AfterElton Briefs: "True Blood" poster-vu, Elfman scores with "Milk" and more!

Happy birthday to out musician Rufus Wainwright (seen here playing in England earlier this month)!

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.

• EW's Michael Ausiello (how weird is it to say that after all these years?!) nabbed Ugly Betty's Michael Urie and Becki Newton at the TCA for some video scoopage: Cliff will be back, there will be drama, and ... Wilhelmina wields a sledgehammer in the first ep?

• John Barrowman and hubby Scott Gill may be looking to adopt an Asian baby, and on the other hand they may be opting for a surrogate. Or, you know, they may wait to see if they just stumble across one in the cabbage patch. (We now return you to your regularly scheduled slow news day.)

• Composer Danny Elfman discusses his in-the-works score for Gus Van Sant's Milk, noting that "the performances from Sean Penn and the cast are great. I'm really enjoying myself so far." Elfman also scored Van Sant's Good Will Hunting, and earned an Oscar nod for his work.

• Homophobicadvertisingpaloozagate! Ad Age's Bob Garfield writes an open letter to Omnicom's head calling out his company's track record for homophobic spots, while Nike draws ire for ads that use the fear straight men apparently have of other men jamming their crotches into their faces to sell basketball shoes. 

• So Christian Bale allegedly assaulted his sister and mother at a hotel the night before The Dark Knight premiered in London. Meanwhile, Bale says, "Eh ... not so much." I'll believe the accusations when witnesses report hearing "Hip to Be Square" blaring from his hotel room at the time of the incident.

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

Model James Ellis