That’s when Jim revealed he already has joined … in secret!

“I have an account,” Jim said, “[but] it’s not under my name. It’s under a pseudonym. I just follow .. a few sports things, a few political things, few news things.”

Jim said that he joined the social networking platform since it’s the most impressive news aggregation on the market and not so he could learn the minutiae of everyone’s life. “That’s the problem I have with Twitter. If I like my ham sandwich, that’s my business,” he laughed.

He also added that while he’s not an active Tweeter, he has sent a couple of messages to prominent figures. “I Tweeted to two sports figures, Houston Texans, who put up a hell of an effort in a losing battle but I didn’t want them to feel discouraged and leave the sport. It’s not important that [they know] it’s from me, I just want them to know somebody cares.”

— source The Insider

Tickets are now on sale for the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Harvey, starring Jim Parsons. Previews begin on May 18, 2012 at Studio 54, with an official opening set for June 14. The limited engagement will run through August 5.

Directed by Scott Ellis, the production also stars Tony nominees Jessica Hecht (A View From the Bridge) and Charles Kimbrough (The Merchant of Venice). Full cast and creative team will be announced shortly.

Harvey is the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Parsons), a man with an unusual friend: Harvey, an imaginary 6-foot-tall white rabbit. When Elwood’s sister Veta (Hecht) brings him to a sanatorium, anxiety-ridden Veta is committed by mistake. Meanwhile, Elwood and Harvey roam free, setting off a whirlwind of chaos as the entire town goes on a mission to catch the unlikely pair.

Hop to it! Order your tickets to Harvey today.

“Harvey” became a classic when James Stewart starred in a 1950 movie version of the show. Various film versions have been made since. It was rumored Hollywood was looking to remake it again however it looks like Broadway will get the next version of “Harvey.”

Jim Parsons is an award winning actor best known for his television role in “The Big Bang Theory.” On that show he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. He also won a Television Critics Award for that show. Parsons has also appeared in film and on off Broadway productions.

The actor could add a successful Broadway run if negotiations go well. Mary Chase won the Pulitzer Award in 1945 for “Harvey” and it has enjoyed runs on Broadway, television and movies. “Harvey” could be mew success on Broadway with the popular Jim Parsons in a starring role.

Links:
- 504: THE WIGGLY FINGER CATALYST
- 2011: SESSION 001 (CBS WATCH MAGAZINE) BEHIND THE SCENES 

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- SEPTEMBER 18TH: EMMY AWARDS 

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- July 22nd: San Diego Comic Con 2011

>> Chuck Lorre: “The show is about extraordinary people, not nerds”
>> Jim Parsons: “I just wanted the chance to play Sheldon in the pilot”
>> Moderator said “Penny digs nerds” & Kaley Cuoco responds: “Kaley digs nerds too! We’re just riding this wave as long as you let us.”
>> Kunal asked about bollywood: “It’s about really good looking people dancing around, dancing in the rain & making out.” (Crowd laughs)
>> Simon Helberg answers question if there is improv: “No we memorize lines and lean on the writers a whole lot!”
>> Melissa does an impression and says in the show mom voice: “What is this #comiccon you’re at? Is it some kind of sex convention?!”
>> Mayim Bialik: “I fell in love with biology when I was on blossom. I love neuroscience, I love academia.”
>> Mayim: “I had never watched the show but auditioned. They needed a female Jim Parsons & I was like who’s Jim Parsons?”
>> Bill Prady: “there will be a resolution & we think whichever way you came down on something that’s the way it works out.”
>> Cast fav moments — Kaley: “where a lovely man had to grab my ass when dancing. He was an older man and he was so nervous!”
>> Cast fav moments — Kunal: “when we had to learn the bollywood dance and learn the song. I got yelled at by the teacher.”
>> Fav moments — Simon: “I enjoyed wrestling w/ kunal on & off camera. I like putting the unitard on – very convenient piece of clothing”
>>  Bill Prady: “Sheldon seems singularly devoted to science. It’s biological if he’s actually vulcan”
>> Fan said he was in Iraq and TBBT got him through it. Sheldon: “Thank you for serving our country, Bazinga!”
>> Jim: “We are so lucky on this show. The shows stay interesting. The writers keep giving us things that are so organic and honest.”
>> Mayim: “there’s a little bit of suspended adolescence with my character and its fun to play. And yes, I’m a very sexual actress.”
>> On if the cast do nerdy pranks — Kaley: “we play a lot of ping pong.” Jim says: “that was lame Kaley.”
>> Johnny: “my first screen kiss was with Mayim”
>> Fan Q: Was it embarrassing singing Soft Kitty? Kaley: “it was fun!” Jim: “It was awkward for me, I had to bare flesh!”
>> Kunal was asked a question & said he didn’t understand, so Simon repeated the question w/ an indian accent. The fans cracked up!
>> Last fan question: What do u have in common w/ ur characters? Kaley: “I live next door to people.” Melissa: “we’re both really short”
>> What do u have in common w/ ur characters? Simon: “I would say there’s very little. I do have an affinity for clothes.”

From @TVGuide:

>> Mayim Bialik jokes that kissing Kaley Cuoco was her favorite scene, but it was really when Amy got drunk
>> Chuck Lorre: “Mayim is a very sexual actress. She’s a very dirty, dirty girl. Full-frontal nudity this year.” He’s kidding…
>> Bill Prady says Sheldon’s kiss with Wolowitz’s mom doesn’t count. Amy is his real first kiss.
>> “Cheers brought people to alcoholism. TBBT brought people to science,” says Chuck Lorre

From @Jimmy722:

>> Jim Parsons didn’t try to make Sheldon sympathetic, but he’s always felt human and empathetic to him as an actor “he’s a lovely fella”
>> Johnny was doing a play in new york when Chuck Lorre called him for the job, he knew they had magic at the first table read.
>> Applause for Jim and Johnny’s Emmy nominations. “The competition is fierce?” Johnny: “Always. Since Day one.”
>> Mayim’s favorite part of the season was having a drunk kiss with Sheldon.
>> Did we just get boo’d at Comic-Con?” – creators of TBBT after Kaley asks what T.I.M.E. stands for. Audiences was not happy.
>> Mayim (the neuroscientist) helps Jim understand some of what Sheldon says.
>> Jim says the most takes he’s ever had to do of anything ever was “rock paper scissors Spock”
>> No more Sara Gilbert on TBBT : Bill Prady says she’s unavailable to them because of her commitment to THE TALK.
>> Man comes dressed as Howard : “He’s dressed like me and he’s asking Amy questions!” Simon jokes.
>> Mayim is noting she is breaking all of her “What Not To Wear” tips she got from the episode with her character’s wardrobe.
>> “You’re the only person who can help with dialogue!” Jim says to Mayim, after she says he says she’s the nerdiest person on the cast.

Pleased to congratulate the Cast & Crew of The Big Bang Theory for their Emmy nominations this year!

1. Outstanding Comedy Series – The Big Bang Theory
2. Outstanding Actor in a Comedy – Jim Parsons
3. Outstanding Actor in a Comedy – Johnny Galecki

At the inaugural Critics Choice TV Awards, the critics were mad about Mad Men, which won for best drama, as well as acting honors for Christina Hendricks and Jon Hamm.

Creator Matt Weiner accepted by saying he thinks of himself as a TV critic at the event, held at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

“Like a TV critic, I’m a champion of the underdog,” he said.

Accepting best comedy for Modern Family, exec producer Steve Levitan said he was lucky to work with a great cast, great writers and a great network.

Danny DeVito accepted the icon award by saying It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has given him “a new lease on life.”

“People might think TV critics are mindless parasites,” said DeVito, “but this proves you are not.”

The show was hosted by Cat Deeley and airs Thursday on ReelzChannel. It streamed live on VH1.

Here’s THR‘s look inside the Critics Choice voting process.

A complete list of winners follows.

Best Comedy
Modern Family

Best Drama
Mad Men

Best Actor in a Comedy
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a Comedy
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Busy Phillips, Cougar Town

Best Talk Show
The Daily Show

Best Actor in a Drama
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Best Actress in a Drama
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
John Noble, Fringe

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Best Reality Show Host
Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs

Best Reality Series (tie)
Hoarders
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Best Reality Series, Competition
American Idol

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- Tony Awards – June

“Glee” – As of this writing the Best Comedy winner has not been announced, but the students from McKinley high can now add another success story to the long line — Jane Lynch. The actress walked away with a trophy for her supporting role as Sue Sylvester, giving her a Golden Globe for the first time.
“The Big C” – Laura Linney managed to defeat the “Glee” freight train in this category, and she took home a comedy acting award.
“The Big Bang Theory” – hats off for Jim Parsons, who won his first Golden Globe for his role as Sheldon Cooper on the program. He also has an Emmy in his possession.

Three years later some scientists still say that although the series, “The Big Bang Theory” (Monday nights on CBS), is funny and scientifically accurate, they are put off by it. “Makes me cringe,” said Bruce Margon, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explaining, “The terrible stereotyping of the nerd plus the dumb blond are steps backwards for science literacy.”

Lisa Randall, a Harvard particle theorist who has visited the show’s set twice and appeared as an uncredited extra in one scene said, “I do think the writers are genuinely clever.” Lawrence Krauss, a cosmologist at Arizona State, and author of “The Physics of Star Trek,” said he had changed his initial dire opinion about the program. “First, because it is funny, and continues to be,” he said. “Second, because the characters have developed softer edges, and one of them has the girl!”

The point of the show, Mr. Prady said, is to tell small stories. “We are not doing ‘Lost,’ we’re not doing a complex novel for TV,” he said. “We follow the characters, and let them tell us what they’re going to do next. We’re telling stories about outsiders. We all feel like outsiders. Can you find love? Penny pulls Leonard to the outside world; Sheldon pulls him back.” Mr. Lorre said that the whole “challenge and joy” of a series like this is character development. “Maybe at the end of the day this will inspire some kids to go into physics,” he added, “just like ‘Cheers’ inspired countless young people to go into bars.”

CultureMap: Tell me about your time at Infernal Bridegroom Productions. What did you learn from the experience?
Jim Parsons: The experience was very life-encompassing … it really took over, and I threw myself into for a period of time. I went to undergrad at the University of Houston and graduate school at the University of San Diego, and the further I get away from those days the more I feel that my Infernal Bridegroom experience was on par with my traditional education in getting me where I am.

It gave me a chance to do a type of play that I wasn’t exposed to at university, like Beckett and Brecht. Both of my university experiences were pretty straight and narrow, with plays in spaces that were very typical, as opposed to Infernal Bridegroom performing all over the map. More often then not we were in a warehouse or parking lot, whatever we could create a show in.

There were a lot of important lessons that I learned, including the ability to perform under any circumstances. You can only learn it by getting the chance to do it, to perform in whatever room, in front of whatever audience that you have. It builds confidence that’s born of literal fact that you have done that. It’s harder to throw me as an actor than it would be had I not had that experience.

CM: Is it weird to be coming back as a special guest and honoree for the same people you started out with?
JP: It’s a little odd, but at the same time, if I can help bring attention to not just a theater group, but a group of people who have been important to my life and my growth as an actor, if I can bring attention financially, it is so my pleasure to try.

This has been for so long now such worthy work, both back when we were together and what they still do. It’s a crucial part of a cultural theme in Houston. It fills a void, I got to work and people got to see things they wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to see.

“Jim Parsons is a singularly gifted comedic talent who provides laugh-out-loud entertainment every Monday night on CBS,” said NAB Television Board Chairman Paul Karpowicz, president of Meredith Corporation Broadcast Group. “His breakthrough performance has helped revitalize the sitcom genre, and NAB is proud to recognize him during this year’s NAB Show.”

Source – http://www.jimparsons.net

So now that we’ve seen Wil Wheaton a second time on Big Bang Theory, might a third appearance be in store? Could he be a recurring nemesis for Sheldon? “I would think so. Nothing’s resolved,” Parsons remarked. “And I don’t think Sheldon ever gets to win in that situation. Not to spoil anything, but Sheldon wins a lot of the time, so it’s nice to have a good person come on and always get the best of him, because the rest of them don’t always. They try, [but] he’s too smart.”

Of course as much as Sheldon hates one Star Trek alumni in Wil Wheaton, he has absolute adoration for another, Leonard Nimoy. So might we ever see Nimoy on The Big Bang Theory? Said Parsons, “I’m sure they’re trying. What’s funny is that he was kept so far away from Stan Lee, in jail and everything, and I’ve wondered if we ever got Leonard Nimoy on… I just feel like it would be the briefest of encounters. I feel like, once again, I wouldn’t get to see Leonard Nimoy more than two seconds, in the episode. Sheldon would flip though, he would explode.”

Jim also attended the College Television Awards to present an award. If a video appears online we will post it!

Gallery Link
- College Television Awards 2010 Gala (April 11)

We will post more information if and when it is released.

Happy Birthday Jim!!!!

The cast of ‘Friday Night Lights” (Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Aimee Teegarden, Scott Porter, Adrianne Palicki, Jesse Plemons and Louanne Stephens) presenting the Abe Burrows Entertainment Award to the show’s executive producer, Jason Katims. Actor J. K. Simmons leading cast members from CBS’s “Big Bang Theory” (Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar), in a rousing rendition of the show’s finale, “You’ve Gotta Have Heart.”

UPDATE: More photos of Kaley and Jim added. (Some Jim photos thanks to jimparsons.net)

“Betty White’s [on my guest star wish list],” Parsons said. “She’s been everywhere though lately. I don’t even know if we could get her between her Snickers commercials and ‘SNL’… she’d be a wonderful mee-ma.”

As fans of “BBT” know, Sheldon’s beloved mee-ma is his grandmother and, though she’s been mentioned many a time on the series, she’s yet to be seen.

“I’m shooting a little word-of-the-day segment on Sesame Street, so I’m taking my four-year-old nephew,” said Parsons, who plays Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory. “The scene I’m doing (on Sesame Street), they’re creating a character just for that scene. But I said, ‘Can I bring my four-year-old nephew?’ and they said, ‘Sure, and we’ll bring Elmo and Abby Cadabby to meet him.’ He may have a conniption fit, though. It’s one of those moments where I think, ‘He’s going to love it, but he may lapse back or something.’ It’s weird.”

[...] But as far as the advantages of fame go, Parsons said this Sesame Street thing will be tough to beat, no matter how long The Big Bang Theory lasts. “It’s one of my favourite things I’ve even gotten to do because of any sort of career in Hollywood or whatever,” Parsons said. “When I heard that I was doing this and I could bring my nephew, I said, ‘I could retire.’ Other than my name showing up in the New York Times crossword, what other goals do I have? I’m taking my nephew to meet Elmo!”

Jim Parsons, Emmy nominee and star on the critically acclaimed CBS comedy series “The Big Bang Theory,” from Warner Bros. Television, will receive the 2010 NAB Television Chairman’s Award during the NAB Show Television Luncheon. Sponsored by VCI Solutions, the Luncheon will be held Monday, April 12 at the Las Vegas Hilton.”Jim Parsons is a singularly gifted comedic talent who provides laugh-out-loud entertainment every Monday night on CBS,” said NAB Television Board Chairman Paul Karpowicz, president of Meredith Corporation Broadcast Group. “His breakthrough performance has helped revitalize the sitcom genre, and NAB is proud to recognize him during this year’s NAB Show.”

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IGN: I love the show and I watch every week. And I keep thinking about all the people who said the sitcom was dead. You guys seem to have completely revived it. What do you think it is about the show that turned an entire show style on its ear?

Jim Parsons: Well for one thing, I don’t think there is any reinventing of a wheel going on here. You know what I mean? I don’t think anybody’s trying to do anything around here that is in any way changing the old school of thought with the traditional multi-camera sitcom. And that may be one of the biggest things we have going in our favor. We’re trying to simply execute as well as possible, a format that’s been around. That’s been related to live theater.

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If there is one breakthrough TV role over the past year or so, it is Jim Parsons’ turn as physicist Sheldon Cooper in the hit CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.” Brilliant, supercilious, socially clueless, Cooper is alternately hysterical and horrifying. And Parsons’ Emmy-nominated performance is so spot-on, it seems as if the character and the actor are the same person.

But unlike Sheldon, the tall (6-foot-2), 36-year-old Parsons, a Houston native, is actually a sports fan who does not speak Klingon. Lewis Beale discussed the role and other matters with Parsons while he was on a production break.

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