Neil Patrick Harris

By snicks We continued our weekly TwitterWatch with Neil Patrick Harris, and more!We questioned the timing behind the editor of Out lambasting Adam Lambert.But it seems that Adam can speak for himself.We continued the new daily feature The Morning Meme.We celebrated the union of Beyonce and Lady G...

By snicks I know people are getting up-in-arms about Mariah Carey's list of demands to turn on some Christmas lights, and it's too bad they didn't ask me. All I would have required would be a case of Yoo-Hoo, a Baja Beef Chalupa from Taco Bell, and maybe a lap dance from one of those Twilight guys.

By snicks Sir Ian McKellen showed up on The View today and mentioned that it wasn't until he came out that he became a movie star. He also had to endure Elizabeth Hasselbeck arguing with him about the NHS (apparently Lizzy is an expert on British health services), a flu-ravaged Whoopi Goldberg asking...

By lostinmiami CBS played around with the number of episodes they had on order for a bunch of shows today. Since I can't think of a single gay character on any of their scripted shows, I'm going to cheer for them ordering two additional episodes of How I Met Your Mother and giving Neil Patrick Harris more mone...

By lostinmiami Above you can see the trailer for a fan produced prequel to Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog, called Horrible Turn, which will get the full web premiere on November 10th. I like the idea of seeing the characters growing up, but having watched Neil Patrick Harris actually grow up takes me out o...

By lostinmiami Proving it's true John Barrowman and Neil Patrick Harris will show up for anything, above you can see Captain Jack Harkness and Dr. Horrible making an appearance as a Jack-o-Lantern. There's a template for the Dr. Horrible one. Tonight around 7:47p.m. EDT, the cast of Glee will sing the nationa...

By lostinmiami Above you can watch Joy Behar take Joe the Plumber to task about his statements about not leaving his children alone with gays. Joy is turning her show into a one woman crusade for us. There's currently some controversy that Stade Françai, the French rugby team with the homoerotic calendars...

By snicks Above you can see Rachel Maddow chatting with Jesse Connolly, the campaign manager for Maine's "No on 1" drive. The late Stephen Gately's record label has officially added a complaint to the tens of thousands already lodged against Jan Moir's horrific column. Gay reporter sprite Michael...

By lostinmiami Adam Lambert appeared this morning to announce he'll be performing his first single, which he hasn't selected, but will be "glammy" at the American Music Awards November 22. Coincidentally, his new album goes on sale November 24. There's hope for Southland continuing, on TNT, which make...

By lostinmiami Smurf-loving reporter Michael Ausiello reports that Gossip Girl is going to show a menage a trois on the November 9th episode, but who won't divulge who's in bed with whom. A certain editor has promised to eat his hat if there aren't at least two girls involved. Which should I buy him in case he...

By LyleMasaki If there's one thing How I Met Your Mother does incredibly well, it's making the audience wait for the pay-off for a joke (see Countdown, Slap Bet). At the risk of ruining the eventual joke (cuz we're that smart), let's dig through the archive of Neil Patrick Harris photos in AfterElton Blun...

By snicks In an exciting race to the finish line, Glee's Kurt Hummel narrowly managed to retain his crown. The newly out high-schooler managed 38% of the vote while stellar Emmy host Neil Patrick Harris was a strong runner-up with 34% Congrats to Kurt, but with the new Fall TV Season upon us, the compe...

By snicks Republican Senator Tom Coburn's Chief of Staff says "All pornography is homosexual pornography because I'm not capable of rational, critical thinking and am a babbling buffoon." Or something like that. I'm paraphrasing a bit. The adorkable Nate Silver says same-sex marriage is fading a...

By snicks Time for another one of those time-wasting yet hopelessly addictive online jigsaw puzzles! This week it's out star (and this weekend's Emmy Awards host) Neil Patrick Harris relaxing in the bathtub. Move the pieces around with your mouse — they will snap together when in the right place. Ho...

By LyleMasaki The highlight of this weekend's gay TV is Neil Patrick Harris hosting The Emmy Awards, but we also get Kathy Griffin's return to The View, the latest Clive Barker story to make the jump to film and a big day at the office for Lloyd on Entourage.

By snicks Stevie Wonder and Cyndi Lauper have joined the roster of this Thursday's VH-1 Divas Live show. Two years ago retired NBA star Tim Hardaway infamously ranted "I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it. It s...

By snicks Above you can see Neil Patrick Harris on the cover of New York Magazine, who calls him Hollywood's First (Openly) Gay Hollywood Star. Finally, GLAAD has announced the nominees for the Inaugural GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising, honoring the most gay-inclusive advertising of the year. E...

By LyleMasaki Your Labor Day weekend's gay TV includes a chatty Friday -- with Neil Patrick Harris, Nate Berkus, the Pet Shop Boys and Rufus Wainwright all making the rounds, a chance for Sal to move his career forward on Mad Men and the debut of Were the World Mine.

By snicks Angels in America is returning to the New York Stage for the first time in fifteen years. The production will open at the Signature Theater in late 2010 and is expected to run about four months. He gave it a game go, but gay Iraq War veteran Anthony Woods has lost his bid for Congress. Katy Perry an...

By snicks We continued our Daytime Drive-By of the happenings in soapland.We went Under The Covers for some more snarky titles.We gave you the Best Fall Gay TV Guide Ever!We gave an up arrow to the almost redeemed The Secret Life of the American Teenager.We took a look at some of the great gay icons of vid...

By snicks In addition to his role as horndog Barney on How I Met Your Mother, NPH has also recently presided over the 2009 Tony Awards, the 7th Annual TV Land Awards, will host the upcoming Emmy Awards, appeared as himself on Top Chef Masters and Family Guy ... and that's just within the last few months.

By snicks Above you can see the latest edition of Bryan Safi's "That's Gay" series. In this clip he takes on a tried-and-true sweeps bonanza: the faux lesbian. Finally, CBS will be advertising its fall TV season with a video-chip ad embedded in an issue of Entertainment Weekly, and guess who's the sta...

By snicks Above you can see an Emmy roundtable discussion between various TV actors (including Brad Garrett, who looks like he hasn't bathed in a week). Jon "can you believe I'm in a hit sitcom" Cryer decries (sorry) actors who insist on revealing details about their private lives, such as being gay....

By snicks Happy birthday to Ugly Betty star Mark Indelicato, who turns fifteen today. With his Justin character entering high school in the upcoming season, hopefully he'll get more screen time this year. Bravo's Andy Cohen has been causing chuckles with his assessment of the critically-reviled...

By lostinmiami AfterElton This one may come as no surprise, but our Twitter feed is about as gay as Neil Patrick Harris arm-in-arm with Liza riding unicorns in the Sydney Mardi Gras parade while belting out showtunes. What sets off the gaydar? Gay, GLBT, pride, drag, Bruno. I could go on. And on.

By snicks The usual suspects got nominations: Neil Patrick Harris (who will also be hosting the show this year) for How I Met Your Mother, Vanessa Williams for Ugly Betty (but not lead America Ferrara), Sally Field in Brothers & Sisters (the lone acting nominee from that show), and Kathy Griff...

By michael We think the toxic face paint has seeped into Gene Simmons' brain.Pedro and The Lucille Ball Specials came out on DVD.It's another tough fight for the Battle of he Network Gays.The stars came out for the Trevor Project Gala.This week's Gays of our Lives brought us the scoop about a gay actor ret...

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 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 brian Big Gay News of the Week: Brüno approaches! The fauxmosexual satire is coming our way and people can't stop talking about it. Should we be prepared to be entertained, or just offended?Happy Birthdays to Buffy alum Tom Lenk and Neil Patrick Harris!True Blood returned, with our favorite ch...

By snicks Neil Patrick Harris is coming out of retirement (ZING!) to lend his singing voice to the part of a band camp geek gone bad in Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The Independent has reviewed Bruno, and while it isn't a rave, they do believe that the right message gets through. Mee...

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...

By snicks Neil Patrick Harris is one greedy man. It's not enough that he's constantly in the running for Gay of the Week, or was number one on the 2009 Hot 100, or did such a bang-up job hosting the Tony Awards. Join us for this pictorial birthday spanking for Neil (and his hottie boyfriend David Burtka)...

By brian In yet another example of how the out actor has managed to incorporate his open gayness into his public persona without getting on a soapbox about it, NPH topped the list with a wink-wink gay joke, while tossing in a few other personal jabs (including a particularly funny dig at Emmy foe Jer...

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.

By brian Nick Adams, John Tartaglia, Jim Caruso and Nicholas Rodriguez are among the out performers featured in the upcoming Leading Men IV concert to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on May 11. (And it just so happens that four of the guys made our Hot List of theater guys.) Ticke...

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. The stars came out last night in NYC for the 2008 National Board of Review Awards Gala, including Haaz Sleiman, who'll you...

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 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 LyleMasaki The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated) Check local listings With Neil Patrick Harris and gay fave Betty White on the guest list, today's Ellen is sounding likely to be one of the gayest episodes of a show that has some pretty gay installments. MadTV's Nicole Parker as Ellen DeGeneres

By brian ABC has just announced that Neil Patrick Harris and Kristin Chenoweth will be co-presenters on the Emmy telecast, echoing their lively turn at the nominations ceremony (NPH is also co-hosting the Shmemmy Awards with Sarah Chalke, remember). Also announced as an official presenter is n...

By brian Neil Patrick Harris fascinates me. Hot on the heels of his biggest endorsement deal (for Old Spice, not exactly a "gay" product by any means) he's pulled his highest-profile gay media move yet in gracing the cover of next month's Out magazine (UPDATE: The full interview is now up on the mag'...

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...

By brian In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual assortment of carefully-selected news item...

 - 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...

By brian In case you missed it, Neil Patrick Harris wound up in bed with Britney last night ... so that we don't have to. Thanks for taking one for the team, NPH!Apparently actor Mike Epps is famous enough to be stalked and harassed into a verbal and physical altercation by the bottom-feeders at TMZ. Epp...

By snicks No doubt you've seen the hysterical overreaction to some remarks he made to an Associated Press reporter. Late last week, the story exploded, with headlines like NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: SAY NO TO BRITNEY!, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: KEEP BRITNEY OFF MY SHOW!, and NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: CASTING BRI...

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...

By brian Regis Philbin aficionado Neil Patrick Harris wins the Regis Philbin award at the fifth annual Rellys, beating none other than Regis Philbin for the title.The Advocate's next cover subject is Hillary Clinton. Favorite line: "I felt a connection with her in the same way I did with Madonna."T....

By brian On today's visit to Ellen, Neil Patrick Harris talked about being "out" at the Emmys for the first time. It moved into a conversation about the decisions that for many closeted stars turn what should be a night for celebrating with peers into a series of decisions about what one wants to be pu...

How I Met Your Mother  - On the day of the wedding, a guest arrives (played by Neil Patrick Harris' reported real-life boyfriend, David Burtka) asking when one should interrupt the ... The Riches AfterElton.com all 2 news articles