AfterElton Briefs: "True Blood" and "Project Runway" rock the ratings, Isaiah Washington needs new digs, and more!

Michael Urie and America Ferrera filming Ugly Betty in NYC yesterday

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.

• Prayers for Bobby producer David Permut has acquired the rights to the life story of gay Beatles manager Brian Epstein.

• Gay faves Project Runway and True Blood scored huge ratings victories last week. Runway's season premiere boasted the highest premiere ratings in the show's history (as well as for Lifetime), and True Blood scored the highest ratings for HBO since The Sopranos finale.

• cbs5.com has a profile of Anthony Woods, the openly gay Iraq War veteran who's now running for Congress.

Daniel Breaker(L) in Passing Strange

• Spike Lee premiered his film of the stage play Passing Strange at the IFC Center in NYC last week, and you can see it starting today as the first video on demand for Sundance Selects (it will also air on Great Performances on PBS early next year). The play featured some intriguing gay elements which will hopefully make their way to the screen.

• Finally, former Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington is facing eviction from his Los Angeles home. He's alleged to owe more than $100,000 on the $20,000 a month residence. Twenty-thousand dollars a month ... and that probably doesn't include utilities. (t/y Dane for the tip).

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

This guy!

BLAST FROM THE PAST! Who could forget the first time we saw sports God Ben Cohen parading around in his underwear (and it wouldn't be the last time). He could very well be the perfect man.