Amanda Peet may be getting a call soon from the folks over at How I Met Your Mother. Neil Patrick Harris says he's itching for the 2012 star to guest on the CBS show... "I have a bit of a boner for Amanda lately," Harris told me last night at GQ's Men of the Year party at the Chateau Marmont. "You know, she's never guest-starred on any shows before and plus, she's already worked with Jason Segel once on [the upcoming flick] Gulliver's Travels." Perhaps HIMYM producers should enlist Segel to make the first call. Harris laughed, "It's always easier for us to try ...
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Not So Horrible: In case you turned off the Internet yesterday, you may have missed the news that Neil Patrick Harris joined Twitter. NPH finds Twitter a fascinating and strange new medium for his comedy stylings. See above for proof. Whee, Glee! New instant-classic Glee music is available online, including a version of "Lean on Me" (we're already preparing to cry during this TV performance), a fabulous pop "Crush," and "I'll Stand by You," which we have to guess (just guess) is Cory Monteith's Finn serenading Dianna Agron's Quinn about her pregnancy and such. Loverly! Together Again? These new photos of Chace Crawford and ...
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Hugh Jackman's out. Ricky Gervais's taken. Neil Patrick Harris' moving up the Academy Awards' invite list. Not so fast on that last one. On Friday, we asked Las Vegas' own Oscar handicapper Johnny Avello for his take on who'll be the award show's next host. Avello, director of sports race and sports operations for the Wynn and Encore hotels, kindly complied with a hot-off-the-presses line. When we first took a look, we were surprised. And not because the favorite of favorites is a dark horse. Because it—or rather, he—isn't. At all. Let's just say if Avello's right, your next Oscars telecast is going to ...
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Neil Patrick Harris proved he could host the Emmys, but who knew he could kick Batman's butt—just by using his diaphragm? In this exclusive look at his guest shot on Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave & the Bold, the multitalented NPH gives voice to the Music Meister, a Mohawk-sporting villain who uses his vocal gifts for evil. This musical episode, which got the nerd seal of approval at Comic-Con this year, airs this Friday. And holy high notes, Batman—the soundtrack digitally drops a day later. Despite the incongruity of a bad man with the voice of a sweet, sweet angel, this looks like it ...
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Oh, Neil Patrick Harris is a magician, all right. Asked to stave off the dying network television model and compete against a monster football game with not much more than a tuxedo jacket and a nimble mind, Harris came through, helping the Primetime Emmys reverse a three-year ratings slide. Last night's show was watched by 13.3 million, preliminary Nielsen estimates showed. The audience was the telecast's biggest since 2006. If you think Harris deserves kudos for getting anybody to sit through a rerun of last year's Emmy winners (30 Rock! Mad Men! Again!), then you are not alone. Here's a roundup of blurbs Harris ...
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Other Works: Won the Clarence Derwent Award as Best Male Newcomer to the New York Theatre for his performance as "Boy" in Edward Albee 's "The Play About the Baby".
"I think Carell's had his day. I made him what he is. He was nothing before he met me, and how does he repay me? Pretty well, actually. I get half his wages until he's 65." â Ricky Gervais , on giving Steve Carell a career and susequently profiting ...
