AfterElton Briefs: Jonathan Groff's "Submission," Inside "True Blood," "The Romeo Files," "Torchwood" Ratings, and More!

Happy 43rd Birthday to out former pro football player Esera Tuaolo

• Some former cast members think there are too many gay characters on Coronation Street.

• HereTV is accepting e-mail and phone questions for its upcoming sex, dating, and relationship roundtable discussion show Threesome (h/t Crawfish po boy).

• Below you can see out CNN anchor Don Lemon discuss the slavery language in that "marriage pledge" that Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum were so eager to sign.

• Speaking of the marriage pledge, Towleroad has the video of Whoopi Goldberg going off about it on this morning's The View: "Dammit, I am sick of this crap!"

• So TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie didn't know what FOF was all about? I don't buy it, either.

Lady Gaga wears her grandmother's tablecloth while visiting Australia.

• If you've never seen Friday Night Lights, you'll get a second chance, as ESPN will start running the entire series starting tomorrow.

• Jonathan Groff and True Blood's Rutina Wesley have joined the cast of the Off-Broadway production of The Submission, which has a very interesting premise.

• Speaking of True Blood, if you haven't already, check out Steven Frank's hilarious recap, and below you can see an inside look at this week's episode.

• For your cuteness fix, below you can see part one of The Romeo Files, a sweet, earnest, and wholesome gay-teens-in-love web series. You can see the rest of the (unfinished) series at Our Spirit Now, who believe that "the true basis of life and religion is love and that all people deserve to be loved, including – especially! – youth who don’t fit the straight and narrow vision of sexuality." (h/t Crawfish po boy)

• Chile’s government is preparing legislation that would legally recognize same-sex civil unions.

• The ratings are in for last Friday's Starz premiere of Torchwood: Miracle Day, and the numbers were ... "decent."

Chris Evans rings the opening bell at the NYSE this morning.

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