AfterElton Briefs: Dirty dudes, a trip to "Bear City", and more!

Can you guess who this dirty dude is? The answer below. (Pic: Tyler Shields)

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.

• Angels in America is returning to the New York Stage for the first time in fifteen years. The production will open at the Signature Theater in late 2010 and is expected to run about four months.

• He gave it a game go, but gay Iraq War veteran Anthony Woods has lost his bid for Congress.

• Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne are the latest celebs to join American Idol as guest audition judges. Victoria Beckham served as a guest judge in Denver and Boston, Mary J. Blige in Atlanta, Joe Jonas and Neil Patrick Harris guest-judged in Dallas, Kristin Chenoweth joined the panel in Orlando, and Shania Twain sat at the judges' table in Chicago.

Apropos of nothing, here's our second dirty dude, Joel Hicks, the winner of the World Gravy Wrestling Championship. Yes, I said gravy.

• Advocate.com visits the set of Bear City, a romantic comedy set in the bear scene.

• Did you guess who the first dirty dude was? It's none other than actor Allan Hyde, who played True Blood's Godric. Allan posed for photographer Tyler Shield's upcoming book The Dirty Side of Glamor.

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

This guy!

Allan again (hey, he's wearing briefs).