AfterElton Briefs: ABBA World Beckons, "Glee" spoilers, Lady Gaga Bites the Big Apple, and More!

Lady Gaga performing on her "Monster Ball" tour last night in NYC.

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.

• Lady Gaga descended on NYC yesterday and below you can see a news report with some of her most exuberant fans. Not that I blame them - I did the same thing last year when Quarterflash reunited and played our State Fair. Think I'm kidding?

• Kathy Griffin chats with DCAgenda.com about Anderson Cooper (and why she doesn't discuss his sexuality) and that infamous New Year's Eve moment.

• There's good and bad news for some Wednesday gay faves. Modern Family had its best ratings since September, but Ugly Betty is undeservedly still flailing.

• The Spurf™ over at Entertainment Weekly has some great tidbits about True Blood and Glee. I'm still trying to figure out this response to a question about Kurt's boyfriend - "Rumor has it he’ll be *n *h* *o***a** *e**". Hmm ... I wanna say "Self Potato", but I don't think that's right.

• Above you can see just one of the wonders that await when you visit ABBAWORLD, an interactive ABBA experience that will open at Earls Court in London next Wednesday. Rumor is it took five U-Hauls to truck in Agnetha's blue eye shadow collection.

• Icon Sir Ian McKellen is blasting homophobic sports fans for keeping more athletes from coming out.

• Below you can see a preview pic from the January 31 episode of Brothers & Sisters which features Robert and Nora helping Scotty save his struggling restaurant. Oh dear - this can only end way. Walker food fight!

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