AfterElton Briefs: Happy Birthday Brett, Ryan Murphy Cracks the "Glee" Whip, Why Does Everyone Hate Ellen This Week, and More!

Plus Thomas Roberts, Mario Cantone on the coming out of Sean and Ricky, and the hot gay Bajoran returns!

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!

Happy Birthday to Marc Jacobs, who turns 47 today.

• Out Thomas Roberts is interviewed about being the hottest anchorman in history and that asshat Bill Donahue.

• Remember that Ellen Degeneres comic book we told you about? Apparently her desire to give the proceeds to the Humane Society has ticked off something called the Sportsmen's Alliance. I'm guessing the leader is that "She doesn't like our country very well" Family Feud guy.

• Mario Cantone chats with Joy Behar tonight about the coming-out of Sean Hayes and Ricky Martin. Below you can see a sneak peek.

• Is Ryan Murphy working the Glee cast too hard? Did he really say "I report to Fox, you report to me, and this is the schedule Fox has set, so I don't want to hear it." Hey, at least they're allowed to see the sun, unlike us in the Blungeon™.

• For some reason when I see pics of that prom that Constance McMillen was tricked out of, I can't help but think of that classic episode of Designing Women (you know, the one where Charlene buys the supposedly haunted house) that had Suzanne utter the line "It must have been one of those hillbilly proms, where all the girls go stag in the back of a truck." Well, Constance doesn't have to worry about that. She's going to be attending the ultimate "lesbian prom."

• Below you can see the latest webisode of the Star Trek-inspired fan series Dark Frontier, starring gay Bajoran hottie Reon. In this episode he discusses his boyfriend, who's coping with a fatal disease. And I'm glad someone finally punched out that obnoxious doctor!

• Finally, a huge, spectacular Happy Birthday to Brett Claywell, who turns 32 on Sunday. This is my all-time favorite pic of Brett. So adorable. (Hands off, Jef!)

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

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! The winner this week is ...

"He's just a crime scene waiting to happen."

Thanks to Miz Liz for this week's winning caption.