AfterElton Briefs: Happy Birthday Cyndi Lauper, Flying the Unfriendly Skies, We Love the New Miss USA, and More!

What the hell kind of cake is that?

• Birthday Roundup! Jai Rodriguez (above) is 33, Lindsay Wagner and Meryl Streep are both 62, legendary film director Uwe Boll is 46, and fabulous icon Cyndi Lauper is 58! Okay, time to name your top five Cyndi songs! Here are mine: 5. "The Goonies R Good Enough," 4. "All Through The Night," 3. "Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China," 2. "Sally's Pigeons," 1. "Time After Time."

• Trip Out Travel interviews Infomania stars Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson. Bryan's idea of a perfect sexy date: Sizzler, and a cemetery screening at Hollywood Forever.

• Via Towleroad comes this EXTREMELY NSFW audio rant by a Southwest Airlines pilot who didn't know his mic was on. Both 'F" words fly freely. But don't worry, he was suspended and received "diversity education."

• The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced the llist of celebrities who will receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012. The list includes: : Vin Diesel, Kate Winslet, Scarlett Johansson, Malcolm McDowell, Sumner Redstone, Matt Groening, Valerie Bertinelli, Mariska Hargitay, Patricia Heaton, Marg Helgenberger, Walter Koenig, and Adam West. Some of the choices are no-brainers, while others are ... head-scratchers. I'll let you decide which is which.

• Below you can see the official trailer for Season Two of The A-List: New York, which will premiere July 25th on Logo (our parent company.)

• Elisabeth Hasselbeck has tweeted a response to the criticism she received for defending David Tyree on yesterday's The View. I have to say that Elizabeth has come a long way when it comes to marriage-equality and gay rights since she began on the show, but she may want to refrain from using air quotes ... ever again.

• Carrie who? Below you can see Andy Cohen ask Miss USA 2011 Alyssa Campanella the marriage-equality question.

• Nicki Minaj is a gay rapper.

• Michael Musto lists 62 reasons Why I Hate Being Gay.

• Below you can see the professors meet a new roster of syudents in this clip from Episode Two of Season Two of Drag U, which airs Monday at 9 PM EST on Logo.

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