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Interviews old and new

By Rach | Published Sun Jul-4-10 -

First of all, TV Squad caught up with Neil while he was doing his Smurfs press a few weeks ago. They cover everything from Harold & Kumar to Glee and Doctor Horrible, so check it out here.

Is there going to be a third ‘Harold and Kumar’ movie?
They started filming already. It’s called ‘A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas.’ It’s in 3-D, and they’re filming in Detroit. I’m not dead in the third one.

How are you going to explain that?
You saw me get shot [in the last movie], and at the end of the credits I arose, so I was clearly not dead. All may or probably won’t be explained. There’s a new director on board, and he’s great. We’re doing a giant holiday TV special Christmas medley that I help [out on], so there may be singing and dancing in ‘Harold and Kumar.’ He’s very enthusiastic towards Busby Berkeley.

You have so many different projects going on now.
I’m just so amazed and lucky that things keep slotting in as they do. Things have been very fortunate the last couple of years, to an extreme, but if this movie ['Smurfs'] were happening a month later, I wouldn’t have been able to do it because it would have overlapped with ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ and if this movie had gone on another week I wouldn’t have been able to do ‘Harold and Kumar’ because I had to slot that in. It’s all been circumstantial and wonderful.

And Out.com caught up with Neil not long after last year’s Emmys, in this interview that we haven’t linked here before.

Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Interviews: Online, Movies: The Smurfs, TV: Glee
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Neil Patrick Harris Confirmed For ‘Harold and Kumar 3

By Rach | Published Wed Jun-23-10 -

While his return was never really in doubt (would they dare make an H&K movie without NPH?!), Hollywood.com has confirmed that Neil will be returning in A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, due in Theaters Christmas 2011. Check out the full article here for a few snippets on Glee, Dr Horrible and his return to H&K, and expect a few articles to pop up over the next week or so as it seems it was press day at the Smurfs this week, with Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello also stopping by the set on Tuesday.

Posted in Movies | Also tagged Movies, Movies: The Smurfs, TV: Glee
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Neil defends Vanessa Hudgens casting

By Rach | Published Tue Apr-13-10 -

OnTheRedCarpet.com caught up with Neil in a short video interview at the Academy of Magical Arts awards on Sunday.

Actor Neil Patrick Harris is directing a special production of Rent at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. He’s no stranger to the stage or the show, (he played Mark Cohen in the 2nd National Tour), but he’s taken some flak recently for casting High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens for the lead role of Mimi.

On The Red Carpet caught up with Harris, who defended his decision, “Vanessa is awesome. She’s a friend. I asked her to come in and sing to make sure she had the chops for it. And she was very committed and seemed great.”

io9.com reports that the sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is now in development; no official word on if Neil will return as Steve the Monkey just yet.

Neil’s episode of Celebrity Jeopardy, in which he competes against CSI New York’s Hill Harper and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo, will air this coming Thursday, April 15th at 7pm PST on ABC-TV. Visit the show’s website for a short video interview with him. Neil was playing on behalf of Food on Foot.

Finally, NYMag’s Vulture section has read the script for A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. Mild plot spoilers are in the article, so if you don’t want to know, suffice it to say that the script confirms that Neil has a part to play.

Posted in Theatre | Also tagged Academy of Magical Arts Awards, Charity, Directing, Gameshows, Hollywood Bowl, Movies, Movies: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Rent, TV: Celebrity Jeopardy
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Glee, Celebrity Jeopardy, Harold & Kumar 3

By Rach | Published Mon Mar-15-10 -

I’ve added a Glee page to the television appearances section of the site. More and more spoilers for Neil’s Glee appearance are being released, but I understand that a lot of people might want to remain as unspoiled as possible. So we’ll update all Glee spoilers here, to give you the choice of reading it or not. We’ll continue to let you know here when that page has been updated, though.

Neil recorded an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy late last week, competing against CSI New York’s Hill Harper and former basketball player Rebecca Lobo. We’ll keep you updated with when that will air.

John Cho talked with Collider about the in-development third movie in the Harold & Kumar series:

The good news for fans of the Harold and Kumar series is the sequel is still moving forward and Cho said the plan is to film this June! He said they’re currently figuring out who will direct the third installment and Neil Patrick Harris is supposed to be in it. He said the film picks up a few years after the second film and it’s a legitimate holiday movie.

Finally, if you didn’t managed to view the Oscars opening before it was removed from the Oscars website, you can view it officially on YouTube, or PopSugar.

Posted in TV Appearances | Also tagged Charity, Events: Oscars, Gameshows, Movies, Spoilers, TV Appearances, TV: Celebrity Jeopardy, TV: Glee
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New interview with DFW.com

By Rach | Published Tue Jun-23-09 -

Neil talks to David Martindale of DFW.com about HIMYM, Harold & Kumar and more. And the name “RoBarney”, hated in fandom but becoming more widespread amongst the people who actually get to talk to the cast, rears its ugly head again.

Neil also gets a mention in this Hollywood Reporter critics’ pick list of who should win Emmys this year. It’s time for Piven to move over!

On another note, we know that there’s been a bit of a tabloid flurry about a certain story to do with Neil & David over the last week or so, and that we haven’t posted anything about it here. We just wanted to make it clear that we have the utmost respect for Neil’s privacy, especially when it comes to rumours and gossip, and our general rule of thumb is that we don’t post anything here that we feel he wouldn’t like to see if he ever came across the site. That also applies to the gallery, which is why you won’t find any stalkerazzi photos there.

Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Admin, Events: Emmy Awards, Interviews: Online, Site News, TV: HIMYM
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Harold & Kumar 3

By Rach | Published Fri May-8-09 -

According to Variety, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg “will return to write and direct a third installment for Mandate Pictures.” Warner Bros have confirmed a November 5, 2010 release date for “A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas”, with John Cho, Kal Penn and Neil Patrick Harris all expected to reprise their roles. More details as they become available!

Along with his co-stars Jason Segel and Josh Radnor and other stars including Jack Black and Gavin DeGraw, Neil has recorded a video message that you can send as an e-card this Mothers’ Day, in association with the Noreen Fraser Foundation for cancer research.

Hot on the heels of the free chocolate giveaway yesterday, the Mars Real Chocolate Relief Act have released an ad on YouTube – you can check out “Neil Patrick Harris and Mars Make America Awesome (Again)” here.

We’ve also had a few new additions to the gallery in the last few days, with pics from the Mars event, the Star Trek premiere and Neil backstage at Rock of Ages.

Posted in Movies | Also tagged Charity, Gallery Update, Movies, Public Appearances, TV Appearances, TV: HIMYM
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Should Neil make Harold & Kumar 3?

By Hilary | Published Mon Feb-2-09 -

Following on from this article where Neil discussed the possibility of a second Harold & Kumar sequel, AfterElton has expressed concern at the idea and suggests some other roles from Neil’s past that they’d prefer him to revist. The article includes trailers for Clara’s Heart and Purple People Eater.

Posted in Movies | Also tagged Movies, Movies: Clara's Heart, Movies: Purple People Eater
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