AfterElton Briefs: "The Easy A-List," A First Look at "Red State," Orson Scott Card Rears His Ugly Head Again, and More!

• Happy Birthday to Oscar winners Dame Helen Mirren (66) and Sandra Bullock (47). And a belated Happy Birthday to Gareth Thomas, who turned 37 yesterday.

• A couple of The A-List: New York items. Reichen is now looking for love on The Gay Bachelor Blog. And in case you haven't had a chance, check out BriOut's hilarious recap of last night's Season Premiere, and below you can see NewNowNext's John Polly's video take on the histrionics, The Easy A-List.

• To wrap it up, here's a preview of next Monday's show, as Nyasha auditions dancers, and Ryan helps out for some reason.

• Netflix needs some good P.R., and the news that all four seasons of Mad Men will be available for instant viewing starting tomorrow certainly can't hurt.

• New on DVD! Russell Brand in the flop remake Arthur, and Jake Gyllenhaal in Source Code. And a special shoutout to Van Hansis, who just announced that his film Occupant will be released on VOD and DVD in October.

• TNT has renewed the Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer lawyer show Franklin & Bash for another season. No word on how many butt shots are in the contracts.

• The Spurf sits down with the cast of Spartacus: Vengeance to talk about the new season and the new leading man.
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• Has the saving of One Life To Live and All My Children hit a snag?

• Well, here's one video game I won't be buying. That's right, someone has given Orson Scott Card a shot at being boycotted again.

• Kevin Smith's heartland horror opus Red State won't be out until October 19th, but you can see a preview below.

• Some of the stars of True Blood have filmed 'It Gets Better" vids, and below you can see Alexander Skarsgard's contribution. I'm glad that he specifically brings up sexuality, since so many of the vids have become generic.

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