AfterElton Briefs: Happy Birthday Rugger God, "Glee"'s Empire, Kathy does Oprah, and More!

Plus Martha is tarnished by The Golden Girls, soap stars sing at the L.A. Gay & lesbian Center, and Rafa and Federbear crack each other up.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the Bear-est of them all?

• It's no secret we love Rugger God Ben Cohen and take every opportunity to gorge on slabs of his beefcake. But this time there's a legitimate reason! Yesterday was his 32nd Birthday, and we have a special pictorial tribute on our Facebook page.

• Elton John and Leon Russell's collaboration The Union will be released on October 19.

• Martha Stewart's morning debut on Hallmark Channel flopped, attracting less than 50% of the audience of the timeslot's previous occupant - The Golden Girls. What's worse, an afternoon re-broadcast scored less than Little House on the Prairie.

• Meet Henry and Burke, a Canadian couple competing to win that Scandinavian Airlines contest to become the first same-sex couple married on a plane.

• Below you can see Kathy Griffin on Jimmy Kimmel Live dishing on Oprah, Snookie, Gaga and why she's hoping to get another Grammy nomination.

Soap stars from ABC's All My Children and General Hospital will perform the musical The World Goes ‘Round at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center from October 7-10 to benefit the Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic.

• Below you can see TV Guide chat with Nate Berkus about his new show. Nate has some big ideas, but none are as good as mine!

• As the new season of Glee inches ever so closer, more songs are being previewed. Today it's Empire State of Mind.

• This clip has been out there a few weeks, but it deserves posting. It's 5-time U.S. Open champ Roger Federer attempting to film a promo with fellow tennis player Rafael Nadal. I say "attempting" because the two of them get into the most adorable giggling fit I've ever seen.

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