AfterElton Briefs: Gay political bloggers in the spotlight, Matt Alber in the flesh, and more!

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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.

• Ballantine has reportedly ponied up $2 million to Kathy Griffin for her memoirs. That's approximately one dollar per gay joke.

• The manager of the Union Square Regal Cinema has responded to claims that there was a homophobic assault in the theater that management ignored. Interestingly, this is the exact same theater I wrote about two weeks ago in my piece on how gay opening night at a horror movie is in NYC.

• A Real Housewife of New York City swears up and down that her husband is not gay. I'm willing to believe her if it means that we can go back to ignoring her and her show.

• The Washington Post did a nice piece on gay political bloggers that featured many of our favorites: Pam's House Blend, Bilerico Project, Towleroad, and more.

• Hey Matt Alber fans! The gay crooner (his insanely popular video for "End of the World" is above) will be doing a set tonight at The Ritz in NYC, if you're around. Be there at 10PM for the show, but be sure to prep first with our recent interview.

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

This guy!