Morning Meme: NPH Sings For Babies, Thomas Roberts Chats With Joel Burns, and Daniel Radcliffe Is Rich

A new article pegs Daniel Radcliffe’s net worth at around $45 million, which is slightly more than Prince Harry and Prince William. It’s darned impressive, but are they really taking into account the ridiculous wealth that Prince William possesses through land titles and such?

So over the weekend the police were called to a laser tag arena in Canada in response to a complaint that 16-year-old Justin Bieber assaulted a 12-year-old patron during a match. It sounds awful on the surface, except further reports surfaced that Bieber just pushed past the kid when he got cornered in the match, like anyone would. Then even further reports surfaced that the 12-year-old called Bieber a faggot. So now the headline has gone from “Justin Bieber assaults 12-year-old boy” to “Bieber victim of anti-gay bullying.”

All of this is ugly, and amplified by celebrity, but it makes me wonder. 1) I suppose words hurt, even when hurled at a multimillionaire pop star playing laser tag surrounded by body guards; 2) Laser tag? In 2010? 3) I have concerns that gay media is going to spin this beyond the bounds that are appropriate; 4) Maybe this will get Bieber to use his tween influence to speak out on bullying?

A Madonna signed, Project Runway’s Daniel Vosovic-designed teddy bear is being auctioned off to benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation. I suppose this means that hooker boots are back in fashion?

American Idol still pulls in the top dollar for a 30-second ad with $467,617 for a Tuesday results show spot, but Glee is tops among scripted shows with $272,694 to have you pitch potato chips. Modern Family is third among scripted half hour comedies with an impressive $193, 635.

Jackass 3D dominated the box office this weekend, getting their anti-homophobia message out to the tune of $50 million in ticket sales, about double what it was projected to make. Red turned in a respectable $22.5 million.

In an effort to reach a more diverse recruiting platform, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took out an ad in gay lifestyle magazine Fab. In the past, gays were hunted out of the service as they were perceived a security risk.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach supports civil unions and not marriage equality. But he doesn’t think the world will end if gays are allowed to marry. And he breaks down all the 122 “abominations” in the bible, and all 613 commandments in the Torah, most of which evangelicals ignore. A very interesting read.

Alyson Hannigan thinks that Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka are going to be great parents. She says NPH is a kid at heart anyway, and is great with her daughter, even writing her custom songs to sing to her.

GLAAD recently awarded Budweiser an Advertising Award. But in this essay, people wonder if the bulk of beer advertising isn’t so heterosexist and misogynistic that any attempt to say “Be Yourself” isn’t hollow and opportunistic.

Are London’s famous cobblestones disappearing because people can’t walk in high heels?

As it was pointed out to me, this column instructing men how to look their best for sex is unintentionally hilarious.

Charming Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck said being gay is a choice, even if it has some genetic factors. You know, like alcoholism.

Nick Adams is on a roll. Toronto loves him in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The paper did a great pictorial of the make up job it takes to get Nick into character. And his hometown Ohio paper hails his Broadway marquee premiere as a hero’s bounty.

Our Supernatural man-kissing demon Mark Sheppard is winging his way to the UK for a major arc in the next Doctor Who series. Since Sheppard almost always plays a character of questionably integrity, it’s probably safe to assume he’s this year’s big bad.

Tonight at 8PM ET you can catch a live online virtual screening of Out In the Silence, about the controversy in a small town about the publication of a same-sex wedding announcement. 

There’s a Twitition to have Emmerdale extend Marc Silcock’s contract beyond the spring.

This essay is from back in 2005, but in light of the recent bullying issues, it needs to be read again. You may need a tissue. Scratch that – you will need a tissue.