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AfterElton Briefs: "True Blood", Glampires, Dieux du Stade, and more.

We know he can sing with fangs in his mouth.

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.

  • Proving it's never too early to cash in, Adam Lambert (above) broke out his "Glampire" costume early and showed some fang for the Party City Halloween Party. And speaking of Adam, he just released the cover for his upcoming album.

  • Augusten Burroughs, out author of Running With Scissors, has inked a deal with CBS and Catalyst Films (Ashton Kutcher) to develop his novel Dry for a Showtime series.
  • Alan Ball got interviewed by the Advocate about True Blood Season Three, and dropped a bunch of spoilers. He also promised more skin from Ryan Kwanten this season, which I support completely.
Still looks like a devil to me.
  • Like the AfterElton Editor-In-Chief Michael Jensen, the folks at JustJared have seen the next episode of Glee, "Wheels." Unlike the bossman, they shared a bunch of spoilers, and at least one item gets crossed off my personal wish list for the show.

  • Above you can watch Joy Behar take Joe the Plumber to task about his statements about not leaving his children alone with gays. Joy is turning her show into a one woman crusade for us.
I'm not saying he can't play the game, but he makes most models put on a parka.

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

Batman!

 

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  • Javi's picture

    Speaking of Adam Lambert....

    He released a pic of his album cover over at his official website.

     

     

     

    Um yea.....thoughts?

    Michael Jensen's picture

    Thanks, Javi!

    I added the album cover to the briefs.
    Ed Kennedy's picture

    I'll let you know

    I'll let you know - as soon as I get all the glitter washed out of my eyes. I'm currently blinded by that.

    Seriously - I'd seen it shortly after I turned in Briefs. And I'm old enough to have seen similar cover pics before, many years ago. I liked the music then, so I'm holding judgement. 

    I thoought he had an S&M photoshoot for this a while back - where'd the glitter come from? I hadn't seen it.

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    Dennis Mpls's picture

    Hetero'd

    Per all the big discussions of last week:  it sure is a shame that Adam has been so thoroughly hetero'd!
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    Oracle's picture

    Hello, Ziggy Stardust!

    I actually think Kelly Clarkson's last album cover was more Photoshoped than this.

    Ah, well. Photoshop or no, Adam is really cute.

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    Latherr's picture

    Strange, I've seen that face before.

    (the title of this reply must be sung ala Grace Jone's Libertango.)

    Ziggy Stardust and Boy George had a baby and it was Adam Lambert. I'm not dissapointed.

    Ricky's picture

    Adam L is the lovechild of Boy George and Ziggy.

    Morgan's picture

    Adam and The Holograms

    I love Adam, but this is truly truly truly outrageous!

    Photobucket

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    duckiestoy's picture

    Plain brown wrapper anyone?

    It has that "call now, girls are waiting... (must be 18 to call)" late night tv ad vibe.

    It's not controversial, just awful. I hope they didn't pay much.

    Liz's picture

    i feel like i'm looking at something from the

    i feel like i'm looking at something from the 70's-80's.....

    That's Adam's album cover? REALLY? SERIOUSLY?

    yikes

    I also thought of the XANADU cover...seeing as that was pretty much the only album from the 80's i listened to obsessively.

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    Scudder's picture

    Uncomfortably close to Poison for my taste.

    Darrien's picture

    Oh that's so bad

    I like Adam Lambert, but that album cover is so crap. It's like a cross between David Bowie and Roxy Music in 1973, but without the air-brushing. I like the boy Lambert both as a singer and as a personality. But unless he has masses of ironic songs on his album, that cover pic is frankly a joke. It doesn't identify him as himself, it sort of plays up to the marketed image of him. Oh well, he's a great singer and I hope the album is better than the picture.
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    Joseph's picture

    So many different decades to choose from

    Me, I thought, okay, that's the worst album cover of 1982, right?

    I mean, really? THAT is the best they could do? Have we seen the cover for Kris Allen's album?

    Kitty's picture

    Kris Allen's looks like any bland/normal/snoozer-ic album cover

    ....it's Adam who bothered to have fun with his album cover (given its not the best album cover in the world). 

    Kris Allen's Album Cover:
    http://www.krisallenofficial.com/us/news/official-album-cover-kris-allen

    Kitty

    My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like it's better than yours. ~Kelis

    huibioux's picture

    Pierre et Gilles

    the cover looks very much like what the French artist duo Pierre et Gilles is famous for. However with photoshop nowdays most pictures look like they are treated with extra bright colors to give them a glowing, kitschy and iconic look.

    Kitty's picture

    Ah the Brief's guy!!!

    Its been a long long time since I've been able to say anything about the Brief's guy b/c they all (or at least their brief's have) all been quite normal, but this was awesome!!! OMG that's hot! Call me shallow, but that is just so sexy as Batman underwear remind me of myself in my youth, so its just......OMG.....OMG... It's just hot!!! I don't know if anybody else will feel as strongly (you see Batman is my favorite superhero, and when I was in high school, me and ex-boyfriend would fight over who was better, Superman or Batman? He said Superman could fly, but I said Bruce Wayne could buy me anything in the world, so Batman won it for me, hands down! Who cares about going around really fast to save humanity when you're FILTHY STINKING RICH!!!...but I digress). Man, that brief's guy brought back memories, and I hope *crosses fingers* we have a week long Halloween themed Brief's section ;)~

    Ed, that just made my day, I want you to know!!!!!

    Kitty

    My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like it's better than yours. ~Kelis

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    Ed Kennedy's picture

    Glad you liked it!

    As for the rest of the week, it's up to snicks - he covers this post the rest of the week. I *do* have more superheroes lying around, but one thing snicks has never lacked for is creativity.
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    Rich's picture

    OMG!

    Worst. Album. Cover. Of. The. Year! The music better be worth the agony of the cover.

    "Oh please! It's ten days bitching for every two days bliss with these two." Simone on Roman & Deniz "Alles was Zahlt"/"All That Matters"

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    beero's picture

    Finally!

    A briefs guy that is hot!

     

    Thank you.

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    Crawfish Po Boy's picture

    Adam Lambert Fabulous Cover

    I think the album cover is gorgeous, very hyperglam space alien.

    As someone posted above, definitely a Pierre et Gilles feel to it.

    I have a lot of their posters so I love the surreal sparkle glam thing.

    Can't wait to hear his single.

     

    Jazz's picture

    I agree...

    It's a gorgeous picture. But I have to say I haven't bought an album/cd for a very long time. :) I carry my IPod everywhere. But will certainly be checking the music out.

    Also I have never wanted to be a rugby ball so badly before. Damn.

    rem581's picture

    wow

    That album cover is Hard Nose The Highway bad. At least that album had the benefit of good music. I really hope that Adam's album is good enough to make up for that cover.

     

    It's great that Bea Arthur's estate gave that money to the Ali Forney Center. What an amazing woman. This makes me love her even more.

    sarah's picture

    Holy Briefs, Batman!

    I'm sorry, Baz Luhrman, but you just lost #1 Brief Guy to today's Bat Hotness.

    Adam's CD cover is very ugly :(

    netogeno's picture

    Very Glam

    I like the idea of Glam, but this picture looks too Pink circa 2002, not 70s Glam and Im not sure that is such a good thing.

    Well, I like that he is taking risks and that is a good thing.

     

     

    Insideguy's picture

    I an not sure

    that an album cover can be a career killer but if there were such a thing this would be it. OMG who did the artwork, some high school fan girl?  Manga becomes mangia. 

    That's all I am saying... 

    INSIDEGUY

    Natalie's picture

    Adam looks like...

    Elvis Presly,no really,just see their features so alike: lips,nose,eyes,hair, just everyting!
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    e_b_r's picture

    Elvira, aka Cassandra Peterson...

    Elvira's alter ego, Cassandra Peterson, also has a movie in post-production:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307858/

    This is directed by San Francisco's own drag celebrity/midnight movie hostess, Peaches Christ, and it's produced by Darren Stein, the director of "Jawbreaker." I had a lot of fun as an extra!

    (and don't let Thomas Dekker's participation dampen the fun. He made an appearence at Peaches' screening of "Jawbreaker," singing an original song he wrote for the occassion, and he did so AGAINST HIS AGENT'S WISHES. So maybe it's time to start cutting him some slack)

    IT'S GONNA BE A BLAST!

    Jon's picture

    How nice of him

    I guess his Terminator show flopping left with him less reason to hide out.
    ablecane's picture

    Bea and the Ali Forney Center

    Terrific news,   I've volunteered at Ali Forney.  They make the budget they do have stretch, but the needs of LGBT homeless teens far outstrip their current capacity.  One horrible unintended consequence of the otherwise positive develoment of gay youth coming ouy at younger ages is that some are being rejected and thrrown out by their famlies while still in their early teens.

    Bea truly is a golden girl.

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    Andy's picture

    it was a benefit actually

    FYI, the Party City event was a benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of America, so he didn't "cash in." He met with the kids during the day an performed at the party in the evening.

     

    I LOVE the cover. 

    snicks's picture

    Actually, I love Adam's cover

    It's very Star Search circa 1984 ... but it needs more windblown hair.

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    Liz's picture

    haha, i was wondering when you would chime in

    haha, i was wondering when you would chime in about the album cover snicks.

    feeling better? :-)

    Oracle's picture

    I think we're alone, now.

    Doesn't seem to be anyone around. ;Þ

    Feeling better, Big Guy?

    Randy's picture

    Nice to see you again Snicks

    I was worried there for a while. Thought we might not see you for another month or two. How would we get through the liveblogs?

    Rest alot and take 2 hugs a day.

    By the way, LOOOOOOVE Adam's cover. very arty.

    Live Long and Prosper

    Campion's picture

    I'm also getting a Kirstie

    I'm also getting a Kirstie Alley as Saavik from Star Trek II Wrath of Khan vibe off of Adam. Or you can call me crazy.

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1RaJb2xGPh8/Sf-eZCxD6...

    http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/e...
    Jon's picture

    Elvira Mistress of the Dark is one of the best movies ever

    Love it. Pure camp goodness, the love interest is HOT, and it has Edie McClurg.
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    Aaron R's picture

    Wowza...

    You can keep Bill and Eric, I'll never stop being team Jason Stackhouse. He did not get near enough screen time this past season, and I was not loving his whole Fellowship of the Sun plot-line.

    I know he's little but a piece of meat, but sometimes isn't that enough?

     

    On a separate note, as little as I care about Twilight (the other vampire thing), I can't help but find Taylor Lautner dragging me toward it. Even though I'm only 23, I feel like a creepy old man. He hits 18 in Feb. Then I'll feel less dirty. (and no, I didn't know that without checking Wiki, thank god!)

    Arnold Hendricks's picture

    I wonder

    I wonder when people will be accepted as people regardless of sex, race or sexual preference. This should go for everyone not just sports players. Freedom of speech needs to be preserved for all, not just for some people. People are people and that is all there is to it. recensioni
    belinda's picture

    Adam Lambert Album Cover...

     

    little surprise for me cause i think he will make a cover like magazine "Rolling Stone".(Wild & Rock look.).I think i need to change a football channel to rugby channel.

    (* _ *)

    belinda's picture

    Adam Lambert Album Cover...

     

    little surprise for me cause i think he will make a cover like magazine "Rolling Stone".(Wild & Rock look.).I think i need to change a football channel to rugby channel.

    (* _ *)

    GayTVluver's picture

    Can I hate the cover and...

    ..still be a fan? I'm noticing that in order to be a fan of Adam you have to be "all in". Either you love everything about him or you're against him.

    I think he's very talented. Love his voice and his singing style. I'm not a fan of the cover at all. Won't stop me from buying it.

    *-----------*

    It really doesn't get any more adorkable than this: Video

    Thank Microsoft for donating $$$ to Approve 71 in Washington...use Bing.com for a week.

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    Madeleine's picture

    Don't judge an album by its cover...

    That cover is hideous in my opinion, looks like an internet fan photo. Oh well, just confirms that Adam's style and music are not for me.

    Personally I thought Ryan Kwanten and rugby boy were WAY hotter than the briefs guy. Hope that they aren't choosing players base on looks though.

    At least rugby boy knows how to handle some balls.

    You too can be saved by the blog! www.savedbytheblog14.blogspot.com 

    I may be straight, but I'm not narrow.

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    RJ's picture

    NPH brilliant as the Music Meister

    Everyone who is a Dr. Horrible fan should check out NPH in "Mayhem of the Music Meister", the latest episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

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