AfterElton Briefs: Johnny Weir Fidgets, Playing the "Maddow Card", Dave Koz is Cookin', and More!

Plus Liza is honored, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson dish the dirt, and Equally Wed will help you plan that big day.

Neil Patrick Harris, Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer promoting Beastly at ShoWest in Las Vegas

• Out musician Dave Koz will become the first openly gay talk show bandleader when The Emeril Lagasse Show premieres April 18 on the ION Network. I've been of fan of Dave since his days on Arsenio.

• Planning on tying the knot soon? Equally Wed, "The Nation's Premier Same-Sex Wedding Magazine" can offer advice.

• Below you can see a priceless clip from The Rachel Maddow Show about Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, and his belief that the Democrats are going to try to defeat him with a candidate so frightening and intimidating he felt the need to release a special fundraising letter written with his tears of terror.

• Liza Minnelli is set to receive the PFLAG 2010 Straight for Equality in Entertainment Award for her lifetime of gay ally-ness.

• Johnny Weir has been making the talk-show rounds since his return from Canada, and Monday night he made his Jay Leno appearance. He chats about growing up in Amish country, and being deprived of Whitney Houston when he was a kid.

• Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson dish on their characters and each other to USAToday.com

One more of NPH, Vanessa, and Alex. Does anyone else get a "who cut one?" vibe?

Ed pointed me to the Glee tease below with the promise that it featured "Hello". Imagine my crushing disappointment when I realized it was that stupid Beatles song and not the Lionel Richie classic. And to think I had my heart set on seeing a clay bust of Mr. Shue. Thanks for nothing, Ed!

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