Finally, a good reason to shell out for tickets to a Broadway show: People reports this morning that Daniel Radcliffe and his treasure trail are set to make their stateside debut when Equus arrives in New York this September. Unlike all those rumors claiming tabloid favorites like Kevin Federline and Nicole Richie were ready to high-kick and lip sync their way through musicals, Radcliffe's smash hit in London was a far cry from stunt casting. But Harry Potter sounds a bit more nervous than he is excited:

Alohomora! Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe's naked bits, on stage in Peter Shaffer's Equus ( a great play for youngsters), will be coming to you in September! Broadway previews begin on the 5th. There will only be twenty-two weeks of the ten minute nude scene, so there's probably some math to be done there about something or other. Oh and there's also something about this being one of the best plays of the 20th century blah blah. I'm sorry I can't really think right now. [People] (Please also give this a better headline.)

Remember when Halle Berry got a big kiss from Adrien Brody when he won his Oscar a couple years back? British comedian James Gordon certainly does. He forcibly made out with Harry Potter/Daniel Radcliffe at a recent UK awards ceremony, perhaps as some sort of horribly misguided homage. Harry/Daniel seems very confused at first, but then does a little arm reach to play along (though he probably wants to poke Gordon's eyes out) and everyone else claps and cheers uncomfortably. [Mirror] Brief, awkward video after the jump. Also featuring crusty old playwright Peter Shaffer!

Hey, rent is due soon. Oh, which reminds me: Daniel Radcliffe, the alter-ego of magical British wizard Harry Potter, has just purchased his second New York apartment, for a rumored $4.9 million. He'll divide his time between his fabulous New York pads and the cupboard under the stairs he sleeps in back in Little Whinging. [Showbiz Spy]

A naked Harry Potter is headed for Broadway next year, says the Post! Equus is coming! Hide your horses. [NYP]

The image of the male conjurer has always been steeped so heavily in an aura of lady-loving machismo—from David Copperfield's babe-netting trapdoor audience seating to the Pam-Anderson-bazoom-levitating prestidigitation of Hans Klok—that when J.K. Rowling revealed Prof. Albus Dumbledore to enjoy the, ahem, company of other wizards, even those of us with the most finely attuned Gay-Wizardar failed to see it coming.

Hollywood's ongoing love affair with pretty boys sporting massive blue peepers and scraggly beards who star in high-grossing action/fantasy franchises showing no signs of waning. [marksimpson.com]

• In just a few months, there will be a brand new human being on Earth who is not only a living combination of Nicole Richie and Joel Madden but who is also a living expression of their love for each other. [Us Weekly]
  

• Nicole Kidman gets back at rehabbing husband with hot simulated sex. [Page Six]
  

There are just so many times an actor can be directed to "pretend the dangling, green tennis ball is a fearsome Dragonunicorncyclops lunging at you!" before he starts to feel a little underchallenged in his craft. It should come as no surprise, then, that Daniel Radcliffe, the 17-year-old who plays Harry Potter, has decided to take on the lead role in Equus, a "serious" play on London's West End, which, from the sounds of it, will offer plenty of opportunities to stretch his instrument: