AfterElton Briefs: No three-peat for Kathy, George Takei makes TV history, and more!

Kathy Griffin at the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards

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• Kathy Griffin hosted the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards (aka "The Schmemmys") last night, and unfortunately left empty-handed (hopefully there was a great giftbag though). My Life on the D-List, which won the Emmy the last two years, lost Outstanding Reality Program to Intervention, and her Bravo special She'll Cut a Bitch lost Outstanding Variety Special to The Kennedy Center Honors. You can see Kathy host The Schmemmys on E! Network Friday, September 18, at 1:00PM EST.

• Out director/choreographer Adam Shankman has been made a permanent judge on So You Think You Can Dance? alongside Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe.

• Oscar winner Nicole Kidman is set to star as Danish painter Einar Wegener, who in 1930 was one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

George Takei and Brad Altman may soon win a brand new ... washer & dryer?

• George Takei and husband Brad Altman will make TV history when they become the first same-sex couple to appear on The Newlywed Game. They'll appear in a special celebrity edition when the show returns for its new season on GSN October 12. It's a wonderful thing, but the real thrill will be when a non-celebrity same-sex couple is booked on the show (but considering the show is sponsored by E-Harmony, I'm not holding my breath).

• VGL has a first look at the 2010 Dieus du Stade hottie football calendar including a video. Warning: NSFW!

• Gay reporter sprite Michael Ausiello has a huge spoiler possibility for next season's True Blood. If Alan Ball goes through with it (which he's contemplating) it will completely redefine the show.

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