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AfterElton Briefs: A pickup for "Humpday", a Robert Mapplethorpe biopic, and more!

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Brian Juergens


Nate and Eliza Dushku

Following this 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.

  • Eliza Dushku (Buffy, Dollhouse) is developing a biopic about gay photographer Robert Mapplethorpe that will star her brother, Nate.
  • Looks like I'm not the only PYT (not a word, Jensen!) who fell for gay Portland mayor Sam Adams's charms: he has admitted to having an affair with a teenaged staffer named Beau Breedlove, who is not, it turns out, a villain from the Mighty Mouse cartoons.
Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard in Humpday

  • Gay Sundance pickup: The "beyond gay" porno bromance comedy Humpday was picked up by Magnolia after a four-day distribution do-si-do with suitors.
  • And as Towleroad pointed out, within seconds of President Barack Obama's swearing-in, the official White House website was updated with his civil rights agenda, which includes a lengthy section on LGBT rights that includes supporting full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples, expanding adoption rights, repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, and opposing a federal gay marriage ban.

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

This guy!

 

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    • Submitted by
    Brian Juergens
    on Tue, 2009-01-20 19:05.
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    Chuckles's picture

    Brian, I just wanted to

    Submitted by
    Chuckles (1031 points) (214 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-01-20 20:13.
    Brian, I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart of the wonderful gentlemen you introduce to us day after day.  Even after a long and exhausting day, I can always smile at the end of an "AfterElton Briefs" post!
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    Knickie's picture

    I was listening to my

    Submitted by
    Knickie (4010 points) (818 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-01-20 22:47.
    I was listening to my favorite radio talk show (no right wing whackjobs!) and they had a report from their film reviewer at Sundance. Positive notices for both "Philip Morris" and "Humpday." Even the reviewer said he was surprised at how much he liked them.
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    Sakhmet's picture

    Is she bucking for

    Submitted by
    Sakhmet (565 points) (118 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-01-21 02:44.
    Is she bucking for precious?  Because Eliza is just two heartbeats away from it.  I love her and wish her nothing but the best.  Here's hoping Doll House gets to stick around for a while.
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    Carl's picture

    Mayor Adams and "the teen"

    Submitted by
    Carl (250 points) (51 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-01-21 13:16.

    First of all, the teen was 18, so not jail bait. Secondly, I am SO TIRED of the whole "sex scandal" thing with politicians. Who the hell cares what they do in bed or with whom????!!! It was the same thing with Eliot Spitzer. So he had sex with a prostitute. Big deal. What does that have to do with his job? Aaarrrrghhh.

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    Sakhmet's picture

    I may be mistaken, but I

    Submitted by
    Sakhmet (565 points) (118 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-01-21 17:44.
    I may be mistaken, but I think the Eliot one involved using state funds.  Not excusing it, but believe that may have been why he was forced to quit.
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    Carl's picture

    I don't think so

    Submitted by
    Carl (250 points) (51 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-01-21 17:55.

    as the charges have now been dropped. He knew the subprime mess was happening before it hit the media, and was actually going after the Bush Administration and the Wall St. offenders, and suddenly, what do you know - he's busted for seeing a prostitute. Now that he can no longer do any damage, the charges have been dropped. And you can't tell me he's the only one in Washington or politics in general to be seeing a prostitute.

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    David Ehrenstein's picture

    The problem with Adams --

    Submitted by
    David Ehrenstein (7805 points) (1725 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-01-21 14:21.

    was that his rival in the Mayoral race -- also openly gay -- knew about the affair and talked about it in the campaign. Adams took out a full page ad in the newspapers denying there was an affair. Now for some reason ( a sexual harrasment suit?) he's admitting the truth. That's really shabby and he has no one but himself to blame.

     

    And yes sex scandals are stupid.

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    nordic balance's picture

    I agree.  He dug a whole

    Submitted by
    nordic balance (not verified)
    on Wed, 2009-01-21 16:10.

    I agree.  He dug a whole by lying and then kept the shovel in hand. 

    I don't think that sex scandals are stupid though.  When religious leaders who condemn homosexuals are exposed as frequenters of gay hustler sites, the scandal exposes them for the frauds that they are.  When it's revealed that the state senator who pushed for anti-gay legislation is cruising the local callboy hangouts, the scandal does some good.  If we want these posers to be exposed for the frauds that they are, we too are going to be held up under the same microscope( and probably one with even greater magnification abilities) and thus must be better than our straight counterparts.

     

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    Carl's picture

    I honestly

    Submitted by
    Carl (250 points) (51 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-01-21 17:58.

    had never heard of Adams until AfterElton, so I haven't followed any of this. I'm not condoning his lying about the affair, but it's a little like Clinton. A man denies having an affair and this is supposed to be some huge, federal crime? Come on! What married man DOESN'T deny having an affair? It's pretty boring, mundane stuff. Stupid, yes. Human nature? Yes.

    I agree with you about the Larry Craig types, but I see that as a different issue.

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