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AfterElton Briefs: Meet the new Hercules, more "Big Brother" homophobia, and more!

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Brian Juergens


Two unidentified men kiss onstage during Girl Talk's set at the weekend's All Points West Festival

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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.

  • The speed with which recent ads perceived by many to be anti-gay were pulled from the air has the industry wondering if the tide has shifted regarding homophobia in advertising, with one exec noting that he has at least seen "baby steps" in the right direction. (The steps were of course sponsored by Payless Kids.)
  • Big Brother update: Houseguest Ollie, a preacher's son, prides himself on not cursing or drinking, But calling his fellow players "faggot" and having sex on-camera with April? Now that he's totally into.

  • Remember that one time we wrote about UK television presenter Steve Jones and how comfortable he is with gay themes and kisses and stuff? Above, check out a clip of when he kissed Scissor Scissors frontman Jake Shears during an interview, for no apparent reason. At least he puts his mouth where his money is.
  • Sir Ian McKellen and Simon Callow have spoken out publicly against an anti-gay Catholic bishop. (For what it's worth, Charles Dickens and Gandalf could kick this guy's miter any day.)

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

American model Ryan Vigilant!

 

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    • Submitted by
    Brian Juergens
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 15:38.
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    Guillermo Serritiello's picture

    It's always those holier than thou types that .......

    Submitted by
    Guillermo Serri... (3151 points) (817 posts)
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 17:11.
    are the most dangerous. I wonder if Ollie's preacher father saw his son having sex on television in plain daylight and/or her him asking his partner where she wanted him to finish himself off. At least he was worried about her pleasure. Ugh.

    This show keeps digging deeper and deeper into finding trashy types who live for the camera. I've actually noticed that the this group is so unusually narcissistic that that more than a handful keep breaking the 4th wall by addressing the audience even when not in their obligatory "confessionals." I would not be surprised if any of them were to use another guest's bed as a rest room or thought of a slur regarding something that no one has yet picked up on.

    This is the part of the game when every one seems to start referring to their group (of the day)as being made up of "good people" in contrast to the "bad people." To date we've had the annoying old man take off his military regalia when having to make "tough" decisions and last night a player took off his cross before voting out a contestant. Gotta love the ease in which the good people deal with personal choices. Maybe they just like to take things off :-)

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    Knickie's picture

    Nice from the network that

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    Knickie (4010 points) (818 posts)
    on Tue, 2008-08-12 21:13.
    Nice from the network that is piss-in-their-pants scared to let Luke and Noah touch each other for more than 5 seconds.
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    David Ehrenstein's picture

    I love Jake's reaction to the kiss

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    David Ehrenstein (7805 points) (1725 posts)
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 17:12.
    A marvelous mixture of surprise and delight.
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    The houseguest that Ollie is

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    Kyle (56 points) (11 posts)
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 17:19.
    The houseguest that Ollie is refering to, Dan, has been getting a lot of that treatment lately. Recently, the oldest houseguest, Jerry, commented on Dan's body saying:  "Dan needs to lift some weights or something, he's got the ugliest body in the house Little bow-legged ****sucker."
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    Guillermo Serritiello's picture

    If Jerry only knew what his buds thought of him

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    Guillermo Serri... (3151 points) (817 posts)
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 17:41.
    It cracks me up to see that bag of wind Jerry running his mouth all the time as no one can stand him. Also, did you find it kind of odd that Jerry (who hated Jessie with a passion) was going ape sh*t when Dan voted Jessie's narcissistic butt out last week? Jessie was the one calling Jerry "Father Time" and all that jazz.... Enemies, until not. Maybe all the house-guests suffer from exhibitionistic short-term memory loss and that is BB10's latest twist. Memento - The Sequel!

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    Kyle's picture

    I don't honestly understand

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    Kyle (56 points) (11 posts)
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 19:16.
    I don't honestly understand why they are hating on Dan. I can understand why Michelle would be upset over Jessie's eviction but Jerry, April, and Ollie are going batsh*t over nothing. Being upset that he didn't vote the way you wanted him to is stupid in the Big Brother house, especially since Jessie was getting on everyone's nerves. I also hate that Jerry keeps rambling on about how Dan is hiding behind his cross (even though he didn't), it's as if he doesn't have any other proof to hate him on (which is probably true). My group of BB friends are betting on Jerry not being alive by the end of the season, and we feel no guilt whatsoever about it.
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    Guillermo Serritiello's picture

    If someone in the BB10 is destined to die.....

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    Guillermo Serri... (3151 points) (817 posts)
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 21:08.
    and it could only be person (nor could I stop it), Jerry would not be the most terrible choice. He's had a full life and it would make life in the BB10 house a little more interesting as many in this group are so hardcore/self-involved that they'd think it was strategy or a fake-out by CBS. My boy Dan could start a rumor that April poisoned him.....

    In all seriousness, I think the old man is not holding up too well under that pressure and all that weird voice-decoder yelling is almost as annoying as that used by one of the characters in the overly-praised Kill Generation miniseries on HBO. That's for another post.

    Seeing Janelle on the show yesterday reminded me of the moments in which I really liked some elements on this show and got suckered to watch by 2 or 3 cool people. In recent editions, they could all rot. I am liking Dan, Renny (when she does not speak/yell and is wearing a wig or some cool drag-queen get-up) and Keesha, who is little more than a Danielle BB8 side-grade. I am not even going to go into what she does with plastic wrap for those of you who've watched the show and are already sickened by what you see.

    Complete side-bar: If only BB10 were the other jewel is CBS' summer schedule: ATWT..... Dr Death (SPOILER ALERT FROM TODAY'S SHOW) could have:

    used his syringe collection (the literal and figurative go to tool for the show) to get rid of all these houseguests just like he did in today's ATWT episode. Dr. Death pricked more people today than...... I won't go there as it's too easy to play with this one.

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    Dan is my new favorite to win on Big Brother.

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    Keith (188 points) (58 posts)
    on Mon, 2008-08-11 17:44.

    It's amazing how the guy who was selected as the prototypical anti-gay, conservative Catholic teacher has become my favorite to win the competition. I think his strategy is catching up with him, but he seems to be the only one left in the house who has any common sense. His transformation has been great and I think he's playing the game with dignity, a far cry from Jerry and Ollie, who should "know" better.

    Surprisingly, I hated Libra and now I'm somewhat hoping she doesn't get evicted!

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    Hercules?

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    Sakhmet (565 points) (118 posts)
    on Tue, 2008-08-12 08:30.

    Seriously? Please tell me someone doctored that photo. That looks so disgusting, like he's suffering from tumors.

    And if big arms is all they're looking for in someone to play Hercules, there are much nicer, healthier looking people to go with.

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