News: The Gloved One, Mrs. Slocombe, Big Brother, The Cubs

Neil Patrick Harris to host the Emmys?

Glove for sale.

NO! Mrs. Slocombe and her pussy died!

Also, choreographer Pina Bausch. And Karl Malden.

Same-sex marriage stalls in Rhode Island: "None of the bills legalizing same-sex marriage in Rhode Island advanced to a floor vote this session, continuing a trend begun in 1997."

Chaz Bono plays with the paparazzi.

Michael Jackson's will. No public viewing at Neverland. Funeral to be held at L.A.'s Staples Center.

Pennsylvania's Allegheny County passes law forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Stampp Corbin on the Obama Pride reception: "There will be some who even will gather in the Capitol in October to protest your administration’s lack of attention to equal protection for LGBT Americans. You want pressure? We’ll give it to you in spades."

Hollywood gives up on ideas.

Meet Kevin, the gay Big Brother houseguest.

Beau Breedlove has sour grapes over his affair with Portland Mayor Sam Adams. Adams was cleared of wrongdoing last week. Now, because the Oregon AG said he no longer had credibility after posing nude for Unzipped magazine and getting paid for it, Breedlove seems to want revenge: "It really upsets me. It’s just lie after lie after lie until we’re at the end of the bowl and the last person to be burned from the situation is me."

Snippet: The Killers do "Hotel California".

DJ Earworm: My life would suck without you in my place.

Manhattan apartment prices plummet to just $760,000 to $849,000 in the median range.

Wentworth Miller broke out of prison, now he's going to Law & Order: SVU.

Homophobia alive and well among Chicago baseball fans.

Labor big Stuart Appelbaum outs himself.

Dallas Million Gay March to move out of gay ghetto into "more mainstream area" next year.

Gay resort opens near Tampa: "While open to anyone, the hotel caters almost exclusively to gay men. Photos of butt-baring hot guys adorn the walls — and are available for $169 apiece. The second-floor club has a darkened maze room and other "intimacy zones.'' The courtyard boasts a kumquat tree and a 50-man hot tub, possibly the largest in Tampa. If it sounds like a bathhouse, don't describe it that way to the owners. Technically, and according to the city, the Ybor Resort & Spa is a hotel and a men's health studio. Sex and nudity in public areas is not allowed."

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Not Expecting a Baby

Earlier reports were incorrect. Says the couple through their publicist:

"If Star says it, then it must be true! No, we are not currently expecting a baby. Maybe someday..."

News: Mars, Neil Patrick Harris, Beijing, Lincoln Chafee, Bruno

Wockner: Gay tsunami slams Obama.

Schwarzenegger won't defend Prop 8 in federal court.

Definitive evidence of ancient lake on Mars discovered.

Prince Harry checks the equipment.

Wisconsin Senate approves domestic partnerships: "If domestic partnerships become law, Wisconsin would be the first state with an existing constitutional amendment banning both same-sex marriage and civil unions to provide domestic partnership protections for same-sex couples."

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka searching for surrogate mom.

Henry Cavill goes Upstreet.

Former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee (RI): Gay Marriage a question of fairness. "Gays and lesbians have contributed to the diverse fabric of Rhode Island and the rest of the country for generations, strengthening our communities in innumerable ways...Once you acknowledge that homosexuality exists not by choice, the next obvious step is to grant gays and lesbians the same liberties and freedoms as every other American."

David Archuleta's dad not so innocent.

Katie Couric makes gay fan's dream come true.

First gay couple to become fathers in the UK expecting fourth child: "Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow sparked outrage when they used donated eggs and surrogate mothers in the USA to have their nine-year-old twins Aspen and Saffron and  five-year-old son Orlando. The pair from Danbury in Essex, battled the American authorities to become the first gay couple to have both their names on their children's birth certificates. The millionaire couple revealed today that a surrogate mother is carrying a fourth child for them, with the possibility of another twin birth."

For the Nth time: T.R. Knight officially done with Grey's Anatomy.

Planet Out, Here Networks merge: "Here Networks on Wednesday completed a merger with the struggling PlanetOut to create a new company called Here Media. Here employs 200 people in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. It's a public company though not actively traded. PlanetOut shareholders received 20% ownership in Here.
The merger preserves the remaining assets of PlanetOut, a once high-flying Internet company that had struggled with losses and debt as it ventured into offline businesses. Its shares once traded for more than $100 apiece, but even an investment from a hedge fund controlled by Bill Gates didn't save PlanetOut from slipping into penny-stock status before Here swooped in to rescue it. When the NASDAQ delisted the stock last week, it traded at 38 cents."

Jesus Luz does Sao Paulo fashion week.

Beijing queer film festival makes progress: "The biggest change is that I'm not the only one doing this. There's more support from the gay community. Society has become more relaxed and open-minded in its thinking."

Guardian Film Review: Bruno. "There's an eye-popping montage of extreme gay sex practices (imaginary, one hopes), a surfeit of waving penises, dildos, fetish gear, anal bleaching, and an excruciating mime in which Brüno fellates the ghost of a deceased member of Milli Vanilli in front of a psychic."

Washington Post book critic: gay books aren't being published anymore.

Brian Graden says good-bye to MTV: "For me, it's time to complement my television ambitions with some new passions already in motion - the writing of two books, making music, creating theater, speaking on subjects that matter to me, raising alpacas…okay, perhaps not all calls will be heeded right away. I have no idea if I possess any of these talents, but my friends who know me well know that these new adventures have been tapping my shoulder for a few years."

Neil Patrick Harris Hosts 2009 Tonys - Winners List

Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 2009 Tony Awards last night. Billy Elliot took home 10 Tonys in a largely predictable show. Here are the winners in the main categories:

Best Play- God of Carnage
Best Musical- Billy Elliot, The Musical
Best Revival of a Play- The Norman Conquests
Best Revival of a Musical- Hair
Best Actor in a Play- Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Best Actress in a Play- Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage
Best Actor in a Musical- David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish (Three actors all playing the same character) Billy Elliot, The Musical
Best Actress in a Musical- Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Best Featured Actor in a Play- Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Best Featured Actress in a Play- Angela Lansbury, Blithe Spirit
Best Featured Actor in a Musical- Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical- Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Best Director of a Play- Matthew Marchus, God of Carnage
Best Director of a Musical- Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical
Best Choreography- Peter Darling, Billy Elliot The Musical
Best Book of a Musical- Billy Elliot, The Musical
Best Original Score- Next to Normal

Clips after the jump of Poison frontman Bret Michaels' near-beheading, as well as Neil Patrick Harris' excellent closing number, and the show's opening number, which Harris called the most expensive (and perhaps gayest) number the Tonys has ever produced and featured Liza Minnelli, Dolly Parton, and Elton John.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

News: Rhode Island, Neil Patrick Harris, Bombay, Audrina Patridge

Rhode Island passes Domestic Partner rights — for the dead.

Jason Mraz shares his tips for squatting in the woods.

Dixie Carter's 'Exorcise' Video.

Setting the Gay Wedding Table: the birth of a new California campaign? "...a little-known gay-rights group based in politically savvy Sacramento has suddenly become a major power broker — by very cleverly and very quietly filing the first official ballot language for a pro–gay marriage measure for 2010. 'We really see ourselves as moderators of the situation,' says Chaz Lowe of Sacramento, co-founder of a brash new group that is taking action without waiting for the old guard — Yes on Equality. 'That way, there doesn’t have to be infighting between Equality California and the Courage Campaign.'"

'Loving Day' is coming up.

What to expect from Neil Patrick Harris this Sunday at the Tony Awards: "Maybe no shirt. Maybe just the tux and the tie. Maybe not."

Conan O'Brien stole his set from Super Mario Brothers.

New Zealand's first Gay History book is a finalist for the country's major literary prize.

Ricky Martin's Miami mansion is for sale: $11 million.

Original Land of the Lost actor Wesley Eure: I'm gay.

Hills airhead and PETA spokesperson Audrina Patridge chows down on burgers in Carl's Jr. T&A ad: "I had an absolute blast shooting. It was my first experience shooting a spot with food, and when I pulled up, I was literally salivating looking at all the rows and rows of perfect burgers waiting for me!"

20 years ago yesterday.

Stem cell contact lens cures blindness for some.

Catfight between Real Housewives of New York and New Jersey.

Bombay Dost, India's first and only LGBT magazine, relaunches: "The original Dost, which printed from 1990 to 2002, was available mostly through roadside vendors and often wrapped in plain brown paper. 'There is a sense that certain sections of Indian society are now much more liberal and tolerant, something that would be unheard of back in 1990,' editor Vikram Phukan told Advocate.com via e-mail. Six weeks into the relaunch, Bombay Dost has sold two thirds of its initial print run -- nearly 1,000 copies."

ABC News profiles gay Indian Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil.

Blake Lewis returns.

Former candidate names South Carolina lawmakers who are closeted: “We have more gay people serving in South Carolina than probably in anyplace in the United States; they’re just not out of the closet. We have an awful lot of people in the closet — Lindsey Graham, Glenn McConnell who’s our Senate president pro tem, our Lt Governor [André Bauer].”

Alberta, Canada passes legislation allowing parents to pull their kids out of school when classes are being taught on sex, religion or sexual orientation. Lawmaker: "People of Alberta are better off for it and we had the courage to actually bring it forward."

 

Neil Patrick Harris: Top 10 Signs You've Hired a Bad Tony Awards Host

Neil Patrick Harris appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to deliver his 'Top 10' in advance of his gig hosting the Tony Awards this Sunday.

Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...