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Actor/model/athlete Jack Mackenroth competing in the 2009 World Outgames in Copenhagen, Denmark (Pic: Outsports)

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.

• Jake Gyllenhall has found another good use for the buff bod he crafted while filming Prince of Persia. He's just been tapped to star in a biopic of legendary New York Jets quarterback and commercial pantyhose-wearer Joe Namath.

• When Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew returns to MTV for its fourth season on Sunday, August 9th at 9PM EST, it will include the competition's first openly gay and transgendered dance crew.

• A British cop is in hot water after an internet hate list that included "gays on TV ... they shouldn't be on Hollyoaks." A source told the Sunday Mail "What he said about gay TV characters is embarrassing - now everyone knows he's a Hollyoaks fan." Not cool!

• ACT UP veteran, filmmaker, and critic Robert Hilferty passed away over the weekend. Peter Staley offers up his own personal remembrance.

• Above you can see a clip from the latest episode of Jeffery & Cole Casserole. You can catch the full episode on logoonline.com.

• Finally, I've been trying to convince myself that this isn't a real commercial, that it must be something from The Onion or Mad TV. But it's real. My friends, I give you ... Aspray. Treasure it.

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