by Brian Juergens

AfterElton Briefs: Tim and Anthony's Christmas carol, Van Johnson and more!

Tim Campbell and Anthony Callea (Pic: Jamie Fawcett/GETTY)

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.

Ridonkulously adorable Australian gay couple Anthony Callea and Tim Campbell will reportedly perform a song together on the live Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve telecast, making them the first gay couple to ever do so.

Earlier this year actor Scott Caan made headlines for calling a paparazzo a "faggot" (for which he swiftly apologized). Soooo ... I wonder what word he'd have for whoever it was that took these pics of him changing on the beach (or us for looking at them)? (NSFW)

Sir Elton John recently lost a defamation suit against The Guardian, who published a spoof column in Elton's name satirizing his life and associations.

Van Johnson

Actor Van Johnson, an "old Hollywood" matinee idol (A Guy Named Joe, The Caine Mutiny, Brigadoon) passed away this weekend at age 92. Johnson's sexuality and the studio's attempts at concealing it by marrying him off to a colleague have been documented in several memoirs.

On the red carpet for the Video Game Awards, Neil Patrick Harris dished on the Doctor Horrible DVD and it's all-singing commentary track, which is of course titled: Commentary!

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

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Brian Juergens

on Mon, 2008-12-15 18:37.

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Van Johnson

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Knickie (3905 points) (797 posts)

on Mon, 2008-12-15 21:17.

If you can find a copy of Ned Wynn's memoir, "We Have Always Lived in Beverly Hills" it's well worth a read. Ned was Van's step-son. His mother was the wife of Van's best friend, Keenan Wynn. When the studio told Van to get married NOW, he said he'd only marry Wynn's wife and no other woman. Amazingly, MGM convinced her to divorce her husband and marry Van! And the rest is pure soap opera! If you made this up, it would be too over the top.

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Probably would have been a better storyline...

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RJ (2901 points) (623 posts)

on Tue, 2008-12-16 01:15.

...for ATWT than the one with Ameera.

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Tim & Anthony's duet of "Get Here"

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RJ (2901 points) (623 posts)

on Tue, 2008-12-16 00:06.

Anthony Callea and Tim Campbell recently did a one night only show in Melbourne (Dec 6/08) with Tim opening for Anthony.

From DNA magazine's review of the show:

"But the big gay moment was Callea and Campbel’s duet, Get Here. Seeing two men in love, on stage, expressing that in song in front of a mostly straight audience, brought a lump to the throat, a tear to the eye, and a swell of pride to the chest."

Here's the wonderful performance, courtesy of Janelle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsTZ7KD6nqA

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Thank you for the link.

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Aussie54 (426 points) (92 posts)

on Tue, 2008-12-16 04:44.

That was lovely, except for the big boohfead in the way (who appears to be the official camera man! LOL).

Did you see this as well:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Lqmc7mIQU

Hilarious!

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Andy & Adrian's interviews are hilarious

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RJ (2901 points) (623 posts)

on Sun, 2008-12-28 05:30.

Yes, that's part of the interview Anthony and Tim gave on the Andy & Adrian radio show in Australia. Andy and Adrian are a couple of well-known gay radio personalities down under. The other 2 video clips from the interview (making pottery, getting to know Anthony), as well as a couple of interviews of Tim from earlier in the year, are on this page.

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