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Daniel Radcliffe To Perform At Tony Awards

Christian Allaire — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:56:32 +0000

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Daniel Radcliffe is set to perform at the Tony Awards this year, reports CTV.

If you’re anxious to see the ‘Harry Potter’ star sing and dance, be sure to tune in at the beginning of the show on Sunday, as he is slated for an early performance.

Says Radcliffe: “I think we’re one of the first, if not the first.” Yikes, he better set the bar high then!

Radcliffe will be performing the song ‘Brotherhood of Man’ from his current Broadway show ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.’

The actor unfortunately did not receive a Tony nomination, but fellow co-stars John Larroquette and Tammy Blanchard are up for awards.

“If John won it would be just amazing,” he says. “Only because I have a lot of scenes with him.”

Radcliffe last starred in the play ‘Equus,’ where he received major buzz due to his full-frontal nude scenes.

I’m excited to see this side of him. We all know he can act, but the question is, can he sing a dance as well? Is he a triple threat?

Neil Patrick Harris To Host The Tonys

Christian Allaire — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:08:44 +0000

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Neil Patrick Harris will return as host for the upcoming Tony Awards, reports CTV.

Producers of the show announced Tuesday that the ‘How I Met Your Mother’ star and a stage veteran will take over for ‘Will & Grace’ actor Sean Hayes, who hosted last year.

The ceremony honouring Broadway’s best will be at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, after several years at Radio City Music Hall. The awards will be handed out June 12 in a telecast aired on CBS.

“What could possibly go wrong?” Harris asked, joking the producers of the show had borrowed the rigging equipment from the troubled ‘Spider-Man’ musical.

Harris, 37, has starred in three Broadway productions, including ‘Assassins,’ ‘Proof,’ opposite Anne Heche, and as the exuberant master of ceremonies in ‘Cabaret.’

He also recently joined Stephen Colbert, Christina Hendricks and Patti LuPone in the New York Philharmonic’s production of ‘Company.’

Harris previously hosted the 2009 Emmy Awards the same year he hosted the Tonys. The last time Harris hosted the Tonys, the audience was up 19 per cent from the previous year.

Harris is a great choice. He’s funny, appeals to a large demographic, and knows his stuff when it comes to the theatre scene. Hopefully he does a better job than Anne Hathaway and James Franco at the Oscars.

Bret Michaels Sues the Tony Awards for Head Injury

Christian Allaire — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:56:33 +0000

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Bret Michaels is suing the Tony Awards over a head injury he received at the June 2009 awards, reports People Magazine. A lawsuit was filed by the musician on Friday in Los Angeles, according to documents obtained by People.

Michaels’s attorney, Alex Weingarten, issued the following statement: “The Tony Awards dropped a piece of the stage on Bret’s head, and then instead of doing the right thing, joked about it and played it off for ratings … Bret never wanted to file a lawsuit, but the Tony Awards have left us with no choice. They must be held accountable for almost killing Bret, and that is what we are going to do.”

The musician, who performed at the Tonys with his band Poison and the cast of Rock of Ages, fell down after being hit by a piece of scenery. He was knocked to the ground, and fractured his nose. The singer also required three stitches in his lip.

Michaels is suing CBS and the Tony Awards for unspecified damages, and claims that despite his asking producers for instructions on where to stand on the Radio City Music Hall stage during his performance, he was only told to “simply exit the stage from the rear.”

According to the suit, “Michaels was never told that the scenery piece would be descending or given any warning of the existence of the dangers it presented. Quite the opposite, Michaels specifically asked for instructions regarding how to exit after his performance and was just told to walk off the rear of the stage – in what was ultimately the danger zone.”

So far, there has been no comment from CBS or the Tony Awards.

This is a pretty big issue. I can’t believe the Tony people aren’t taking responsibility for this – just own up to it. I have a strong feeling that Michaels will win the case, because really, what can they counter with? Are they actually going to try and say its his fault for walking into the falling piece of scenery? I wish the best of luck to Michaels in this case, and am on his side. If a falling piece of equipment smashed me in the head, I would be pretty pissed too.

Daniel Radcliffe Weeps During Final ‘Harry Potter’ Shoot

Sam Rashid — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:30:40 +0000

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About ten years ago, a boy wizard named Harry Potter and his two companions took the wizard world and human world by storm. Now, about 3 500 days later, “Harry Potter” filming has come to an end.

And according to MTV News, Radcliffe was a little emotional at the end of filming.

“I didn’t expect myself to get particularly emotional, but I did, as I’m sure you’ll see on the DVD extras, because we were filmed weeping like children,” he said.

Throughout most of the day, Radcliffe was able to keep his emotions at bay. It was only until he was approached by producers David Heyman and David Barron, that he was unable to contain his emotions.

“They came up and said, ‘How are you feeling? How are you doing?’” Radcliffe said. “And I couldn’t find any words, and I just said, ‘I just want you to know, I’ve had a really nice time.’ And it was such a young, quite innocent, sweet thing to say, that I kind of caught myself off guard. That was the moment when I suddenly had a lump in my throat and was like, ‘OK, I’m really going to have to struggle to keep it together on the last shot,’ which was a stunt, very simple, just jumping and rolling onto a map.”

And yes, obviously Radcliffe nailed the jump and roll. And he also made it through the rest of the shoot.

Then, “they said, ‘That’s a wrap.’ It just felt weird,” Radcliffe said.

Before the emotions really sunk in, Radcliffe had to head to New York at the end of the day to be a presenter at the Tony Awards. Meaning, the poor wizard didn’t get to go out with his fellow wizards on the day they finally finished shooting the “Potter” series.

“That wasn’t the official wrap party,” Radcliffe said. “That was just everybody going out and getting crazy drunk. The wrap party we’ll have will be sometime in the next two weeks, which will be exciting.”

Neil Patrick Harris To Host 2009 Tony Awards

Eva Lam — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:50:06 +0000

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Neil Patrick Harris will help celebrate the best of the Broadway season as host of the 2009 Tony Awards.

Harris is known for his roles on such TV shows as “How I Met Your Mother” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” but the 35-year-old actor is also a stage veteran, having appeared in the Tony-winning drama “Proof” as well as revivals of “Cabaret” and “Assassins.”

“His love for Broadway and great knowledge of theater combined with his on-stage presence makes him the perfect person to guide us through what is sure to be a great night,” Tonys co-executive producer Ricky Kirshner said in a statement Thursday.

Harris said he hoped to help provide “a first-class evening for all” as host.

“The discipline of live theater – doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week – never ceases to amaze me,” he said in the statement. “I’m truly honored to have been chosen as the master of ceremonies for this year’s Tony Awards.”

The awards will be presented at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 7. The ceremony will air on CBS starting at 8 p.m. EDT.

Nominations were announced May 5. The best musical contenders are “Billy Elliot,” “Next to Normal,” “Rock of Ages” and “Shrek The Musical,” while the nominees for best play are “Dividing the Estate,” “God of Carnage,” “reasons to be pretty” and “33 Variations.”

Billy Elliot Leads In Tony Noms

Ilan Mester — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:22:16 +0000

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The stage adaptation scored by Elton John of the Oscar nominated movie “Billy Elliot” danced away with 15 Tony Award nominations, leading in nods.

John and Dolly Parton compete for Best Original Score for “Billy Elliot” and “9 to 5.” The ballet-themed play will also go up against “Shrek The Musical,” “Next to Normal” and “Rock of Ages” for the Best Musical category.

Nominated stars include James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Geoffrey Rush, Martha Plimpton, Angela Lansbury, Jane Fonda, Hope Davis, Raúl Esparza, former “American Idol” finalist Constantine Maroulis among other performers.

“Hair” received a nod for Best Musical Revival and will compete against “Guys and Dolls,” the bilingual production of “West Side Story” and “Pal Joey” for the award.

This year, the Leading Actor in a Musical category has more names than usual due to the triple nomination for David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish who rotate playing the lead role in “Billy Elliot”.

For the complete list of nominees, visit: www.TonyAwards.com.