AfterElton Briefs: Jay Brannan Sings "Beautifully," Max Greenfield Gets Nuded Up, and "Cougar Town" Sets The Date

• Happy Birthday to Maksim Chmerkovskiy (above), who turns 32, Zooey Deschadorable is 32, Jim Carrey is 50, First Lady Michelle Obama is 48, the faboo Betty White is 90, Freddy Rodriguez is 37, and Susanna Hoffs is 53. What are your top five Bangles songs? Here are mine: 5. "Manic Monday," 4. "Hazy Shade of Winter," 3. "In Your Room" 2. "If She Knew What She Wants, " 1. "My Side Of The Bed" (Susanna's underrated solo gem).

• Armadillo-trousered Grant Bowler has been cast as the lead in the new Syfy series Defiance, about "a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet ravished by decades of war and transformed by alien terra-forming machines." Grant will play "a law keeper in a bustling frontier boomtown that is one of the new world’s few oasis of civility and inclusion." So it sounds like Cowboys & Aliens with a dash of Firefly.

• It's official. Cougar Town will return to the ABC sked on Valentine's Day, right after Last Man Standing. Not exactly the greatest fit, but ...

• CBS has given the greenlight for the pilot Elementary, a modern take on Sherlock Holmes.

• Oxygen has officially renewed The Glee Project for Season Two.

• Below you can see the Kickstarter campaign for Ryan James Yezak's The Gay Rights Movement. Packs a wallop. (h/t YoungGun)

• Max Greenfield teases an upcoming episode of New Girl Who Will Eventually Be Walled Up In A Crawlspace: “But the good news is I don’t think I could get much more nude than I am in that upcoming episode – especially not on Fox.”

• Sean Hayes will guest star on an upcoming episode of Parks & Recreation.

• It's Elton Vs. Madonna, Part Two..

• Dustin Lance Black's play "8" will hit the road with dozens of productions around the U.S. featuring local actors.

• Happy 50th Birthday to Jim Carrey! What are your top five Jim films? here are mine: 5. "Doin Time On Maple Drive," 4. "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind," 3. "Truman Show," 2. "Man On The Moon, "1. "Earth Girls Are Easy."

• Below you can see the new video for Jay Brannan's gorgeous "Beautifully." (n/t Crawfish Po Boy)

• Below you can see the cast of a famous TV show. Can you name it?

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