AfterElton Briefs: Spilt Milk, Zac Efron and more!

Steve Carell in Little Miss Sunshine

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.

• Might Steve Carell have played Harvey Milk in Bryan Singer's Mayor of Castro Street, had Gus Van Sant's Milk not beaten them to the punch (starring Sean Penn)? The fat lady ain't sang yet, so we'll see ... but isn't Carell inspired casting? I miss you, Uncle Frank!!

• Readers of the Louisville Courier-Journal were appalled to see two straight basketball players in what looked like a celebratory kiss in the Sports pages. Fifty bucks says if they'd been WNBA players no one would have complained.

• John Barrowman loves Ugly Betty and buying home decor at TJ Maxx. Related: John Barrowman is one Chico's shopping spree away from becoming my mom.

• A gay British actor who played one of the Toombliboos in the hit children's show In the Night Garden is suing the production company (who also created the smash hit Teletubbies) for anti-gay harassment. Tinky Winky is said to be contemplating a class-action suit.

• And in case you haven't heard, Zac Efron doesn't care what He Who Blogs Behind the Rows says about him, including the gay-baits, noting, "Honestly, if the worst he can say about me is that I’m gay, then I think I’ll be fine. I can handle it."

And today's Briefs are brought to you by... this Jockey on Broadway ad!