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HIMYM Musical Number available on iTunes

By Rach | Published Sat Jan-9-10 -

“Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit”, the musical number from HIMYM’s 100th episode, is available to purchase on iTunes ahead of the episode’s premiere this coming Monday. It’s available internationallyas well as in the US – this link is to the UK store, where the song costs £0.79 – and has a 2 minute 50 second runtime.

Also newly available is an official audio copy of the Commentary! The Musical soundtrack. It too is available internationally on iTunes and as an MP3 download from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

We’ve added a selection of photos from the 100th episode celebration held at the Paley Centre on Thursday night to our gallery, and you can watch the cast being introduced in this YouTube video.

The cast have been hitting the promotional circuit ahead of the landmark episode, and there are various behind-the-scenes clips and interviews around, in addition to the Entertainment Tonight video we linked earlier this week. The following articles all contain some spoilers for the “Girls vs Suits”: ChicagoNow has a short interview which includes the first 40 seconds of the musical number, TVOvermind have internationally viewable versions of all the CBS behind-the scenes videos, Zap2it talk to Neil and the rest of the cast, as do IGN.

Eonline’s Kristin Dos Santos caught up with Neil and the rest of the cast at the Paley event, while The Futon Critic and The TV Addict both provide fantastic recaps.

Finally, Neil will join Snoop Dog and Niecy Nash in stopping by the Wanda Sykes show tonight, at 11/10c on Fox.

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Dr Horrible Maquette available for pre-order

By Rach | Published Thu Jan-7-10 -

Quantum Mechanix are now taking orders for a limited edition, fully licensed Dr Horrible Maquette. It is designed in a similar style to their Firefly range, and has a projected ship date of Feb 27th, 2010. The run is limited to 1,000, and costs $69.95.

If you’re in the US, you can watch Neil’s chat with Jimmy Kimmel last night on YouTube. It’s in two parts – part one, and part two. If anybody has a link for fans outside the US, please leave us a comment! It’s a great little interview, and they cover a lot, including the Big Gay Battle, the 100th episode and Neil’s directing stint.

And while Neil lost out to Steve Carrell at the People’s Choice Awards, we’d like to congratulate Alyson on her win in the Favourite TV Comedy Actress category.

ETA: Thanks to Kat, we now have an internationally viewable Jimmy Kimmel link. You can watch the whole interview here.

Posted in Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Interviews: TV, Merchandise, TV Appearances, TV: Jimmy Kimmel, Twitter
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Pre-Emmy Roundup: Sunday

By Rach | Published Sun Sep-20-09 -

The Chicago Sun-Times have done a pre-Emmy bio of Neil, in gallery form. Ausiello reports that John Hodgman (PC from the PC & Mac adverts, and one of Neil’s co-stars in The Best and the Brightest) has been hired as the announcer for tonight’s ceremony.

And the Dr Horrible Twitter account has revealed a couple more details on the good Doctor’s involvement tonight…

I’ve got it! I’ll use my interceptorizor to highjack the Emmy broadcast! Now if only I can find out when it is… February, right? @drhorrible

And:

Tomorrow? The emmys are tomorrow?! I’m gonna have to pull an all nighter to get this thing humming. Tune in. CBS at 8. See if I pull it off. @drhorrible

The Emmys themselves air tonight on CBS at 8pm ET. E!’s Countdown To The Red Carpet starts at 4, and their Live From The Red Carpet pre-show starts at 6pm. In addition the TVGuide Network will be airing Emmy related programming most of the day, and are live from the red carpet from 6pm.

Posted in Hosting | Also tagged Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Events, Events: Emmy Awards, Hosting, Public Appearances, TV Appearances
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The Emmys will be Horrible…

By Hilary | Published Sat Sep-19-09 -

Michael Ausiello reports that Neil will perform a Dr Horrible themed production number during Sunday’s ceremony. This news could explain a recent tweet by Maurissa Tancharoen: “Be sure to watch the Emmys tomorrow. Just do it.”

In non-Emmy news, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs looks set to be the clear box office winner this weekend.

Posted in Hosting | Also tagged Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Events: Emmy Awards, Movies: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, TV Appearances
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Dr Horrible wins the Emmy!

By Rach | Published Sun Sep-13-09 -

Neil has won his first Emmy Award – Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog took home the award for Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs at last night’s Creative Arts Emmys, beating off stiff competition from Bruce Springsteen, Jon Stewart, 30 Rock’s Kenneth the Page, and Battlestar Galactica. Neil was there to pick up the award along with Felicia Day, Nathan Fillion, Simon Helberg, Maurissa Tancharoen and all three Whedon brothers, and you can see some pictures from last night in our gallery. And there’s a photo of Neil and Nathan posted on Twitter by Maurissa, here.

In other news, Neil recently lent his voice to a couple of episodes of Robot Chicken recently, episodes 14 and 16 of season 4 which went out in August. Sorry that we couldn’t warn you in advance!

Posted in Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Events: Creative Arts Emmys, Gallery Update, Public Appearances, TV Appearances, TV: Robot Chicken, Voiceover & Narration
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More success for Dr Horrible

By Hilary | Published Tue Aug-25-09 -

Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog scooped Best Web Production at the Portal Awards.

Posted in Awards & Nominations, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
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HIMYM Emmy Nomination Event

By Rach | Published Thu Aug-13-09 -

The HIMYM cast are finally back to work and they’ve kicked off with an Emmy nomination party held in MacLaren’s. There are various videos around, Neil talks to Access Hollywood about the nomination and the possibility of a fist-fight with Nathan Fillion as part of the show, and to Zap2it about his hosting preparations.

The Academy’s plans to time-shift 8 of the Emmy award presentations have been scrapped.

And finally, congrats to Dr Horrible on winning the Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form!

Posted in HIMYM | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Events: Emmy Awards, Interviews: Online, TV: HIMYM, Video
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Emmy Nominations Announced

By Hilary | Published Thu Jul-16-09 -

Not suprisingly (to us at least!) Neil has once again been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. A full list of nominees can be viewed here.

HIMYM has also been nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.

As you will see, one thing’s for sure – Neil won’t lose out to Jeremy Piven this year!

Neil is, of course, hosting the ceremony which takes place on 20th September.

Edit: As has been pointed out in the comments, Dr Horrible has also been nominated in the “Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs” category!

Posted in Awards & Nominations | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Events: Emmy Awards, TV: HIMYM
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Signed Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog print and DVD on eBay

By Hilary | Published Mon Jul-6-09 -

Neil has donated a, 8 x 10 print signed by himself, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day which is being offered together with a brand new, unsigned copy of the Dr Horrible DVD.

All proceeds go to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

Bidding ends on 10th July and currently stands at $760.00.

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