Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris are likely to take on roles as voices in the new animated film Rio. Rodrigo Santoro is also in talks.

Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro are negotiating to lend their voices to “Rio,” the next collaboration between Blue Sky Studios, Fox Animation and director Carlos Saldanha, all of whom are riding the $882 million global tsunami of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.”

“Rio,” which follows the adventures of a nerdy macaw who lights out from his small-town Minnesota cage for the exotic Summer Olympic city of Rio de Janeiro, is scheduled for an April 8, 2011, release. Like “Dinosaurs,” it will be filmed in 3D digital animation.

Great actors, I’m sure they will suit the movie just right. It seems that by 2011 most major releases including live action and animation will be presented in 3D. I’m just waiting for them to come out with technology that gets rid of those pesky glasses.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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The amazing and talented Neil Patrick Harris, who hosts the Emmys on Sunday and is nominated for an award, appears on the cover of New York Magazine this week.  The interview, by Emily Nussbaum, is worth a read.  Go pick it up at a newsstand, or get it here.

Just a few highlights…

On feeling conflicted about realizing he was gay:

…I tried many different angles to head in a different direction.  Dating different girls, being the funny, witty guy at the party, to avoid being a sexual being.  I wasn’t thought of in a sexual way, which is easy when you have big ears and the neck and are called Doogie all the time.

On how early fame made him self conscious:

… you’re a youngster, and you’re in the public, and people are recognizing you - it’s hard to behave normally.  It was like a circus sideshow.  You’d wear a hat and walk fast, because if someone recognized you, they’d shout your character’s name.

On his boyfriend, David Burtka:

I’m just bowled over by him.  He’s made my life exponentially more livable.  He’s just - great.

I was not a huge fan of Doogie Howser, M.D.; I thought the premise of the show was pretty stupid.  But I am definitely a fan of NPH.   I really enjoyed this interview.

Photo Source:  nymag.com, TLF

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Neil Patrick Harris has secured roles in two upcoming films. 

Neil will co-star with Amy Sedaris in Best, a comedy about a father who moves his wife and young child from Delaware to the Upper East Side. In addition, Harris has also landed a supporting role in Beastly, an updated take on Beauty and the Beast, starring Vanessa Hudgens and Mary-Kate Olsen. 

He’s a talented and funny guy, he’s sure to bring a bright and sharp edge to both films. 

Source: Hollyscoop

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One of my new favorite celebrities is Neil Patrick Harris, and really only because he makes me laugh so hard in the interviews I see of him. And now today it was announced that he is hosting the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, live from NYC’s Radio City Music Hall.

He says it’s because of his love for live theatre. I can see his point n that one because I loved being in and seeing plays.

“The discipline of live theatre — doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week — never ceases to amaze me. I’m truly honored to have been chosen as the Master of Ceremonies for this year’s Tony Awards, and I hope to help provide a first-class evening for all.”

I know I want to watch the award ceremony now that I know he is hosting. I bet he would be a bundle of fun to have around parties too.

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Neil Patrick Harris took over the Early Show yesterday. I have to admit that I actually like the show How I Met Your Mother, but don’t tell anyone. And Barney is my favorite character. I guess it’s just something about how he’s not really into girls in real life and he’s acting like he’s obsessed.

That shows that he can actually act! I’m also glad since he was a child actor that he didn’t get messed up like many did.

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So we all know that Neil Patrick Harris’ character on How I Met Your Mother has hooked up with countless women.� Well, maybe they are countable if you are a crazed fan and actually keep track. And if that’s the case, you need to get a life.

Now there are ideas being tossed around for his next conquest on the show:

“I think Barney should hook up with Betty White at some point,” Harris told us last night at the opening of the Art L.A. exhibit benefiting the Museum of Contemporary Art. “That’s my big pitch. We’ll see if it happens.”

Yes, that Betty White�the 87-year-old former Golden Girls star!

And while a rep for the show says there have not been any discussions just yet, they are open to the possibility. “I’m sure it’d be fun. I’ve worked with Betty before, and she’s great!”

White’s team is open to it, too. “Have someone make me an offer,” White’s agent, Jeff Witjas, tells us. “I do hope, though, that Barney is really up to dating Betty. She will run him ragged.”

Harris isn’t the only one who’s after White these days. She has just been cast to guest appear on NBC’s My Name Is Earl. White is only signed on for “one episode at this time,” Witjas tells us. “Betty plays the crazy witch lady.”

What do you think?� Is it too creepy?� Or is it just going to be a good laugh??

Source: E!

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Younger readers know Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson, ultimate player and financier on How I Met Your Mother.� But those of us who are of a - er- particular age first came to love him as Doogie Howser, MD, teenage doctor.

Check out pictures of NPH in his first TV role after the jump! (Read the article)

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