AfterElton Briefs: Kathy Griffin Calls it Quits, Barbra as Mama Rose, "Confessions of a Gay Anchorman," and More!

From a couple of weeks ago, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Kathy Griffin. How in the hell did we miss this historic "Meeting Of The Gingers?"

• Speaking of Kathy, there's good and bad news for our Bravo diva. She has officially given the ax to My Life on the D-List, but she'll have four Bravo stand-up specials this year, the most she's ever had in a single year.

• Speaking of Jesse Tyler, he and Eric Stonestreet will be hosting the 2011 Writer's Guild Awards on Feb. 5th in Hollywood.

• Speaking of the WGA Awards, Modern Family leads the TV pack with 3 nominations, while I Love You Phillip Morris was a surprise nom for films.

• GLAAD has chimed in about that article from whatshisface.

• Big Love returns to HBO for its final season on Sunday, January 16th, and judging by the trailer, gay Mormon Alby may play a significant role.

• This is coming from The New York Post, so keep that in mind, but the rumor is that Barbra Streisand wants to direct and star in a new version of Gypsy. Thoughts?

• Metro Weekly has a list of what to expect on the GLBT political action front this year. On a side note, the picture they have of John Boehner is just ... wrong.

• In case you were wondering, Elton John is the biological father of baby Zachary.

• James Franco is profiled in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, and the gay blogosphere is exploding today with his last line "Or you know what, maybe I'm just gay."

• I vaguely remember the daytime talk show hosted by Charles Perez back in the 90's (mainly I recall how full and gorgeous his hair was, and how I wanted to run my fingers through it), and he's taken that experience, and his time as a Miami anchor and written the autobiography Confessions of a Gay Anchorman.

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