AfterElton Briefs: "Glee" gets its leads, Matthew Mitcham gets a stamp, and more!

Cheyenne Jackson (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.

• Take note, fans of Cheyenne Jackson (above, at last night's Calvin Klein 40th anniversary party in NYC): the way to the out Xanadu hunkadunk's heart is via a big, bouncy castle.

• Ryan Murphy's gay-inclusive musical television project, Glee, has cast its leads: Broadway baby Matthew Morrison will play the lead, Will (a Spanish teacher forced to coach the glee club of an Ohio high school), Jayma Mays (perhaps best known as Charlie from Ugly Betty ... and Charlie from Heroes) plays Emma, a guidance counselor and potential love interest for Will, and Spring Awakening's Lea Michele plays the club's diva. I'm sure we'll hear more on the show's gay character/s any minute now. Right?

• Out Olympic champ Matthew Mitcham will soon be featured on a postage stamp in his native Australia, although he still doesn't have a national sponsorship deal of any kind. (Rumors are swirling that one is in the works ... can't he take over those PowerShot camera ads from that girl and her talking dog?)

• Above, from our newsy sibs at 365Gay: Ross Palombo hosts a roundtable discussing John McCain's nomination acceptance speech at the RNC. Joan Garry of the Obama LGBT Finance Committee, Patrick Sammon of the Log Cabin Republicans, and Kevin Naff of The Washington Blade join the discussion.

• This GQ feature on how to look best at the office might not have anything explicitly gay to it, but any chance to post a slideshow of Jason Statham in fancy clothing is a good one.

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

Usher, at the NFL Season Kickoff celebration! (Not even kidding. WTF?!)