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NEWS ABOUT: Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris stories: 11 news summaries


 How TV's Trying 
 to Woo You Back 

...and back on the couch where you belong

Sep 23, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Networks know we’re watching our favorite shows online instead of on TV, but they’re not taking it sitting down. Here’s what they’re doing, smart or otherwise, to bring us back, writes Stephanie Schomer for Fast Company:
  • Cutting commercials: ABC is going to do without
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television • list • commercials • Hulu • TV industry • Twitter • Neil Patrick Harris

TV REVIEW

 Harris Makes Emmys Watchable 

Neil Patrick Harris' show 'should serve as a playbook for all award shows to come'

Sep 21, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to Neil Patrick Harris, TV critic Mary McNamara “might wind up looking forward to award season again,” she writes in the Los Angeles Times. Emcee Harris, along with the writers and producers, reminded “us that an award show does not have to be a drag.... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • award show • Emmy Awards • Neil Patrick Harris

Harris, Other New Faces Rule Emmys Tonight

First-time nominees Family Guy, Hamm, Morgan could win big

Sep 20, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fresh faces are all the rage at tonight’s Emmys, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting and a host of first-time nominees up for top awards, People reports. Family Guy is the first cartoon to be nominated for best comedy series in nearly 50 years, and Jeremy Piven’s snub for... More »

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entertainment • television • Tracy Morgan • Entourage • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Family Guy • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss • Jack McBrayer • Jon Hamm • Jeremy Piven • Emmy nomination



 Enter Doogie: 
 Can He Save 
 the Emmys? 

Slipping awards show hopes Neil Patrick Harris can fend off football

Sep 19, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last year's Emmys rated the worst in the show's 60-year history—so executive producer Don Mischer is working under a little, ah, pressure to turn things around. "All awards shows have been sliding in the ratings," he tells the Christian Science Monitor, and adds that on-set control room,... More »

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television • awards • Emmy Awards • TV ratings • Neil Patrick Harris

GLOSSIES

 How Neil Came Out, Made It Big 

Openly gay Neil Patrick Harris thinks he and his partner would 'make great parents'

Sep 14, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris has truly exploded this year. He's slotted to host and produce the Emmys, garnered rave reviews on Broadway, plays a womanizer on TV—and he does it all while openly gay, making his success story a sort of Hollywood first. He discusses painful memories of child stardom... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • homosexuality • How I Met Your Mother • Neil Patrick Harris • celebrity parents • gay • David Burtka

emmy awards

 Family Guy Scores Nod; 
 30 Rock Leads With 22 Noms 

Mad Men also rakes them in

Jul 16, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The list of Emmy nominations, out today, is full of familiar names. One surprise: Family Guy is nominated for best comedy series—it's only the second animated show to get a nod in the category, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Fox stalwart is up against Entourage, 30 Rock, The ... More »

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entertainment • television • The Office • comedy • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Weeds • Family Guy • How I Met Your Mother • Battlestar Galactica • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Grey Gardens • True Blood • Flight of the Conchords

 Emmys Line Up Harris to Host 

Mother star moves to TV after hosting Tonys

Jul 2, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris is likely to be the host of the next Emmy Awards ceremony, sources tell Variety. The How I Met Your Mother star is in negotiations with CBS and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to front the broadcast Sept. 20. Harris was a hit hosting the... More »

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television • Tony Awards • Emmy Awards • host • How I Met Your Mother • live broadcasts • Neil Patrick Harris

(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris will host the Tony Awards tomorrow night, and the New York Times caught up with the actor to talk about him and the show:
  • How involved is Harris? "I have a lot of say in what comes out of my mouth. There
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entertainment • theater • New York City • Tony Awards • Broadway • actor • Neil Patrick Harris

 Neil Patrick Harris 
 to Host Tonys 

He promises a 'first-class evening'

May 14, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris will host the Tony Awards, slated for June 7 at Radio City Music Hall. His “love for Broadway and on-stage presence makes him the perfect person,” the show’s co-producer tells Playbill. The screen and stage actor’s Broadway credits include Assassins, Cabaret, and Proof.... More »

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entertainment • theater • Tony Awards • Broadway • award show • Neil Patrick Harris • Radio City Music Hall • Jay-ZTV • Doogie Howser, MD • Cabaret • Assassins • Proof

Snarky Stars Wage Protest in Prop 8 Musical

Jack Black is Jesus in 3-min. online rip on gay-marriage ban

Dec 4, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood found a new way to protest California’s passage of anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8: song and dance, the AP reports. Prop 8: The Musical, posted on FunnyOrDie, features Jack Black as Jesus reminding the religious right that shrimp cocktail is also a Biblical “abomination.” The hero of... More »

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California • Hollywood • gay marriage • celebrity • Maya Rudolph • Jack Black • John C. Reilly • musical • FunnyOrDie.com • homosexual rights • Election 2008 • Neil Patrick Harris • Proposition 8 • Margaret Cho • Marc Shaiman

Will Britney Join TV Cast? Harris Says No Thanks

Star of 'How I Met Your Mother' thinks it's too much work for her

Apr 10, 08 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears did a fine job in her guest spot on "How I Met Your Mother," but don't expect her to join the cast anytime soon, star Neil Patrick Harris tells MTV. "You do it one week, it's fine, but to do it a lot of weeks... More »

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Britney Spears • celebrity • network television • How I Met Your Mother • Neil Patrick Harris

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