AfterElton Briefs: Rachel Maddow's Greatest Hit, A Tony Winner Joining "Glee", and More!

David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris at the Deer Valley Celebrity Ski Fest

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• Good news for fans of True Blood's stylish, snarky lesbian vampire Pam. A certain Spurf is reporting that the heretofore underused Kristin Bauer will be made a series regular next season.

• EW.com has released their list of the ten best films of the decade, and while some choices are rather ... dubious (Gladiator is #3?), we can't argue with their #2 pick.

• Above you can see the trailer for the upcoming ABC reality special Conveyor Belt of Love. I got about half-way through when I realized that our civilization is doomed. DOOMED, I TELLS YA!

• We're on record as loving the satirical website TheOnion.com, but a new article titled Let Us Identify the Faggots and Then Inform Them of Their Status may answer the question "when does satire go too far?"

• Above you can see what may be the greatest clip you'll ever see from The Rachel Maddow Show. She takes on "ex-gay" loon bag Richard Cohen and systemically chews him up and spits him out. It.Is.Awesome! "It's in your book, dude!"

• Tony winner Idina Menzel may be joining the cast of Glee for the remaining nine episodes of the season. Let's see ... Idina starred in Wicked, which also starred Glee guest star Kristin Chenoweth, and one of the high points of the season was Kurt wanting to sing her signature Wicked song "Defying Gravity". It's the circle of life! Now if only there was a way to get Taye Diggs to guest star.

• According to Bloomberg, the Ugandan anti-gay bill will not go forward seeking the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays, but rather it "favors a more refined set of punishments". The mind boggles.

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