amazing, has great vocal chops, and seems really committed to honoring the somewhat iconic role of Mimi. I look forward to audiences seeing a dark, edgy, and very different side of Vanessa Hudgens this August.”

Stay tuned for more casting news over the coming weeks! Subscription tickets for the whole summer concert series are available now at HollywoodBowl.com or by calling 323-850-2000. Tickets for individual performances will be available starting May 2nd.

Posted in Theatre | Also tagged Directing, Hollywood Bowl, Rent
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Neil Patrick Harris Dishes on “Beastly”

By Rach | Published Wed Apr-7-10 -

MTV.com have followed up their interviews with Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer with an interview with Neil from the ShoWest event a few weeks ago. He talks about the plot, his role, and what he thinks of the finished movie.

“Alex’s character gets a hex put on him that turns him physically ugly, and he has [to learn] what true beauty is, because he’s kind of a douche,” Harris explained as only he could. “His dad holds him up in an apartment, and I’m the tutor that’s hired to teach him things, and I’m blind. Therefore, I can’t see his deformities.

“I have a kinship with him, because I also have a physical disability that I have to go beyond,” the star said of his first dramatic role in nearly half a decade. “So I teach him a thing or two.

“This is a very classy movie, actually,” he promised. “It looks great. I think the performances are strong. I think it’s better than your average teen film.

Visit MTV.com to see the full article, and watch a video of the interview.

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Neil Patrick Harris talks “Rent” and “Glee”.

By Rach | Published Sun Mar-21-10 -

While in Vegas for the CBS Films Luncheon at ShoWest (a film/cinema distribution trade show), Neil talked to Tony Potts from Access Hollywood about his directing future and his work on Glee, as well as a little playing a blind man about Beastly, the movie Neil was there to promote. We’ve got a bunch of photos from the event, featuring Neil, Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer, in our gallery.

Dracula’s Daughter’s Vs. The Space Brains had its world premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival on Friday, and by all accounts was a massive success! Clevescene talks to director Frank Ippolito ahead of the premiere and had this to say of Neil’s casting:

Casting Harris, whom he knew through the magician Teller (the subject of the Teller shorts) wasn’t difficult. “He likes quirky things,” Ippolito says of Harris. “Most of the stuff I see him do is a little weird so he thought it was cool. It wasn’t a struggle to get him to say yes.”