Neil Patrick Harris

By Chelsea Earlier this year, How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris was announced as host of the 2009 Tony Awards. Although best known for his television work playing Doogie Howser and Barney Stinson, the actor had previously appeared on Broadway in Cabaret and Assassins. The Awards faced so...

By Tanis Here’s a little truth nugget for you: Neil Patrick Harris is Boob Tube’s number one gay Here’s a little truth nugget for you: Neil Patrick Harris is Boob Tube’s number one gay

By dennis Kyle and Brian have had a chance to fully ruminate on this year's Tony awards and in this week's episode of Sounds Like a Hit they share their thoughts on Neil Patrick Harris' turn as host, that train wreck opening medley, Alice Ripley's bi-polar acceptance speech, the lame sound engineer...

By TV Guide CBS, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Neil Patrick Harris are working on a deal that would make the How I Met Your Mother star the host of this year's Primetime Emmy Awards, airing Sept. 20. Neil Patrick Harris61st Primetime Emmy Awards

By dennis In what should not come as a surprise to anyone, Neil Patrick Harris is in final negotiations to host this year's Emmys telecast, which is scheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2009. After the break, some suggestions for other events Neil Patrick Harris might host...

By michael Neil Patick Harris and Peter Serafinowicz filming The Best and the Brightest But somehow just the presence of NPH promises that the movie will actually be fresher than that premise. And there is just something about these pics of Neil as a typical dad that also piques my interest!

By Rob Eng My favorite episode of the season was “Slapsgiving.”  This episode displayed Marshall and Lily preparing to host their first (of many) Thanksgiving with the gang (just like Friends?).  Marshall set up a countdown until the next time he will slap Barney as a result from the “slap bet” they m...

By michael Earlier today we reported that Star magazine (such a bastion of reliability!) was claiming that Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka were busy planning for a little bundle of joy. According to Star: Not so fast says Harris' reps. Via a spokesperson Harris and Burtka released this statemen...

By brian Come ON, with all the advances in medicine can't the guys in the white coats (no, not the ones that escort me from my desk to the bathroom and back twice a day, the other ones) make it scientifically possible for me to be surrogate to the rumored potential offspring of Alpha Gays Neil Patrick H...

 CA Ryan points to "How I Met Your Mother" supporting player Neil Patrick Harris: "Even if people are not into that show, they know who Barney is." NBC's Ingold takes another tack. "Nowadays with the clutter, it really helps when you have characters that ...

By thehues@gmail.com (Vance) Best Musical Best Book of a Musical All My Sons - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre - Broadway, New York, NY - ***1/2 (Review) Shrek (Musical) - Broadway Theatre - Broadway, New York, NY - ** (Review) title of show] (Musical) - Lyceum Theatre - Broadway, New York, NY - (Review) ****

By LyleMasaki Neil Patrick Harris counts down the Top Ten on tonight's Late Show It's a day full of chatfests, with Anderson Cooper returning to the guest-host seat on Live, Candy Spelling facing off against Chelsea Handler and Neil Patrick Harris counting down the Late Show Top Ten.

Of course, I don't think NPH lacks any in the magnetism department, and I'm sure the reporters on the call would agree with me as many of them were huge Barney fans who wanted to know about the future of Barney and Robin on “How I Met Your Mother. ...

By TV Guide Neil Patrick Harris fans hoping to see their fave be a cut-up as host of Sunday's Tony Awards (airing at 8 pm/ET, on CBS) will probably get some satisfaction. But those wanting to see the How I Met Your Mother star cut a rug or break out into song might come up empty.

 NY Neil Patrick Harris, this year's master of ceremonies at Sunday night's Tony Awards, is well chosen because he speaks to diverse populations. Harris has scored both Emmy and Grammy nominations for his humorous portrayal of the womanizing Barney Stinson ...

By thehues@gmail.com (Vance) The Tony Awards are on this coming Sunday, June 7th at 8pm on CBS (with host Neil Patrick Harris!). Here are my picks from the nominations. Here's the BWW video preview to the Tony nominated Best New Musical Next to Normal (Review from DC Pre-Broadway Run ***):

By Anonymous1 “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” (out Tuesday). Joss Whedon’s musical about a lovelorn would-be supervillain and the video blog he records in his home doesn’t exactly scream surefire hit, but it took the Internet by storm last summer. This sweet and sinister tale about the eponymous mad s...

By thewordwizard23 Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother): His mad crush on Robin turned the one-time cad into a fully-formed human being. Okay, it turned him into a cad with a heart. That's still progress. Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother): For once, can't the nice guy finish first?

By Erica And then recently, I started watching “How I Met Your Mother” – which is pure awesome. It has Alyson Hannigan, and it’s just really well-written. It gets good reviews, it’s been on since 2005 and is just pure funny. It also has Neil Patrick Harris – whose character, Barney Stinson is quickly ap...

By thehues@gmail.com (Vance) Neil Patrick Harris is going to suit up and host The 2009 Tony Awards (on June 7th 2009 at 8pm on CBS). And so perfect, how did they not think of this sooner? I mean, even his show How I Met Your Mother is on CBS) NPH has been on Broadway in Cabaret as the Emcee, in Assassins and in Proof. He was also in P...

While many child stars have had serious problems later in life, Neil Patrick Harris has proven to be one of the exceptions. He was thrust into the spotlight at age 16 as the star of his own hit ABC show, Doogie Howser MD. He's received a lot of kidding about his alter-ego but he's always been happ...

By snicks Above you can see a series of promos for Neil Patrick Harris's upcoming hosting duties on Saturday Night Live. I'm praying they'll find some way to work a Clara's Heart skit somewhere into the show. The nominees for the Writers Guild Awards were announced today and Milk received a nod for ori...

By Tempo Submitted for your approval: The first "Saturday Night Live" host of 2009 will be Neil Patrick Harris, known and loved by millions as Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" and Dr. Horrible on "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog." Harris hosts Jan. 10; the musical guest is Taylor Swift. Speaking of one o...

By Jac But what makes the show really tick? Neil Patrick Harris, Dr Horrible himself playing the womanizer Barney Stinson. His catchphrases (here’s his blog) and bro code (there’s even a book now) raise the show to another level. There is no one in real life like the Barnacle, you would expect such...

By Greg Hernandez Female star 2008: Ellen DeGeneres The wonderful Ellen had another memorable year of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and won her fifth consecutive Emmy for outstanding talk show host. Ellen also used her show, in her low-key way, to speak out against Proposition 8. She personalized the issue wh...

Okay, I hope Neil Patrick Harris is giving his publicist a big holiday bonus this year, because boyfriend is EVERYWHERE. First off, he scored the cover of the year-end TVGuide (with How I Met Your Mother hotties Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders, the most awesomely-named woman in televi...

By jennifer@tube-talk.com (tube talk girl) Best Television Musical/Comedy ‘30 Rock’ ‘Californication’ ‘Entourage’ ‘The Office’ ‘Weeds’ Best Supporting Actor - Television Neil Patrick Harris, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Denis Leary, ‘Recount’ Jeremy Piven, ‘Entourage’ Tom Wilkinson, ‘John Adams’

By Susannah Best television series drama Dexter House In Treatment Mad Men True Blood Best supporting actor in a series, miniseries or made-for-television movie Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother Denis Leary, Recount Jeremy Piven, Entourage Tom Wilkinson, John Adams

By Mike Fahey Doogie Howser! Doogie Howser is playing the bad guy in the game! Go Doogie! Wow, it felt good to let that out. Anyway, press release follows. WILL ARNETT AND NEIL PATRICK HARRIS LEND VOICE TALENT TO D3PUBLISHER'S UPCOMING SHOOTER EAT LEAD: THE RETURN OF MATT HAZARD

By D.B. Cooper Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Neil Patrick Harris. The story should use Arbor Day as a plot device! Generated by the Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator. Ahem. So: ...

By snicks Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.Just because we can never get enough of them, the above pic is super-couple Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka at the one...

By NYC Rob Is being an out gay actor still an issue in Hollywood? Gay actors like Neil Patrick Harris and TR Knight are currently flourishing on television and testing the boundaries of that age-old argument, but will we ever have an openly gay star on the level of a Tom Cruise or Will Smith?

By Team Theo Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Neil Patrick Harris and Thundercats. The story should use gay relationships as a plot device! Generated by the Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator ...

By Mark Graham In today's installment: Neil Patrick Harris, Woody Allen, Matthew McConaughey, Brian Grazer, Blake Lively, Pierce Brosnan, Christian Slater, Chris Noth, Jason Lee, Jenny Lewis, John Rzeznik, Dave Navarro, Mark McGrath, Dyan Cannon, Camryn Manheim, Bruce Vilanch and more!

By michael For those of you who have been reading my daily TCA posts (i.e., people of discerning taste), you'll recall how I grumbled last week about a certain Scrubs star who wouldn't give us journalists the time of day during the ABC party even though that was what he was there to do. Well, I'm happy to say...

Neil Patrick Harris talks Chicago Tribune’s “The Watcher”, Maureen Ryan about Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. “I got an e-mail from Joss that said, ‘Gang, we broke the Internet.’ That’s all it said. Which is awesome,” said “Dr. Horrible” star Neil Patrick Harris, who I talked to at a CBS party...

By noreply@blogger.com (Billie Doux) Dr. Horrible is an internet movie by Joss Whedon starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day. The review below contains spoilers. If you're interested in seeing it -- and it's fabulous, so you should -- go here.] Dr. Horrible: "I meant Gandhi."

By Rob THE main nominations for the Primetime Emmy awards 2008 are as follows… Supporting actor in a comedy Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) Kevin Dillon (Entourage) Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) Jeremy Piven (Entourage) Rainn Wilson (The Office)

Neil Patrick Harris was onstage at 5:40 a.m. to announce the nominees when as a surprise at the end, it was his name called as best supporting actor in a comedy series for CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother.” Harris called it a “lovely surprise” but downplayed the importance of winning. “We’re all tryin...

By Greg Hernandez Emmy nominations were announced veeeerrry early this morning by the inspired pairing of Neil Patrick Harris and Kristen Chemowith. I tell,ya, get the actors with stage experience to do the gig, they just had so much charm and humor and... NPH to Kristen: "Maybe you'll have a second one."

 - Neil, if you're reading this (and I'll bet you are) I'd like to apoligize for my bad review of Clara's Heart. I had no idea that you'd become who you so ...

By snicks It'll be interesting to see if other out celebs are going to follow suit, or maybe, hopefully, if it'll encourage some to inch their way out of the closet. Could we be hearing an announcement from Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka? Or T.R. Knight and Mark Cornelsen? Or maybe Luke McFarlane a...

Britney Spears returned to CBS’s How I Met Your Mother Monday as Abby, the silly-vulnerable receptionist with an unrequited crush on Ted (Josh Radnor). The ratings spiked with her first appearance, so she was quickly shoehorned into this new episode.

By Vance Then I found Josh Groban's performances in the benefit concert of the musical Chess from LA in 2003 (which he is repeating in London this year in May with Idina "Wicked/Rent/Taye Diggs wife" Menzel that I SOOOOO want to go to) that also co-starred Sutton Foster (who will now play Princess F...

By Steph & Alek Neil Patrick Harris and his actor boyfriend David Burtka at the Broadway Backwards 3, a gender-bending concert featuring male singers performing songs traditionally performed by female singers, and vice versa, with all proceeds benefiting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transge...

By brian This is charming news: out actors John Glover (Smallville) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) and Ron Rifkin, who is currently playing a gay man on Brothers & Sisters, will reprise their roles in The Paris Letter, by out playwright Jon Robin Baitz (who also created B&...

By brian Speaking of Heigl, she's been selected by Barbara Walters as one of her 10 most fascinating people of the year. Chances are her friendship with T.R. Knight will come up in the interview. The creators of Myspace, Jennifer Hudson, and Justin Timberlake are among the other picks. A curious reader...

By Adam Lubitow Neil Patrick Harris on "How I Met Your Mother" – One of the most underrated shows on TV and also one of my favorites. NPH deserves oodles of awards for his scene-stealing role as the self-centered, womanizing (yet still totally lovable) Barney. It’s a performance that’s legen... wait for it... dar...

DVD Review: How I Met Your Mother Season Two Blogcritics.org, OH - And we got to see more of the scene-stealing, womanizing Barney Stinson, played powerfully by Neil Patrick Harris. Barney has become my favorite character ...

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