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Weeds' Hunter Parrish (left) & Ugly Betty's Michael Urie
(photo credit: Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

As we go into the weekend, here's a handy shortlist of the biggest stories of the week on AfterElton.com. And to get you into a playful mood, each Friday's final post will feature a pic up top that desperately needs captioning. Each week we'll pick our fave suggestion from the comments and run it in the following week's post. Have fun! 

• The big big big news this week was of course Clay Aiken's coming out. We have the details here. We also look at the consensus reaction among his devoted fans, the Claymates.
• Actor James Sutton finally left the british soap Hollyoaks this past week. We take a fond look back at his much beloved gay character, John Paul McQueen.
• Speaking of gay characters on soap operas - out gay actor Chad Allen showed up on General Hospital: Night Shift as a love interest for gay character, Dr. Kyle Julian (Adam Grimes). We've got the details and photos here. Also, in the latest Mores for Gays video blog, our own Daniel Leary pays an on set visit and nabs the actors for an exclusive video interview about their onscreen romance!

Chad Allen, Adam Grimes & Daniel Leary

• Our own Brent Hartinger seems to be preoccupied with "bears" this week. In his Ask the Monkey column on Tuesday he gives a shout out to the Oxy-Clean guy, Billy Mays. Then in this week's BGWE column he pays tribute to some of pop culture's greatest bears and invites readers to share their own bear icons.
• Brian Juergens reviews Little Britain USA which premieres this Sunday on HBO. He also snags an interview with creators Matt Lucas & David Walliams.
• Survivor Gabon kicked off on Thursday and features a bromance between gay Charlie and straight Marcus. Their relationship is simultaneously cringe-inducing (could Charlie be any more clingy?) and heartening (affable Marcus is not at all fazed that Charlie has an obvious crush on him, and if anything is flattered by it). Will this be a bromance for the ages (a la Make Me a Supermodel's Ronnie & Ben) or will their gay/straight friendship flame out in typical backstabbing/scheming Survivor fashion? This could be a Survivor season worth tuning in for.

Survivor's Charlie (left) & Marcus

• Lyle Masaki's Week in Gay Geek gives details on the planned Spider-Man stage musical, and also explains why the legal wrangling between the Fox and Warner movie studios over rights to The Watchmen might just facilitate a DVD release of the old Batman live action TV series!
• Michael Jensen sits down with new Brothers & Sisters showrunners Monica Owusu-Breen and Alison Schapker to talk about their plans for Kevin & Scotty.

• Blogger Rob Smith posted a photo list of his 10 favorite Hot Guys of Fall TV, which has been generating a lot of discussion among readers about who they think should be added to the list of hotties.

• Lance Bass acquitted himself well in the first week of Dancing with the Stars, but Cloris Leachman may well be the standout for her scene stealing antics. If you haven't been following the show it has so far been a hoot.  Check out Dan Fricker's DWTS recaplets to get up to speed.
• Michael Jensen blogs about GLAAD's recent report on an increase in gay TV visibility. While it may technically be true that there are more gay characters on television - it's a question of quality not just quantity. Michael doesn't quite see the rosy picture that GLAAD paints.

Drop your caption ideas for pic at top in the comments, and check out last week's winner after the jump!

And the winner of last week's caption contest is.....

giovannif:

"Mmmmmm.... Snausages!"