Neil Patrick Harris Archives

How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris grins his way through security as he catches a departing flight out of LAX airport in Los Angeles on Sunday (January 4).

The 35-year-old actor skipped the line at security as he made his way to New York City.

All week, Neil will be preparing to host the first Saturday Night Live of 2009, airing January 10th. Country music sensation Taylor Swift will be the musical guest.

Neil and his HIMYM co-stars Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulderson covered the holiday edition of TV Guide.

How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris puts on his Santa Hat for the latest TV Guide cover. His costars/elves: Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders.

TV Guide has kindly summed up the Best of 2008:

CHEERS TO:
– Simon Baker for The Mentalist. TV is now his medium
– True Blood for putting some bite back into HBO’s anemic line up
– Amy Ryan for showing her flair for both drama and comedy
– To the Presidential campaign for winning over the TV electorate
– Gossip Girl for dodging the sophomore slump. These fashionable kids are growing up

JEERS TO:
– Season 5 of Project Runway – dull-icious
– Heroes for flipping characters round from hero to villain and back again
– Grey’s Anatomy’s ghostly love story
– To E!s reality shows with Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards and Dina Lohan
– The Writers Strike – for screwing up the season

Neil Patrick Harris gets naked as his womanizing character Barney Stinson in the latest episode (”The Naked Man”) of the CBS comedy, How I Met Your Mother.

In this ep, the gang learns a new way to get their dates to sleep with them after Ted (Josh Radnor) walks in on Robin’s (Cobie Smulders) date sitting naked on the couch. Barney (Harris) takes on the challenge: “If a date is going bad, you strip naked and this will help you get the girl into bed. It’s guaranteed to work 2/3 of the time.”

20+ pictures inside of naked Neil Patrick Harris… More Here! »

Here’s the latest PSA encouraging people to vote, which spoofs the last “Don’t Vote” PSA.

Featured: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, along with Sacha Baron Cohen as “Borat,” Zach Braff, Colin Farrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, and Jason Segal.

The video via Myspace Celebrity is the second in a series of non-partisan announcements produced by DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way. Borat is the funniest in the vid. Check it out below! For more info on voting, visit DeclareYourself.com.

• Neil Patrick Harris crushes on Anderson Cooper
• Playgirl is shutting down its mag and going all-web
• Petra Nemcova gets bangs — HOT or NOT?
• Designer Marc Jacobs has a beachside blast
• Mischa Barton sure is milking it…
• Jennifer Garner pokes fun of John McCain ad
• Rage Against the Machine crushes Lollapalooza
• Lindsay Price and Seth Meyers = New Couple?
• Bernie Mac remains in the hospital under treatment for pneumonia but is not in critical condition.
• Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon are not getting engaged, his rep says in light of rumors surfacing online.
• VH1’s new reality show, I Want to Work for Diddy, premieres tonight @ 9PM ET/PT. “I’m not the easiest guy to work for,” Diddy says.
• Walt Disney Pictures has secured the rights to turn the comic book Monster Attack Network into a full-fledged movie.
• And if you’ve missed alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the TCA coverage, check it out now before it airs tonight: 2008 Teen Choice Awards

• Neil Patrick Harris casts a gay spell as Sesame Street’s shoe fairy
• Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake will reportedly record a duet for her next album.
• Bikini-clad Sophie Monk is red hot
• John Mayer and Pete Wentz meet for a manly meal
• Anna Kournikova has still got the goods
• Sienna Miller sues tabloid over topless pictures
• Matthew Broderick reportedly cheated on Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker
• Ethan Hawke’s wife is ready to give birth
• Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish were spotted on a double date with rapper Nas and wife Kelis at Villa in Los Angeles recently.
• The Jonas Brothers reportedly bought a $2.8 million, six-bedroom house in Vaquero, a gated community in the suburb of Westlake, near Dallas-Fort Worth.
• Jenny McCarthy, Ben Stiller, Toby Keith, Jewel and Billy Ray Cyrus, among others, will join World Wrestling Superstars for a special edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event on Aug. 2 in support of McCarthy’s charity Generation Rescue.
• Demi Lovato, Colby O’Donis and Menudo will team with tennis superstars Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Ana Ivanovic, Novak Djokovic and more for the 13th annual Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day presented by Hess. The popular full-day tennis and music festival for children and families – including interactive games, musical entertainment, and tennis clinics – will be hosted by MTV’s Susie Castillo and Nickelodeon’s Quddus. The festivities are set for Saturday, August 23 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. The full-day tennis and music festival kicks off the 2008 US Open, which runs from August 25 - September 7.

Check out the video below of Britney Spears reprising her role as Abby, a receptionist at a dermatologist’s office, on the hit CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother.

As a couple, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Abby (Spears) go to the bar to flaunt their new relationship in Ted’s ((Josh Radnor) face.

How I Met Your Mother episode “Everything Must Go” airs on Monday, May 12 @ 8:30PM ET/PT on CBS.

Here is the first picture of Britney Spears reprising her role as Abby, a receptionist at a dermatologist’s office, on the hit CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother.

When Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Abby (Britney Spears) realize that they have one thing in common — their mutual hatred of Ted (Josh Radnor) — the “couple” decides to go to the bar to flaunt their new relationship in Ted’s face. Ouch!

“I had such a great experience the last time I was on the show that I couldn’t wait to come back,” Brit said in a statement Monday. “I was really looking forward to working with this cast and crew again. Everyone was so nice. Abby is going to have a lot of fun!”

How I Met Your Mother episode “Everything Must Go” airs on Monday, May 12 @ 8:30PM ET/PT on CBS.