Afternoon Meme: Create Your "Scott Pilgrim" Avatar, Cyndi Lauper Hijacks "GMA" for Equality, and Old Lady Gaga

Plus new music from Theo Tams, Cynthia Nixon returns to television, and Sir Ian McKellen to perform with Scissor Sisters at Glastonbury?

Stop everything that you’re doing and go watch Old Lady Gaga perform “Alejandro.” You will thank me. Seriously, the heart surgery can wait. Go. I’ll wait here for you to discuss.

Adam Lambert has announced his next DonorsChoice.org project, to “Glam a Classroom” for music and arts. This isn’t his first project with the organization, but it’s the first that’s branded around his “Glam” marketing.

Hugh Jackman might come back to Broadway after he finishes his boxing robots movie. He’s in talks to star in the Nora Ephron play Stories About McAlary about Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Mike McAlary. He needs to stop doing interesting things in places I’m not.

Yesterday when I called The Green Hornet 1960’s Batman meets Bruce Lee, I had no idea that Bruce Lee auditioned for 1960s Green Hornet. I can be clueless some times. 

The Oscars have producers, in record time. Out Academy Award-winning producer/director Bruce Cohen will join television heavyweight Don Mischer for the 83^rd edition of the broadcast.

Does the early naming of producers have anything to do with the rumor they want to move the Oscars to January, making all other award shows irrelevant? Still, most people are dubious that the Academy, which is averse to even using email, can move that fast. Seven months would be rushing it for a live television event.

It turns out Comedy Central’s “Play the Rainbow Arcade” refers to Skittles-based games, not Pride centric games.

This blurb just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but “Daily Mail journalist” John Cross says that there is “no chance” a British footballer will come out. He’s disappointed in the league’s anti-homophobia campaign, but thinks it will be a continental player that comes out first.

Cynthia Nixon has picked up a recurring role on the Showtime series The Big C, starring Laura Linney. I’m curious how you make a comedy about a terminal cancer diagnosis, but they have some acting heavyweights, so it may work.

Theo Tams has released the new video for his song “Manhattan Blue.” The dancer in the video was the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada in the second season, Tara Jean Popwich.

Reports are trickling out that overweight patrons may have issues on the signature Forbidden Journey Ride at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. For attractions that require safety harnesses like this one, I'm not sure how accommodating designers can be of larger patrons without knocking out the kids and tweens the park is targeted at.

Hot on the heels of the royal wedding in Sweden, notorious playboy Prince Albert of Monaco has announced his engagement to Charlene Wittstock, a former Olympic Swimmer from South Africa. She’ll be Monaco’s first Crown Princess since the death of Grace Kelly in 1982.

Dear Mike Huckabee: When trying to quiet outrage over using the phrase “ick factor” in relation to gays and lesbians, maybe if you skip phrases like “same-sex marriage advocates and militants” you’ll have more success.

Michael Jackson got $1 billion richer since his death, which takes him to nearly flat broke instead of horribly in debt.

Tom Ford isn’t done with Nicholas Hoult after A Single Man. He’s now using the Skins hottie to sell sunglasses in 1973.

Depressing list of the Top 10 Saddest Kids’ Movies. I must be the only kid in the world that didn’t find Bambi sad, just terrifying. The fire scared me so much I had to be removed from the theater by my parents. h/t Jamie

Next Fall, highlighted hilariously on the Tony Awards about a romance between a gay Christian and a gay atheist will close July 4^th as a total financial loss after audiences failed to warm to it.

Tuc Watkins has signed up for another season of Desperate Housewives, so we can hope he gets some David Vickers-worthy screentime for our gays.

Ana Matronic, frontwoman for the Scissor Sisters, says they’re working to line up Sir Ian McKellen to guest during their Glastonbury set. Sir Ian has vocals on “Invisible light” on their new album. They’re hoping to get him to appear in a “wizard costume made of rubber.”

A cast recording for La Cage Aux Folles is “likely” following all the Tony Awards.

Here's a great collection of essays on Pride, from authors, new media folks and commoners. Interestingly, there seems to be a focus on getting some people to compare ethnic Pride, i.e. Puerto Rican Pride events with Gay Pride. With so many voices, you’re sure to find some you like, and some you hate.

Daniel Radcliffe will play a German soldier in a film remake of All Quiet on the Western Front.

Jersey Shore’s The Situation plans to design a clothing line. I’m not sure what that entails for someone who doesn’t believe in shirts, but we’ll see.

Super Mario World performs Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now.” It takes a second to understand, but it’s worth it for those of us of a certain age.

I know a lot of my readers are excited for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World to comes out and gives us Wallace, the comic book gay character we all deserve. So in the meantime, we have the Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator so you can build your own character. You can download them as desktop backgrounds or smaller avatars for social networks. Here's mine (not sure how I can be labeled a "nerdy virgin"), but you can share yours in the comments!

Am I an Evil Ex or a friend?

You can order your own Field Guide to Bears, which is poster size, which seems a little awkward for the field. Isn't there an app for that? This seems more useful once you lure the bear back to your cave lair apartment.

I see several things that make me support hunting season opening on Friday night.

Bryan Safi seems to be doing bonus episodes of "That's Gay" all week. I'm assuming he's celebrating Pride, since he's the gayest man on earth. Yesterday he highlighted gay men's contribution to hookup technology.

Yesterday the White House held a reception for GLBT Pride, and the President spoke to the assembled groups, which included individual activists and state GLBT groups, but not national organizations like HRC. Regardless of what you think of the progress we've made under President Obama, you have to love the symbolism of the President of the United States celebrating Pride in the White House, even if he needed more go-go boys if he wanted a traditional Pride celebration.

Cyndi Lauper is on a full media press for her new album Memphis Blues, which I can't say enough good things about. This morning on Good Morning America, she performed pretty much nonstop, including a blues-ed up version of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" that I loved. But here is the upbeat blues tune "Don't Cry No More." 

In her interview with George Stephanopoulos, he asked Cyndi about her new reality show, compared her hockey mom status to Sarah Palin, then asked her about her work with HIV/AIDS charities. She went a different direction with her answer, choosing to talk about her Give A Damn campaign for GLBT equality.