AfterElton Briefs: Sherlock Holmes hoyay, gay rodeos, and more!

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.

• Happy birthday to President Obama. He might want to skip the upcoming issue of The Advocate.

• Philly.com has an article about the Liberty Stampede, the upcoming suburban Philadelphia gay rodeo.

• The 2009 MTV Video Music Award nominations have been announced, with Beyonce and Lady GaGa tied for the most nods, at nine apiece. Since I only listen to 80's music, most of this decade's attempts have passed me by, so I'm perplexed why I sometimes catch myself softly singing "can't read my ... can't read my ... no, he can't read my poker face". Maybe it's a message from outer space or something.

If Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. bring the hoyay in Sherlock Holmes, will the heads of straight guys explode?

• If the much-rumored gay element in Guy Ritchie's upcoming "reimagining" of Sherlock Holmes is true, ridiculous sourpuss Michael Medved will have a conniption: "There's not a seething, bubbling hunger to see straight stars impersonating homosexuals." A seething, bubbling hunger? Who the hell talks like that?

• Above you can see the first vlog from Joan Rivers about her new show How'd You get So Rich?, which premieres on TV Land Tomorrow night at 10PM EST. In this episode she offers advice to closeted gay actors ... rent a family!

• Finally, best wishes for a speedy recovery to out activist David Mixner.

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