Morning Meme: Daniel Radcliffe's Ruling Ambition, President Obama Is Camera Shy, and Reggie Bush Says No "No Homo!"

I utterly adore Jake Shears, and the fact that he’s happy to be a role model for gay teens when so many other celebrities are saying “I’m a performer, not a role model” is 17 different shades of awesome. “If I’m the go-to for new gays, and if I can be someone that gay teenagers can look at as someone who’s happy and who has made a good life for himself, then that’s great.”

The White House Press Corps. has been told in no uncertain terms that they will not be photographing President Obama shirtless while he’s vacationing in Hawaii. Which is a shame, because I bet Putin would do a topless runway show.

Someone who doesn’t mind stripping off for the cameras is kickboxer Iain Martell, who recently went on the dating show Take Me Out. When he appeared onstage in casual attire, he was immediately sent backstage to put on his boxing attire and show the goods. And boy, are the goods good!

The Washington Blade has christened the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell the top GLBT story of the year. And for television, they give the nod to Glee for scripted programming, and to The A List for unscripted. Because let’s face it, it would be impossible for any show to be more stereotypically gay than The A List.

Computer scientists are beginning planning on the Living Earth Simulator, a giant computer model attempting to map population, weather, disease, and everything else under the sun so they can predict what’s going to happen in the real world. I’m not sure if it’s more Matrix or Minority Report, but I’m fairly certain terminators come from efforts like this.

Jersey Shore’s Vinny Guadagnino  is launching a t-shirt line and part of the money goes to support the anti-bullying DoSomething.org started by parent to us all, MTV.

What is most notable to me about this shortlist for Best Actress  is that all of them are from films with a gay theme or connection. Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right, Natalie Portman in Black Swan, and dark horse Nichole Kidman in John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole.

I’m not at all sure what Tintin is about, but MTV has some images from the motion-capture Spielberg production.

A topic of discussion on this site has been how could Kurt Hummel afford his wardrobe on Glee. Well, if you ask a stylist, while he does wear nothing but the best, a good shopper can pull it off with enough time and patience.

The Los Angeles Times tells President Obama to quit agonizing over gay marriage. My guess is that he’ll continue agonizing over it at least until after the 2012 elections, and maybe beyond.

I’m almost sick of talking about the subject of Sir Elton John and David Furnish becoming dads, because I can’t believe how antagonistic people are being about a happy occasion. But I can’t let Andrew Pierce's comments at The Daily Mail pass. He was supposed to provide a counterbalance to Jan Moir, who this time last year was saying horrid things about Stephen Gately. It turns out he’s at least as much of a neo-con asshat as she is, even if he is gay.

Finally, when asked in People about whether he and David Burtka would like to get married some day, Neil Patrick Harris responds simply, “When we’re allowed to, it’d be nice to move my ring to my left hand.” There’s something simple and classic about that, both in the sentiment, and the quiet protest of wearing the ring on the right hand to start with.

Oh, and I can’t believe they put “real people” weight loss on the cover instead of Neil and David.