AfterElton Briefs: Chad Allen is a Trailblazer, Christina Gets Plastered, Pray for "Happy Endings," and More!

Happy Birthday to Patti LuPone, who turns 62 today, and John Cameron Mitchell, who's 48.

• Rufus Wainwright will perform a free show with the NYC Opera on June 28th at 7 PM EST at New York’s World Financial Center Winter Garden Theater. He'll premiere excerpts from his upcoming original opera Prima Donna, as well as performing some of his favorite arias.

• A couple of days ago we mentioned the new Trailblazer Campaign from James Duke Mason, and below you can see Chad Allen's contribution.

• NEW ON DVD: The big release this week is The King's Speech, which won four Oscars, including one for out producer Iain Canning. Also out is the Jack Black flop Gulliver's Travels, and birthday boy John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole, which finally gave Nicole Kidman a meaty role again.

• There's good news and bad news for Happy Endings. The bad news is that the ratings for the second week were ... down. The good news is that the double helping still did 31% better in the demo than the timeslot's previous occupant Off The Map, so that's something, right? Humor me!

• Below you can see a sneak peek at Monday's RuPaul's Drag Race grand finale. I'll be tuning in ... even though I learned long ago who won. Thanks a lot, internet!

• I have a confession to make, and please don't judge me. I never watched Battlestar Galactica. I watched the original show, of course, and the much-hated-by-everyone-but-me Galactica 1980, but the re-imagining just slipped by me (although I do vividly recall a vision of Jamie Bamber in only a towel). But I'll get another chance to see what all the fuss was about because BBC America has acquired rights to the entire run and will start airing it on Saturdays, starting June 18th.

• Christina Aguilera is the first star immortalized on West Hollywood’s new Gay Walk of Fame: "I think there’s a lot of unfairness that goes along with being gay, so the more I can do to give them a voice, then I’ll do so.” (h/t Glósóli)

• Below you can see a promo for Season Two of the web series The Variants, which features gay comic shop owner Richard reflecting on life and his unique way of screening applicants. (NSFW - There is one F-Bomb.)

• Finally, we've made no secret of much we like wrestling coach and ally Hudson Taylor, and below you can see why he gives a damn about homophobia in sports. If only there was a way to clone him

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