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WIN! Tickets to The Smurfs NYC Premiere

By Rach | Published Wed Mar-23-11 -

Sony Pictures Entertainment have launched a contest to win tickets to the World Premiere of The Smurfs. To enter, visit FaceOfTheFan.com/TheSmurfs and upload a video explaining “why you should be on the red carpet at the Premiere of The Smurfs and receive the red carpet treatment”. The video should be no more than 60 seconds long and contain only the image and voice of the entrant.

The winner will receive 4 tickets to the premiere of The Smurfs, along with roundtrip airfare for all four people, and two consecutive nights hotel accomodation in NYC. The five finalists will all receive a Sony PlayStation 3 320GB system with PlayStation Move Bundle.

The premiere date is yet to be determined, and the contest is only open to residents of the USA aged 18 or over. Videos must be submitted by 12:00PT on April 13th, and the five chosen finalists will be made available for public viewing starting May 9th. Full rules and T&Cs can be found here.

The Smurfs in 3D opens across America on August 3rd.

“The Smurfs” Trailer

By Hilary | Published Fri Mar-11-11 -

A new trailer has been released, featuring Neil and Jayma Mays. Smurf it out below!

'Smurfs' Theatrical Trailer @ Yahoo! Video

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Ojai Playwrights Conference & more…

By Rach | Published Sat Mar-5-11 -

Neil and David will be taking part in the Ojai Playwrights Conference annual benefit, joining a lineup that includes Jane Kaczmarek, Stacy Keach, Ron Rifkin, Steven Weber and Noah Wyle.

The event, themed “Substance of Desire”, will take place on Saturday, March 26 at 5.30pm, and will be a celebration of “love, lust and laughter in the plays of Brothers & Sisters creator Jon Robin Baitz. Baitz penned ‘The Paris Letter’, which Neil performed in with Josh Radnor and Ron Rifkin in 2004, and both Neil and David have performed at the conference in previous years.

Tickets for the benefit range from $85 for the Show only to a $2000 VIP package including preferred seating and a group photo with the cast. Visit www.ojaiplays.org for full details.

The Best and the Brightest has announced that tickets for its’ first screenings in LA (at The Cinefamily on N. Fairfax Ave) are now on sale. The previews will be on Monday April 11th, with Bridget Regan in attendance – and Tuesday April 12th, with Bonnie Somerville doing the Q&A honours this time. Tickets for both days are $10 and you can buy them here for Monday and here for Tuesday. Stay tuned for news on previews in other cities around the world!

Finally, Entertainment Weekly has published the first picture from The Smurfs that features Neil with the Smurfs themselves! Check it out here.

Posted in Events | Also tagged David Burtka, Movies: The Best and the Brightest, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Tickets
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More voting opportunities!

By Rach | Published Sun Feb-13-11 -

iVillage have extended their voting period through February 21st, so keep your votes coming in for Neil in their “Gay Man We Wish Could Be Our Boyfriend” category. He’s currently leading in the category, with 44% of the votes, while Ricky Martin is second on 37%. Winners will be announced on February 22nd.

The nominees for the 2011 Logo NewNowNext awards have been announced. Now in its fourth year, this influential awards show will not look at the year that passed, but will instead focus on what is up-and-coming in popular culture in 2011 and beyond. The Smurfs has been nominated in the “Next Must-See Movie” category. It’s a tough category, up against the final Harry Potter movie and X-Men: First Class amongst other things, so every vote helps! You can vote at the site, or on Twitter – every tweet including the hashtag #MOVIESmurfs counts as a vote, including retweets. Use #NNNAwards as the official hashtag for the ceremony.

Voting is open until Friday March 4th, and winners will be announced on the NewNowNext Awards on Monday, April 11th at 10/9c on Logo. The Smurfs is released in the US and UK on August 3rd 2011.

Posted in Awards & Nominations | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Voting
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Write Neil Patrick Harris’s Emmy presenter intro!

By Rach | Published Thu Aug-26-10 -

When Neil hosted the Emmy Awards last year, John Hodgman was enlisted to introduce the winners up to the stage, using “less than credible” facts. This year’s gimmick is for host Jimmy Fallon to introduce the presenters for some of the awards using messages sent in on Twitter.

For example, Fallon said, he’ll announce the chosen tweet, user name included: “(At)blahblahblah says Jon Hamm is the hottest guy of all time. Here he is, Jon Hamm,” NBC’s “Late Night” host riffed.

To submit a message, visit nbc.com/emmys/imontheemmys and sign into your Twitter account. Be sure to include the #imontheemmys hashtag for your tweet to be considered for use during Sunday’s show. Other celebs you can help to introduce include Neil’s Dr Horrible co-star Nathan Fillion, Glee’s Matthew Morrison, and Sofia Vergara, who plays Neil’s boss in the upcoming Smurfs movie.

The Huffington Post has pictures of the seating arrangements for Sunday, where we can see that Neil’s seat is front row.

“(At)blahblahblah says Jon Hamm is the hottest guy of all time. Here he is, Jon Hamm,For example, Fallon said, he’ll announce the chosen tweet, user name included: “(At)blahblahblah says Jon Hamm is the hottest guy of all time. Here he is, Jon Hamm,” NBC’s “Late Night” host riffed.

Posted in Events | Also tagged Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Events: Emmy Awards, Presenting, Twitter
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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: Harold & Kumar, 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: Harold & Kumar, TV: Glee
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The Smurfs Teaser Trailer

By Hilary | Published Thu Jun-17-10 -

Includes an introduction from Neil.

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First Official Look at The Smurfs

By Hilary | Published Wed Jun-16-10 -

The first teaser trailer will be released this Thursday. The film is due for release next August.

Source: USA Today

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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!