Morning Meme: Darren Criss Goes VIP, "SNL" Does Maddow, and Harry Potter Is Box Office Magic

When Russell Tovey’s buddy Matthew Cain went to see Kele in concert, he found it to be an amazing show. But he also noticed how decidedly middle class the audience was. What follows is an interesting discussion on the impact of politics and socioeconomics on popular culture.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows crushed the competition at the box office this weekend, raking in $125.1 million, making it the sixth biggest opening in history. But what was truly stunning is that it raked in $330 million worldwide.

A new poll shows that the majority of Australians back marriage equality. Well, the majority of Australians who aren’t members of government back marriage quality.

ABC says that the rumors that Teri Hatcher and Felicity Huffman are quitting Desperate Housewives are not true. Which is a shame, because then Bob, Lee, Andrew and the rest of the gays might get some screentime.

The 200 year old champagne found on the floor of the Baltic Sea was fresh and clean, without a hint of seawater. It’s the oldest known alcoholic beverage in the world, and 168 bottles were recovered. Some will be going up for auction, where they are expected to fetch $70,000/bottle.

Somewhat surprisingly, Disney says that fairy tales have run their course for now, and they won’t be working on any new princess movies in the foreseeable future. Unless Tangled is a massive hit, then you know they’re totally doing a sequel.

I’m a little unclear on how JustJared can call these photos of Chord Overstreet sexy. He’s wearing more clothes than I ever seen him wear on Glee. But I do like the JBF hair.

Evidently there is a correlation between your gender and the side of your body you hold a dog on when you carry it. Men are right, women left. Me, I prefer a dog big enough to carry me.

Malin Ackerman is replacing Lindsay Lohan in Inferno. Just in case a movie about a female adult film star was important to a gay audience. 

Aasif Mandvi can’t believe that people take Jon Stewart seriously. I can’t believe that Jon Stewart walks around the office in his underwear, and there are no pictures of it online.

I’m a little unclear on how this all went down, but X Factor contestant Katie Waissel felt that the joke that she had sex with ex-contestant Storm Lee had gone on too long, because she tweeted that he was gay. Which was only news because I had missed that he was gay when he told the press back in October.

The New York Times feels it necessary to give ink to the story that the Tea Party is floating about the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving being about socialism. I really can’t follow it all, mostly because I feel that thinking about these people gives them strength, like having to believe in order to fly in Peter Pan.

And finally, send some positive vibes to Pam Spaulding, who runs Pam's House Blend, which we use as a constant source of information. Pam's going in for major surgery and a long recovery today, and we wish her the best.