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“This Is It” premiere and Forum Affiliate added

By Rach | Published Wed Oct-28-09 -

Neil and David attended the Los Angeles premiere of “This Is It” at the Nokia Theatre last night, and we’ve added arrivals photos to the gallery.

We also have a brand new affiliate – the Neil Patrick Harris board at FanForum. There’s an entire board dedicated to discussion about all things Neil, and from now on you can always reach it directly by clicking on the “forum” link in our site navigation bar up at the top. FanForum also has a HIMYM board, be sure to try and stop by there too!

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Post-Emmy Roundup: Monday

By Rach | Published Mon Sep-21-09 -

Glossing over the fact that (if you haven’t heard) Neil was robbed once again and even without Jeremy Piven being nominated, he lost the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series award to Two and a Half Men’s Jon Cryer, the show has been getting rave reviews. If you watched the ceremony you’ll have seen many of the presenters praising Neil’s handling of the show, Jon Stewart in particular.

And the compliments don’t stop there. There are reviews of the show all over this morning and they’re all incredibly positive about Neil and the way the show was put together. There’s USA Today, Los Angeles Times, the LA Times Awards Insider, Entertainment Weekly, Zap2it, StarTribune, Reuters, the Arizona Republic and The Celebrity Cafe, to name just a few.

There are photos from the arrival and the show in our gallery, with more to come as today progresses, so keep an eye on it! And if you check out our YouTube channel, you can check out the Dr Horrible interruption, and Neil’s awesome opening number.

And don’t forget (as if you could!) that How I Met Your Mother season five premieres tonight on CBS at the new time of 8/7c!

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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.

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Pre-Emmy Roundup: Saturday

By Rach | Published Sat Sep-19-09 -

Once again there are various Neil focus pieces floating around: Time Magazine, the Hollywood Reporter, and Entertainment Weekly’s Popwatch previews the piece in this week’s print issue (which you can see scans of here).

“If I don’t win, it’ll be fantastic,” he says. “I’ve got tons of jokes ready for that. If I do win, I think I have to go do the press gauntlet midshow, and then they’ll cut to me back there saying, ‘Our next two presenters are…’ I thought about calling [Malcolm in the Middle’s] Chris Masterson and seeing if he would sub in for me, as me, while I went to the gauntlet, and not even make a reference to the fact that he’s not me. Just have him keep going. Because I get told I was wonderful on Malcolm in the Middle almost as much as I get told I was wonderful on Doogie Howser.“

His appearance on Ellen yesterday is now on YouTube, you can listen to him chatting on On Air With Ryan Seacrest, and you can also watch another red carpet video from the Pepsi Max CBS Premiere Party here.

And if you have time to kill, AfterElton.com has a Neil Patrick Harris online jigsaw puzzle, and RightCelebrity presents the argument for Neil being The Sexiest Man Alive.

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Pre-Emmy Roundup: Friday

By Rach | Published Fri Sep-18-09 -

Lots of articles today! First the LA Times has a nice piece with a few more details on how they’re saving time without cutting awards.

“There will be seven presenting teams,” producer Don Mischer tells Gold Derby. “They’ll each do two awards instead of one. That saves us walk-out time and the banter the presenters usually have to do before introducing an award. After presenting one award, the presenting team will jump right into giving out the next one.”

The same piece informs us that Neil will be “appearing on stage more than any other Emmy host ever”, and includes a running order for the awards. Neil’s Supporting Actor category is the third award of the night.

Bing claims to be the place to be for up to the minute Emmy news on the night, NPR have done a spotlight piece (and thanks to the reader who let us know that Neil will be on NPR’s Morning Edition today).

Videos: Neil previews the Emmys for Entertainment Weekly, and ETOnline catch up with the star at Wednesday’s CBS Season Premieres party. Finally, Neil discusses his part in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Kind of.

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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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Neil to host 2010 Tonys?

By Rach | Published Wed Aug-5-09 -

According to NYDailyNews.com, Neil has been invited back to host next year’s Tony Awards, though he hasn’t accepted or declined yet.

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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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Neil to host Emmys – confirmed!

By Rach | Published Mon Jul-13-09 -

CBS today confirmed that Neil will be hosting this year’s Emmys. He told the Associated Press:

“I’m looking forward to the challenge of the show — adding my own voice to it, while honoring the nominees and the entire year in television,” Harris said. “But which voice to choose? I’m torn between gangsta, foppish Brit, and robot. Really proud of my robot. We’ll see what happens on the night.”

Neil will also serve as a producer for the broadcast.

The Emmy nominations are announced this Thursday, July 16th, by The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons and Grey’s Anatomy’s Chandra Wilson. The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards take place on Sunday, September 20th and you can catch them live on CBS.

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Neil to host the Emmys?

By Rach | Published Thu Jul-2-09 -

After his massive success as Tonys host, Variety is reporting that Neil is close to closing a deal to host this year’s Emmy Awards. Everybody cross your fingers that the deal goes through!

Update: Michael Ausiello is now reporting that “multiple sources” confirm that Neil has now formally signed on to host the ceremony on 20th September.

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