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Pre-Tonys news round up

By Rach | Published Wed Jun-8-11 -

Neil will be hosting the 65th Annual Tony Awards this coming Sunday, June 12th, and some details have started to emerge about the performances that can be expected on the night. Neil will be taking part in a performance from April’s limited run revival of Company ahead of its cinema release on June 15, and according to BroadwayWorld.com (the linked article contains detailed information about who will be performing what on the night, so if you prefer surprises, don’t click!) “a highly theatrical number performed by Neil Patrick Harris and created by David Javerbaum will open the telecast”.

Neil will be appearing on The View and The Late Show with David Letterman this Thursday to promote the show.

There’s a second promo here. The 2011 Tony Awards will air live on CBS on Sunday from 8.00pm-11.00pm.

Finally, in non-Tonys news, Neil has been nominated in the first annual Critics’ Choice Awards in the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category, for his role as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother. The awards will air on ReelzChannel on June 22nd, and Variety has the full list of nominees.

Posted in Hosting | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, CBS, Events: The Tony Awards, Hosting, TV: HIMYM, TV: The View
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Neil talks AI to EW.

By Rach | Published Fri Aug-28-09 -

Neil talks with Entertainment Weekly about his guest judging stint on American Idol. He reveals as part of the interview that he, Josh and Jason have just completed a photoshoot for an upcoming issue of Playboy. It’s to coincide with the launch of the show, so it’s quite possibly the October issue, due out in late Sept.

In addition to his appearance on next Friday (Sept 4th)’s Letterman, Neil will also be checking in with Craig Ferguson on Septmeber 8th.

As mentioned on our Twitter, Neil is on the cover of this month’s issue of Genii magazine. You can order the issue on their website.

Finally, Neil is supporting the Get Schooled campaign. “Get Schooled is a national platform that connects, inspires and mobilizes people – from policymakers and corporate leaders to communities and kids – to find effective solutions to the problems facing our education system. It provides resources and information, community outreach and creative programming that engage a range of audiences around America’s education crisis.” You can check out his video message here. He is also once again supporting the What Book Got You Hooked? campaign. Now through September 30, readers everywhere are invited to share the first book that made reading fun for them and then help get more kids hooked by voting for the state to receive 50,000 new books for low-income youth.

Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Charity, Interviews: Online, Interviews: Print, Magazines, Magic, Photoshoot, TV: American Idol, TV: Craig Ferguson
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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.

Posted in Events | Also tagged eonline, Events, Events: Emmy Awards, Public Appearances, Video Update
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TCA Nomination, interview roundup & “Beastly”

By Rach | Published Fri Jun-5-09 -

Neil has been nominated for a Television Critics Association award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. He’s up against Tina Fey, Jim Parsons, Steve Carell and Alec Baldwin. HIMYM was also nominated in the “Outstanding Achievement in Comedy”.

Neil has been hitting the interview circuit pre-Tonys – here’s a roundup of everything we’ve found since yesterday’s update!

Videos: On Good Day LA, Neil talks hosting the TONY Awards, awkward moments on live TV and bringing Broadway to a national audience. Neil’s “Top Ten List” from last night’s Letterman (“Top Ten Signs You’ve Hired A Bad Tony Awards Host”) has been uploaded on YouTube (Neil shows up at around 5.06), Neil talks to Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello in this seven minute interview,

Articles: Neil talks to the Wall Street Journal and ETonline about the Tonys and his work on HIMYM, while the Herald-Dispatch blog recaps the media conference call in full. Playbill, the Northwest Herald and the Boston Herald also run articles from that call.

He was also due to appear on CBS’s Early Show this morning, as well as the Morning Mash Up, 6am-12noon EST on Sirius XM (whatever that is!), along with the already announced appearance on The View.

Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch will be liveblogging from the Tonys, so if you can’t watch it live, you can still keep up to date!

Finally, one of those articles revealed that as well as The Best and the Brightest, Neil will be shooting a second movie this hiatus. He’ll be headed to Montreal to shoot “Beastly”, starring Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen and Alex Pettyfer, – “a modern-day take on the “Beauty and the Beast” tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.” Daniel Barnz (Phoebe in Wonderland) will direct his own screenplay, based on Alex Flinn‘s novel. The movie is a joint production between Storefront Films and CBS films (which may have led to Neil’s involvement). CBS films are listed as the distributors, for a theatrical release of 2010.

Posted in Interviews | Also tagged Awards & Nominations, Events: The Tony Awards, Interviews: Online, Interviews: Radio, Interviews: TV, Movies, Movies: Beastly, TV: HIMYM
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Neil to read the Top 10 list on tonight’s Letterman.

By Hilary | Published Thu Jun-4-09 -

Neil will be reading the Top 10 List on tonight’s Late Show with David Letterman.

Meanwhile the build-up to the Tony Awards continues and Boston.com and TV Guide chat to Neil about presenting the show and more, including his thoughts on A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas and a possible sequel to Dr Horrible.

Posted in TV Appearances | Also tagged Events: The Tony Awards, Interviews: Online
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Reminder: Letterman tonight!

By Rach | Published Wed Aug-27-08 -

Don’t forget, Neil will be appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight, 11.35pm on CBS. Also appearing are rapper Nas, and Olympic gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor.

Added to the gallery today have been HQ stills from the HIMYM season four premiere. They aren’t spoilery as such, but if you’re at all adverse to the smallest of spoilers, you may not want to see more than these thumbnails.

Posted in TV Appearances | Also tagged Gallery Update, Interviews: TV, TV Appearances, TV: HIMYM
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Gallery Update & TV Roundup

By Rach | Published Mon Aug-25-08 -

The gallery has recently been updated with new photos, and HQ versions of some that were already in there, as well as photos from Saturday’s 10th Annual Pageant of the Masters, which Neil hosted. He was reunited on the red carpet with Belinda Montgomery, who played Neil’s mother throughout the run of Doogie Howser.

Television Roundup
Catch Neil on US Television over the next few days (times listed are East Coast)…
Monday 8/25: How I Met Your Mother – Episode 3.17 “The Goat” – CBS 8.30pm
Tuesday 8/26: Will & Grace – Episode 2.20 “Girls, Interrupted” – LIFE 11.30am
Wednesday 8/27: Late Show with David Letterman – CBS 11.35pm

Posted in Gallery Update | Also tagged Gallery Update, Interviews: TV, Public Appearances, TV Appearances, TV: HIMYM, TV: Will & Grace
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The Bro Code

By Jaina | Published Tue Aug-19-08 -

Simon & Schuster have released some information and the cover artwork for the upcoming release of Barney’s Bro Code. The book comes out on October 14th, and is written by Barney Stinson and (HIMYM writer) Matt Kuhn. You can pre-order it at Amazon.com for $10.40, a saving of $2.60 on the recommended price of $13.00 (or £5.98 on Amazon.co.uk)

It’s also worth noting that on the Simon & Schuster page, under “other editions” they list both compact disc and e-audio, “Read by: Neil Patrick Harris”.

Neil is listed to appear on Letterman next Wednesday, August 27th.

Latest update from Dr. Horrible’s Twitter; they’re holding a contest as to who can write a Dr. Horrible themed limerick. Click here for the Twitter status update.

And finally, just in case there’s anybody left who hasn’t seen these wonderful videos – click to watch Neil hanging with Elmo (yes, THAT Elmo) and chatting about pets and music!