AfterElton Briefs: Luke joins his "Brothers" in Rome, the AFA flips over burgers, and more!

Luke MacFarlane, Balthazar Getty, and Dave Annable (Photo: Getty)

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.

• Members of the Brothers & Sisters cast traveled to Rome for a publicity appearance, and newly-out actor Luke MacFarlane (Scotty) was among them. Now he's a member of the regular cast, and it's great to see that he's being treated as such.

• A while back we posted about a BBC documentary that John Barrowman was reportedly filming, and the net has put out an official press release: In John Barrowman, The Making of Me, the out actor "embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out the truth about his sexuality." I'm gonna go ahead and guess that there won't be any daleks in this one.

• What's the only thing gayer than Xanadu on Broadway? A Xanadu Sing-A-Long! Seriously.

• Here's an early review of the upcoming Britcom No Heroics, which features gay superhero Timebomb amongst its cast of downtrodden heroes. Actor James Lance plays the "gay, Spanish, alcoholic, knife wielding ex-heroin addict and the most charming of the bunch." (t/y Ben Weldon for the tip!)

• Bad Ronald? The AFA has officially called a boycott of McDonald's for "refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars" and "promoting the homosexual agenda," which makes zero sense to me as I don't know a single gay person who eats the stuff. Wait, is this about the Hamburglar? He was drunk, we were in college ... it meant nothing, I swear!

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

Model Simon Tham!