AfterElton Briefs: Meet the Vampire King of Mississippi, Chad Allen learns The Polka, and more!

All hail the new Vampire King, out Broadway star Denis O'Hare

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.

• Congratulations to out actor Denis O'Hare, who's just been cast as the Vampire King of Mississippi in the third season of HBO's True Blood. Denis has been in ... just about every TV show and movie but perhaps is best known for his Tony-winning performance in Take Me Out.

• Speaking of True Blood, chicagotribune.com has an interview with Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette), who dishes about what he hopes for his character next season.

• Via Out.com comes the video below (if you can't access by clicking on the pic, then you can check it out here) which features out Dancing With The Stars judge Bruno Tonioli teaching out actor Chad Allen how to dance The Polka.

• Emmytvlegends.org has a terrific in-depth interview with out actor George Takei spanning his entire life and career.

• Salon.com has a essay about the token gays on TV this season.

• Above you can see Neil Patrick Harris on the cover of New York Magazine, who calls him Hollywood's First (Openly) Gay Hollywood Star.

• Finally, GLAAD has announced the nominees for the Inaugural GLAAD Media Awards in Advertising, honoring the most gay-inclusive advertising of the year. Expect Orbitz to be a big winner this year.

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

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Brett Novek, one of the contestants from America's Most Smartest Model