AfterElton Briefs: Neil Patrick Harris as a cop, Big Brother Brasil's bear, and more!

Big Brother bear, Marcelo

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.

• Neil Patrick Harris appears in this music video for the band Scapegoat Wax, playing a traffic cop who administers a field sobriety test to a puppet. Hey, the guy had to act opposite Denise Richards once, so I'm sure this was old hat for him.

• Dupont Circle, Washington D.C.'s gay nabe, waves goodbye to its indie movie theatre ... and apparently no one's terribly sad to see it go. Right, because the multiplex at Union Station is just so much more comfortable...

• Celebrities: They're just like us! John Barrowman thinks Matt Damon is dreamy.

• Deperate Housewives fan-fave Harriet Harris (she of the false-teeth engagement gift) will star in Cry-Baby as Mrs. Vernon-Williams when it opens on Broadway this spring.

Harriet Harris of Housewives and Frasier (pictured above in Old Acquaintance)

• Not only doesn't Clay Aiken not want to talk about the notorious "homophobic" Kelly Ripa incident, he doesn't really want to talk to Newsweek at all!

• If you're looking to bone up on your knowledge of late, great gay British playwright Joe Orton (What the Butler Saw, Loot), there's a spanky new website dedicated to his life and works.

• Lest you think that gay books are dead, check out all 463 Lambda Literary Award nominees.

• A Big Brother Brasil (that's Brazil, you know) contestant has come out as gay, adorable, and ... well, Brazilian. Note: the show's website is best viewed in Google Translator, whose Portuguese is apparently rusty, for such heds as "Marcelo indicates a boyfriend to Thalita."

And today's Briefs are brought to you by... Mexican soap actor Aaron Diaz!