Out (and sunburned?) director Adam Shankman (Hairspray) at the MTV Movie Awards (Photo: Getty)

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.

• Sour Milk: The LA Times charts the development of Gus Van Sant's project, which left a 16-year-gestating rival endeavor dead in the water.

• Margaret Cho has joined the cast of Shifting the Canvas (aka The Gayest Little Movie that Ever Was, Is, or Ever Will Be, As Soon as It's Actually Filmed) playing "Marianne". She joins Alan Cumming, Matthew Montgomery, Cheyenne Jackson, Gedde Watanabe, Scott Thompson, Will Wikle, and the earthbound ghost of Paul Lynde.

• An article in the recent New York Times Magazine discussed what straight people can do for gay marriage. Easy answer: Buy us cutlery!

Ross "The Intern" Mathews at the MTV Movie Awards

• Fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent died over the weekend in Paris, at age 71, of a brain tumor.

• Ugly Betty's Alec Mapa talks about his upcoming NYC Pride show, among other things, in this revealing interview.

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

Model Tomas Skoloudik!