AfterElton Briefs: Chelsea Handler demands GLAAD love, "The Laramie Project" gets an update, and more!

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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.

• Well, I've been trying to come up with a legitimate reason to post these pics of a hot, sweaty, shirtless Gerard Butler from the upcoming flick Gamer, and I think I've got it. Gerard's co-star in the action opus opening on September 4th is Michael C. Hall, who of course played one of TV's all-time great gay characters on Six Feet Under. Now that I've successfully defended my decision, here's one more pic ...

• Moises Kaufman is working on an eighty-minute epilogue to his The Laramie Project, which will focus on the impact of Matthew Shepard's murder on the town of Laramie, Wyoming. It will be given its debut simultaneously at dozens of theaters across the United States on Oct. 12, the 11th anniversary of Matthew's death.

• After much wrangling, the 2010 Census will report same-sex marriage data.

• Above you can see Chelsea Handler, who is none too pleased that her talk show was left off of GLAAD's Network Visibility Report.

• Remember Wilhelmina's last scene on the season finale of Ugly Betty, when she turns the corner in her apartment and is shocked by who she sees? Gay reporter sprite Michael Ausiello has some scoop on who it may be.

• Out Broadway hunk-a-dunk (and AE favorite) Nick Adams will make his solo cabaret debut at Birdland in NYC on August 17th.

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