AfterElton Briefs: Crushing Brett Claywell, I Want A Twingo, "Big Brother"'s Gay Cowboy Is A Moviestar, And More!

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious. each Friday Briefs will also feature a pic up top that desperately needs captioning. We'll pick our fave suggestion from the comments and run it in the following week's post. Have fun! Drop your caption ideas in the comments, and check out last week's winner at the bottom of the page!

• With rumors swirling that Liza With An "S" is joining the cast of Ugly Betty, the Spurf™ over at Entertainment Weekly is reporting that they'll be another grand diva appearing on the show - the irrepressible, irresistible Lainie Kazan!

• Christwire.org has a post titled What Every Parent Should Know About The TV Show Glee, about how the show corrupts the kiddies. It's a satirical piece, and Christwire.org is a satirical site, which continues to escape the vast majority of people who comment there. C'mon, there's another article right next to it titled "Haitians Use Voodoo Dolls To Terrorize Pat Robertson & Rush Limbaugh". Actually, that does sound like something WorldNetDaily or one of the other nutjob sites would post.

• Below you can see an ad for the adorable pocket-sized car Twingo. It packs a lot of win into thirty seconds. (t/y to AE reader Peter)

• TBNO (That Bitch Nellie Olson), aka Alison Arngrim has a terrific interview over at RetroalityTV. The gay ally chats about Prop 8 and being an AIDS activist.

• Soapnet has a feature called Weekly Crush, and this week's focus is on One Life To Live star Brett Claywell. It was tough to choose one pic to feature, but I like this one. Scruffy! (t/y to jsg03jd for the tip)

• Remember Steven Daigle, the gay cowboy from Big Brother? It looks like he has a new career in film.

• Today is the last day to vote in the Chase Community Giving Campaign. Chase is giving away $5 million to charities, and the charity with the most votes by Jan. 22 wins $1 million. The Trevor Project (the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth) is one of the finalists.

• Finally, start practicing now, because Saturday, January 30 is the 5th International Same-Sex Hand Holding Day.

Drop your caption ideas in the comments (And please remember to keep the captions PG-13!), and check out last week's winner below!

Thanks to everyone for participating! More great entries, but the winner is ...

"After being there a few years, even the house's couch wanted to hang itself."

Thanks to I Miss D'Anna for this week's winning caption.