anyone else...

... totally adore this?

(i know, right?)

Countdown to Oscar Day!

Big week in Oscar Day news- first Brett Ratner is out as the producer of the show for making some truly idiotic offensive statements, then his good friend Eddie Murphy drops out of hosting duties. Now, you may remember I was a bit on the fence about Murphy hosting (oh wait, that's right, no I wasn't) but I gotta give him credit for a classy exit statement:

"First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony," Murphy said in a statement sent out by the academy. "I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job."

So what happens now? While we at 3pies4rolls once again fired up our NPH/Jackman 2012 campaign (seriously, who DOESN'T want to see this happen?), Brian Grazer stepped in as producer and pulled out his version of the big guns: Billy Crystal.

Now, I love Billy Crystal. And I love him as an Oscar host. And apparently he sticks with you, because for some reason I can still remember several verses from his opening song this year:


(on a side note, remember when Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were married? Weird.)

So there's nothing really to complain about. Except for it's a little safe. And not NPH and Jackman. And actually, rewatching that video, I gotta say it's nothing to Jackman's opening a few years ago (what's that? we haven't linked to that in at least a few posts? you're right, better fix that).

Ah, well, what are you gonna do?

You're welcome, America

NPH dresses up with his family for Halloween, once again makes everything in the world better:

one last ode to NPH and the 2011 tony's

This is what those of us fools watching the NBA Finals (yes, we're a small crossover demographic) missed...

you like dancing? and singing? and nph? me too!

you're welcome!

holy charming, batman!

so, we don't normally cover the People's Choice Awards as part of awards show season (mostly because the "people" do stupid shit like giving an award entitled "Favorite Movie Actress" to Kristen Stewart), but this only increased my already overwhelming love for NPH:



Thank you for not being afraid to show your love for your family.

in celebration of Prop 8 being overturned

a trip down memory lane...

"Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more... from Jack Black

happy easter!

a couple of important lessons from Eddie Izzard and Barney Stinson (sadly no video on that one, but you can still learn the 3 days rule...)

Anyone else miss Hugh Jackman?

Oh, Oscar Day. How I hate when you are over. 364 days until the next one. sigh. Of course, you do make it slightly easier when you are like last night. Because, while I was happy with the winners (although my dream of a Colin Firth upset went unrealized), the show itself was so bleh. (See a story or list of the winners)

Let's start with the opening. Frankly, all I got out of it was why is NPH not hosting this show? Because his opening number was the best "host" type thing of the night. Baldwin and Martin? All my fears from the original announcement of you guys as hosts came true. Boring, not very funny, and the pace of the show ground to a halt whenever you were onstage. Your opening shtick went on about 15 people longer than it should have (the first 2 or so minutes are glorious NPH time, the rest, well...):



Then you did that weird dance thing for the nominees for Best Score. Did you really think that would engage people more than the Best Song performances you eliminated? Because, if so, you should not be producing awards shows. Further evidence in that you gave about 4 minutes to horror movies (which basically reminded us why horror movies aren't well represented at the Oscars (and, by the way, the Twilight movies are NOT horror movies)), and like 6 minutes to John Hughes (while leaving Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur off of the "In Memoriam" video). All of these led to a rushed finale for the Hurt Locker's big win and an anticlimactic feel to the end of the show.

There were some highlights. Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr. were fantastic (shocking). Once I can find some video of that we'll get it up here. (UPDATE: Video located! Watch it here) And Sandy Bullock's speech was as charming as we could have hoped for.



We'll be talking about red-carpet fashion later, but i wanted to get some of our initial thoughts out to the interwebs. So, tell us, what did you think?

O.M.G.

I mean, I almost thought that the fact that Joss Whedon is going to direct an episode of Glee was too much awesomeness for one person to deal with. How little I knew back then. What is the only thing that could possibly make that better (other than my small but important extra role that would require some real bonding time with Joss...)?

That's right, NPH.

It's not finalized, but the greatest collaboration ever: Glee + Joss Whedon + NPH could become a reality very soon.



I'll be in my bunk.

Thanks to Cole for blowing my mind with the news!

NPH takes on childhood classics, makes everything better

So my favorite part about this is that apparently it is the handiwork of CBS, not some random blogger with extra time on their hands. this is the kind of christmas cross promotion i can get behind. get ready to hear Frosty talk about his porn collection...



Thanks to Claire for the link!

No surprise here

Looks like Hugh Jackman has officially turned down hosting the Oscars this year. That was pretty expected, but now all the guessing has to start over who it will be. As loyal readers know, we were surprisingly happy with Jackman's hosting, so this actually makes me a little sad. Especially given some of the names I'm seeing thrown around as ideas for potential hosts. Mariah Carey? I don't care if she is awesome in "Precious," I don't want her hosting my Oscars. Will Smith? I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Plus, the Oscars now have to contend with the (previously always host-less) Golden Globes and their genius hire of Ricky Gervais.

I will miss another year of this:


but let's hope the Oscars have their heads on straight and remember how awesome Jon Stewart was. Or, listen to that quiet chanting coming from my corner: "NPH, NPH, NPH!"

was there ever any doubt?

that NPH would be amazing at the Emmys? Our love affair with Neil Patrick Harris has been well documented, but it was nice to see other people give him some love on stage, including Jon Stewart and member of last year's five host debacle, Survivor host Jeff Probst.

Here are a couple of my favorite moments:




side note: living in a household that loves sports almost as much as it loves pop culture, i missed part of the awards due to Sunday night football. Please, tell me what other favorite moments I missed.

and finally, because it won an emmy and I love it, let's relive the opening number from last year's oscars. Just a little over 5 months until Oscar day!!!

UPDATIER: NPH to the rescue, again...again!

previous 3pies4rolls love letters to NPH have made the point pretty damn clear: as far as we're concerned, this dude is at the tipy top top of the pile of awesome. well, here he goes again. info on NPH's next act of rad courtesy of the LA Times:

"Up next to judge "American Idol"? Neil Patrick Harris.

Fox confirmed that Harris, who will host the Emmys next month and stars in "How I Met Your Mother," sat at the judges' table to help weigh in on the singers during today's Dallas auditions."

i guess that's as good a reason as any to watch idol for the first time in 5 years. sign me up!

Emmy Nominations Announced

First of all, to answer what I am sure is everyone's most pressing question, yes, we will get to find out what happens if NPH wins a best supporting actor emmy while hosting. the only other thing you really need to know is that the emmys love 30 Rock (22 nominations) and Mad Men (16).

This might be my favorite line-up for an award (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics):

• 81st Annual Academy Awards- Hugh Jackman Opening Number
• A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All- Much Worse Things
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa- I Wish I Could Be Santa
• Flight of the Conchords: Unnatural Love- Carol Brown
• SNL Host: Justin Timberlake- Motherlover
• The 2008 ESPYs- I Love Sports (Justin Timberlake)

In snubbing news, BSG was left out of every major category and True Blood was almost non-existent. 3pies4rolls favorite Dr. Horrible did sneak in with a very long titled award nomination (Outstanding Special Class- Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs). And I don't hate the inclusion of Simon Baker for Outstanding Lead Actor- Drama.

Find the complete list or search by award, etc. here. Or look at the more user friendly version here

UPDATE: NPH to the rescue again!

3pies4rolls shared its love letter to NPH when the news first broke that he would be hosting the Emmys. In order to make me love him more, this was his response to the news:

"After having had such a hoot hosting the Tonys, I was thrilled to get the call about the prime-time Emmys," said Harris, adding that he looks forward to "adding my own voice" to the ceremony: "But which voice to choose? I'm torn between gangsta, foppish Brit, and robot. Really proud of my robot. We'll see what happens on the night."

NPH to the rescue again!

Looks like the hosting of the Tony's went so well that he's been offered a follow-up at the Emmys! Loyal readers will know that the combination of awards shows and NPH sends our hearts aflutter, leading to the only concern of what to do if he gets nominated (as Barney Stinson always should).

and, because i feel like it, an ode to some of NPH's finest moments:

"Prop 8 - The Musical" starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more... from Jack Black

i missed the tonys

but NPH was there to catch me up:



i heart NPH