Adam Lambert's Plum Premiere, Lady GaGa's Tour, Gus Van Sant's New Project, Gays In Space, and more

AfterElton is not implying that Zac is a member of the undead army.

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.

• Because out hottie sex columnist Dan Savage thinks you need to know: In case of the zombie apocalypse, it is not cool to have sex with zombie Zac Efron, pictured above in his pre-zombie state. And knowing is half the battle.

• Adam Lambert gets plum spot to premiere his music video from 2012 prior to showings of Michael Jackson's This Is It. If only there was a television channel dedicated to playing music videos...

• Showtime has greenlit a pilot for the U.S. version of Shameless with William H. Macy in the lead, and set in present day Chicago. Casting ideas for gay teen Ian? Or my personal favorite, Mickey?

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• Adorable Teddy Bears like the one above have been signed by stars suchs as Jane Lynch, Cheyenne Jackson, Meryl Streep and Dustin Lance Black and are being auctioned off to benefit the Matthew Shepard Foundation. Top bid is for the bear signed by Barbra Streisand, currently going for double the bid for a whole basket full of bears signed by the Twilight cast.

• Lady GaGa has announced her new Fame Monster tour kicking of next month. But before that, she's appearing in Beyonce's new music video for "Video Phone", which will doubtless be the subject of countless web videos.

• Last week we reported that out director Gregg Araki had added Thomas Dekker to the cast of his new film Kaboom. A recast might be in order, as Dekker has been arrested for suspicion of DUI and possibly running down a cyclist.

• radaroline.com has video of John Mayer dancing in Toucan's Tiki Lounge, a gay bar in Palm Springs. Better that than giving interviews.

• Above, Joy Behar continues her week long tribute to the gays with Barney Frank discussing what he meant by his remarks concerning the National Equality March.

• Star Trek: Phase Two, has announced a release date for Blood and Fire Part II of November 20, 2009. This should conclude the story of our gay Ensign Kirk, hopefully in a heroic fashion.

• Bravo has announced they'll air the 7th Kathy Griffin stand up special, Balls of Steel, November 3, at 9pm.

• Sir Ian McKellen announced he has filmed an introductory video for new out bisexual Mika's upcoming tour. In absence of that video, enjoy the music video for Mika's single "Golden".

• Those Muslim footballers who refused to play the gay team, then said they'd play the gay team, then said they would not play the gay team, have been kicked out of the soccer league involved.

• Bret Easton Ellis and Gus Van Sant are collaborating on a new screenplay about a suicide taken from an article in Vanity Fair. And no, it's evidently not a short film.

• People who have seen the October 29 edition of Rolling Stone are reporting that Glee gets a scathing review, calling the show "punish-the-outside-world gay" - sounds like somebody needs a nap.

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