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TV Guide Emmy Picks

By Rach | Published Tue Sep-15-09 -

TV Guide have posted their Emmy picks and they have Neil listed under both “should win” and “will win”. They also expect 30 Rock to take the Best Comedy prize, but list HIMYM as their dark horse in the category, saying “CBS has proven itself the king of the traditional sitcom, so if there is an upset, I’d look for Mother to steal the prize”.

You can make your own opinion heard in their Reader Poll.

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More interviews and photos!

By Rach | Published Tue Sep-15-09 -

Something I forgot in all the updates yesterday – there’s a lovely article/interview up at USA Today, and there’s a new photo up along with the article. Thanks to a wonderful donor, we now have 73 HQ outtakes from that particular shoot in our gallery.

There’s a Q&A up on Oprah.com, and some new video interviews – one from TV Guide’s Emmy preview, and the cast on CBS’s The Early Show (both episodes contain some clips/behind the scenes from S5 episodes so slight spoilers).

Finally, there’s a Neil profile as part of the Celebrating…Emmy digimag, available here. The 24-page digi-mag celebrates the nominees for major categories, profiles host Neil Patrick Harris and includes a gallery of Charles Bush photographs of past recipients.

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Emmy Awards CBS Telecast Promos

By Hilary | Published Mon Sep-14-09 -

Neil appears in a series of promos for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards which you can view here at Broadwayworld.com.

The official Emmy website also has the promos together with a gallery of promo photos. Hopefully Neil will be posing with his own trophy following the ceremony on 20th September.

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New interview & more award wins!

By Rach | Published Mon Sep-14-09 -

NYMag.com has a lovely new interview up with Neil. It’s quite long, and if you’re particularly spoiler averse, you might want to skip to page two before you start reading as the interview starts with a lovely observers-view of Neil and Cobie shooting a scene from early in season five. It’s the Sept 21st issue’s cover story, and if you live in the US you can order a copy here.

The results are finally in for Television Without Pity’s Tubey awards, and HIMYM came out on top in a number of categories! In the Scripted TV Shows section, HIMYM walked away with the awards for Best Comedy (beating out 30 Rock, amongst others) and “Show With the Best Internet Series Extension” thanks in no small part to Barney’s Blog and CanadianSexActs.org. On the Characters ballot, Barney was voted Favourite Character beating, well, every other character on television, as well as Best Sidekick. And while the Relationships and Storylines vote didn’t see Barney and Robin winning Best Almost-Romantic-But-Not-Quite Relationship (That went to TSCC’s John & Cameron), it was the TWoP staff pick for that category. But most importantly, under the Actors & Actresses section, Neil was voted Favourite Actor by both the TWoP readers and their staff. And that’s not even favourite comedy actor, it’s favourite overall! In the same section, HIMYM picked up the gong for Best Cast.

And Jeremy Piven won the award for... Most Undeserved Emmy Awarded in Sept 2008.

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/tubey_awards/tubey_awards_2009_scripted_tv.ph

Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Interviews: Online, Interviews: Print, TV: HIMYM, Voting
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Pre-Emmy interviews

By Rach | Published Sat Sep-12-09 -

The NY Times today posted an interview with Neil about the upcoming Emmy Awards.

Variety reports that Hairspray writers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (who also memorably wrote the song Neil sang as his closing number at the Tonys in June) are composing an Emmy themed song for Neil to perform at the event.

Finally, there are some photos in our gallery of Neil arriving at today’s LA premiere of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

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A-List enlists to help The National WWII Museum

By Rach | Published Sun Sep-6-09 -

According to PRNewswire, Neil is one of many celebrities participating in Beyond All Boundaries when it opens in November at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans in November.

When it premieres November 6, Beyond All Boundaries, the 4-D cinematic experience at The National World War II Museum, will feature the voices of Hollywood’s biggest names portraying everyday soldiers and servicemen as they fought to preserve our country’s freedom, and the journalists who covered it in their own words.

The exclusive production features an all-star cast including Tom Hanks joined by Kevin Bacon, Corbin Bleu, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Connolly, James Cromwell, Blythe Danner, Viola Davis, Jessie Eisenberg, John Goodman, Neil Patrick Harris, Kevin Jonas, Justin Long, Tobey Maguire, Daran Norris, Wendell Pierce, Chris Pine, Brad Pitt, Bill Sadler, Gary Sinise and Elijah Wood, among others.

For more information, visit www.nationalww2museum.org.

Finally, CBS are airing a commercial promoting the Emmys, which you can catch here our YouTube channel.

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Letterman and A Fine Romance

By Rach | Published Wed Aug-19-09 -

There’s a new video online from the Emmy nomination event last week, at Watch With Kristin.

In the first of what I suspect will be many talk show appearances before the Emmys, Neil is slated to appear on Letterman on September 4th.

And finally, along with stars such as Kristin Chenoweth, Amy Adams and Zachary Levi, Neil will be performing at this year’s 5th Annual “A Fine Romance” benefit for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. The evening will once again be hosted by Catherine Zeta-Jones and takes place on November 7th.

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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, Interviews: Online, TV: HIMYM, Video
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Batman, the Emmys & more

By Rach | Published Tue Aug-4-09 -

We’re back! Sorry for the extended hiatus, catching up after holidays is always hard work!

Many thanks to Vanessa for getting in touch about this – Neil’s episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold (“Mayhem of the Music Meister”) is set to air in Australia this Saturday (August 8th) on Channel 9 at 8.35am/9.35am depending on your time zone. The episode is listed on both yourtv.com.au and Channel Nine‘s website, so it seems pretty accurate. The episode has so far only aired at Comic Con and isn’t set to air in the US until “sometime in the fall” so if it’s correct, Australia are getting a treat!

There’s been some controversy over the last day or so about the announcement of the decision to present some of the awards at this year’s Emmys before the ceremony airs on TV. The LA Times reports on what Neil and executive producer Don Mischer had to say about that at this year’s TCA Press Tour. Neil is currently still in Montreal shooting “Beastly” and so appeared at the Press Tour via Satellite – EW.com’s Michael Ausiello reports on what went on during the Emmy segment.

And we’ve finally had some confirmation on Neil’s part in “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. Cinematical.com talks to the people behind the movie here – How I Met Your Mother writers Chris Miller and Phil Lord. He will indeed be voiceing Steve the Monkey, “Flint’s monkey who has been hardwired with a speech device. However, he usually only runs around saying his own name.”

Posted in Cartoons & Animation | Also tagged Australia, Batman: the Brave and the Bold, CBS, Hosting, Movies: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Musicals
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Emmy “seatfiller” tickets up for auction

By Rach | Published Thu Jul-16-09 -

HollywoodCharityAuction.com have added some Emmys tickets, if you would like your chance to see Neil do his hosting job in person. The package contains two “seatfiller” positions. “Seat Fillers take the place of award recipients who get up to accept their award. (They have to be interviewed backstage). The camera does not like to see empty seats – hence, a lucky few are screened and allowed to take the seat of celebrities during the broadcast. Sometimes you stay in the same “primo” seat the entire telecast, other times you get to move around, rub elbows with all the celebrities!”

Bidding currently stands at $550 for the pair of tickets. You must be 18 years or over.

The Hollywood Charity Auction is a fundraiser for the Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program; a non profit 501(c)3 organization formed in 1992 to provide training opportunities to minority college graduates in TV/radio news reporting and news management.

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