AfterElton Briefs: "Funny Girl" Lands Its Male Lead, Kevin Alejandro Talks Jesus, "Profile of a Hero: Mark Bingham", and More!

Michelle Williams on the cover of Vogue

• Happy 60th Birthday to Jean Smart, and Happy 67th Birthday to Peter Cetera. Time to name your top five Peter/Chicago songs! Here are mine: 5. "The Next Time I Fall", 4. "Stay The Night", 3. "If You Leave Me Now", 2. "Hard Habit To Break", 1. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry."

• Kevin Alejandro talks about his much-discussed exit from True Blood, and reveals that it was his idea for Jesus to be killed by Lafayette. And below you can go inside the Season Finale.

• Out Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta is teaming up with Jennifer Lopez to exec. produce a new dramedy for Fox that will focus on a Latino family's three sisters.

• USA has ordered two comedy pilots, including a sitcom starring Nathan Lane, "about an unlucky actor whose Broadway dreams are put on hold when he returns to Texas when his father's health takes a turn for the worse."

• Below you can see the Second Season poster for The Walking Dead, which debuts in a little over a month. TV Guide has a few tidbits.

• Hugh Jackman will plug his new movie Real Steel by ... oh dear ... hosting WWE Monday Night Raw on Monday, September 19th at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

• We Love Soaps has your Fall preview guide to "Indie Soap Operas: The Best in Web Series," including quite a few with GLBT content. (h/t Crawfish Po Boy)

• AE fave Bobby Cannavale has landed the role of Nick in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, opposite Lauren Ambrose.

• Below you can see the latest Easy A-List, which takes a look at the top five events from last night’s A-List: New York.

• Below you can see Profile of a Hero: Mark Bingham, which NBC showed at halftime of the U.S. Vs. Ireland match during the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.

• Below you can see the cast of 1 girl, 5 gays attend the Toronto premiere of the Sundance hit Pariah.

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