AfterElton Briefs: The "Gossip Girl" gay quotient doubles, Ryan and Simon are up to their old tricks, and more!

Michael Lewis

In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

• Israeli actor/model/badunkadunk Michael Lewis (above) has signed on to appear opposite Alan Cumming in the upcoming fashion-industry Alice in Wonderland adaptation, Hatter. He plays the Dor Mauz, and as a bonus treat, he's also appearing as today's after-the-fold hunk.

• Not only is we-all-know-who going to be revealed as teh gay on Gossip Girl, but he'll be caught in a lip-lock with another equally cute (and equally inconsequential) character. Wanna know who?

• Funny, Ryan Seacrest isn't just sounding like Jay Leno with his lame gay panic humor, but he'e even looking like him these days.

• We linked to the preview video of Neil Patrick Harris's unfortunate beheading on Ellen yesterday, but here's the full clip for ya, above.

• Happy Birthday, Barbra. Still buttah after all these years...

And today's Briefs are brought to you by...

Michael Lewis!