I’ve added photos of Jason from the season six premiere episode of How I Met Your Mother titled Big Days. You can view the press release for the episode here.

The Press release for How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 24 has just been released. The episode airs May 24th. Click below for the press release.

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CBS has announced their fall schedule including dates of when shows premiere. How I Met Your Mother will premiere Monday, September 20th 2010 at 8pm.

Check out EW.com for the full schedule.

In the 3-D animated film “Despicable Me,” Jason Segel voices the character of Vector, who is in a fierce battle with a character named Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) to become the greatest villain in the world. The two rivals try to outdo each other to the point that the safety of the world may be at stake.

Segel discussed his experience making the film at a “Despicable Me” press conference in Los Angeles. Segel also talked about what the future may hold for his character in the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother.”

Can you tell us what it’s like to play such a delicious villain?
I was given a sketch very early, and I have a bit of a background in puppetry. So coming up with a voice to match this sketch I was given was my real inspiration. I had a few months to come up with a voice, and I came up with a few and I went in and they helped me choose. These guys are such geniuses. The one they ended up choosing was perfect.

Obviously, you look nothing like your character, but did you see any mannerisms that they picked up from you?
I’m going to answer that question two-fold. One, I was very excited, the whole thing that drew me to doing an animated film is that you’re freed from the physical limitations of your physical body. All of a sudden you get to be something that has nothing to do with the fact that I’m a 6′ 4″, kind of lumbering dude. And that was really exciting; puppetry is very similar. And then this guy is based almost wholly on insecurity. He just wants to prove to his dad that he’s worthy, in this case the most evil person alive.

So I kind of drew from there. It was very freeing. I think for all of the cast, you’ll probably notice, that nobody is doing their voice. Steve, myself, Russell [Brand], Julie [Andrews] — no one is talking like they normally talk and it’s because all of a sudden you’re freed from the physical limitations of how you look, which is amazing.

Vector kind of looks like Bill Gates …
He does a bit like Bill Gates, yeah!

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Steve Carell gives an ever-expanding heart and heavily accented voice to the (initially) despicable villain Gru in the new animated film, Despicable Me. When we first meet our hero, er, villain, Gru’s having a bad, bad day. He’s just found out he has lost his title of World’s Best Villain to some newcomer named Vector (Jason Segel) and he’s not one to settle for second place. Vector bested Gru by stealing a giant pyramid from Egypt, so Gru hatches a plan to regain his title by stealing something treasured by every nation. The moon.

Being the important bad guy that he is, Gru has an army of minions and a mad scientist sidekick, Dr. Nafario (Russell Brand) at his disposal. When their combined best efforts fail to help Gru capture the shrink-ray gun he needs to pocket the moon, Gru adopts a trio of adorable orphans to (unwittingly) help him with the heist. Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Elsie Fisher) are the three sisters from the Home for Girls, run by Miss Hattie (Kristen Wiig), whom eventually make Gru realize that being super bad isn’t half as rewarding as being a super dad.

Despicable Me is as sunny as it’s minions are bright yellow. There are plenty of jokes for the adults, a cleverly placed “Formerly Lehman Brothers” sign will go over the kids’ heads, but there are also kid-friendly characters and gags that all ages will embrace and enjoy. Young Elsie Fisher steals the show with some spot-on improvised lines, like when she sees the stuffed unicorn of her dreams and squeals, “It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!” But what will keep you bouncing along throughout the movie and for hours after is the music. Grammy Award-winning artist (and my fellow Virginia Beach native) Pharrell Williams brings the whole movie together with a number of Gru-vy original songs and a score he completed with Heitor Pereira.

LAist recently sat down with Steve Carell, Jason Segel and Miranda Cosgrove, who shared with us what it’s like to become a character that’s only three-dimensional when you’re wearing special glasses. They also gave us some tips on what fans of the T.V. shows they each star in (“The Office,” “How I Met Your Mother” and “iCarly,” respectively) can expect in upcoming seasons.

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In Despicable Me, Jason Segel voices a character desperately seeking his father’s approval. In real life, he has that and more.

“I have the most supportive parents in the world,” Segel says, trying to stretch out on a West Hollywood hotel room sofa that’s a little too small for his 6-foot-4 frame.

“But I can relate to wanting approval. My father is a lawyer, and I was on that path. I come from a family of lawyers, doctors and money managers. But they want me to be happy,” he says. “The way I got started was so unique. I got seen in a high school play. My parents knew that opportunity doesn’t necessarily ring twice and that I should go after it.”

Thirteen years ago, Segel was a college-bound basketball player. Today at age 30, he is one of Hollywood’s busiest young talents. When he’s not playing the lovable Marshall Eriksen in the popular CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, he’s working on films. But becoming an actor was never part of Segel’s plan.

It all started in his 90-minute art history class at school in Los Angeles. “The class was right next to the drama department, so it was purely geographical that this started. I picked plays off the bookshelf and read them during the lectures.”

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