Totty of the season

Louis Jourdan, whose centenary it is today [more here]

Johnny Depp, 9th June 1963 [more here]

Barry Evans, 18th June 1943 [more here]

Chris Evans, who was 40 on 13th June [more here]

Neil Patrick Harris, 15th June 1973 [more here and here]

Måns Zelmerlöw, 13th June 1986 [more here]

Richard Madden, 18th June 1986 [more here and, especially, here]

Hugh Laurie, 11th June 1959

And finally...

...one for Ms Scarlet!

Aidan Turner, 19th June 1983 [more here]

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Nope. I am not in the mood for this. How can a glorious weekend just fly by so quickly..?

As we drag ourselves out of our stupor, and into the tedium of another week in the office, at least we have something to look forward to - it's Gay Pride this weekend!

So, on this Tacky Music Monday, let's start as we mean to go on - with a delightful slice of "America's favourite gayer" Mr Neil Patrick Harris!

Neil Patrick Harris - It's Not Just for Gays Anymore

Oh, that's better.

Have a good one, dear reader!

So let's create the biggest spectacle we know!

Time for something sparkling to finish off the weekend, methinks!

Broadway's Tony Awards ceremony is never broadcast on British telly - we have The Olivier Awards for theatre in the UK. However, the Yanks always have the edge when it comes to sheer razzmatazz, mainly courtesy of the hyper-talented, hyper-energetic and extremely cute host Neil Patrick Harris!

Here's his amazing opening number from last Sunday's event, Bigger:

Neil Patrick Harris - Bigger (2013 Tony Awards)

Truly breathtaking...

Tony Awards round-up in The Independent

You already know how magical theatre can be

I must confess I have never watched the Tony Awards (as it's all about Broadway productions, I'm not even sure they show it in the UK). I usually find the back-slapping false-smile, false-tits, false-everything aura of such affairs as the Oscars and the Brits too excruciating to sit through, if truth be told.

However this must be one of the campest awards presentation ceremony opening numbers I have seen in a long time...

Neil Patrick Harris - It's Not Just For Gays Anymore

Neil Patrick Harris - whatever it is you are famous for (apart from being an "A-Gay"), I think I love you!

[Thanks, Lionel]

Assassins

It is the 45th anniversary of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John F Kennedy, changed the course of American politics and destroyed the world's optimism that there could be a swift end to the Cold War.

To mark the occasion here's a little sample of songs from Stephen Sondheim's lauded but commercially unsuccessful musical Assassins. A weird choice of theme for a musical, it was based around the story of Oswald and other gun-toting mad people who either shot or attempted to shoot US Presidents.

The show was unfortunate in its timing. It was first released in 1990, an era of gung-ho George Bush Snr politics and the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, and later attempts to revive it were hit by the events of 11th September 2001. It hasn't been on stage since, and I have never seen it, but any excuse for a bit of Sondheim...

John Barrowman and Ruthie Henshall - Unworthy of Your Love

Assassins cast - Everybody's Got the Right

Assassins: Neil Patrick Harris and Michael Cerveris - The Ballad of Booth