AfterElton Briefs: Orson Scott Card rears his ugly head again, Robert Gant trips the light, and more!

(Photo credit: Linda Lenzi/Broadway World).

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.

• Big congrats to out Broadway Hunk-a-Dunk Nick Adams, who made his solo cabaret debut at Birdland in NYC on Monday night. Broadwayworld.com has tons of backstage photos of Nick and friends.

• AMC's Mad Men scored big ratings with its season premiere, and also a complaint from the Parents Television Council, prompting one writer to wonder if it has something to do with the "big old gay kiss, between two gay men, kissing gayly in the gay manner?"

• Gaygamer.net has an interesting post about the new video game The Shadow Complex, and whether the involvement of asshat homophobe Orson Scott Card in the creation of the game should make gay gamers think twice about purchasing it.

• The U.S. Hispanic Contractor's Association has pulled a video from its website after receiving complaints that it was offensive and demeaning to the gay community.

• Via Out.com comes the video below which features out Dancing With The Stars judge Bruno Tonioli teaching out actor Robert Gant how to dance "The Jive".

• You may have heard that pop songstress Celine Dion is pregnant again, but according to the Weekly World News (the only news source we trust), the child may be able to hit notes no earthling has ever attempted.

"I'm everything I am ... because your father's alien seed was implanted inside me"

• P.S. I love Celine but I couldn't pass this up, especially the way they photoshopped out the Anne Geddes baby and replaced it with the alien baby. Too funny.

• Finally, this article on The West Hollywood International Film Festival may provide a template ... on how not to run an international film festival.

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Jakub Stefano (Pic: Adam Bouska)