AfterElton Briefs: NPH is a singing band camp geek, gay books allegedly face extinction, and more!

Ryan Reynolds is attractive (eat your heart out, Brian Juergens!)

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.

• Neil Patrick Harris is coming out of retirement (ZING!) to lend his singing voice to the part of a band camp geek gone bad in Cartoon Network's Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

• The Independent has reviewed Brüno, and while it isn't a rave, they do believe that the right message gets through.

• Meet Jason Matheson: A "simple little gay boy with a crush on Katie Couric".

Out singers (and boyfriends) Kevin McDaid and Mark Feehily at the UK premiere of Bruno

• Max Mutchnick (the out co-creator of Will & Grace), has an article on HuffPost titled Where Is My Martin Luther Queen?

• According to Dennis Drabelle of washingtonpost.com, gay books are going the way of the Dodo.

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