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Neil on the Today Show

By Rach | Published Wed May-19-10 -

Neil tweeted earlier that he was about to go on and do the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda. If you couldn’t get to a TV in time, or live outside of the US, you can watch it on their website here. He talks Glee, Smurfs, HIMYM and the Magic Castle amongst other things!

They also have a web exclusive video filmed after the show, asking Neil how he thought the interview went, here!

Hope you’ve gotten some sleep now, Neil!

Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Interviews: Online, Interviews: TV, Listerine: This Is Your Mouth, Magic, Movies: The Smurfs, TV: Glee, TV: HIMYM, Video
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Neil to host Academy of Magical Arts Awards

By Rach | Published Thu Mar-18-10 -

After successfully hosting last year’s Academy of Magical Arts Awards, Neil will again be taking on hosting duties for the 42nd Annual AMAs, taking place on April 11th at the Avalon Theatre, Hollywood.

The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. & The Magic Castle present the The 42nd Annual Awards of The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. A highly anticipated entertainment tradition, The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. 42nd Annual Awards Show celebrates the lavish world of mystery and illusion by gathering the top magicians from all over the world for one star-studded spectacular night. This year’s ceremonies will be hosted by Broadway, television and motion picture star Neil Patrick Harris. The night will include performances by Yo Kato, Ed Alonzo, John Calvert, Andrew Goldenhersh, Armando Lucero, Jeff Hobson, The Great Tomsoni & Co. and more! Producers: Neil Patrick Harris & Matt Patton. Writer: David Regal.

The pre-show cocktail reception starts at 5pm with the show itself starting at 7pm. Tickets are available for between $75-200, email broman@magiccastle.com for more details.

In other news, some further casting details have been released for the Smurfs movie. Glee star Jayma Mays has been cast as Neil’s pregnant wife in the live-action/CGI hybrid. This is being hailed by some as a “Glee reunion”, but don’t forget they’ve worked together before, when she played “Coat Check Girl” in season one of HIMYM.

Jayma Mays as Coat Check Girl, Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby and Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson

The NY Post has a photo of Neil on the Glee set (spoilers only for his outfit), and the Beastly camp have released a couple of new photos from the movie, one of which contains Neil and can be seen at Entertainment Weekly.

Posted in Hosting | Also tagged Academy of Magical Arts Awards, Hosting, Magic, Movies: Beastly, Movies: The Smurfs, Tickets, TV: Glee, TV: HIMYM
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MagicNewsWire interview

By Rach | Published Thu Oct-29-09 -

MagicNewsWire.com has posted a brand new audio interview with Neil, conducted on Monday. The interview, with MNW’s Dodd Vickers, last for half an hour. You can listen to it streaming on the site, or if you’d prefer there are various options for adding it to iTunes, downloading the MP3, etc.

As we approach Magic Week at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California, Neil Patrick Harris joins me for a second interview on the Magic Newswire podcast to discuss the 100th Anniversary of the mansion and “It’s Magic 2009.” Neil also talks about Max Maven’s resignation as the Castle’s Entertainment Director, why magic is an important part of his life and what the future has in store from his magic and for the Magic Castle.

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News snippets

By Rach | Published Sat Jan-24-09 -

The next episode of HIMYM (airing on February 2nd) has had yet another title change! While it was originally known as “Special Skills”, the most recent CBS press release named it “Barney Stinson: That Guy’s Awesome”. Now the press release has been updated with a note making editors aware of the title change, and it’s now called “The Possimpible”.

The Magic Castle website has been update with a few more details on Neil’s hosting job at this year’s Academy of Magical Arts Awards on March 8th.

On the subject of website updates, the Ojai site has been updated with some more celebrity names for next Saturday’s benefit. Neil will be joined in the performance by David Burtka, Dick Van Dyke, Zachary Quinto, Jane Leeves and many more. The show will be followed by a dinner and auction fundraiser. Neil is expected to be providing Magic Castle passes for auction – last year the passes went for almost $4,000 for a package which included Neil hosting for a dinner party of 8 at the Castle. The $65 tickets to “Where’s The Money? Show Me The Money!!” are now sold out, but $85 preferred seats and $200 tickets to both the reading and the dinner are still available.

Neil and David attended the ART LA 2009 Museum Of Contemporary Art Benefit opening night reception on Thursday, and we’ve added a stack of photos to the gallery. While at the exhibition Neil told eonline that he thinks Barney’s next conquest would be former Golden Girl Betty White!