Neil Patrick Harris is doing all kinds of interviews these days and he’s always fun and interesting. NPH takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. What was Neil Patrick Harris’s first movie? Is Neil Patrick Harris the new Doctor Who? Is he really a magician? Does he watch Cobra Kai? How old was he when he made Doogie Howser? Neil answers all these questions and much more!
On Roger Federer’s 41st birthday, there is only one man to feature as Morning Man!
He hasn’t played on the pro tennis tour for more than a year due to injury but the 8-time Wimbledon champion has not retired and is expected to play some events in the fall.
I don’t expect Federer to add to his collection of 20 grand slam titles or even his 103 overall tournament victories. What would be so nice for us Fed fans is just to see him on court again with those elegant strokes and his impeccable style. His appearance with other former champions at Wimbledon last month was proof that he remains the biggest star in tennis.
Happy birthday to Fed who, in my mind, is the best star tennis has ever had.
Below is Lucie’s unforgettable tribute to her mother at the first-ever Television Hall of Fame ceremony in 1984. Her work left Lucille Ball dissolved in tears.
Neil Patrick Harris breaks down a few of his most iconic characters, including ‘Harold & Kumar,’ ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.,’ ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ ‘Starship Troopers,’ ‘Gone Girl’ and ‘Uncoupled.’
When you come from a big family like I do, there can be all kinds of good times and bad times.
But no matter what was happening, one thing we all could agree upon and settle down for was watching episodes of I Love Lucy.
It’s been that way all my life and it is still that way.
Today marks the 111th anniversary of the birth of series star Lucille Ball, the comedic genius who inhabited Lucy Ricardo, the greatest character in the history of television in my opinion.
Miss Ball got to share her immense talents with the world and even though she died in 1989, we are still enjoying her as much as we ever did.
I also find the first three seasons of her follow-up series, The Lucy Show, quite enjoyable because she was teamed again with the great Vivian Vance.
Love Hacks, love Jean Smart, love, Hannah Einbinder and love their on-screen relationship. It’s just awfully nice to know that off-screen they are just as close.
Says Hannah:“Jean has a really young spirit and I am a very old soul and I think we kind of meet in the middle there…Putting aside the fact that our sense of humors are very meshed and so similar, she’s just such an incredible friend and we’ve just been very vulnerable and open with each other about everything in our lives and within this show. And so, the evolution of our chemistry into the most beautiful friendship has just really been very seamless because we both are just really open people…It’s just been one of the greatest, most rewarding and cherished relationships I’ve had in my life.”
Billy Porter paid a visit to Seth Meyers on NBC’s Late Night and talked about directing the film Anything’s Possible and curating the soundtrack with queer artists, sneaking off to Chicago to audition for Dreamgirls at 16 and choosing to attend Carnegie Mellon. Billy also talked about celebrating trans joy in Anything’s Possible, casting his hometown friends and mentors in the film and taking a note from Ryan Murphy by bringing in his own director’s chair.
I have my tickets already for next month at The Geffen: I’m going to take in parts 1 & 2 of The Inheritance on a single Saturday which will total about seven hours. For more information go to geffenplayhouse.org
What a nightmare. There’s no way Brittney Griner would have been treated this way if she were not a famous American. Here is CNN’s story on this awful situation that has been condemned by President Joe Biden:
(CNN) American women’s basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted of deliberately smuggling drugs into Russia and sentenced to nine years of jail time Thursday in a case that has raised concerns she is being used as a political pawn in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Judge Anna Sotnikova of the Khimki city court delivered the sentence and fined Griner 1 million rubles, or about $16,400. She said the court took into account Griner’s partial admission of guilt, remorse for the deed, state of health and charitable activities. Prosecutors had asked that she be sentenced to 9.5 years in jail.
Prior to the verdict, Griner apologized to the court and asked for leniency in an emotional speech.
“I never meant to hurt anybody, I never meant to put in jeopardy the Russian population, I never meant to break any laws here,” Griner said. “I made an honest mistake and I hope that in your ruling that it doesn’t end my life here. I know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics, but I hope that, that is far from this courtroom.
“I want to say again that I had no intent on breaking any Russian laws. I had no intent. I did not conspire or plan to commit this crime,” she added.
After the sentence, Griner told a CNN producer as she left court, “I love my family.”
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When you come from a big family like I do, there can be all kinds of good times and bad times. 
