AfterElton Briefs: "That's So Gay" wins big, can macho actors "play gay?", and more!

Cheyenne Jackson performing in The Holiday In Bryant Park (Getty)

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.

• Out actor/singer/Hot 100 favorite Cheyenne Jackson performed on the CBS2 HD TV special Holiday in Bryant Park on Tuesday night, and most of the show was a hot mess. The live tree-lighting ceremony hit a snag when ... the tree didn't light. After a commercial break they tried again, and the tree lit up when the countdown reached "three". Cheyenne sang Silent Night, but was upstaged by the children's choir behind him, who battled microphone feedback. You can see the whole debacle here.

• ABC News has an article on their website with the title "Can Macho, Non-Metro Actors Play Gay?" The offensive implications in the title alone are enough to make eyes roll out of their sockets and across the floor.

• A report on Queerty has people talking. It's about the response that out Milk director Gus Van Sant gave when asked about the timing of the film's release: "Actually, he said, he's happy about Milk's post-election timing, because seeing the film will make people 'wise up' to gay civil rights, which will do more than passing 'just one proposition.'" It's that last statement that has ruffled a few feathers.

• Above you can see a report from Ad Age announcing that the Ad Council's "Award for Creative Excellence" has gone to the makers of the "That's So Gay" public service announcements. The ads have been very effective in showing teenagers how thoughtless that commonly used insult is.

• And finally, the jury is out in Boy George's trial for false imprisonment. If he's convicted, odds are it'll take more than community service to get him out of this.

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